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Flaring Leads to Increased GHGs for Shell

April 14, 2015April 23, 2015 by Karen Henry

Royal Dutch Shell, in its 2014 Sustainability Report, says it saw improved environmental performance in most areas; however, flaring led to an increase in the company’s overall greenhouse gas emissions. Direct GHG emissions from facilities went up 4 percent, from 63 million metric tons of CO2 in 2013 to 76 ... Read more »

Study: EU Can Cut Carbon by Nearly Half

October 21, 2014October 20, 2014 by Ken Jennison

The European Union can achieve carbon reductions of 49 percent by 2030 – far more than the current proposed target of 40 percent – by cutting its dependency on natural gas imports and increasing cost-effective investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency, according to an analysis released yesterday by Ecofys. ... Read more »

Lego Ends Shell Partnership

October 10, 2014October 10, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Lego says it will end its promotional deal with Shell after pressure from a Greenpeace campaign that called on the toy company to stop making toys with Shell’s branding. In a statement released late Wednesday, Lego CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp said the company will honor the partnership it entered into ... Read more »

Chevron’s Alternative Fuels Foray Fails

September 18, 2014September 18, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Chevron says its attempts at producing profitable, commercial-scale alternative fuels have failed. The oil company has spent “significant sums” and unsuccessfully evaluated more than 100 kinds of feedstock and 50 techniques for turning them into fuel, Bloomberg reports. “The smartest minds in my company and others haven’t yet cracked the ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: LNG Explosion, Duke in Court, Another IPCC Study

April 7, 2014April 7, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

An explosion at Williams Co.’s liquefied natural gas processing site near Plymouth, Wash., which injured five workers and caused evacuations in a two-mile radius, could spur debate about safe LNG handling for cities increasingly reliant on the fuel, Reuters reports. Such incidents are rare among the dozens of US LNG ... Read more »

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