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WEBFossil Phaseout Pledge at Risk as UN Climate Finance Negotiations Bog Down. Petrostates preparing for this year’s United Nations climate summit, COP29, are pushing to roll back the signature commitment to phase out fossil fuels that countries adopted at the end of last year’s COP negotiations. Energy Politics.
Cities Must Prepare for ‘Absolute Certainty’ of Power Outage
WEB22 hours ago · Cities across the United States and Canada must do more to prepare for the lethal convergence of extended power outages and lengthy heat waves, say experts on both sides of the border. Christine B. Davis, of Humble, Texas (birthplace of Humble Oil, later Exxon) was 110 when she died this past summer. Cause …
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WEBThe Energy Mix is a community news site and e-digest on climate change, energy, and the shift off carbon. It’s published by Energy Mix Productions Inc., a Canadian non-profit headquartered on unceded Algonquin Anishnaabe territory, also known as Ottawa. We respect the sovereignty of the many Indigenous peoples and communities on whose land ...
Regulations Work Best to Bring On ‘Positive Tipping Points’, Hit …
WEB2 days ago · Governments have just five years to cut enough emissions to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C, and regulation is needed to push key sectors towards positive decarbonization tipping points where “the new technology becomes more attractive than the old,” says a new report from the University of Exeter.
California Hits 100% Renewables for (Parts of) 100 Days Straight
WEBAug 20, 2024 · SHARES. California recently hit a new renewable energy milestone: 100 days of 100% renewable energy powering the state’s electricity grid, run by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), for at least part of the day. Mark Jacobson, director of the Atmosphere/Energy program at Stanford University, posted …
‘New Culture’ Will Help Utilities Unlock Power of Distributed …
WEBFeb 23, 2024 · DERs have proliferated among households and energy ‘prosumers’—entities that both consume and produce energy—amid technological advancements, rising public interest, and a slate of policy shifts that have prompted their expansion. But, by and large, larger utilities have resisted distributed resources. “It is true that DERs like rooftop solar and home battery storage could pose a ...
Massive New Alberta Pipeline Pitches Decarbonization Amid …
WEB2 days ago · The CCS industry itself has admitted the technology falls short of the decarbonization goals it committed to a decade ago. In May, Edmonton-based Capital Power canceled its C$2.4-billion CCS project, despite previously claiming that “CCS is a technically viable technology,” after determining the project was “not economically feasible.”.
Germany Won’t Need Canadian Gas as Renewables Surge, Green …
WEB2 days ago · Germany will be looking to Canada for green hydrogen exports, but not so much for natural gas, as the country continues its shift off fossil fuels, the country’s climate envoy told Canadian media late last week. “All studies show that the market is going to shrink,” Jennifer Morgan, Germany’s first-ever state secretary and special envoy ...
Deep Retrofit Program Could Fix Every Canadian Building by 2035, …
WEBDec 20, 2021 · June 25, 2021: Taking on an audacious “national retrofit mission” would enable Canada to upgrade every building in the country by 2035, eliminate their fossil fuel consumption by 2050, make energy poverty a thing of the past, and free up 50 terawatt-hours of electricity for other uses—enough to eliminate 60 million tonnes of carbon pollution per year if it were used to power 10 million ...
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