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FRESH, October 4, 2022: Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Emerges as Political Flashpoint

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Indiana regulates the underground storage of carbon dioxide. In central Illinois , residents are reluctant to make way for an underground carbon dioxide pipeline. Residents of central Illinois are organizing against a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline, Energy News Network reports. CO2 STORAGE: Indiana Gov.

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Electric bikes: a Less-Polluting Option for Commutes and Errands in the “New Normal”

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2023

But pre-COVID, most days I used an electric bike to handle the 11-mile round trip to and from the Oakland UCS office. Using an electric bike gave me the opportunity to get to the office as quickly as with a car, with virtually no pollution and the added bonus of some outside time. But why are electric bikes important?

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Volvo to Sell 1,000 Electric Trucks to Holcim by 2030

Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 23, 2023

Up to 50,000 tons of carbon dioxide yearly could be saved by replacing 1,000 existing diesel trucks with their electric counterparts.

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In the Race for Clean Energy, the United States is Both a Leader and a Laggard—Here’s How

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2024

Announcing recently that the world broke a record by generating 30 percent of all electricity from renewable sources in 2023, the British think tank Ember said the data proves we are in a “new era” of energy in which a permanent decline in fossil fuels is “inevitable.” percent of the globe’s electricity in 2015, solar now produces 5.5

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Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide

Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Researchers developed an efficient process that can convert carbon dioxide into formate, a nonflammable liquid or solid material that can be used like hydrogen or methanol to power a fuel cell and generate electricity. Read the full story from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Ask a Scientist: Two Dozen States Can Meet 100 Percent of Electricity Demand with Renewables by 2035

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

Nearly all of the alliance members have a renewable electricity standard (RES), which requires utilities in their jurisdiction to increase their use of renewable energy to a particular percentage by a specific year. Just as important, cleaning up the power grid also lowers carbon dioxide emissions.

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How Much Land Would it Require to Get Most of Our Electricity from Wind and Solar?

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Most studies show that achieving these targets will require an unprecedented increase in wind and solar power to decarbonize the power sector and meet the increased demand for zero- carbon electricity to replace fossil fuels in building, industrial and transportation sectors. Map courtesy NREL: Denholm et al.

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This Coca-Cola bottler will capture carbon dioxide to put the fizz in its drinks

Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages is building a “quadgeneration” system to generate electricity, run heating and cooling processes, and recover carbon dioxide to carbonate beverages. Read the full story at GreenBiz.

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FRESH, May 31, 2022: Summer To Bring Rising Electricity Rates, Blackouts to Great Lakes Region

Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2022

Minnesota moves to regulate pipelines transporting liquid carbon dioxide. Utilities warn of blackouts and rising electricity rates across the Great Lakes region this summer. Minnesota Moves to Regulate Liquid Carbon Dioxide Pipelines. The storm took 10 lives and plunged thousands into electrical blackouts.

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UD and LSU collaborate to advance manufacturing technologies that employ carbon dioxide and renewable energy

Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A more sustainable option gaining steam is the use of electrolyzers, devices that instead use electricity to convert raw materials like carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful molecules for chemicals and products. Traditional chemical manufacturing relies on non-renewable fossil energy sources for power and raw materials.

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Surging sales of large gasoline pickups and SUVs are undermining carbon reductions from electric cars

Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 6, 2022

by John DeCicco, University of Michigan Replacing petroleum fuels with electricity is crucial for curbing climate change because it cuts carbon dioxide emissions from transportation – the largest source of U.S. global warming emissions and a growing source worldwide.

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Inside the Brooklyn start-up making clean jet fuel with captured CO2

New Scientist

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Rethinking a century-old chemical reaction could jump-start the production of cleaner jet fuel made from captured carbon dioxide and clean electricity

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Don’t hamstring carbon removal

Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2022

Assessments by the IPCC have made clear that the most feasible way for the world to meet its target of restricting climate change to below two degrees Celsius of warming includes rapid and massive expansion of carbon removal technology – technology that would extract carbon dioxide and permanently sequester that carbon dioxide underground.

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Jet fuel made with captured CO2 and clean electricity set for take-off

New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Several companies are beginning to scale up production of jet fuel made from captured carbon dioxide and green hydrogen, but decarbonising global aviation this way would require huge amounts of clean energy

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Eco-Friendly Process To Convert Carbon Dioxide Back Into Fuel Offers Way To Close The Carbon Loop

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2021

By Jennifer Matthews, Penn State News A new, environmentally friendly, single-step process has been developed to convert carbon dioxide into higher hydrocarbons using plasma, according to scientists and engineers. Finding a better way to convert waste carbon dioxide under mild conditions remains a major challenge in catalysis.

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Biden’s Proposed Power Plant Rule is a Solid First Step

Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2023

Image via PickPik On May 23, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed emission limits and guidelines for carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-powered plants. The biggest exception is for those plants that choose to run only part-time, so-called “peaker plants” that turn on when electricity demand is too high for the grid.

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U.S. Pushes Farmers to Develop A New Crop: Energy

Circle of Blue

APRIL 18, 2023

The law provides $140 billion in tax incentives, direct loans, and grants to replace fossil fuels with cleaner renewable energy that lowers emissions of carbon dioxide. Gevo asserts its “farm-to-flight” project will release 80 percent less carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than ethanol produced by a conventional plant.

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Scientist Discover How to Convert CO2 into Powder That Can Be Stored for Decades

Scientific American

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A team of scientists has figured out how to convert planet-warming carbon dioxide into a harmless powdery fuel that could be converted into clean electricity

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Electric school buses are taking students back to school – bringing cleaner air and lower maintenance costs to school districts across the country

Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Nationwide, diesel-powered school buses produce more than 5 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. … Continue reading Electric school buses are taking students back to school – bringing cleaner air and lower maintenance costs to school districts across the country.

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BETO Announces that Scientists from Multiple National Labs Are Finding New Ways to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Affordable Biofuels and Bioproducts

Brag

JANUARY 24, 2023

” It can generate electricity when used for fuel cells, serve as a heating fuel for boilers, or be used as a sustainable or blended fuel for road, marine, or (potentially) aviation. According to BETO, the goal is to identify catalysts that can make beneficial products, such as sustainable aviation fuel, efficiently and selectively.

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What EXACTLY Did the UN Conference Decide?

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Coal is supposed to be “phased down” except where the resulting carbon dioxide is removed and securely stored (which may or may not actually be feasible). Subsection (g) calls for accelerating use of zero emission vehicles (basically, electric cars and trucks), as well as public transportation. Non-CO2 greenhouse gases.

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A factory will soon start making green food from air and electricity

New Scientist

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Solar Foods will grow bacteria using carbon dioxide from the air and hydrogen produced by renewable energy, a process more efficient than growing plants

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Progress Possible at COP 28 Despite Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions include carbon dioxide from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes, net carbon dioxide from land use, land use change and forestry, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases. of its long-term investments to sources of low-carbon energy like wind and solar.

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U.S. EIA Short Term Energy Outlook Sees Continued High Energy Costs Into 2022, Decreases Later; Growth Of Renewables; Carbon Dioxide Still Short Of 2019 Levels

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The cost of natural gas is forecast to drop in 2022 as will its share of electric generation. EIA also forecasts a slight increase in carbon dioxide emissions from energy sources in 2022, but still short of 2019 levels. gallon in October to $3.16/gallon gallon in December; -- Natural Gas: Slight increase from $5.51

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Too Many Gas Power Plants are the Problem Not the Solution

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by natural gas. We need more electricity to transition our homes and cars off fossil fuels, but we can’t afford to let that electricity come from more gas power plants. States remain widely varied on their reliance on gas for electricity.

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Singapore to Build World’s Largest Facility that Sucks Carbon From the Sea

Inside Climate News

MARCH 1, 2024

A startup is zapping seawater with electricity to extract and store away carbon, but scientists remain skeptical. By Kiley Price The ocean is quite literally a massive sink for carbon.

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Feature: Comparing The Cost Of Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles versus Electric Vehicles: Which One Is Right For You?

PA Environment Daily

JULY 3, 2023

With electric vehicles (EVs) a fast-growing part of everyday transportation around the world, I wanted to share my personal experiences and opinions on driving a Chevy Bolt EV over 32,000 miles during the past 4 years, mostly in western Pennsylvania. The details—708 miles of driving used 163 kWh of electricity at my local cost of $23.50

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A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Kutscher, University of Colorado Boulder and Jeffrey Logan, University of Colorado Boulder In the summer of 1988, scientist James Hansen testified to Congress that carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels was dangerously warming the planet. by Charles F.

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Delayed harm and the politics of climate change, reconsidered

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2021

But what happens when we achieve the goal of zero carbon dioxide emissions from human actions? It turns out this is a critical question for understanding what carbon budgets we have in terms of emissions, if we seek to meet temperature thresholds like 2 degrees Celsius.

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Ask a Scientist: Gas Plants Disproportionately Harm Marginalized Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Responsible for 12 percent of all US global warming emissions from human activities, methane traps significantly more heat per molecule than carbon dioxide, making it 86 times more harmful for the first 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere. EN: What needs to be done to make the electric grid more equitable—and reliable?

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Maryland is Leading the Transition to All Electric Buildings

Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 26, 2023

There is a move toward all electric buildings as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. The state of Maryland is leading the way in this movement, including several local jurisdictions adopting all electric building code laws. So, the change to all electric buildings is not a simple issue.

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Fortunately, I don’t have COPD and I didn’t contract asthma when I was young, perhaps partly because I grew up in a home with an electric range. The study concluded that these childhood asthma cases could have theoretically been prevented by using electric appliances. But other Washingtonians may not be as lucky.

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EPA Releases Updated, Elevated Estimates for the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases

Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 25, 2024

By Joshua Bledsoe , Kevin Homrighausen , and John Detrich On December 2, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final report that substantially increases estimates of the social cost of greenhouse gases (GHG), including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide (collectively, SC-GHG). 2016), [link]. [6]

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Stronger Fuel Economy Standards Are Needed to Clean Up Combustion Vehicles

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Shortly thereafter, the Supreme Court ruled that EPA had the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars and trucks under Massachusetts v. Additionally, there are incentives for natural gas vehicles and electric vehicles.

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Unplugged Truth: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Charging Your Smartphone

Greenbuilding Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

We then determined carbon dioxide emissions per smartphone charged by multiplying the energy use per smartphone charged by the national weighted average carbon dioxide marginal emission rate for delivered electricity. of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour (. of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour (.

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Electrification and decarbonization of chemical synthesis

Physics World

MARCH 16, 2022

Chemical synthesis is responsible for the significant emission of carbon dioxide worldwide. Using renewable electricity to drive chemical synthesis may provide a route to overcoming these challenges, enabling synthetic routes that operate at benign conditions and utilize sustainable inputs.

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Reliance on Gas Power Plants Fuels Inequity

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Climate impacts The power sector accounts for approximately 25% of heat-trapping emissions in the United States, with gas plants accounting for 45% of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in the power industry. Higher and more volatile electricity bills are particularly difficult for households with a higher energy burden.

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US Emissions of the World’s Most Potent Greenhouse Gas Are 56 Percent Higher Than EPA Estimates, a New Study Shows

Inside Climate News

JANUARY 31, 2023

Electric utilities are likely responsible for the nation’s higher than expected emissions of sulfur hexafluoride, a greenhouse gas 25,000 times worse for the climate than carbon dioxide. By Phil McKenna While emissions of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), the world’s most potent greenhouse gas, have fallen sharply in the U.S.

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DEP Awards $2.1 Million In Grants For Electric Vehicles, Clean Fuel Transportation Projects

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2022

million in Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants to municipalities and businesses for 99 electric vehicles and more clean fuel transportation projects to improve air quality in their communities. They’re anticipated to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 6,429 kilograms and carbon dioxide emissions by 2,642 metric tons per year.

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Response to the New York Times Essay “Are There Better Places to Put Large Solar Farms Than These Forests”

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2022

However, on the narrow but important issue of carbon dioxide emissions, an acre of solar panels appears to offset more emissions each year than an acre planted with trees can sequester. metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. What about the carbon that is released when an acre of forest is removed?

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2021 Election Preview: The Expensive Battle in Maine over Hydropower Imports

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The future of electric power in New England, or at least a piece of it, is the subject of a highly contested referendum in Maine. It asks whether Maine voters want “to ban the construction of high-impact electric transmission lines in the Upper Kennebec Region.”. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 28, 2021.

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Sen. Street Introduces Bill To Set A New Clean Energy Standard And Support Carbon Capture To Eliminate All Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Power Plants By 2050

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2022

Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) introduced Senate Bill 979 which amends the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard Act to establish a new Clean Energy Standard and encourage investment in carbon capture technology to achieve net-zero carbon emissions from power plants.

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Why Energy Bills Will Be Even Higher This Winter

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. Consequently, residential gas prices are expected to be 22 percent higher this winter compared to last year’s, and residential electricity prices are expected to be 6 percent higher on average.

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Biomethane Threatens to Upend the Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 25, 2023

To date, most stakeholder engagement has focused on the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting framework required to accurately report the carbon intensity of electrolytically produced hydrogen, or hydrogen generated by using electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.

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FRESH, October 4, 2022: Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Emerges as Political Flashpoint

Electric bikes: a Less-Polluting Option for Commutes and Errands in the “New Normal”

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Volvo to Sell 1,000 Electric Trucks to Holcim by 2030

In the Race for Clean Energy, the United States is Both a Leader and a Laggard—Here’s How

Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide

Ask a Scientist: Two Dozen States Can Meet 100 Percent of Electricity Demand with Renewables by 2035

How Much Land Would it Require to Get Most of Our Electricity from Wind and Solar?

This Coca-Cola bottler will capture carbon dioxide to put the fizz in its drinks

FRESH, May 31, 2022: Summer To Bring Rising Electricity Rates, Blackouts to Great Lakes Region

UD and LSU collaborate to advance manufacturing technologies that employ carbon dioxide and renewable energy

Surging sales of large gasoline pickups and SUVs are undermining carbon reductions from electric cars

Inside the Brooklyn start-up making clean jet fuel with captured CO2

Don’t hamstring carbon removal

Jet fuel made with captured CO2 and clean electricity set for take-off

Eco-Friendly Process To Convert Carbon Dioxide Back Into Fuel Offers Way To Close The Carbon Loop

Biden’s Proposed Power Plant Rule is a Solid First Step

U.S. Pushes Farmers to Develop A New Crop: Energy

Scientist Discover How to Convert CO2 into Powder That Can Be Stored for Decades

Electric school buses are taking students back to school – bringing cleaner air and lower maintenance costs to school districts across the country

BETO Announces that Scientists from Multiple National Labs Are Finding New Ways to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Affordable Biofuels and Bioproducts

What EXACTLY Did the UN Conference Decide?

A factory will soon start making green food from air and electricity

Progress Possible at COP 28 Despite Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

U.S. EIA Short Term Energy Outlook Sees Continued High Energy Costs Into 2022, Decreases Later; Growth Of Renewables; Carbon Dioxide Still Short Of 2019 Levels

Too Many Gas Power Plants are the Problem Not the Solution

Singapore to Build World’s Largest Facility that Sucks Carbon From the Sea

Feature: Comparing The Cost Of Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles versus Electric Vehicles: Which One Is Right For You?

A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Delayed harm and the politics of climate change, reconsidered

Ask a Scientist: Gas Plants Disproportionately Harm Marginalized Communities

Maryland is Leading the Transition to All Electric Buildings

The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

EPA Releases Updated, Elevated Estimates for the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases

Stronger Fuel Economy Standards Are Needed to Clean Up Combustion Vehicles

Unplugged Truth: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Charging Your Smartphone

Electrification and decarbonization of chemical synthesis

Reliance on Gas Power Plants Fuels Inequity

US Emissions of the World’s Most Potent Greenhouse Gas Are 56 Percent Higher Than EPA Estimates, a New Study Shows

DEP Awards $2.1 Million In Grants For Electric Vehicles, Clean Fuel Transportation Projects

Response to the New York Times Essay “Are There Better Places to Put Large Solar Farms Than These Forests”

2021 Election Preview: The Expensive Battle in Maine over Hydropower Imports

Sen. Street Introduces Bill To Set A New Clean Energy Standard And Support Carbon Capture To Eliminate All Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Power Plants By 2050

Why Energy Bills Will Be Even Higher This Winter

Biomethane Threatens to Upend the Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit

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