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The History of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

June 9, 2024 admin carbon emissions, co2 emissions, pollution, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 20:42:49 +0000

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from human activities are now higher than at any point in our history. In fact, recent data reveals that global CO2 emissions were 182 times higher in 2022 than they were in 1850, around the time the industrial revolution was underway.1 How did we arrive at … [continued]

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Investment Progress For 2024: Position Yourself To Be Prepared For A Decarbonizing Economy

June 6, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean power, decarbonization, Energy, green economy, Manufacturing, World Economic Forum

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:35:56 +0000

The need for greater climate finance has been the focus of numerous industry analyses, including at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28). The World Economic Forum explains that we are in a place in which investment levels remain multiple times below what is needed to reach net zero … [continued]

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Fly Ash, Silica Fume, & Natural Pozzolans Are Terms To Know When Talking Green Cement

June 6, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, cement, cement emissions, China, climate change, Coal, concrete, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, usa, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:35:48 +0000

Every domain brings with it a wealth of new language. Being the domain junky that I am, my head is creaking at the seams with jargon and technical terms from a multitude of places. Cement and concrete are no different. Today’s exploration is of the interesting world of supplementary cementitious … [continued]

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US Industrial Natural Gas Consumers Could See 56% Higher Bills With Methane Leak Price

June 6, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, clean power, climate change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, methane, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, us carbon pricing, usa, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:35:14 +0000

Remarkably, in 2022 the USA managed to get a greenhouse gas price through Congress. It wasn’t on carbon dioxide, the biggest problem, but it was on methane, the second biggest greenhouse gas problem we humans create. Perhaps more remarkably, it was explicitly on the oil and gas industry and excluded … [continued]

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What’s The Real Cost Of Fast Food? Climate Pollution

June 5, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, FOOD, HEALTH, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:15:53 +0000

It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten at a fast food roadside stop. As a nearly lifelong vegetarian, I’ve had to be conscious of seeking out complete proteins and nutritional balance in order to stay healthy. But my own experience with fast food is pretty rare here in the … [continued]

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Actually, EVs Don’t Catch On Fire As Frequently As Gas-Powered Cars Do

June 4, 2024 admin carbon emissions, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev sales

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 22:47:49 +0000

The media is full of stories about EVs that catch on fire. Actually, research doesn’t support that claim. In fact, data demonstrates that EVs are much less likely to burst into flames than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. It’s just that, at this moment in time, it’s not very sexy … [continued]

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Net Zero By 2050 Is Now Anticipated To Cost Nearly 20% More — Can Anything Be Done?

June 3, 2024 admin bnef (bloomberg new energy finance), carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, net-zero, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 19:25:14 +0000

Net zero by 2050 needs a cash influx — to the tune of an extra $34 trillion. That’s 19% more than the numbers originally crunched in a respected baseline scenario. The caveat is that policymakers must ensure that transitional energy policies are firmly in place by the end of the … [continued]

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Many Green Cement Roads Lead Through Electric Arc Steel Furnaces

June 3, 2024 admin arcelormittal, basf, buildings, carbon emissions, cement, cement emissions, climate change, decarbonization, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, steel, University of Cambridge, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 18:50:23 +0000

An electric arc furnace is like a giant, high-tech kitchen appliance for melting metal. Imagine a huge, robust pot where you throw in scrap metal, like old cars or broken appliances. Instead of using gas or coal to heat things up, this “pot” uses powerful electric arcs — think of … [continued]

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Epoxy Concrete Won’t Solve Cement Emissions Problem

June 1, 2024 admin building, buildings, carbon emissions, cement, cement emissions, climate change, concrete, Construction, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, Oil

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 18:09:01 +0000

As I’ve been looking at solutions that people are proposing for eliminating cement’s high carbon dioxide emissions, a set of criteria are clearly emerging to assess whether they are going to be material. These include the source material availability, cost, and distribution. They include integration into worksites. They include the … [continued]

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Calcined Clays Are Not A Cement Decarbonization Slam Dunk

May 30, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, cement, cement emissions, China, climate change, decarbonization, Europe, green economy, green jobs, India, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 21:25:06 +0000

Cement is the gray glue that holds our modern cities and infrastructure together. We use about 4.1 billion tons of it a year, and every ton has a carbon debt of about a ton of carbon dioxide. That’s about 10% of our global emissions, so it’s a big problem. From … [continued]

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