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Del Birmingham

New Greenpeace briefing explains why forests cannot offset fossil fuel emissions | redd... - 0 views

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    The briefing is a very clear explanation of the fundamental difference in terms of climate change between the carbon stored in fossil fuels and the carbon stored in trees. REDD as a carbon trading mechanism assumes that a ton of carbon not released from forests is the same in terms of the climate as ton of carbon emitted by burning fossil fuels. As Greenpeace explains, this assumption is wrong.
amandasjohnston

World's Largest Methanol Refinery to Be Built Along the Columbia River - 0 views

  • Communities on the frontlines of fossil fuel development are taking a stand against dangerous fossil fuel projects. Take a look at the big fight in the small town of Kalama, Washington. The Chinese government is planning to build the world's largest methanol refinery to convert fracked natural gas to liquid methanol for export to China to make plastics.
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    Communities on the frontlines of fossil fuel development are taking a stand against dangerous fossil fuel projects. Take a look at the big fight in the small town of Kalama, Washington. The Chinese government is planning to build the world's largest methanol refinery to convert fracked natural gas to liquid methanol for export to China to make plastics. From a greenhouse gas perspective, this fight is a big deal. The methanol refinery alone would use more natural gas than all industry in Washington combined. Flip it around: If we win this one battle and stop the methanol refinery, we stop the equivalent of doubling industrial natural gas usage in Washington State. While the gas industry tries to spin natural gas as clean, new science shows just the opposite. The bulk of natural gas is methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Methane leakage from gas wells and pipelines led scientists to conclude that fracked gas can be as bad coal for our climate. And it gets worse. Gas production in North America relies heavily on fracking, a process famous for polluting air and water, endangering the health of nearby residents.
amandasjohnston

Renewables have the economic advantage over fossil fuels - The Ecologist - 0 views

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    A new energy market analysis shows the average cost of electricity from renewables is already lower than from fossil fuels, writes Alex Kirby. And as renewables eat deeper into the 'market share' of coal and gas power plants, so the entire economics of fossil fuel power generation will unravel.
Adriana Trujillo

In Shift, Exxon Mobil to Report on Risks to Its Fossil Fuel Assets - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    ExxonMobil is to become the first fossil-fuel giant to report on threats to its oil and gas assets due to possible future regulation of carbon emissions. The move won plaudits from clean-energy campaigners, who say fossil fuels will become economically unviable as governments tackle carbon emissions. "That the largest American oil and gas company is the first to come to the table on this issue says a lot about the direction that energy markets are taking," says Danielle Fugere, president of As You Sow
Del Birmingham

UK renewable energy capacity surpasses fossil fuels for first time | Environment | The ... - 0 views

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    The capacity of renewable energy has overtaken that of fossil fuels in the UK for the first time, in a milestone that experts said would have been unthinkable a few years ago.
Del Birmingham

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund's sale of interests in global fossil fuel companies l... - 1 views

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    Ireland Completes divestment worth €68m from 38 companies involved in oil, gas and other fossil fuels
Del Birmingham

Costa Rica to ban fossil fuels and become world's first decarbonised society | The Inde... - 1 views

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    Costa Rica's new president has announced a plan to ban fossil fuels and become the first fully decarbonised country in the world.
Adriana Trujillo

Sweden on Target to Become First Fossil Fuel-Free Nation on Earth - 1 views

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    Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven recently declared at the U.N. General Assembly that his nation of 10 million people would become "one of the first fossil-free welfare states in the world."
Adriana Trujillo

A Recommended Methodology for Estimating and Reporting the Potential Greenhouse Gas Emi... - 1 views

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    The World Resources Institute released a recommended methodology for measuring and disclosing the potential emissions from fossil fuel reserves held by coal, oil, and gas companies.
Adriana Trujillo

Industrialised Nations Must Lead an Exit Strategy for Fossil Fuels - 0 views

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    Energy efficiency and renewables are indispensable weapons in the fight against climate change, but the real challenge is keeping fossil fuel reserves in the ground. 
Adriana Trujillo

How the U.S. Exports Global Warming | Politics News | Rolling Stone - 0 views

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    America's energy economy is growing cleaner, but the country's embrace of gas and renewables is driving conventional energy giants to ship fossil fuels to buyers overseas. That might limit the climate impact of the greener U.S. energy economy, experts say. "The Obama administration wants to be seen as a climate leader, but there is no source of fossil fuel that it is prepared to leave in the ground," said Lorne Stockman of Oil Change International
Adriana Trujillo

The Tyee - Will Alberta's Oilsands Become 'Stranded Assets'? - 0 views

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    Companies that own as-yet-unextracted fossil-fuel reserves could be left with stranded assets if the regulatory atmosphere changes, experts say. Expensive fossil-fuel sources, such as Alberta's oil sands, could be among the first to become uneconomic to extract. "I don't see this discussion going away. If anything, it's gaining momentum," says Ceres analyst Ryan Salmon.
Adriana Trujillo

Rockefellers, Heirs to an Oil Fortune, Will Divest Charity of Fossil Fuels - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    John D. Rockefeller built a vast fortune on oil. Now his heirs are abandoning fossil fuels. The family whose legendary wealth flowed from Standard Oil is planning to announce on Monday that its $860 million philanthropic organization, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, is joining the divestment movement that began a couple years ago on college campuses.
Adriana Trujillo

Sea-Tac Airport Unveils Electrification Project to Save Airlines Millions in Fuel and D... - 0 views

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    Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. new project providing nearly 600 electric charging stations throughout the airport for ground support equipment (GSE) such as baggage tugs, bag ramps and pushback vehicles. Converting the GSE from fossil fuel to electric, each year the project is projected to save $2.8 million in airline fuel costs and 10,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions - the equivalent of taking 1,900 cars off the road.
Del Birmingham

Fossil-Free Financial Portfolios Up 50 Percent from 2013 | Sustainable Brands - 0 views

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    The number of investment professionals in the US offering fossil fuel-free portfolios to investors jumped by more than 50 percent over the past year - from 22 percent to 36 percent, according to a new survey by First Affirmative Financial Network.
Brett Rohring

Are 90 Companies Responsible For Nearly Two-Thirds Of Global Warming? - 0 views

  • A new study from the Colorado-based Climate Accountability Institute suggests that 90 companies are responsible for almost two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions since the start of the Industrial Revolution.
  • The top 90 emitters include 50 investor-owned energy companies like BP, ExxonMobil and Shell, along with 31 state-owned companies and some nation-states themselves. 83 of the 90 are coal, oil and gas producers and the remaining seven are cement manufacturers.
  • Based on studies published during the past several years, the IPCC found that in order to have at least a 66 percent chance of limiting global warming to, or below, 3.6°F above pre-industrial levels, no more than 1 trillion tonnes of carbon can be released into the atmosphere from the beginning of the industrial era through the end of this century.
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  • The IPCC report estimates that we’ve already used 531 billion tonnes of that budget as of 2011 by burning fossil fuels for energy as well as by clearing forests for farming and myriad other uses. That means we’re on the wrong side of the carbon budget, with 469 billion tonnes left.
  • "It increases the accountability for fossil fuel burning," climate scientist Michael Mann told the Guardian. "You can't burn fossil fuels without the rest of the world knowing about it."
Adriana Trujillo

How California Could Power Itself Using Renewables - Pacific Standard: The Science of S... - 0 views

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    California could ditch fossil fuels altogether by midcentury at a cost of $1.1 trillion, and would earn back most or all of that price tag through climate benefits and fuel savings, a new report suggests. Going 100% renewable would also save 10,000 lives and $100 billion in health care costs due to reduced pollution, the report found
Adriana Trujillo

Donald Trump selects Scott Pruitt to head EPA - Washington Times - 0 views

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    President-elect Donald Trump has named Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a prominent fossil-fuel industry ally, to run the Environmental Protection Agency. Environmentalists and congressional Democrats vow to oppose the appointment.
Adriana Trujillo

It's Official: Solar Is Becoming World's Cheapest Form of New Electricity - 0 views

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    For the first time, solar power is becoming the cheapest form of electricity production in the world, according to new statistics from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) released Thursday. While unsubsidized solar has occasionally done better than coal and gas in individual projects, 2016 marked the first time that the renewable energy source has out-performed fossil fuels on a large scale-and new solar projects are also turning out to be cheaper than new wind power projects, BNEF reports in its new analysis, Climatescope.
amandasjohnston

China raises its low carbon ambitions in new 2020 targets | China Dialogue - 2 views

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    China's 13th Five-Year-Plan on Energy Development (Energy 13FYP) might be one of the most anticipated energy blueprints in the world for its far-reaching implications for the carbon trajectory of the planet's largest emitter. On Jan 5, 2017, the National Energy Administration finally unveiled the plan to reporters, with a set of 2020 targets covering everything from total energy consumption to installed wind energy capacity. Before we delve into details of the plan, one thing is worth noting: with the Energy 13FYP, China might have once again raised ambitions for its low-carbon future, highlighting the urgency that this smog-ridden country attaches to moving away from fossil fuels. This time round, policymakers seem even more determined to squeeze out coal's share in the country's energy mix, lowering its 2020 percentage in primary energy consumption from 62% to 58%. The country is also aiming higher for renewables: installed capacity of wind energy and solar energy should reach "more than 210GW" and "more than 110GW", respectively, by 2020; higher than what was declared at the end of 2014.
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