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JD Vance & Climate Issues: Blowin’ With The Political Winds

July 23, 2024 admin 0 Comments carbon emissions, climate change, policy & politics, policy research, renewable energy standards, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 10:57:39 +0000

Remember when flip-flopping on issues was a political death knell? No more. JD Vance, US vice presidential candidate on the Trump/ MAGA ticket, has vacillated about climate pollution many, many times since he entered the public arena. He gave a speech in 2020 at the Ohio State Center for Ethics … [continued]

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Decarbonizing Building Heat — RAP EU Lead Jan Rosenow On Policy Sausages & Hydrogen

July 20, 2024 admin 0 Comments buildings, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Coal, consumer technology, energy efficiency, EU, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, heat pumps, investment, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, subsidies, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:45:01 +0000

Recently I sat down virtually with energy policy expert Jan Rosenow of RAP on my podcast “Redefining Energy — Tech” to discuss how residential and commercial building heat solutions. In the theme of providing transcripts of presentations I’m giving in various places for people who prefer the written word, this … [continued]

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Wait, Don’t Recycle Those Old Wind Turbines… Re-Use Them!

July 12, 2024 admin clean power, distributed energy, distributed wind, Energy, green economy, recycle, recycling, renewable energy, repowering, sustainability, us department of energy (doe), Waste management, waste reduction, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 20:44:41 +0000

A US firm is refurbishing, upgrading, and relocating older wind turbines for re-use in the distributed energy resources market.

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Amidst Democratic Party Turmoil, The Biden-Harris Administration Continues To Protect The Environment & Workers

July 10, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, cleantechnica, climate change, Manufacturing, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:41:46 +0000

The Chevron deference was an essential legal precedent that conferred upon federal agencies the capacity to interpret and to make laws more explicit. The Supreme Court’s recent overturning of Chevron has placed the future of many regulations on clean water and clean air in the hands of appointed judges, the … [continued]

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A Tale Of Two Countries & Why One Is Holding The Agricultural Sector Responsible For Its Emissions

June 29, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, Denmark, Farmers, Fossil Fuels, methane, methane emissions, NEW ZEALAND, nitrous oxide, plant-based diet, plant-based foods, policy & politics, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:11:19 +0000

Farmers in New Zealand complained that a regulated price on methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide emissions, starting in late 2025, would force some in their industry off their land. As a result of significant lobbying efforts, New Zealand has confirmed that the agricultural sector, which accounts for about half … [continued]

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Fixing Industrial Process Emissions — India Utility Seminar Transcript & Slides

June 25, 2024 admin Agriculture, aluminum, buildings, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, cement, chemicals, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, concrete, Fossil Fuels, glass, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, India, INDUSTRY, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, steel, waste reduction, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 19:44:09 +0000

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. With the … [continued]

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Cement Displacement & Decarbonization Decade By Decade Through 2100

June 23, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, carbon fiber, carbon pricing, cement, cement emissions, China, climate change, concrete, decarbonization, Energy, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, steel, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 21:40:05 +0000

Cement is the gray glue that holds our economy together. It’s ubiquitous, if often hidden behind paint or plaster. It holds together the rock, sand, and steel that keep our buildings upright, our bridges spanning chasms, and our dams holding water for irrigation, generation, and recreation. And it’s a carbon … [continued]

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Let’s Change The Food Waste We Send To Landfills & Reduce Methane Emissions

June 19, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, composting, green economy, methane, policy & politics, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:23:08 +0000

In the US, food is the single most common material sent to landfills, comprising 24.1% of municipal solid waste. When food and other organic materials decompose in a landfill where anaerobic (without oxygen) conditions are present, bacteria break down the materials and generate methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Municipal solid … [continued]

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Fly Ash, Silica Fume, & Natural Pozzolans Are Terms To Know When Talking Green Cement

June 6, 2024 admin buildings, carbon emissions, cement, cement emissions, China, climate change, Coal, concrete, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, natural gas, usa, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:35:48 +0000

Every domain brings with it a wealth of new language. Being the domain junky that I am, my head is creaking at the seams with jargon and technical terms from a multitude of places. Cement and concrete are no different. Today’s exploration is of the interesting world of supplementary cementitious … [continued]

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US Industrial Natural Gas Consumers Could See 56% Higher Bills With Methane Leak Price

June 6, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, clean power, climate change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, methane, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, us carbon pricing, usa, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:35:14 +0000

Remarkably, in 2022 the USA managed to get a greenhouse gas price through Congress. It wasn’t on carbon dioxide, the biggest problem, but it was on methane, the second biggest greenhouse gas problem we humans create. Perhaps more remarkably, it was explicitly on the oil and gas industry and excluded … [continued]

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