GreenBiz

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Episode 249: 30 Under 30 honorees share revelations, big oil pivots. The oil and gas industry’s search for purpose in a climate-disrupted world. Heather Clancy. Fri, 12/18/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (3:45). Can Shell pilot a new era of sustainable aviation? E-mail us at 350@greenbiz.com.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

And it’s happening: Electric vehicles are quickly gaining traction, with the world’s major automakers accelerating efforts to transition some or all of their new vehicles to run on electricity instead of oil. China alone is planning more than 20,000 miles of new oil and gas pipelines. And the era of fossil fuels is hardly over.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 18, 2022

Stanford Natural Gas Initiative (NGI). Baker Hughes collaborates with the NGI on various knowledge areas, including natural gas emissions and leakage, unconventional gas reservoirs, energy access, global markets, and policy. The Argentinian Oil and Gas Institute (IAPG). Hydrogen Europe.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 27, 2024

European and North American oil and gas majors are underperforming on key climate-related performance measures used by investor members of the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) engagement initiative. The best performing company met just 52% of the overall metrics, with strong performances on methane, production and neutralisation topics.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 31, 2022

To give you a quick recap, a materiality assessment is understanding the relative importance of Environmental, Social, and Governance topics to our client's organization - so what is most important for them to focus on and what is most material to focus on. For example, there has historically been quite an age gap in the oil and gas industry.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 15, 2024

Scientists have been sounding the alarm that we need to do more and quickly to help curtail global warming’s catastrophic impacts, pointing out that coal, cars and cattle are top greenhouse gas emitters. It’s a touchy topic. million cars off the road. The new products.

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ESG Investor

MARCH 27, 2024

European and North American oil and gas majors are underperforming on key climate-related performance measures used by investor members of the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) engagement initiative. The best performing company met just 52% of the overall metrics, with strong performances on methane, production and neutralisation topics.

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3BL Media

JULY 13, 2023

As we move toward net zero in 2050, there is another equally fundamental fact for Canada and Canadians to consider: natural gas is the great equalizer to a less turbulent, more equitable and sustainable energy evolution. and others with an abundance of natural gas can and should help others alleviate energy poverty,” Ebel said.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Charm Industrial: Turning biomass waste into CO2-dense bio-oil. Charm Industrial is working to reverse the process of crude-oil production — that is, to take the carbon stored in biomass, turn it into CO2-dense biofuel through fast pyrolysis (superheating) and inject it back into the Earth’s crust. The Charm Industrial team.

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Energy Central

APRIL 28, 2023

After a 4 year hiatus, the Argus Rio Crude Conference is back at the centre of the oil and gas market in Brazil. Latest insight and perspectives from leading industry speakers on the hottest topics: Attend LatAm's biggest commercial crude oil.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Despite all they're doing to address climate change with both emissions reduction plans, circular economy innovation and consumer awareness, Amazon, Google and Microsoft have been criticized — rightly so, in my mind — for their close ties to the oil and gas sector. Unilever has committed to a "deforestation-free" supply chain by 2023.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

The latter includes all ocean-based economic activity, including fishing, shipping, mining, port operations, oil and gas exploration and energy generation. Helvarg’s group works with a wide range of industries, but not with the oil and gas sector — "they're the problem, not the solution," he said — but there’s good news even there.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

It feels almost quaint to remember way back when "80 by 50" — an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 — was a bold goal for a company or government entity to make. Is 'net zero' much ado about nothing? Joel Makower. Tue, 05/11/2021 - 02:11. The "way back when" in this case seems to be around 2014. Pull Quote.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Simulations demonstrate the use of two kinds of industrial wastewater to decontaminate each other has the potential to slash a power plant’s total water use, according to a group at West Virginia University , which has published a paper on the topic. Once you pull all oil and gas from a well, it’s just an open cavity in the earth.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Additionally, the platform offers courses covering Topic Standards like Tax , Sector Standards such as Oil and Gas , and comprehensive training like the GRI Content Index , all aimed at enhancing your reporting proficiency.

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3BL Media

MAY 26, 2022

DESCRIPTION: At Chevron , we strive to be transparent and improve our reporting on sustainability-related topics to help provide comparable and decision-useful information for investors and other stakeholders. we demonstrate our commitment to transparency by reporting metrics and performance data annually. SOURCE: Chevron Corporation.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 27, 2023

Investors worried that the oil and gas major’s backtracking on climate may “set precedent” for the sector. Setting a precedent In February, BP cut back on its industry leading commitment to reduce its oil and gas output by 40% by 2030 compared to 2020 levels which received 88% shareholder approval at the firm’s 2022 AGM.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 12, 2024

According to a four-year review commissioned by the Governor of Bayelsa, oil companies have spilled ten to 15 times more oil (110,000 barrels) in the Nigerian state over the course of 50 years than the Exxon Valdez disaster. trillion in assets, published the latest exclusion decisions for its Government Pension Fund Global in December.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The new standard, GRI 14: Mining Sector 2024, marks the fourth in a series of planned sector reporting standards by the GRI, following the publication of its first sector standard in 2021 covering the oil and gas sector , and for the agriculture, aquaculture and fishing sectors in 2022.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2020

It comes as deforestation — and associated greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts — are mounting in many regions of the world. Initially, we focused on palm oil supply chains and urged companies to adopt no-deforestation policies. What follows is a lightly edited interview. Waxman: Yes.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

gas company, Air Products & Chemicals, announced that as part of Neom it has been building a green hydrogen plant in Saudi Arabia for the last four years. "The hydrogen is a lot more expensive than other fuels such as natural gas. Right now it’s difficult to view this as the new oil. This summer, a large U.S.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 4, 2023

The GRI Academy is an accessible online platform that offers asynchronous, on-demand courses on the GRI Standards, including Sector Standards and Topic Standards such as Tax , Waste and Oil & Gas , as well as a pathway to gain the GRI Certified Sustainability Professional credential.

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3BL Media

JUNE 7, 2022

An immigrant from Taiwan, Fong worked for 34 years in the oil and gas industry in Houston, starting out as a chemical engineer and then moving into management. DESCRIPTION: Helping those from minority groups climb the corporate ladder has been a lifelong passion for Cecil Fong.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 22, 2021

Most industrial systems are linear: We extract a resource, which could be anything from timber to crude oil; transform it into a product, often with little concern for the waste produced along the way; then trash that product when we’re done with it. BioEnergy Devco transforms chicken poop into natural gas. Food & Agriculture.

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GreenBiz

JULY 1, 2020

Transportation emissions represent 40 percent of California's greenhouse gas emissions, and without taking aggressive steps the state will not be able to meet its climate goals. . CARB estimates that 2 million diesel trucks cause 70 percent of the smog-causing pollution in the state. Subscribe here. Pull Quote. Transportation & Mobility.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

And if firms dropped oil, coal and gas companies as clients, would it move the fossil fuel industry even one iota? Will job-seeking law students truly shun firms seen as bad actors? Suffice to say, the jury is out. Lawyers aren’t the only service-sector firms targeted for their climate ties. Follow the money, indeed. Featured Column.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Despite the temporary decline in greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere hit an all-time high in May. Chamber of Commerce’s opposition to the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions and joined one of the Chamber’s committees to assert its position on climate. billion inserted into the CARES Act. Contributors.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Banks could face a stormy AGM season, driven by investor concern over their ongoing financial support for oil and gas firms, which are already braced for a slew of shareholder proposals demanding greater transparency over their net zero transition plans. Under the terms of membership, banks are due to set targets later this year.

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3BL Media

JULY 8, 2022

Even before ESG reporting became trending topics, Chevron has been working to deliver that confidence. Chevron has voluntarily reported greenhouse gas emissions from the company, including from the use of our products, for nearly two decades.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 17, 2022

Levy on exceptional profits seen as having little impact on oil and gas sector’s investments in renewable energy sources. A hot political topic. On 28 January, natural gas futures were trading at US$4.26 Brent crude, a benchmark used in more than half of all oil contracts globally, stood at US$87.37 on 16 August.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

Oil tankers are carrying millions of tons of oil with nowhere to go. To rebuild the economy, the United States government so far seems to choose to deploy the same playbook it did in 2008: funding legacy companies in industries such as oil and gas. . The coronavirus pandemic is a classic Black Swan. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

are facing growing pressure to clean up their lobbying activity, with a host of institutional investors this week issuing an urgent call to 47 of the largest greenhouse gas emitters to disclose how their corporate advocacy aligns with the most ambitious climate goals of the Paris Agreement. Greenhouse Gas. Finance & Investing.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The GRI Academy offers not only a pathway to gain the GRI Certified Sustainability Professional credential, but also courses on GRI Sector Standards such as Oil & Gas and GRI Topic Standards such as Tax and Waste As of July 2023, 517 GRI Sustainability Professional Certifications have been achieved in North America, 82.5%

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Gail Tverberg

AUGUST 3, 2023

It has recently become clear to me that heavy oil, which is needed to produce diesel and jet fuel, plays a far more significant role in the world economy than most people understand. The physics of the system tends to keep oil prices lower than heavy oil producers would prefer. World oil prices are set by supply and demand.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Duke Energy Ohio and Kentucky Duke Energy Ohio/Kentucky, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, provides electric service to 900,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in a 3,000-square-mile service area, and natural gas service to 550,000 customers in a 2,650-square-mile service area, in Ohio and Kentucky. Its natural gas unit serves 1.6

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

After coming out of a global pandemic, some power generators that had been shut down couldn’t ramp up in time for increased demand, according to Jonathan Stern , who studies natural gas at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Russia exports a significant amount of oil and natural gas to the European Union.

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ESG Today

JUNE 28, 2022

Agriculture, for example, accounts for a significant proportion of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as land use and deforestation. Topics in GRI 13; Source – the GRI. Each of the sectors affect issues ranging from climate change and biodiversity loss to food security and labor practices.

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