Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

In the aftermath of BREXIT and in view of COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021, the UK has been focussing on decarbonisation in relation to its infrastructure and power offerings. Victoria Judd, a lawyer at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, considers the sustainability credentials of biomass, and what this bodes for its future.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

From 2016 to 2020, the 38 banks that exclude direct finance for coal-fired power plants have nonetheless provided over USD 52 billion in finance to companies engaged in coal projects (Rainforest Action Network 2021).

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

Indeed, pressure for more action is building ahead of this November’s UN climate change conference – or COP26 summit – which the UK Government will be hosting. Some notable progress has been made, most obviously with power generation, but a greater push is needed soon in other spheres, such as home heating and transport.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Coal-fired power plants in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (image credit: Asian Development Bank , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ” The document from the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG)[1] sets out seven recommendations that it believes global leaders at COP26 must consider to make carbon pricing more effective. license ).

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Morag Watson, Director of Policy at Scottish Renewables, said: “I’m absolutely delighted that our industry has been able to reunite in-person to celebrate this year’s Scottish Green Energy Awards – and it feels more special than ever in the year of COP26. Best Innovation Award, sponsored by Red Rock Power Limited: Gravitricity.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

As these ‘heat highways’ pass through urban centres, heat pumps located within energy centres on the banks of rivers are able to extract heat from the river water through submerged pipes. River catchment areas act as giant solar heat collectors concentrating water-borne thermal energy into their river channels.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

She described the UK National Infrastructure Bank as “a really good initiative” in this respect, and said this kind of investment could pave the way, providing the proof of concept that would later secure the participation of private investors. Putting a price on pollution.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Late last year, in the wake of COP26, the U.K.’s And many of the major events and award shows are sponsored by Canada’s big banks, which are some of the largest investors in carbon-burning oil and gas projects. “If And they have to do it quickly. We want them to understand the severity of the emergency we’re all facing.”.

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