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Fossil Fuels vs Renewables in the Race to Net Zero

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: The race is on, proclaims the United Nations, to create a Net Zero economy (same amount of greenhouse gas /GHG emissions removed from the atmosphere as produced). Public conversations about Net Zero are usually about “fossil fuels vs. renewables” and the impact of each category on climate change.

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The European Energy Transition is well underway and accelerating

Edouard Stenger

Despite what nay-sayers think and write all around, the energy transition in the European Union is well underway and it’s accelerating faster and faster. Renewables now account for 44% of the EU electricity mix and wind power is now producing more electricity than natural gas. Let’s review some of these facts.

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Can AI terminate climate change.or is it an even greater threat?

Corporate Knights

These structures, moreover, are served by centralized heating and air-conditioning systems, which are fitted with hundreds of sensors, as well as software controllers designed to knit all the tech together, and typically run on natural-gas-powered boilers and chillers. You just have so many more opportunities to optimize.”

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Is the World Headed for an Uninsurable Future?

Chris Hall

And the increasing rate of natural disasters is already taking its toll. A 2020 report published by Aon noted that natural disasters caused US$3 trillion in economic damages between 2009-2019, costing insurers US$845 billion – well above levels seen a decade prior. This will be quite the undertaking.

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Global emissions from energy are flat. Now what ?

Edouard Stenger

According to the respected International Energy Agency’s new report, global greenhouse gases emissions from energy remained flat in 2016 while the global economy grew by 3.1 So there is a catch… But let us focus on the good news first. Global emissions from the energy sector stood at 32.1

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These are Canada’s 50 fastest-growing green companies of 2023

Corporate Knights

This is the Future 50, Corporate Knights’ second annual ranking of ambitious entrepreneurs who are trying to solve big problems in climate, energy, the environment, transportation, healthcare, waste disposal – even the Canadian diet. Together, these two lists point the way to an exciting new economy – and a changing future for Canada itself.

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Duke vs. Duke: Electric and gas utilities at odds over efficiency rebates in N.C.

Renewable Energy World

by Elizabeth Outzs, Energy News Network. Duke Energy’s effort to expand a popular energy-efficiency program to its entire North Carolina service area is drawing stiff opposition from a surprising quarter: Duke Energy. . Scientists were just beginning to grasp the gravity of climate change.