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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping. Tue, 10/20/2020 - 00:15. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas. Faïg Abbasov, head of shipping at campaign group Transport & Environment, told BusinessGreen the proposal was "essentially an empty shell." "To

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BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea

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BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea. Mon, 10/26/2020 - 00:05. Expanding carbon capture to long-distance marine shipping could help accelerate its use, while addressing a difficult to abate sector of the transport industry.". The global shipping sector is responsible for around 2.5

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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined

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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined. Thu, 08/13/2020 - 02:15. At 10 percent, industrial heat ranks on par with the combined emissions of cars (about 6 percent), planes (about 2 percent) and ships (about 2 percent). . Adam Aston. You may not know it, but you rely on industrial heat every day.

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Microsoft Signs Deal to Remove 1.1 Million Tons of CO2 Through Waste-to-Energy Carbon Capture

ESG Today

The new agreement will support Hafslund Celsio’s full-scale CCS project at the plant, which is anticipated to capture about 350,000 tonnes of CO2 annually, with about half from the biogenic emissions, and the remainder from the fossil CO2 emissions. The plant is expected to begin capturing CO2 in 2029.

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A new Swedish iron processing project could disrupt the global steel industry

GreenBiz

Thu, 12/17/2020 - 00:20. Looking forward, with customers, investors and policymakers increasing pressure to adhere to the Paris Agreement, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a critical element of maintaining competitiveness. A new Swedish iron processing project could disrupt the global steel industry. Thomas Koch Blank.

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Whether pandemic or climate crisis, you better get your data right

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Thu, 06/25/2020 - 00:30. Since then, the asset manager backed two proposals at the annual general meetings of both Chevron and Exxon, related to the manner these companies conduct themselves in relation to Paris Agreement targets. Whether pandemic or climate crisis, you better get your data right. Paolo Natali. Why do this?

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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

In 2020, a blistering analysis showed Canada leading the G20 countries in per capita public financing to oil and gas. That work was meant to conclude by 2020. billion in 2020/21 and another $1.5 Those guidelines are due to be released in 2024. billion for the first nine months of 2021/22.