Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:37:08 +0000
China’s electrification, renewables, and infrastructure trajectories mean coal demand is going to plummet, and emissions with it. The USA? Not so much.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:55:01 +0000
The last coal-fired generating station in the UK has been shuttered, an act that could have international implications.
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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 02:42:16 +0000
These days, batteries are frequently recycled and repurposed, and companies that tackle this environmental issue make weekly news. We’ve got more battery recycling news below. MAN will build the biggest public charging network for heavy commercial vehicles in the nation to date, with 400 charging stations across 170 locations spanning … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:34:19 +0000
A coalition of environmental and health groups has called on Microsoft to rely on clean energy generation instead of a proposed expansion of methane-fueled power for its planned Racine County data center — projected to become Wisconsin Electric’s “largest electric load.” In an open letter to Microsoft, the groups charge … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:48:22 +0000
A recent article at Outside tells us the story of a really beef-headed lawsuit the State of Utah recently filed against the federal government. In the lawsuit, the state claims that the feds (specifically the Bureau of Land Management, or BLM—not to be confused with the other BLM) are unlawfully … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 03:30:13 +0000
For three years, the International Chamber of Shipping has been running a survey of ship owners, covering multiple domains, including biggest risks to shipping, changes in shipping patterns with initiatives like friendshoring and most relevantly for this discussion, decarbonization. Recently they dropped their 2023-2024 survey, and the results indicate ongoing … [continued]
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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:40:52 +0000
Regular readers might think Californians have a lock on poorly thought-through ideas for ‘enhancing’ oceanic carbon uptake, but apparently Italy decided to throw a log on this fire. A startup is promoting the idea of digging up long-sequestered carbon dioxide in the form of limestone to make quicklime to make … [continued]
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