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$25 Billion Up For Grabs In Canada’s Progress-Light, Reality-Deficient Hydrogen Strategy

May 15, 2024 admin blue hydrogen, Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green hydrogen, green jobs, heat pumps, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, subsidies, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 17:12:54 +0000

Over the past few years I’ve published assessments of the hydrogen strategies of multiple jurisdictions, including the United States, Australia, Japan, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, the EU, and the Canadian province of Ontario, among others. News of the German chancellor coming, cap in hand, begging for liquid natural gas and hydrogen … [continued]

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Americans Burn 50% Less Fossil Fuel in Their Homes Than They Did 50 Years Ago

May 13, 2024 admin buildings, electric home, electrify everything, energy efficiency, heat pumps, natural gas, Oil

Credit to Author: Joe Wachunas| Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 19:10:03 +0000

Americans burn much less fossil fuel in their homes on average and use much more electricity compared to half a century ago. This good news means that even though the “Electrify Everything” movement became a leading decarbonization strategy a decade or so ago, American homes had actually been steadily electrifying … [continued]

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Trump Promises Oil & Gas Execs Free Rein — If They Contribute $1 Billion To Campaign

May 13, 2024 admin chevron, citizens united, climate change, Coal, Donald Trump, exxon, exxonmobil, Fossil Fuels, Joe Biden, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 12:42:17 +0000

Donald Trump has made a prophet out of Bruce Cain, a political scientist at Stanford. Four weeks ago, he told New York Times contributor Thomas Edsall that some of the conservative victories in campaign finance law — particularly Citizens United — have strengthened “the power of elected officials to coerce … [continued]

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7 ORNL Inventions Licensed To Texas-Based Lithium Recovery Firm

May 10, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, lithium, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, oak ridge national laboratory, Oil, press releases, research, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 08 May 2024 21:45:37 +0000

A collection of seven technologies for lithium recovery developed by scientists from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been licensed to Element3, a Texas-based company focused on extracting lithium from wastewater produced by oil and gas production. The technologies were developed through the Critical Materials Innovation Hub, a … [continued]

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Report: Renewables Generating Nearly One-Third of Global Electricity

May 9, 2024 admin climate change, Coal, electrification, ember, Fossil Fuels, Hydro, hydropower, natural gas, news, power, Renewables, research, Solar, Technology, think tank, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 08 May 2024 19:14:17 +0000

A UK- based global research group said continued growth in wind and solar power increased power generation from renewable energy to nearly a third of worldwide electricity output last year. […]

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Green Builder Sustainability Symposium Presentation — Slides & Transcript

May 9, 2024 admin Agriculture, Aviation, biofuels, boats, buildings, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, heat pumps, high speed rail, hydroelectric, India, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, Shipping, Solar energy, trains / rail, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 18:48:44 +0000

In mid-2023, Green Builder Media’s CEO Sara Gutterman reached out to me to see if I were interested in presenting at their annual Sustainability Symposium. It’s been running annually for close to a decade, and with COVID it transitioned to virtual and won’t be going back. That event occurred a … [continued]

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Industry Exec: Data Centers Will Drive Demand for Natural Gas

May 7, 2024 admin aws, Business, data centers, enverus, Gas, microsoft, natural gas, news, nuclear power, pipelines, Power Demand, tc energy, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 14:42:15 +0000

An executive with the TC Energy, a group that is among the largest operators of natural gas pipelines in North America, said electricity demand from energy-intensive data centers will support […]

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Graph: U.S. Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Decreased by 3% in 2023

May 4, 2024 admin clean power, co2 emissions, Coal, Fossil Fuels, market research, natural gas, research, Solar energy, us co2 emissions, us solar, us solar energy

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 15:44:11 +0000

Based on analysis in our most recent U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions report, U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions decreased by 3%, about 134 million metric tons (MMmt), in 2023. Over 80% of the emissions reductions occurred in the electric power sector, caused largely by decreased coal-fired electricity generation, which was displaced by increased generation … [continued]

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PG&E Set to Sell Power Assets to Global Investor KKR

April 30, 2024 admin bankruptcy, Business, California, kkr, natural gas, news, Oil, pacific gas & electric, pacific generation, PG&E, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:51:55 +0000

California utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) said the company is nearing a deal to sell power generation assets to KKR, a New York City-based global investment firm that has […]

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New Department Of The Interior Rules Update Onshore Oil & Gas Leasing & Other Regulations

April 29, 2024 admin bureau of land management (blm), department of the interior (doi), federal public lands, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:27:30 +0000

The US Department of the Interior is stepping up regulations to protect federal lands from the havoc of fossil fuel development and rampant disregard for endangered wildlife. It has announced a final rule to revise the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) oil and gas leasing regulations, “which will ensure a … [continued]

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