To avoid relying on imported used cooking oil, EU legislators are under increasing pressure to guarantee that agricultural and waste leftovers are legally obligated in the manufacturing of green jet fuel. Industry campaigners are seeking for a sub-mandate for advanced biofuel feedstocks to be incorporated in the European Commission’s ReFuelEU Aviation directive, which aims to …
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Since plans were first published in 2018, the state government of New South Wales (NSW) has increased the intended installed power production capacity for one of its five renewable energy zones (REZs), as more businesses have promised net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions commitments. NSW also intends to build hydrogen and ammonia production centers using renewable …
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T-Mobile was the first and only U.S. carrier to announce an ambitious goal in 2018 to get 100% of its entire electricity from renewable energy sources by the end of 2021. The business revealed today that it was the first in the cellular industry to do so. The Un-carrier reached its RE100 objective despite a …
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Last year, during the COP26 climate summit, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chnh made an unexpected announcement: the country’s goal is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The government also signed the Global Coal to Clean Power Transition declaration, pledging to swiftly scale up renewables and not build any new coal power plants without a …
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Scientists and investors are looking to billion-year-old homebrew to assist in fulfilling Europe’s future natural gas demands as well as providing a mechanism to store and utilize extra energy generated by solar and wind power, Bloomberg reports. European energy corporations are depending on single-celled microorganisms called archaea to convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen into methane, …
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Sustaera Inc., a company that extracts planet-warming CO2 from the atmosphere, has acquired $10 million in a Series A investment sponsored by Bill Gates’ climate funds and billionaire investor Jeremy Grantham, Bloomberg reports. The firm, situated in North Carolina, absorbs CO2 with a low-cost, readily available alkali-based substance. Unlike other carbon-capture companies, their method does …
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In November, EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan visited Jackson, Miss., to examine the city’s low water quality at a primary school where students are forced to drink bottled water and use temporary bathrooms outside the building, The New York Times reported. The Environmental Protection Agency stated on Wednesday that it will increase supervision and regulation …
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General Motors announced on Tuesday that it will invest $7 billion in a battery facility in Michigan and renovate an existing manufacturing plant west of Detroit to start producing electric pickup trucks by 2024, The New York Times reported. According to GM, the investment will generate 4,000 employment and greatly improve the company’s ability to …
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A spike in sustainable energy projects in the United States is on the verge of halting, just when the government needs them to accomplish its objectives of removing carbon from the electrical supply, Financial Times reports. Growing market demand from utilities, corporate purchasers, and certain states is clashing with cost inflation and supply constraints, putting …
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On January 21, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revealed the start of a new action plan under the Toxic Substances Control Act that focuses to expedite the review of new biofuels and chemicals which can be used to displace higher GHG emitting fossil fuels. According to the EPA, the New Chemicals Division of …
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