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Powering Emissions Reductions With Clean Heat and Renewable Energy

3BL Media

In the UK and in the US, we will use renewable natural gas (RNG), or biomethane, to supply clean heat to our sites, providing a blueprint to accelerate emissions reductions in industrial sectors. The research, development and production of medicines is an energy intensive process.

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Column: Peak emissions hopes to be tested as China & Europe crank output

Energy Central

Power emissions may worsen before they improve due to the synchronized recovery of economic activity in China and Europe this year, even though renewables are undoubtedly gaining market share at a record pace in every relevant power sector.

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Global clean energy investing tops US$1 trillion for first time ever

Corporate Knights

Despite the record global investment in clean energy, a new IEA report found global emissions rose to record highs in 2022. Emissions from oil surged, as air travel picked up from pandemic lows, but a strong expansion of renewable energy restrained an expected rebound in coal power emissions.

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It was a 'monumental' year for renewables in Europe

Corporate Knights

For renewables to expand market share at the expense of fossil fuels and reduce power emissions, they will need to grow faster than new demand is added. That trend is not expected to continue as Europeans increasingly shift to electric vehicles and heat pumps, driving up electricity demand overall.

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Record Number of Negotiated Agreements Between Investors and Companies in 2022 Proxy Season

3BL Media

Duke Energy Corporation agreed with filer As You Sow to increase the greenhouse gas emissions it will bring into its net-zero-by-2050 target, including upstream methane leakage during production of natural gas, customer use emissions, and purchased power emissions. And Dominion Energy Inc.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation

Studies and evaluations show Zipline has been able to reduce maternal deaths from postpartum hemorrhaging , increase vaccination rates , and get food to hard to reach communities, while reducing gas powered emissions by 97%. Lack of access to education can make the difference between good and poor health.

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Bloomberg predicts wind and solar will power half the world and bag $9 trillion investment

Renewable Energy World

Wind or solar now represent the least expensive option for adding new power generation capacity in approximately two-thirds of the world.