Environmental Leader

JUNE 2, 2021

‘True Zero,’ as Steve Hoy, former IBMer and CEO of Enosi, calls it, may be the new term used to talk about achieving carbon emissions reductions goals. While net zero refers to an overall balance between emissions produced and emissions removed from the atmosphere, true zero, or 24/7 carbon-free energy, Read more ».

Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Three years later, energy production emerges as a force to be reckoned with by fishermen, clean energy advocates, those focused on the endangered Right Whale, and everyone who depends upon the Gulf of Maine (hereafter referred to as “GOM”) and its future.

Fossil Fuels

Environmental Leader

JUNE 2, 2021

‘True Zero,’ as Steve Hoy, former IBMer and CEO of Enosi, calls it, may be the new term used to talk about achieving carbon emissions reductions goals. While net zero refers to an overall balance between emissions produced and emissions removed from the atmosphere, true zero, or 24/7 carbon-free energy, Read more ».

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

One strategy is to counterbalance carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that contribute to climate change by drawing an equal amount of carbon out of the atmosphere, such as through planting trees.

Climate Change

Edouard Stenger

OCTOBER 11, 2021

I haven’t published regularly since 2018… Since my last blog post here I have trained for a technical degree in green buildings and renewable energy, interned as an Energy advisor for the healthcare sector and started a job as an energy manager for local communities. What’s the best in this estimate ?

Renewable Energy

Enviromental Defense

JULY 4, 2023

In Canada, some of our major economic drivers, like transportation, energy or manufacturing, are also major polluters. Studies show that the shift could create more job opportunities , economically diverse communities and provide more affordable, clean energy than exists in today’s economy. This is dangerous.

Fossil Fuels

Earthava

JULY 27, 2021

That’s not surprising as more people are looking for eco-friendly transport solutions, such as electric scooters, bicycles, and electric bicycles, to reduce their carbon footprint. However, electric cars will be a huge game-changer as they will reduce carbon emissions on roads significantly. The Cons of Electric Cars.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

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Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

The decision to ditch coal was the biggest single action of its time to cut carbon emissions in North America. That means carbon emissions from electricity in Ontario will be rising back up again after years of decline. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 .

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Both Republicans and Democrats are touting natural gas with CCS as the next clean energy solution, and significant funding has been earmarked for its research and development — at the expense of renewable energy projects that have proven to be cheaper and to produce fewer carbon emissions.

Fossil Fuels

Physics World

MARCH 16, 2022

If I run a supercomputer that takes as much energy as 10,000 households then who am I to tell my children, or other people, they shouldn’t shower for 20 minutes?”. As the world grapples with the consequences of climate change, many scientists have begun to face up to the realities of their carbon emissions. Courtesy: CERN).

2019

Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 2, 2022

We can protect coastal habitats, like mangroves and sea grasses, which can serve as critical tools to guard communities from intensifying storms while also safely storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. You can also look at how your own workplace contributes to climate change and advocate for changes that reduce carbon emissions.

Ocean

Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It also churns out around 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide—equal to Germany’s emissions—and other toxic pollutants into the atmosphere every year. If nothing is done to clean up shipping, its carbon emissions are projected to jump by almost 130% by 2050.

Carbon Dioxide

Edouard Stenger

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

At a time where scientists are trying to figure out how to suck the excess carbon out of our atmosphere, Mother Nature has known how to do it for millions of years. Trees are very efficient at absorbing carbon dioxide. It is estimated that one acre of forest absorbs six tons of carbon dioxide and puts out four tons of oxygen.

Climate Change

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. industrial policy for energy and transportation. million square-foot refinery to turn corn into low-carbon jet fuel.

Carbon Dioxide

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity.

Government

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Second Circuit Rejected Challenges to Connecticut Renewable Energy Programs. Allco is an owner, operator, and developer of solar energy projects throughout the country, including in Georgia and New York. State Air Resources Board , No. S241948 (Cal. June 28, 2017). PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP , No. 451962/2016 (N.Y.

2017

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Providing government financial support for these false solutions diverts funds from proven, cost-effective climate solutions including electrification and grid modernization, renewable energy generation and storage, and energy efficiency. Current global CCUS capacity is about 0.001% of annual greenhouse gas emissions.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere have risen approximately 47 percent since 1750, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels for energy. Strategies for capturing carbon from fossil fuel power plants, to prevent it from entering the atmosphere, have long lingered on the sidelines. from 1990–2019.

Carbon Dioxide

Enviromental Defense

JULY 24, 2023

Furthermore, fossil fuel subsidies divert public spending away from investments in climate solutions – including renewable energy, electrification and energy efficiency – which would set Canada up to thrive as the world moves beyond oil and gas. This would rule out any spending on new oil, gas or coal projects.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 30, 2021

Even if it were possible, simply eliminating carbon emissions from fossil fuel production would not address the myriad impacts of fossil fuel production faced primarily by Indigenous and front-line communities. Carbon capture and release: a license to pollute . But not all hydrogen is created equal. We need to be doing both.

Fossil Fuels

Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As air sunk through the atmosphere, it got squeezed and heated. Companies and organizations (including the IOP) are not shy in boasting about the green credentials of their premises, from green roofs and ground-source heat pumps to smart lighting and renewable energy. Courtesy: Canadian Press/Shutterstock). Wood you believe?

Cooling

Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

I further argue that, if we continue to develop in these ways, deaths from natural disasters will continue to decline, food surpluses will continue to rise, and global carbon emissions will likely peak and decline soon, preventing temperatures from rising more than three degrees centigrade over pre-industrial levels. Ehrlich agreed. “In

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2023

That invisible gas, that is the methane that’s leaking into our atmosphere every day – and we can do something about it. I believe we can do both – we can embrace the Commonwealth’s role as an energy leader, create good- paying jobs, and fulfill our constitutional obligation to protect Pennsylvania’s clean air and pure water.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2023

That invisible gas, that is the methane that’s leaking into our atmosphere every day – and we can do something about it. I believe we can do both – we can embrace the Commonwealth’s role as an energy leader, create good- paying jobs, and fulfill our constitutional obligation to protect Pennsylvania’s clean air and pure water.

2023

Edouard Stenger

OCTOBER 29, 2018

To limit climate change to runaway levels, the report mentions a deadline and a target: in the next 12 years we need to essentially halve global emissions. If renewables are booming and energy efficiency is gaining some traction, greenhouse gases emissions are still growing and the atmospheric concentration of carbon is still rising.

Deforestation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

They said, depending on how the proceeds of the final regulations are invested, it will not have a negative impact on jobs, but will be a job creator and energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives will reduce energy costs. In addition, last July, Sen. That was in 1969. So that was in 1971.

Natural Gas

Acoel

APRIL 8, 2022

The bipartisan infrastructure law funds clean energy demonstration projects to improve energy storage, advanced nuclear technology, carbon capture from fuel burning as well as direct carbon capture from the atmosphere.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

As the fourth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the United States, Pennsylvania has a responsibility to lead when it comes to implementing climate solutions and reducing carbon emissions. Eight states have already committed to a timeline to transition to powering their electric grids with 100 percent renewable energy sources.

Carbon Dioxide

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The developing science of climatology with its understanding of the need for chemistry made scientists concerned for the future on seeing masses amounts of carbon released into the atmosphere (8) , but also (as it was previously) regarding trees as a resource and the potential for depletion. Energy Conservation.

Conservation

Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Jordan and Israel signed a pact to swap renewable energy for desalinated water. Brett Walton 2021-09-15 14:30:20 2021-11-29 21:30:49 ‘The Opportunity Is Now’: Water Advocates View Upcoming UN Climate Conference as Moment of Relevance Waste-To-Energy Tech Could Slash U.S. Brett Walton. And the U.S. Laura Gersony.

2021

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , No. Challenge to Settlement in Utility Rate-Setting Case in New Mexico Cited Failure to Quantify Coal Plant’s Carbon Emission Risks. Center for Biological Diversity Filed Lawsuit Seeking Records on Termination of National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee. filed Oct.

2017

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Another example is presented by Trump’s effort to lighten requirements for environmental impact statements — uniformly opposed by environmentalists, but supported by the renewable energy industry. Second, some forms of renewable energy reduce environmental conflicts, but they do so at a price.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2024

The new global record in the generation of renewable energy was powered primarily by solar and wind. As the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says on its Climate.gov website: “The United States bears a greater share of the responsibility for current conditions—on both a national and per-person level.”

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

In my retelling of the show, I quickly pointed out that the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had by then concluded that “most” of the increase in average global temperatures since 1950 was “very likely” due to the increase in human-made carbon emissions. ExxonMobil is still funding those folks, big time.”

Fossil Fuels

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 The pact recognizes that world’s countries would need to reduce global carbon emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 levels to limit warming to 1.5 The Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act ( H.R. degrees Celsius. 3326 ), from Rep.

2021

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. At issue in this case is whether and how the EPA can set standards for carbon emissions at power plants.

Carbon Dioxide