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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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Quidnet’s Solution Is Probably More Short-Lived Sand Mining Than Energy Storage

June 5, 2024 admin clean power, climate change, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, FRACKING, green economy, grid, grid storage, investment, natural gas, Oil, pumped hydro storage, quidnet

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:35:06 +0000

It’s not often that a novel energy storage solution crosses my screen. It’s vastly rarer that it doesn’t immediately fail a few basic sniff tests. A solution that pumps water under high pressure a few hundred to a thousand meters underground doesn’t immediately fall apart in technical terms or claims. … [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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Forecast Strong Hurricane Season Presents Risk for U.S. Oil & Natural Gas Industry

May 30, 2024 admin climate change, Fossil Fuels, hurricanes, natural gas, Oil, Storms

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 15:07:21 +0000

Meteorologists are forecasting a particularly intense Atlantic hurricane season this year; they expect 20–25 named storms with a possibility of 30 or more, according to reports from AccuWeather in April. Colorado State University similarly forecasts an estimated 23 named storms this year. The potential for a stronger hurricane season suggests heightened risk for weather-related … [continued]

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Publishing On Cement Decarbonization Brings Challenges, Corrections And More Approaches

May 28, 2024 admin buildings, Carbon Capture, carbon emissions, cement, cement emissions, climate change, co2 emissions, Coal, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 02:25:59 +0000

A few days ago I went deep on cement again, using an assessment of the processes of American clean cement startups Sublime Systems and Brimstone to define the scope and magnitude of the problem, the chemistry and energy requirements of cement, why fixing it is critically important, and incidentally evaluate … [continued]

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$35 Million from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to Clean Up Orphaned Wells in California

May 23, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, California, Coal, deb haaland, department of the interior (doi), Fossil Fuels, green economy, investing in america, investment, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, Oil, policy & politics, press releases

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 05:35:23 +0000

Historic funding to plug orphaned oil and gas wells will address environmental and safety hazards, create good-paying jobs in communities nationwide LOS ANGELES — [Last week], as part of the Biden-Harris administration’s Infrastructure Week, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced a $35.2 million investment through President Biden’s Investing in … [continued]

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Electric Trucks Are Already Lower Carbon Than Rail In Much Of North America

May 20, 2024 admin air quality, autonomous vehicles, California, Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean transport, climate change, Coal, daimler, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Europe, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, railroads, Shipping, tesla, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 16:39:26 +0000

In 2010, I was consulting to Canadian National Railroad, at the time with the legendary Hunter Harrison as CEO. It was one of many times my decarbonization proposals bounced off of organizations, something that’s been inordinately useful in helping me understand how hardcore businesses view the space. At the time, … [continued]

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Nearly $55 Million to Clean Up Legacy Oil & Gas Pollution in North Dakota & West Virginia

May 16, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, deb haaland, department of the interior (doi), Fossil Fuels, green economy, investing in america, investment, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, natural gas, NORTH DAKOTA, Oil, policy & politics, West Virginia

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 22:27:02 +0000

Historic funding to plug orphaned oil and gas wells will address environmental and safety hazards, create good-paying jobs in communities across both states WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior today awarded $54.2 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for North Dakota and West Virginia to clean up … [continued]

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EU Wisely Stiffens Road Freight & Passenger Emissions Guidance

May 16, 2024 admin air quality, Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, clean trucks, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, EU, Europe, ev sales, Fossil Fuels, freight, freight train, freight transport, green economy, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, India, investment, Manufacturing, Oil, policy & politics, Shipping, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 22:17:44 +0000

A month ago, I spent some time assembling statistics on major geographies’ split of domestic freight tonnage across different modes: road, rail, and water. I was surprised to find that road freight was so much more dominant in Europe than rail compared to other major geographies. I think of Europe … [continued]

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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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