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BP Invests $100 Million in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Projects

March 28, 2019March 24, 2022 by Alyssa Danigelis

BP created a $100 million fund for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the company’s oil and natural gas operations. Called the Upstream Carbon Fund, the investment is aimed at generating sustainable GHG emissions reductions across operations.

Carbon Free Boston Report Suggests Energy Strategies for 2050

February 1, 2019May 8, 2020 by Alyssa Danigelis

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh set the city on a path to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 when he signed the Metro Mayors Climate Mitigation Commitment in 2016. A new report undertaken at Walsh’s request identifies the specific energy-related steps that Boston’s leadership must take to reach that goal.

Work Together to Turn Greenhouse Gas Emissions into Useful Products, Urges New Report

October 18, 2018October 11, 2019 by Jennifer Nastu

The US government and the private sector should focus on research to advance technologies that turn greenhouse gas emissions into useful products such as fuels, construction materials and chemicals, urges the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. A new report from the National Academies offers an agenda for how ... Read more »

Northeast’s New GHG Goals Would Improve Grid Reliability, Wholesale Prices, Experts Expect

August 28, 2017 by Ken Silverstein

The Northeast is proposing to increase its greenhouse gas reduction goals by 30% from 2020 levels. The effect on business? Analysts say it is improving grid reliability and wholesale prices.

Simplifying Carbon Emissions Reporting in the U.K.

October 19, 2015September 1, 2022 by Carl Weinschenk

In the United Kingdom, all but the smallest businesses have to pay carbon taxes. The problem they face is that there are two sets of programs and three sets of reporting requirements. The government, according to Lexology, has set a goal of simplifying this confusing situation in the autumn. The ... Read more »

Houston Faces Opposition to One Bin Trash Plan

July 9, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Houston’s One Bin for All trash plan, touted by the city as the next evolution in recycling, may be facing some opposition by a coalition of groups who do not agree with the program’s proposed environmental value. Houston’s One Bin for All plan would allow Houston residents to place all ... Read more »

Natural Gas Exports Less Clean Than You May Think

June 11, 2014June 10, 2014 by Leon Walker

Natural gas is often trumpeted as a clean fuel that can cut global emissions by exporting it and subsequently crowding out coal use in Asia and Europe. But a report from the Department of Energy finds that doing so may be just as, if not more, carbon intensive as if ... Read more »

Some Biofuels Create More Emissions

April 22, 2014April 20, 2022 by Bill Opalka

A new study claims that ethanol made from waste created by corn harvesting releases more greenhouse gases than gasoline over the short term. The Hill quotes a study published in Nature Climate Change that said that biofuel made from corn residue releases 7 percent more greenhouse gases in the first few years it ... Read more »

GHG Emissions Fell 10% From 2005 to 2012

April 16, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Greenhouse gas emissions fell nearly 10 percent from 2005 to 2012, according to the latest national emissions inventory released by the EPA. Reuters reports that emissions dropped 3.4 percent from 2012 to 2011, mostly due decreased energy consumption and the switch from coal to natural gas for power generation. The ... Read more »

Study: CTO Diversion Provides No Benefits

February 21, 2014February 24, 2014 by Bill Opalka

The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Pine Chemistry Panel study found that diverting crude tall oil (CTO) into biofuel production in Europe will not have a significant effect in either reducing carbon emissions or fossil fuel consumption. The life cycle assessment (LCA), “Greenhouse Gas and Energy Life Cycle Assessment of Pine ... Read more »

UNEP: Industry Must Cut GHGs at Least 1.5 Gt

November 6, 2013November 22, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Global industry will need to find emissions cuts of 1.5 to 4.6 gigatons of CO2e, as part of wider efforts to keep global temperature rises below 2°C, according to a report from the United Nations Environment Programme. The Emissions Gap Report 2013 warns that annual 2013-2020 “business as usual” emissions of ... Read more »

FedEx Sustainability Report: Aircraft CO2 Intensity Drops 4%

May 31, 2013May 31, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

FedEx reduced its aircraft CO2 emission intensity by 4 percent from FY 2011 to FY 2012, for a cumulative reduction of 18 percent compared to FY 2005, according to the company’s 2012 Global Citizenship Report. The company’s 650-plus aircraft generate the majority of its Scope 1 CO2 emissions. Last year, it ... Read more »

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