Climate Change, Global and Industry

Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

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MIT report finds China’s actions on climate change crucial; argues for global economy-wide greenhouse gas tax

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MAY 29, 2012

A new report from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change shows the importance of all major nations taking part in global efforts to reduce emissions—and in particular, finds China’s role to be crucial. C change by the end of the century. Without China, we miss that mark by about 1 °C.

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Study finds limiting warming to 2 °C would require at least a $200/t carbon tax globally

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MAY 6, 2022

Some will suffer greatly from climate change, while others may even benefit. These heterogeneous effects mean that different countries will have differing incentives to abide by the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit global warming below 2 °C relative to pre-Industrial levels.

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Study forecasts even with modest warming, global energy demand to increase by mid-century

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JUNE 24, 2019

A new study published in Nature Communications by researchers from IIASA, Boston University, and the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice found that by mid-century, climate change will increase the demand for energy globally, even with modest warming.

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WHO issues new, lower Global Air Quality Guidelines for classical pollutants

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

New WHO has issued new Global Air Quality Guidelines (AQGs) that reduce levels of key air pollutants, some of which also contribute to climate change. Since WHO’s last 2005 global update, there has been a marked increase of evidence that shows how air pollution affects different aspects of health.

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UCL-led study finds climate impact caused by growing space industry needs urgent mitigation

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JUNE 26, 2022

The rapidly growing space industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL and published in the journal Earth’s Future as an open-access paper. —Ryan et al. 1 growth in 2019 launches and re-entries.

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CICERO-led study finds global warming effect of leaked hydrogen almost 12x stronger than CO2

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JUNE 12, 2023

A study led by Norwegian climate center CICERO has found that the global warming effect of leaked hydrogen is almost 12 times stronger than that of CO 2. Rather, it is the leaking of hydrogen from production, transportation and usage that adds to global warming. A global warming potential of 11.6 Skeie, R.B., Sandstad, M.

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Study estimates California’s GHG reductions since 2003 could be wiped out by 2020 wildfires

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Without considering future vegetation regrowth, CO 2 e emissions from the 2020 wildfires could be the second most important source in the state above either industry or electrical power generation. The carbon emissions released from the 2020 wildfires equate to more than $7 billion in total global damages, or about $986.9

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Study: Fossil fuel CO2 emissions reached max daily decline of 17% in April

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MAY 20, 2020

A preliminary analysis of global data has found that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel sources reached a maximum daily decline of 17% in April as a result of drastic decline in energy demand that have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Percentage change in global daily fossil CO 2 emissions, Jan-May 2020.

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IEEE Educational Video for Kids Spotlights Climate Change

Cars That Think

JUNE 19, 2024

When it comes to addressing climate change, the “in unity there’s strength” adage certainly applies. Using age-appropriate language, the video, which is posted on TryEngineering’s climate change page , explores the issue through visual models and scientific explanations.

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Study estimates global black carbon emissions up 72% from 1960-2007; BC emissions intensity down 52%

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MAY 31, 2014

A study led by a team from Peking University has estimated that global black carbon (BC) emissions increased from 5.3 The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said BC has a direct radiative forcing of +0.4 (+0.05 Black carbon emissions and BC emissions intensity per year.

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Cummins to acquire Meritor in $3.7B deal

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Cummins has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Meritor, a global leader of drivetrain, mobility, braking, aftermarket and electric powertrain solutions for commercial vehicle and industrial markets. Climate change is the existential crisis of our time and this acquisition accelerates our ability to address it.

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Scottish Enterprise project converting train to hydrogen power

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

Scottish Enterprise, Transport Scotland and the Hydrogen Accelerator, based at the University of St Andrews, have appointed Arcola Energy and a consortium of industry leaders in hydrogen fuel cell integration, rail engineering and functional safety to deliver Scotland’s first hydrogen powered train.

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130 banks holding US$47 trillion in assets commit to climate action and sustainability; 1/3 of global banking sector

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Leading banks and the United Nations on Sunday launched the Principles for Responsible Banking , with 130 banks collectively holding US$ 47 trillion in assets—one third of the global banking sector—signed up. The Principles create the accountability that can realize responsibility, and the ambition that can drive action.

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ExxonMobil and Global Thermostat in joint development agreement to advance atmospheric carbon capture technology

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JUNE 28, 2019

ExxonMobil and Global Thermostat signed a joint development agreement to advance technology that can capture and concentrate carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources, including power plants, and the atmosphere. —Peter Eisenberger, chief technology officer and co-founder of Global Thermostat.

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U of Toronto study finds US electrification of LDV fleet not a silver bullet for tackling climate change in vehicle sector

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

C global warming. The paper is published in the journal Nature Climate Change. A lot of people think that a large-scale shift to EVs will mostly solve our climate problems in the passenger vehicle sector. Tackling climate change is not a one-country, one-sector or one-technology job.

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ABB, Hydrogène de France jointly to manufacture megawatt-scale fuel cell systems capable of powering ocean-going vessels

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APRIL 9, 2020

Building on an existing collaboration announced on 27 Jun 2018 with Ballard Power Systems, the leading global provider of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell solutions, ABB and HDF intend to optimize fuel cell manufacturing capabilities to produce a megawatt-scale power plant for marine vessels. With shipping responsible for about 2.5%

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Nissan to be carbon-neutral by 2050; 100? of new vehicle offerings in key markets to be electrified by early 2030s

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JANUARY 27, 2021

The company’s electrification and emissions reduction efforts support the aims of the UN Paris Agreement on climate change and global progress toward carbon neutrality by 2050. The company will also strive for greater energy and material efficiencies to support longer-term carbon neutrality ambitions.

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I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

And so it is that I resigned from my position as Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs for CBS EcoMedia effective the first of this month and I will now be devoting my full time to working on climate change response with the South Bay 350 Climate Action Group, the South Bay Bicycle Coalition and 350.org.

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ARPA-E selects SwRI to create more effective burner to reduce methane emissions

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MARCH 8, 2022

of the methane in gas flares used by the oil and gas industry. It is one of several projects funded in support of the US Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan, announced at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). The three-year, $2.9-million SwRI Research Engineer Luis Gutierrez is working with Prof.

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Deloitte forecasts clean hydrogen market to hit US$1.4T per year by 2050

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JULY 4, 2023

Demand is expected to initially build on the decarbonization of existing industrial uses of hydrogen (95 MtH 2 eq), most notably for fertilizer production. Decarbonizing current and developing new end-uses, it can abate up to 85 GtCO 2 eq in cumulative emissions by 2050, more than twice global CO 2 emissions in 2021.

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Wärtsilä Power-to-X project gets €1M in government support

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APRIL 21, 2020

It will also act as a base for defining Wärtsilä’s role in this field as part of the global transition to carbon-neutral solutions. In the future, fossil fuels will be replaced by these renewable synthetic fuels to mitigate climate change, the company said.

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EPA proposes ban on all consumer, most industrial and commercial uses of methylene chloride

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APRIL 21, 2023

Methylene chloride, also known as dichloromethane and DCM, is a volatile chemical used in a wide range of industrial, commercial, and consumer applications such as adhesives, sealants, degreasers, cleaners, and automobile products. Methylene chloride is also used in industrial settings for making other chemicals.

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Let Us Now Murder AB 2145 Before It Kills Community Choice Power

Creative Greenius

JULY 22, 2014

If you’ve caught Assemblyman Bradford’s act before it will not surprise you to hear that Bradford said things like, WE in the utility industry know…” He can’t help himself. ” He wants to change the law and slow things down. ” He wants to change the law and slow things down.

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IEEE Young Professionals Take On Climate Change

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Developing technology to address the causes of climate change, mitigate its impact, and adapt to the crisis is one of IEEE’s top priorities. To assist with that effort, the IEEE Young Professionals group this year launched its Climate and Sustainability Task Force. On 12 September, CSTF and IRENA presented a Youth Day event.

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The $32-Trillion Push To Disrupt The Entire Oil Industry

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Global oil and gas companies are increasingly facing an uphill battle as global warming policies are taking their toll. Increased shareholder activism, combined with global warming policies of institutional investors and NGOs, are pushing IOCs in a corner, constricting financing options for oil companies.

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Trane bringing electric E-200 refrigeration unit for small trucks to US

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MARCH 9, 2021

Thermo King continues to innovate and expand our electric cold chain solutions to help our customers meet these needs in a sustainable way and bend the curve on climate change. Trane Technologies’ Thermo King has the largest range of zero and low-emission transport temperature control solutions in the industry.

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U of Michigan researchers map steel flow in US; suggest yield improvements focus on sheet metal forming in car industry

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The results of the material flow analysis (MFA), published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , indicate that yield improvement efforts should focus on sheet metal forming in the car industry, which accounts for nearly half of all generated fabrication scrap. Formally reconciled U.S. Drawn using e! —Zhu et al.

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A Few Words on Eco Terrorists, Cowards and Courage

Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Even when we reach the limit of our carbon budget, when burning any more oil, coal or gas will push global temperatures beyond 2 degrees celsius, the E&B business model is to harvest more oil so that it can be burned as fuel. There are no bigger cowards then the people who work for the oil, coal and gas industries.

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Eight energy majors commit to reduce methane emissions within natural gas industry

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

The commitment was made as part of wider efforts by the global energy industry to ensure that natural gas continues to play a critical role in helping meet future energy demand while addressing climate change. —Tim Gould, Head of Supply Division, World Energy Outlook, IEA.

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ExxonMobil expands agreement with Global Thermostat; sees promise in CO2 direct air capture technology

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

ExxonMobil and Global Thermostat (GT) have expanded their joint development agreement following 12 months of technical evaluation to determine the feasibility and potential scalability of Global Thermostat’s technology that captures carbon dioxide directly from the air.

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New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

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MAY 14, 2018

A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. The paper is published in Nature Communications. trillion) in 2014.

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UCS analysis finds Hyundai-Kia with best sales-weighted new vehicle environmental performance in US in 2013

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MAY 27, 2014

The Automaker Rankings report examines the emissions of both global warming and smog-forming pollution from of the automakers. Automakers are employing a number of different technologies to reduce global warming emissions from their vehicles. Source: UCS. Source: UCS. Click to enlarge.

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Maersk sets net zero CO2 emission target by 2050

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

The maritime industry emitted close to 1000 million tonnes of CO 2 in 2012, representing about 2.2% of global CO2 emissions. This makes the sector pivotal in bringing down global emissions. This makes the sector pivotal in bringing down global emissions. —Søren Toft, Chief Operating Officer at A.P. Moller - Maersk.

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How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

Cars That Think

MARCH 4, 2023

However, there’s a shortage of roboticists tackling climate change, due to a lack of awareness of necessary and urgent applications. After talking with many climate robotics founders for my blog, Nirva Labs , here are my findings on how you can find opportunities to help robots make an impact on climate change.

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IPCC: GHG emissions accelerating despite mitigation efforts; major institutional and technological change required to keep the heat down

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APRIL 13, 2014

Decomposition of the decadal change in total global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion by four driving factors; population, income (GDP) per capita, energy intensity of GDP and carbon intensity of energy. The global economic crisis 2007/2008 only temporarily reduced emissions. WG III Summary for Policymakers.

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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Despite the much-vaunted megatrend involving the global electrification drive and shift to renewable energy , the most ambitious pledges by Big Oil to pursue net-zero agendas remain weak at best. As we have pointed above, ENI has the most ambitious climate change pledge with plans to lower its greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050.

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IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year even as global economy grew in 2016

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MARCH 18, 2017

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were flat for a third straight year in 2016 even as the global economy grew, according to the International Energy Agency. Global emissions from the energy sector stood at 32.1 The data signal a continuing decoupling of emissions and economic activity.

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Sasol and Topsoe to form JV to accelerate global SAF production

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JUNE 24, 2023

The aviation sector alone contributes 2-3% of global carbon emissions. Sustainable aviation fuels decarbonizing air transport are called for globally by industry and regulators.

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Bloom Energy receives DNV AiP for initial design for SOFC-powered LNG carrier; ABS verification as alternative power source

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AUGUST 1, 2021

In conjunction with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), the companies’ initial design for an engineless, fuel-cell-powered liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, a premier international maritime classification society. Bloom Energy has hit two key milestones on its path to decarbonize shipping.

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Climate Change is NSF Engineering Alliance’s Top Research Priority

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Since its launch in April 2021 , the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance has convened a diverse set of experts to explore three areas in which fundamental research could have the most impact: climate change; the nexus of biology and engineering; and securing critical infrastructure against hackers.

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NREL releases comprehensive vision for deep decarbonization of transportation

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It is a strategy rooted in cross-cutting research and engineering to enable industry stakeholders, communities, government agencies, and early adopters to meet their climate goals.

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Consortium proposes large-scale industrial cultivation of marine microalgae (ICCM) as solution to global energy, food, and climate issues

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

Members of the Marine Algae Industrialization Consortium (MAGIC), led by Duke University in North Carolina, have published an open-access paper in the journal Oceanography presenting the large-scale industrial cultivation of marine microalgae (ICMM) as an answer to pressing global energy, food and climate security issues.

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Alcoa outlines technology roadmap to decarbonize aluminum industry

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

outlined a technology roadmap to support its vision to reinvent the aluminum industry for a sustainable future. It also allows some specialty aerospace and defense applications to use scrap, which would be a first for those industries. Alcoa Corp. ELYSIS: Decarbonizing aluminum smelting.

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Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

MIT report finds China’s actions on climate change crucial; argues for global economy-wide greenhouse gas tax

Study finds limiting warming to 2 °C would require at least a $200/t carbon tax globally

Study forecasts even with modest warming, global energy demand to increase by mid-century

WHO issues new, lower Global Air Quality Guidelines for classical pollutants

UCL-led study finds climate impact caused by growing space industry needs urgent mitigation

CICERO-led study finds global warming effect of leaked hydrogen almost 12x stronger than CO2

Study estimates California’s GHG reductions since 2003 could be wiped out by 2020 wildfires

Study: Fossil fuel CO2 emissions reached max daily decline of 17% in April

IEEE Educational Video for Kids Spotlights Climate Change

Study estimates global black carbon emissions up 72% from 1960-2007; BC emissions intensity down 52%

Cummins to acquire Meritor in $3.7B deal

Scottish Enterprise project converting train to hydrogen power

130 banks holding US$47 trillion in assets commit to climate action and sustainability; 1/3 of global banking sector

ExxonMobil and Global Thermostat in joint development agreement to advance atmospheric carbon capture technology

U of Toronto study finds US electrification of LDV fleet not a silver bullet for tackling climate change in vehicle sector

ABB, Hydrogène de France jointly to manufacture megawatt-scale fuel cell systems capable of powering ocean-going vessels

Nissan to be carbon-neutral by 2050; 100? of new vehicle offerings in key markets to be electrified by early 2030s

I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

ARPA-E selects SwRI to create more effective burner to reduce methane emissions

Deloitte forecasts clean hydrogen market to hit US$1.4T per year by 2050

Wärtsilä Power-to-X project gets €1M in government support

EPA proposes ban on all consumer, most industrial and commercial uses of methylene chloride

Let Us Now Murder AB 2145 Before It Kills Community Choice Power

IEEE Young Professionals Take On Climate Change

The $32-Trillion Push To Disrupt The Entire Oil Industry

Trane bringing electric E-200 refrigeration unit for small trucks to US

U of Michigan researchers map steel flow in US; suggest yield improvements focus on sheet metal forming in car industry

A Few Words on Eco Terrorists, Cowards and Courage

Eight energy majors commit to reduce methane emissions within natural gas industry

ExxonMobil expands agreement with Global Thermostat; sees promise in CO2 direct air capture technology

New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

UCS analysis finds Hyundai-Kia with best sales-weighted new vehicle environmental performance in US in 2013

Maersk sets net zero CO2 emission target by 2050

How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

IPCC: GHG emissions accelerating despite mitigation efforts; major institutional and technological change required to keep the heat down

3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year even as global economy grew in 2016

Sasol and Topsoe to form JV to accelerate global SAF production

Bloom Energy receives DNV AiP for initial design for SOFC-powered LNG carrier; ABS verification as alternative power source

Climate Change is NSF Engineering Alliance’s Top Research Priority

NREL releases comprehensive vision for deep decarbonization of transportation

Consortium proposes large-scale industrial cultivation of marine microalgae (ICCM) as solution to global energy, food, and climate issues

Alcoa outlines technology roadmap to decarbonize aluminum industry

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