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Criticisms Of LNG Export Emissions Study Don’t Withstand Scrutiny

October 9, 2024 admin air quality, boats, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuels, FRACKING, green economy, grid, investment, lng, marine energy, natural gas, nuclear energy, renewable energy, Shipping, the breakthrough institute, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:58:33 +0000

For the past year, a preprint paper has been undergoing one of the most public, rancorous and extensive peer-review processes in the history of US academics. Is it on race relations? Tax cuts for the rich? Hollywood starlets? No, it’s on liquified natural gas (LNG) emissions of greenhouse gases. The … [continued]

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Using Sensors To Prevent Colorado Wildfires

October 6, 2024 admin air quality, climate change, COLORADO, INTERVIEWS, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 14:55:03 +0000

Colorado has millions of acres of forests and numerous wildfires each year. Fifteen of Colorado’s top 20 largest wildfires have happened since 2012. The top three largest burned well over 500,000 acres combined: Cameron Peak Fire, East Troublesome Fire, and the Pine Gulch Fire. Conditions on the ground and in … [continued]

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Our Favorite Activists From The Independent’s Climate 100 List — And, Yes, Musk Makes The Grade

October 6, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, climate change, elon musk, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 14:44:12 +0000

The Independent created the Climate 100 List to make transparent the difficult work of climate activists. The UK publication argues that, although we are near tipping points at which the drastic effects of the climate crisis caused by humans will become irreversible, innovators around the globe have offered hope. They’ve … [continued]

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The Carbon Footprint Of Live Music Is A Savage Beast — Is There Any Hope For Improvement?

October 3, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, climate change, music, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:25:05 +0000

The quest to understand live music’s carbon footprint began in 2019, when a rep from the band Massive Attack became curious and contacted Carly McLachlan. The director of the Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research soon had quite a challenge: to assess the UK band’s touring practices and then design … [continued]

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Is The USA Becoming A Free Rider On Other Countries’ Climate Action?

October 2, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, crude oil, Diesel, electric trucks, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuels, gasoline, green economy, grid, India, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy, subsidies, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:41:50 +0000

The free rider problem in climate action arises when some countries or actors benefit from the efforts of others to mitigate climate change without contributing their fair share. Since the atmosphere is a global common good, actions taken by one country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions benefit the entire world, … [continued]

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Hong Kong’s Climate & Hydrogen Plans Were Captured By Its TownGas Utility

September 27, 2024 admin air quality, buildings, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Energy, Fossil Fuels, government policy, green economy, Hong Kong, hydrogen, investment, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, waste reduction, waste to energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:15:41 +0000

Recently John Haffner, responsible for sustainability at Hong Kong’s US$1.4 billion annual revenue Hang Lung Property Group, reached out to me. ReThink HK, which bills itself as Hong Kong’s best-attended and most ambitious business event for sustainable development, was hosting a debate he would be part of in front of … [continued]

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Carbon Capture Is Mostly An Oil & Gas Industry Shell Game — Masala Flavored

September 19, 2024 admin air quality, Carbon Capture, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, India, investment, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Solar energy, waste reduction, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 21:45:36 +0000

The latest installment of the ongoing seminar series on global decarbonization that I’m leading for India’s utility professionals under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum was on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). It’s an overly hyped, overly hoped for solution that isn’t and won’t scale remotely economically. When … [continued]

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EVs Already Reduce Electricity Rates — & They Can Do Even More

September 15, 2024 admin air quality, California, clean transport, electric car benefits, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev benefits, ev charging, ev charging stations, green economy, HEALTH, research

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 01:58:33 +0000

EVs reduce electricity rates for all utility customers, and recent legislation accelerates a cycle of more EVs, better climate, better health, and lower rates. In addition to their myriad health and direct economic benefits compared to polluting gasoline vehicles, electric vehicles (EVs) also help reduce electricity rates for all utility customers. They’ve already been … [continued]

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Racism In The Oil & Gas Industry?

September 14, 2024 admin air quality, climate change, Electric vehicles, Fossil Fuels, HEALTH, louisana, RACISM, texas

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:55:35 +0000

Texas oil tycoon H.L. Hunt was one of the richest men in America. According to some online sources, he was allegedly a white supremacist or supported white supremacy. H.L. Hunt is one of the Texas oil billionaires mentioned here. “On a scale not always appreciated, the Texas oil billionaires nurtured the … [continued]

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Greenlane Receives $15 Million Grant for Western U.S. EV Charging Corridor

September 12, 2024 admin air quality, charging, charging corridor, climate change, Distributed Generation, Electric vehicles, electrification, Energy Storage, ev, greenlane, news

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 17:37:20 +0000

An electric vehicle charging infrastructure group has received a $15 million grant from a Southern California air quality agency to support development of a commercial charging corridor along Interstate 15. […]

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