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Few Companies Make The Hard Tradeoffs To Reduce Carbon Emissions

Few Companies Make The Hard Tradeoffs To Reduce Carbon Emissions The law firm Crowell & Moring recently released a survey-based report that looked at how companies are navigating pressures to improve their environmental performance. The company surveyed 225 executives whose jobs included environmental, social, and governance issues. 56% of respondents said their company does NOT … Continue reading Few Companies Make The Hard Tradeoffs To Reduce Carbon Emissions

House lawmakers release bill to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

House lawmakers release bill to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 Congressional lawmakers released the framework for a new climate plan that seeks to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas pollution in the United States by 2050. The Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act details sector-specific solutions to address the climate … Continue reading House lawmakers release bill to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

Gas, renewables flatten global CO2 emissions

Gas, renewables flatten global CO2 emissions Gas and renewable energy resources have been turning the planet into a better place to live in, with them dominantly flattening overall carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions globally for the third straight year despite brisk economic growths in some countries which manifestly require larger scale energy consumption. That has been … Continue reading Gas, renewables flatten global CO2 emissions

#Fed s Respond to Allegations in Historic Lawsuit: #Fossil_Fuel Emissions Put Humans on ‘Dangerous Path

Feds Respond to Allegations in Historic Lawsuit: Fossil Fuel Emissions Put Humans on ‘Dangerous Path On Jan. 13, the federal government filed its answer to youth plaintiffs’ complaint in Juliana v. United States. In their answer, the federal defendants make several admissions to their long-standing knowledge of climate change danger and to today’s knowledge on … Continue reading #Fed s Respond to Allegations in Historic Lawsuit: #Fossil_Fuel Emissions Put Humans on ‘Dangerous Path

US EIA: Natural Gas CO2 Emissions are Exceeding Coal Emissions

US EIA: Natural Gas CO2 Emissions are Exceeding Coal Emissions For the first time since 1972, energy-associated carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from coal are dropping below natural gas CO2 emissions. The US Energy Information Agency’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook reports that energy-related CO2 emissions from natural gas are expected to be 10 percent higher than … Continue reading US EIA: Natural Gas CO2 Emissions are Exceeding Coal Emissions

EIA: Energy-related CO2 emissions from natural gas will surpass coal in 2016

EIA: Energy-related CO2 emissions from natural gas will surpass coal in 2016 Natural gas is less carbon-intensive than coal, but as environmental advocates have been pointing out for years, the fuel still has significant emissions related to its use. And now, for the first time in about 45 years, those emissions from gas are set … Continue reading EIA: Energy-related CO2 emissions from natural gas will surpass coal in 2016

Durham’s NET Power breaks ground on zero-emissions plant

Durham’s NET Power breaks ground on zero-emissions plant NET Power broke ground last month on an experimental power plant near Houston, Texas, and expects to start generating electricity there in March 2017. Some are predicting that if NET Power’s experiment works and produces power without polluting, scores of these futuristic energy projects would sprout in … Continue reading Durham’s NET Power breaks ground on zero-emissions plant

Air Emissions Tampering Leads to Felony Charges at Power Plant

Air Emissions Tampering Leads to Felony Charges at Power Plant The owner and management company of the Berkshire Power Plant—a 252-MW natural gas–fired combined cycle plant located in Agawam, Mass.—agreed to plead guilty on March 30 to felony charges that the companies violated and conspired to violate the federal Clean Air Act. The indictments against … Continue reading Air Emissions Tampering Leads to Felony Charges at Power Plant

Scientists Say #Obama ’s Global Warming Plan Will Fail

Scientists Say Obama’s Global Warming Plan Will Fail The efforts of President Barack Obama and other world leaders to prevent global warming will almost certainly fail, according to a new study published recently by Texas A&M scientists. “It would require rates of change in our energy infrastructure and energy mix that have never happened in … Continue reading Scientists Say #Obama ’s Global Warming Plan Will Fail