Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 21:05:52 +0000
The elaborately outfitted OceanXplorer research vessel is a former oil industry asset repurposed for science, education, and the environment.
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:18:38 +0000
Our estimates of diesel consumption in China totaled 3.9 million barrels per day (b/d) in June 2024, a decline of 11% from the same month last year and the largest year-over-year decline in consumption for any month since July 2021. From 2020 to 2022, China’s government, businesses, and communities used … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 01:35:01 +0000
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding is addressing legacy pollution, spurring economic growth nationwide WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced the availability of $775 million for 21 states to clean up legacy pollution through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. These historic resources to clean up orphaned oil and gas … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 18:23:47 +0000
Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. With the … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 05:00:40 +0000
Two recent accidents in the energy sector — an oil spill in Louisiana and a wind turbine failure in New England — have generated starkly different responses from the impacted communities and government agencies that regulate the industries. The distinctions, so far, are separated by geography, culture and wealth, among … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 15:41:38 +0000
Recently I published on the International Maritime Organization’s commitment to introduce carbon pricing for all maritime shipping in 2028. One of the comments echoed something I’d seen elsewhere, the odd premise that this would drive freight to much higher emissions airplanes, and hence be counterproductive from a climate perspective. The … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 00:41:12 +0000
Big Oil could be in big trouble if Kamala Harris gets elected. She pursued them vigorously as the attorney general of California.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:05:28 +0000
In my regularly iterated Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work, there’s a big broom: Price Carbon Aggressively. In the maritime shipping world, it would be a big trawler net that scoops up emissions regardless of technology, allowing the market to figure out the cheapest way to achieve decarbonization. … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:44:09 +0000
Recently I sat down virtually with energy policy expert Jan Rosenow of RAP on my podcast “Redefining Energy — Tech” to discuss how residential and commercial building heat solutions. In the theme of providing transcripts of presentations I’m giving in various places for people who prefer the written word, this … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:25:28 +0000
Freight logistics are going to be transforming over the coming years, and electrification is the primary wedge. It’s not only climate-friendly, but ports that take this path sooner rather than later will end up more competitive as global shipping declines. Electrification is a path to being a winning port in … [continued]
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