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Report: CCS capacity increased 33% in 2020

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The United States, which is already home to the highest number of operational CCS facilities, continues its lead in the global CCS league and hosts 12 of the 17 new commercial facilities added to the project pipeline in 2020. The report echoes findings by the IPCC, which shows that CCS is vital to meet net-zero Paris climate targets.

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When You See Something, Say Something: Climate Emergency Alarm Bells Ringing While Local Electeds Pretend Not To Hear

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Just four months ago, in October, the UN’s IPCC Climate Report gave us, at best, 12 years to take bold and drastic action in cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions if we want to limit the level of already baked-in climate catastrophe. In 2019 alone more easy-to-connect climate crisis dots have made worldwide news: .

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ICCT: aviation emissions increasing 70% faster than UN projections

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In other words, the climate challenge for aviation is worse than expected. Flights departing airports in the United States and its territories emitted about one-quarter (24%) of global passenger transport-related CO 2. Two-thirds of those emissions came from domestic flights. Source: The ICCT.

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IEA: nuclear power can play a major role in transition to low emissions energy systems; Russia, China leading on new reactor starts

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In today’s context of the global energy crisis, skyrocketing fossil fuel prices, energy security challenges and ambitious climate commitments, I believe nuclear power has a unique opportunity to stage a comeback. There is increased support and interest in Canada, France, the United Kingdom and the United States for this promising technology.

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Fortescue Future Industries signs agreement with JCB and Ryze Hydrogen to become UK’s largest supplier of green hydrogen; Xergy acquisition

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Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) will become the largest supplier of green hydrogen (GH 2 ) to the United Kingdom after signing a multi-billion-pound deal with construction giant J C Bamford Excavators (JCB) and Ryze Hydrogen (Ryze). Xergy) to form FFI Ionix Inc.

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European study finds only 20% of climate data accessible in digital format

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Two researchers, respectively from the Centre for Climate Change at the University Rovira i Virgili (URV) in Spain and the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in the United Kingdom, have found that 80% of global climate data cannot be used by scientists in digital format.

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MIT report finds China’s actions on climate change crucial; argues for global economy-wide greenhouse gas tax

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The report—titled “The Role of China in Mitigating Climate Change” and published in the journal Energy Economics , compares the impact of a stringent emissions reduction policy with and without China’s participation. Without China, we miss that mark by about 1 °C. C change by the end of the century.