low carbon future News
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Commission welcomes Council`s support to accelerate energy technologies for a low-carbon future
Energy Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs welcomed today Member States' strong support for the Strategic Energy Technology plan, adopted on 22 November last. In the debate that followed the presentation of the Vision Paper prepared by the Portuguese presidency, Member States underlined that energy technologies will be crucial to successfully fighting against climate change and securing world and ...
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Natural gas could ease the path to a low-carbon future
A new paper, The Role of Natural Gas in a Low-Carbon Energy Economy, finds that gas-fired power plants could reduce U.S. coal dependence and greenhouse gas emissions significantly in the next 10 ...
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TUESDAY: EPA Administrator to Give Keynote Address at Columbia University’s Global Energy Summit in NYC
On Tuesday, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will give keynote remarks at Columbia University’s Global Energy Summit in New York City. Administrator McCarthy will speak about the agency’s actions to protect public health while encouraging economic growth and laying the foundation for a low-carbon future. A world-leading economy depends on a healthy environment and a safe climate, which ...
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TODAY: EPA Administrator to Give Keynote Address at Columbia University’s Global Energy Summit in NYC
Today, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will give keynote remarks at Columbia University’s Global Energy Summit in New York City. Administrator McCarthy will speak about the agency’s actions to protect public health while encouraging economic growth and laying the foundation for a low-carbon future. A world-leading economy depends on a healthy environment and a safe climate, which is ...
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EU prepares for low carbon future with new clean energy technologies
Countries in the European Union should develop and deploy new clean energy technologies, including recycling facilities, speedily in order to tackle climate change, according to EU commissioner for environment Stavros Dimas. Speaking to delegates at the EU’s Sustainable Energy Week Forum in Brussels, Belgium (9 February), Dimas said the development of new clean energy technologies need to be ...
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TUESDAY: EPA Administrator to Discuss the Climate Action Plan with Christian Science Monitor
On July 7, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will be joining Recharge – the energy section of the Christian Science Monitor to discuss US energy and climate policy. The administrator will discuss the agency’s actions to protect public health while encouraging economic growth and laying the foundation for a low-carbon future, including the Clean Power Plan. A world-leading economy ...
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Where does bioenergy fit into a low-carbon future?
Original story at MIT News Biofuels like ethanol and other forms of bioenergy are often seen as a key part of a low-carbon future. But large-scale production of these fuels, which are usually made from either food crops like corn and sugar cane, or from woody plants and grasses, would represent a major shift in how the world makes its energy and uses its land — with implications for global ...
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IEA welcomes UK efforts towards a low-carbon future
As it seeks concrete solutions to the low-carbon investment challenge, the United Kingdom is leading by example, according to a review of UK energy policies published today by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The report, Energy Policies of IEA Countries - United Kingdom 2012 Review, applauds the UK's long-term vision for a low-carbon future - greenhouse gas emissions are to be reduced by ...
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U.S. National Climate Assessment
A draft of the Third National Climate Assessment (NCA) was made for public review and will be released online today. The NCA is being developed by the U.S. Global Change Research Program to document how climate change is impacting the United States, and how the nation is responding. The National Climate Assessment Development Advisory Committee, comprised of 60 members of scientists, business ...
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European Parliament votes to reduce emissions from gas guzzlers
In a long-awaited display of responsibility, the European Parliament’s Environment committee has voted through a strong package to reduce emissions from cars. As the committee went into session, it seemed certain that a compromise package riddled with loopholes would be the one to pass. However, the MEPs voted to stick with meaningful legislation, turning their backs on nine months of lobbying by ...
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Japanese government misleads public with biased emission cuts figures - WWF
The Japanese government is misleading the public by presenting biased figures on Japan’s 2020 target for emission cuts, WWF said ahead of the country’s last public hearing on the issue. The global conservation organisation also points out that the government’s position wrongly focuses on potential burdens for households, while ignoring the financial benefits of a low carbon future. “Japan ...
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Government car scrappage scheme ends
Car manufacturers took the final orders for the Government’s car scrappage scheme yesterday as the initiative officially ends today (31 March). Business secretary Lord Mandelson said: “ The scheme was always time-limited and today, as it closes, I am pleased to see that scrappage has delivered the results we aimed for – not just for manufacturers, but for the whole industry and its supply ...
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ENDS partnership takes Green Monday national
Green Monday, the top networking event for corporate sustainability leaders, is expanding nationally in partnership with ENDS. ENDS will leverage its knowledge and contacts to advise on topics, content and speakers, and will bring Green Monday to the attention of its wide network of sustainability professionals. Currently a popular monthly London event, Green Monday is now spreading to ...
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Moreld Global Maritime awarded Marine Warranty Surveying contract
Moreld Global Maritime have been awarded the Marine Warranty (MWS) contract for the Northern Lights Carbon Transport and Permanent Storage Project, a part of the Longship project. Northern Lights once commissioned will be a CO2 transportation and storage infrastructure facility. The project will be delivered via an Equinor, Shell and Total Energies Joint Venture, (JV). Carbon Capture & ...
By Moreld Aqua
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China should seek low carbon future to preserve economic gains, says UN report
China needs to tackle climate change and environmental degradation or risks reversing the social and economic progress that has made it the second largest economy in the world, according to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report released today. “China is at a critical juncture when the business as usual growth model is not sufficient to the country’s emerging challenges and ...
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The Focus-Abengoa Foundation presents the third seminar of the “Road to Paris 2015” series as part of the Energy Transition and Climate Change Forum
The Focus-Abengoa Foundation today held the third seminar in this series entitled “The role of business and society in the energy transition and combatting climate change”, as part of the sessions taking place in the Energy Transition and Climate Change Forum. These seminars are intended is to promote discussion about the state of international climate change negotiations and the ...
By Abengoa
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SWECO confirmed as low carbon leader
The NCE100 awards are the most prestigious and competitive of their kind in the sector and serve as an independent benchmark for engineering excellence, recognising the most forward-thinking and innovative firms in the industry. Sweco scooped the Low Carbon Leader Award at a ceremony in London for its work on successfully implementing a new carbon reduction methodology across the Renfrewshire ...
By Sweco
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European Commission proposes a plan to accelerate energy technologies for a low-carbon future
Energy technologies will be crucial to successfully fighting against climate change and securing world and European energy supply. Achieving Europe's 2020 and 2050 targets on greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy and energy efficiency will require action on energy efficiency, standards, support mechanisms and putting a price on carbon emissions. It will also require the deployment of more ...
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120 CEOs Managing $12 Trillion Urge Finance Ministers to Support a Long-Term Emissions Reduction Goal in Global Climate Deal
Ahead of Wednesday’s meeting of G7 Finance Ministers in Dresden, Germany, 120 investor CEOs from around the world managing funds worth more than $12 trillion have written an open letter to finance ministers urging them to support the inclusion of a long-term emissions reduction goal in the international climate agreement due to be sealed in Paris in December. This is the first time a ...
By Ceres
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Duke Energy's New Climate Report Details the Company's Ability to Adapt to a Low-Carbon Future
Duke Energy recently (3/22) outlined steps it is taking to provide safe, reliable, affordable and increasingly clean energy to its customers while embracing the transformation underway in the utility industry.The report details the company's strategy and ongoing efforts to mitigate risks from climate change, reduce emissions, navigate policy uncertainty and plan future investments to deliver ...
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