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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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EV & CleanTech Round Up — More Battery Recycling, MAN Accelerates Charging, Wind Advances, & Millions for Volvo Renewable Renovation

September 24, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, batteries, clean power, clean transport, cupra, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, lithium-ion batteries, man, Manufacturing, policy & politics, research, shell, Solar energy, vinfast, volvo, volvo trucks, wind energy

Credit 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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Environmental Groups Urge Microsoft to Skip Gas in Favor of Solar & Wind to Power Data Center

September 24, 2024 admin clean power, Fossil Fuels, green economy, microsoft, natural gas, Oil, Solar energy, we energies, wind energy, wisconsin

Credit 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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Utah Wants To Take Over Public Lands, Give The Fossil Fuel Industry A Gift

September 23, 2024 admin BLM, bureau of land management (blm), Fossil Fuels, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Utah

Credit 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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Ship Owners Confused About Decarbonization

September 21, 2024 admin batteries, biofuel, boats, carbon emissions, cargo shipping, clean power, clean shipping, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, Logistics, natural gas, nuclear energy, Oil

Credit 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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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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Another Day, Another Nonsensical Oceanic Carbon Capture Non-Solution, This Time Italian

September 19, 2024 admin California, carbon emissions, climate change, Fossil Fuels, green economy, HEALTH, investment, Italy, Ocean, ocean acidification, research, SCIENCE, seafood

Credit 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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For Power & Profit: The Retreat From Renewables Has A Dark & Dangerous Underside

September 18, 2024 admin carbon emissions, climate change, Fossil Fuels, policy & politics, renewable energy, Smart Grid

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 17:29:03 +0000

The existential climate crisis that confronts us requires political and policy solutions that disempower the fossil fuel industry and their state allies. Unfortunately, the current US presidential election season is filled with hyperbole, controversy, and disinformation. Such discourse threatens to spawn a retreat from renewables in favor of continued burning … [continued]

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Hurricane Francine Knocks Energy Infrastructure Offline — Not Clean Energy Infrastructure

September 16, 2024 admin clean power, energy resilience, energy security, Extreme weather, Fossil Fuels, hurricanes, natural gas, Oil, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 03:56:09 +0000

Hurricanes can massively disrupt energy infrastructure, and can leave people without power for hours or days. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced today a vast array of energy infrastructure that has been knocked offline by Hurricane Francine. But one thing stood out to me: none of this was clean … [continued]

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