A Greener Life

MARCH 3, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen Jim Ratcliffe, the UK’s richest man and the founder and CEO of Ineos , the petrochemical giant, who perversely pays little UK tax as he resides in the tax haven of Monaco, has won UK government backing from a giant fossil fuel project which campaigners have labelled as climate wrecking.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Despite assurances that the legislation is a government priority, it has not yet been scheduled for a third reading. It’s time for the government to fulfill its 2019 promise. The impacts of the energy transition are already being felt across the country. Waiting any longer could be too late for some workers and their families.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Water-related crises around the world have shown that current systems of governance and economic organization are unsuited for a world altered by global warming. But the water crisis is global, and it can be solved only with transformational thinking and new governance. Women in Rajasthan, a state in northern India, gather water.

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 2, 2024

Currently, though, the largest technological CDR facility in operation anywhere in the world is only capable of removing just 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually. In a new paper published today, the Sabin Center explores the governance challenges associated with ocean CDR research and (if deemed appropriate) deployment.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Carbon capture has never worked as promised, the carbon is dangerous to transport, and the technology is extremely expensive, especially compared to the plummeting costs of renewable energy. This isn’t just a bad bet for the climate, it’s bad for Albertans.

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

reducing or eliminating free allocations of allowances) would accelerate emissions reductions including through greater fuel switching to non-fossil technologies. The post Governing Emissions Trading in California and China appeared first on Legal Planet. Stay tuned. Download as PDF.

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Nanotech

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

On October 23, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the designation of 31 communities across the United States as Regional Innovation and Technology Hubs (Tech Hubs) through the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration.

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Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Air & Waste Management Association will hold its 15th annual Symposium on Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy, Technology September 26-27 in Pittsburgh. Click Here to register and for more information.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Government agencies, researchers, environmental nonprofits and the offshore wind industry are joining forces through the Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind. Together, they are working to advance mitigation technologies to protect ocean wildlife.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Ahead of COP26, the UK government has signalled its support for climate action by announcing a £265 million renewables support scheme. . The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme is the preferred government method to incentivise investment in renewables and other low-carbon energy technologies. By Anders Lorenzen.

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Frontiers

JUNE 27, 2023

The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023 report co-published by open access publisher Frontiers and the World Economic Forum has been presented today. The report identifies those technologies poised to have the biggest positive impact on society over the next three to five years.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Quantum science and technology is a hot ticket today, with governments, major tech companies and financiers around the world pouring money into research and development. Qubit numbers are not everything and potential investors in new quantum computing technologies might want to consider a figure of merit called “quantum volume”.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 4, 2022

An Ohio -based nonprofit creates new technology that could break down “forever chemicals” like PFAS. After Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure – Federal and state governments begin to reverse course on underinvestment to address water’s true cost. It’s hard to rebuild without water.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the halls of Congress, legislators are at a standstill on funding the federal government for the next fiscal year (FY24). No funding agreement by the deadline (October 1) means the government, including agencies like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shuts down.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In 2013 – as head of strategy at the ministry – I visited the University of Technology in Delft to hear about their plans to start a quantum institute. We bridge the gap between fundamental research and business, especially for start-ups that are taking quantum technology out of the lab and into people’s lives. How will that be spent?

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Legal Planet

MARCH 7, 2024

Back in 2019, at the last face-to-face Assembly, the Swiss proposed a resolution to assess the science and possible governance of ‘climate altering techniques’ aka geoengineering. No steps have been taken towards stronger governance of experiments and development of SRM. Where does this leave us?

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Physics World

MARCH 11, 2022

As its clever title suggests, Tsu discusses not only written characters but also many characterful people from the Chinese worlds of computing, librarianship, politics, science and technology behind the transformation – most of whom are relatively unknown outside specialist circles.

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JANZEN AG

AUGUST 10, 2021

Our focus here will be technology commonly found in row crop machinery, such as combines, tractors, and planters. Do you have a sense for whether this trend has been driven more top-down by OEMs introducing new technology, or bottom-up by user demand? Early guidance systems and automation technology were aftermarket accessories.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Whether it’s lasers, nuclear power, computing or IT, one of the most exciting aspects of living through the dawn of rapidly evolving technology is that it creates a lot of jobs. Right now, there’s no better example of a burgeoning area than quantum technology and, fortunately for physicists, this is an area they are a perfect fit for.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 6, 2022

million to help expand the deployment of geothermal heating and cooling technology at federal sites. The federal government is the nation’s largest energy user, consuming nearly 1% of all end-use energy in the United States.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 10, 2021

While we know tailings are currently leaking toxic water into groundwater, the government has done no study on the health impact this has had – despite high rates of rare cancers in the First Nations communities downstream. Government is failing to enforce existing laws meant to protect people and the environment in the oil sands .

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 11, 2023

Meeting our net-zero goals will require the deployment of emissions reducing technologies and pathways for directly removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 30, 2022

The combination of offshore wind turbines, floating solar panels and green hydrogen are some of the hybrid clean energy technologies currently under development off the Dutch coast. . The flagship wind farm made headlines as the operator, Swedens’s Vattenfall in 2018 won the concession to build it without government subsidy.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Today Capital Power announced that they would not be pursuing carbon capture at the Genesee Generating Station, east of Edmonton Alberta, given the high costs and complexity of implementing the technology.

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New Scientist

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Law-makers must act like speculative fiction authors and try to foresee how technology will change our world, says writer Ray Nayler

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Environment + Energy Leader

DECEMBER 19, 2022

million funding project has been announced by the Australian government, which it expects will unleash almost $3 billion of investment in advanced battery technology. The post 4.2 GWh of Storage Capacity to Be Delivered by ARENA’s Big Battery Project appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 11, 2024

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 5, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen Last month, the Danish government set aside funding for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, through an agreement reaching cross-party support across the political spectrum. Over a period of 15 years, the government will inject 26.8 Aalborg Portland is Denmark’s largest CO2 emitter.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 1, 2023

links Ontario residents to information about government programs that offer financial incentives for residential retrofits. Heat pumps, a simple but effective technology, use electricity to remove heat from inside your home to cool it in the summer and pull heat in from outside to heat your home in the winter. The website GreenFlags.ca

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Huron-Wendat – The plan is a real improvement to Canada’s approach to managing the transition to a low-carbon economy, and we welcome the government’s commitment to bringing affected parties to the table.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 25, 2023

This time, Alberta came out guns blazing against the term ‘just transition’ after the Federal government announced progress on its just transition strategy for workers affected by the transition to the low-carbon economy. billion deal with the government to keep coal in the ground. There is a real risk of an unjust transition.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 9, 2021

Instead of supporting viable and more cost-effective clean technologies like heat pumps, Ontario is spending more than $234 million to support approximately 8750 connections – a subsidy of over $26,000 per customer.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 5, 2023

Governments are, it seems, beginning to listen to the growing chorus of scientists who have warned that deploying CDR is essential to avoid catastrophic climate change. Government funding for research and deployment of CDR is increasing. Yet, key issues around definitions, guidance, and climate governance remain.

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Nanotech

MAY 10, 2023

government agencies in tackling the challenge of plastic waste in the environment. government nanoplastics interagency interest group that coordinates activities on this subject across the federal agencies, who will provide highlights of agency programs and activities. The panel of speakers includes participants in the informal U.S.

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Yale E360

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In pollution hotspots like western Pennsylvania — where petrochemical facilities are proliferating — local residents, distrustful of companies and government, are taking advantage of low-cost technologies to do their own monitoring of air, water, and noise pollution. Read more on E360 ?.

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