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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The EEA report ‘ Electric vehicles from life cycle and circular economy perspectives ’ reviews current evidence on electric cars’ impacts on climate change, air quality, noise and ecosystems, compared with conventional cars. The EEA has also published a new briefing on the environmental and climate impacts of transport.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

In 7 years of electrification and deployment of wind and solar, the US barely budged the needle, in fact declining slightly to more wasted energy in 2016 and 2017 before improving again in 2018 and onward.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

As Sheikh Zaki Yamani, a former Saudi oil minister, once said, “The stone age came to an end not for a lack of stones, and the oil age will end, but not for a lack of oil.” But some oil will still be being pumped at the end, and it won't be heavy, sour, far from water crude.

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JULY 4, 2022

In countries that choose to continue or increase their use of nuclear power, it can reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, cut carbon dioxide emissions and enable electricity systems to integrate higher shares of solar and wind power. However, a new era for nuclear power is by no means guaranteed.

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APRIL 11, 2024

continued] The post The Short List Of Climate Actions That Will Work — India Edition Transcript appeared first on CleanTechnica. The theme was Electrify Everything Everywhere All At Once. This was within the frame of the presentation I gave at the India Smart Utility Week on March 14th. In honor of the start of.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It also calls for a multi-agency process to ensure that the transition away from oil extraction and refining is equitable. The 2022 Scoping Plan includes a commitment to build no new fossil gas-fired power plants and increases support for mass transit. Transportation.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Half of the world's economy has already reached peak gasoline and diesel demand while electric vehicle deliveries in every segment are shooting through the roof.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. This is due to wind and solar projects generating only when natural resources are available while oil, coal, and gas plants can potentially produce around the clock.

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MAY 6, 2021

A typical electric car requires six times the mineral inputs of a conventional car, and an onshore wind plant requires nine times more mineral resources than a similarly sized gas-fired power plant. However, in climate-driven scenarios, these positions are reversed well before 2040. Source: IEA. Source: IEA.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2014

The collapse in world oil prices in the second half of 2014 will have only a moderate impact on the fast-developing low-carbon transition in the world electricity system, according to research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance. While diesel and oil-based power is still uneconomic at $60/barrel, the pressure to switch is reduced.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Oil companies have eyed the Arctic for years. With an estimated 90 billion barrels of oil lying north of the Arctic Circle, the circumpolar north is arguably the last corner of the globe that is still almost entirely unexplored. Statoil, the semi-state-owned oil company from Norway, has been an offshore leader and Arctic pioneer.

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Teslarati

MAY 23, 2022

Caroline Dennett, a senior safety consultant, has accused oil giant Shell of causing “extreme harms” to the environment. In a video posted on LinkedIn, Dennett stated that Shell shows a “disregard for climate change risks,” making the company far different compared to the image it wishes to project.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Upon completion of the project, Kinder Morgan’s Harvey, Louisiana facility will serve as the primary hub where Neste will store a variety of raw materials including, for example, the used cooking oil it collects from more than 40,000 restaurants across the United States. At Neste’s option, the facility can be further expanded.

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MARCH 4, 2013

Components: WT = wind turbine; Fnd = foundation; EC = electrical connections, including substation; Inst = installation; IOo = input-output, other; Mnt = Maintenance, excluding replacement parts; RP = replacement parts; EOL = end-of-life. ships and spare parts”—to the total life cycle impacts of offshore wind power.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2021

By 2030, hydrogen could play an important role in decarbonizing polluting, energy-intensive industries such as chemicals, oil refineries, power and heavy transport such as shipping, heavy-duty trucks and trains, by helping these sectors move away from fossil fuels. 40-million (US$55.5-million) million) Red Diesel Replacement Competition.

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MARCH 23, 2013

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a letter to President Obama describing six key components the advisory group believes should be central to the Administration’s strategy for addressing climate change. Both approaches are essential parts of an integrated strategy for dealing with climate change.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 9, 2009

From Today’s, December 9, New York Times: Thomas Friedman, “If we prepare for climate change by building a clean-power economy, but climate change turns out to be a hoax, what would be the result? But if we don’t prepare, and climate change turns out to be real, life on this planet could become a living hell.&#.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 8, 2023

The natural gas industry in Ohio has gained a victory of sorts after Governor Mike DeWine signed legislation that allows for a broader expansion of drilling for oil and gas in state parks. After all, green energy refers to energy sources that do not involve the use of fossil fuels, such as solar and wind.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

While it does occur naturally, major human-generated sources include landfills, refineries, oil and gas fields, natural gas infrastructure, dairies and wastewater treatment plants. To reduce methane’s impact on the climate, California has set a goal to cut overall emissions in the state by 40 from 2013 levels by 2030.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

The spill is a light crude oil with a low wax content (API-36). Shell said that is continuing work to stop the oil remaining in the flowline from leaking, and estimates that the current rate of leaking is less than 5 barrels a day. Shell estimates that volume on the surface, which changes from day to day, is about one tonne (approx.

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JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. 2010, to above 140 $/bbl in constant 2010 dollars).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Driven by rising natural gas and oil consumption, levels of CO 2 are expected to hit 37 billion metric tons this year, according to new estimates from the Global Carbon Project (GCP), an initiative led by Stanford University scientist Rob Jackson. over 2018 emissions. That compares to 2.1% growth a year earlier and 1.5% growth in 2017.

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MAY 29, 2019

The feedstocks used for production will be waste and residue streams, such as used cooking oil, coming predominantly from regional industries. The facility will run on sustainable hydrogen, which is produced using water and wind energy.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 7, 2020

However, the resulting low gas prices, as well as clean air and climate policies, will promote further switching to gas from other more polluting energy sources, such as oil and coal. The report shows that medium-term growth will come from increasing cost-competitiveness and increased global access to gas. Source: BloombergNEF.

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AUGUST 13, 2021

Much of industry is responding well to the biggest issue of this century, one we've jointly created over the past 300 years. But there is still much work to be done.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Thousands of Washington insiders and climate activists have had a hand in these legislative breakthroughs. presidential election, it seemed that we were entering one of those rare windows where you might see substantial policy action on climate and clean energy. C in this century. clean-tech legislation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The California Energy Commission adopted its 2014 Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) Update, which outlines, among many things, how the state is working to transform the transportation system to zero- and near-zero technologies and fuels to meet its climate and clean air goals. Oil-by-rail.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

An increase in natural gas generation offset some of the climate gains from this coal decline, but overall power sector emissions still decreased by almost 10%. Renewables played an important role as well thanks in part to continued cost declines in both wind and solar generation. Transportation emissions remained relatively flat.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2013

The Brent crude oil spot price averaged $112 per barrel in 2012, and EIA’s July 2013 Short-Term Energy Outlook projects averages of $105 per barrel in 2013 and $100 per barrel in 2014. Almost 80% of the projected increase in renewable electricity generation is fueled by hydropower and wind power. Liquid fuels.

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JULY 1, 2021

By Sameer Kwatra, Co-authored with Nitish Arora India, the world’s fourth-largest renewables market and fifth-largest automobile producer, is also the world’s third-largest oil importer.

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MAY 11, 2020

CO 2 emissions from the residential and commercial sectors (associated with natural gas and distillate fuel oil consumption, for example) were nearly unchanged from 2018, and the increase in industrial sector CO 2 emissions (+8 MMmt) partially offset a decrease in transportation sector CO 2 emissions (-13 MMmt).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

Meeting the goal of cutting US oil dependence depends largely on two things, Obama said: finding and producing more oil at home, and reducing dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. The Administration is pushing the oil industry to produce on leases already held.

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MARCH 1, 2024

For a decade I’ve been tracking the exponential expansion of wind, solar, and to a lesser extent hydro electricity generation. continued] The post USA & China Electricity Generation TWh & CO2e Trajectories Since 2000 Are Startling appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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DECEMBER 31, 2023

This involves the seamless blending of renewable energy, such as solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal power, into the overall energy infrastructure to meet the growing demand for clean and sustainable energy. Integrating these sources helps mitigate climate change, reduce air pollution, and protect ecosystems.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2010

New research released by Deloitte and Douglas-Westwood finds that the total cost of decommissioning the more than 260 offshore oil and gas platforms—including the associated wells, manifolds, pipelines and umbilicals—on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) could be in excess of $30 billion over the next 30 years.

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MAY 7, 2012

Risk management company DNV has, as part of a strategic partnership with StormGeo, a meteorology and risk assessment company focused on the fields of oil exploration, renewable energy, shipping, media and aviation acquired the right to purchase 22.6% of StormGeo’s shares through a mutually convertible capital issue. —Henrik O.

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