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Is Carbon Capture the Clean Tech Solution to Industrial CO2 Emissions?

November 11, 2015December 8, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Some 22 carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects are operating or under construction worldwide — double the number at the beginning of the decade — according to the Global CCS Institute’s annual report, Global Status of CCS: 2015. “The CCS industry is poised to move through its most active construction ... Read more »

BP: ‘Modest’ Carbon Price Would Make Carbon Capture Economical

November 4, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BP says a “modest” price on carbon would make some types of renewable energy competitive with gas-fired power and would make carbon capture technology economical, according to the oil giant’s Technology Outlook. In the annual report, BP says the power sector offers the greatest scope for reducing carbon emissions. In ... Read more »

What Exxon Knew about Climate Change: Let’s Get the Facts

November 2, 2015November 2, 2015 by Karen Henry

Before joining Environmental Defense Fund in 2011, I was a journalist covering the politics of climate change. Part of that meant tracking the professional deniers who were paid to spread doubt and confusion on this urgent issue. You won’t be surprised to learn that one of the corporations that spent millions to ... Read more »

Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies Would Slash Global Emissions by 2020

October 26, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Removing fossil fuel subsidies would significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions within five years, according to research by the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Nordic Council of Ministers. The report, Tackling Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Climate Change: Levelling the energy playing field, modeled the impact of removing fossil fuel ... Read more »

Microsoft’s Bill Gates: Fossil Fuel Divestment a ‘False Solution’

October 16, 2015October 16, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has called for a “substantial carbon tax,” and labeled fossil fuel divestment “a false solution,” in an interview with the Atlantic magazine. In the interview he says governments could combat climate change by increasing spending on research and development, and adds private investors should also spend ... Read more »

Apple Reduces Carbon Footprint of New iPhones

September 18, 2015September 18, 2015 by Karen Henry

Carbon emissions resulting from the production, distribution, use and recycling of the newly released Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus have decreased by 14 to 16 percent compared last year’s models, NDTV Gadgets reports. The bulk of the savings comes from changes in the purchasing and manufacturing of the ... Read more »

New Climate Change Index Series Launched by S&P Dow Jones Indices

September 18, 2015September 17, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Three new climate change index series — S&P Global 1200 Carbon Efficient Index Series, S&P Global 1200 Carbon Efficient Select Index Series and S&P Global 1200 Fossil Fuel Free Index Series — have been launched by S&P Dow Jones Indices. All three index series are derived from the constituents of the ... Read more »

Shell Exits Climate Change Corporate Leaders Group

September 15, 2015September 14, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Royal Dutch Shell is no longer a member of the Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group — a leading climate change advocacy group it helped start 10 years ago. Shell’s departure comes as environmentalists increasingly call for the oil company to halt its drilling operations in the Arctic Ocean. A ... Read more »

Price of Renewables Approaching Fossil Fuels, Nuclear

September 2, 2015 by Carl Weinschenk

The International Energy Agency says that the cost of solar and wind power and other renewables has dropped during the past half-decade and significantly are closer than ever to meeting the price points of fossil fuels and nuclear power, according to BloombergBusiness. The median cost for baseload power from natural ... Read more »

Do Carbon Offsets Actually Increase Emissions?

August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 by Karen Henry

A study released by the Stockholm Environmental Institute (SEI) has revealed serious issues with the environmental integrity of carbon credit issued under Joint Implementation (JI). According to the review, about three-quarters of the carbon credits issued under JI may have actually increased emissions by about 600 million metric tons. JI ... Read more »

Power Sector Emissions Continue to Drop

July 15, 2015July 14, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The largest electric utilities in the US — including Entergy, Hoosier Energy and Xcel — have seen significant reductions in global warming pollution in recent years, according to an analysis of power plant air pollution emissions. The report — a collaborative effort between Ceres, Bank of America, four power producers ... Read more »

Envirogen, Suez Environnement to Bring Water, Wastewater Treatment to the Power Industry

May 26, 2015May 22, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Envirogen Technologies and Suez Environnement have formed a collaborative alliance to deliver comprehensive, cost-effective water and wastewater treatment to the power industry in North America. The alliance will combine Suez Environnement’s capabilities in physical/chemical treatment technologies with Envirogen’s expertise in biological treatment, but can extend to include the breadth of ... Read more »

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