T. Boone Pickens went to his grave proud of himself for championing LNG.
♲ ApaulD - 2024-10-04 03:59:56 GMT
Liquefied natural gas carbon footprint is WORSE than coal, finds study:
"The Greenhouse Gas Footprint of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Exported from the United States," in Energy Science & Engineering.
#climate #climatechange #fossilfuels #emissions #environment #research #newsphys.org/news/2024-10-liquefie…
UN says a global ‘backlash’ against climate action is being stoked by fossil fuel companies
Fossil fuel companies are running “a massive mis- and disinformation campaign” so that countries will slow down the adoption of renewable energy and the speed with which they “transition away” from a carbon-intensive economy, the UN has said.
Selwin Hart, the assistant secretary general of the UN, said that talk of a global “backlash” against climate action was being stoked by the fossil fuel industry, in an effort to persuade world leaders to delay emissions-cutting policies. The perception among many political observers of a rejection of climate policies was a result of this campaign, rather than reflecting the reality of what people think, he added.
“There is this prevailing narrative – and a lot of it is being pushed by the fossil fuel industry and their enablers – that climate action is too difficult, it’s too expensive,” he said. “It is absolutely critical that leaders, and all of us, push back and explain to people the value of climate action, but also the consequences of climate inaction.”
He contrasted the perception of a backlash with the findings of the biggest poll ever conducted on the climate, which found clear majorities of people around the world supporting measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The survey found 72% of people wanted a “quick transition” away from fossil fuels, including majorities in the countries that produce the most coal, oil and gas.
In a leaked "Lunch and Learn" TC Energy operatives brag about all their dirty tricks and how they have cosy relationships with government officials and media #fossilfuels #corruption #USA #Canada
Lunch and Learn indeed.
https://thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-leak-investigation/
https://thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-trump-staffers-csis/
https://thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-wsj-biden/
♲ Larry Neufeld - 2024-06-25 22:22:53 GMT
The Massive Harm of LNG Fracking, Tallied #fossilfuels #fracking #LNG #bcpoli https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/25/Massive-Harm-LNG-Fracking-Tallied/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=250624
Over the past year, #RenewableEnergy sources (primarily #Wind but also #SolarEnergy and some small contribution by #HydroelectricEnergy) has generated more #Electricity (38.4%) in the #UK than #FossilFuels (30.9%).
The problem with this pic is that China and Russia and Israel are in there digging still, so must be more to exploit on that continent.
#FossilFuels #Wagner #diamonds
♲ Brett Edmond Carlock - 2024-05-27 20:46:38 GMT
This image is what first comes to mind. The enormity of the theft and abuse is beyond words.
It may only be mid-spring but right now although little #electricity is being generated by #wind (2.5 GW or 7.8% of #UK demand) a very healthy 8.6 GW or 26.6% is being met by #SolarEnergy. #Gas is down at 5.7 GW or 17.6%.
#RishiSunak is such a scumbag. He's happy to play fast and loose with the climate for the sake of some grubby vote grabbing.
#UK #Politics #Tories #Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #FossilFuels
It's a nice #SunnyDay outside and it really feels like spring. The #bees are busy making use of the #flowers, while the flowers are busy making use of the bees.
The #UK #ElectricyDemand is currently 32 GW and of that, 25.2% is coming from #SolarEnergy, 17.1% is coming from #WindEnergy, 16.8% is coming from #NuclearEnergy and 9.9% is coming from #Biomass and only 7% is coming from #Gas. There is also a fair amount coming from continental Europe through the various interconnections.
https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/
#Environment #Electricity #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGases Renewables #RenewableEnergy
#GreenhouseGases #Environment #Pollution #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Corporations
Right now, less that 5.5% of the #UK's #ElectricityDemand is being provided by #Gas and nearly 46% by #WindEnergy and 13.4% by #SolarEnergy.
https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/
#GreenhouseGases #Energy #Renewables #RenewableEnergy #FossilFuels
#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #Corporations
Right now, #FossilFuels are accounting for just 5.9% of the #UK's #Electricity generation. #WindEnergy is contributing 45.5%, #SolarEnergy 19.0% and #NuclearEnergy 13.9%. The rest comes from interconnects from continental #Europe and small amounts from #Hydropower and #Biomass. Some is also being exported to #Ireland.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/20/fossil-fuels-oil-and-gas-clean-energy
#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Pollution #GreenhouseGases
Mozambique is in danger of being locked in to a fossil fuel future by corporate courts which can bully the government and override the local justice system #Africa #ISDS #FossilFuels
https://www.bilaterals.org/?billion-dollar-exposure-investor
2023 was the hottest year on record
#ClimateChange #FossilFuels #capitalism
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/09/2023-record-world-hottest-climate-fossil-fuel
Over the past ten days or so, #WindEnergy has provided a large fraction of the #UK's #Electricity demand, often above half of it. Even now, it is providing 47% and keeping #Gas down to single figure in percentage terms. There was a lull overnight but the new #storm, #Gerrit is currently the main source.
Biden has a chance to show that the world’s biggest exporter of oil and gas is actually going to change its ways. It’s not clear if he’ll take it
More than 200 nations pledged last week in Dubai that they would be “transitioning away from from fossil fuels”. Some cheered and some scoffed; we’ll soon know if the world’s biggest producer of oil and gas – the United States – meant what it signed, or if it was just more (literal) hot air.
That’s because the US Department of Energy (DoE) must decide whether to stop rubber-stamping the single biggest fossil-fuel expansion on earth, the buildout of natural gas exports from the Gulf of Mexico. So far they have granted every export license anyone has requested, and as a result the US has become the biggest gas exporter on planet earth. If they keep it up, the veteran energy analyst Jeremy Symons says that before long US liquefied natural gas exports will produce more greenhouse gases than everything that happens on the continent of Europe.
They should have stopped long ago – in part because of the damage these giant terminals are doing to the people, the fish and the air of Louisiana and Texas. But if the DoE keeps approving these licenses now, it will fly in the face of their promise in Dubai. “Transitioning away from fossil fuels” doesn’t mean stopping all use of coal, gas and oil tomorrow; sadly, that’s impossible. But it clearly means not building new infrastructure to expand the production and sale of hydrocarbons.
That’s why 230 groups, including the ones we represent, have called on the DoE to pause all new export licenses until they fully revamp their procedures for figuring whether these permits are, as the statute requires, in “the public interest”. At the moment, the government uses a 2014 standard for making that determination – but since 2014 the price of renewables has dropped like a rock, and the temperature has soared higher than any time in human history.
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#Biden #fossilFuels #oil #environment #climateChange #climateCrisis
