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Tag: Carbon Emissions


Public Utilities, Public Water System

Drought could cause Western carbon emissions to surge on reduced hydro: report

July 18, 2023

Via: Utility Dive

A warmer, drier world could complicate efforts to eliminate carbon emissions from electricity generation in the Western U.S., analysis from Stanford University says. Based on weather, generation and emissions data from 2001-2021, extreme drought conditions can significantly increase carbon emissions […]


Other Utilities, Public Utilities

Clean Energy Inks New Fueling Agreements with Customers Looking to Reduce Carbon Emissions with RNG

June 8, 2023

Via: Waste360

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE), the largest provider of the cleanest fuel for the transportation market, announced a slew of new deals with several well-known consumer brands and some of the nation’s largest and most environmentally-conscious transit agencies. Liberty […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Why We Should Recycle Our Buildings

October 13, 2022

Via: Waste360

On a planet where resources and space are limited, we must be conscious of the full lifespan of the things we create. Of all the products humankind uses on a daily basis, buildings are one that takes up a lot […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Financing Waste Infrastructure with Environmental Credits

May 11, 2022

Via: Waste360

There’s money to made in using carbon credits, but it’s a complicated matter. That’s what three speakers involved in low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) financing pointed out in the session, “Leading with LCFS: Financing Waste Infrastructure with Environmental Credits,” at […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

EIA: Utility emission goals will have minimal impact beyond carbon reductions already taking place

February 9, 2022

Via: Utility Dive

Voluntary emissions reduction goals among IOUs may have the potential to take a bite out of utilities’ own carbon contributions, but the impact will be relatively small on emissions as a whole, according to EIA’s analysis. The new report builds […]


Other Utilities, Public Utilities

Project generating emissions-free power from natural gas achieves grid sync

November 18, 2021

Via: Power Engineering International

NET Power said the breakthrough occurred at its 50 MWth facility in La Porte, Texas, which achieved grid sync in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region. “This is a Wright-brothers-first-flight kind of breakthrough for energy— zero-emission, low-cost electricity […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

US can meet Paris climate commitments but will need to rely heavily on electric utilities: report

September 21, 2021

Via: Utility Dive

In 2017, Donald Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris agreement, but since taking office, President Joe Biden has rejoined the compact and proposed a jobs and infrastructure plan that hinges on eliminating economy-wide carbon emissions by […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

US: Zero Food Waste Act could combat carbon emissions

July 26, 2021

Via: Waste Management World

30-40% of food supply worth $161 million is wasted each year. This translates to $1,500 in wasted food per average family of four. The US is currently considered the world-wide leader in food waste generation, food waste being the number […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Plastic’s Role in Accelerating a Low-Carbon, Sustainable Economy

July 14, 2021

Via: Waste360

Lighter is better. Using less is better. Especially when it comes to reducing carbon emissions. As a surge of companies commit to carbon neutrality in the coming years, many are left with taking a hard look at their enterprise and […]


Other Utilities, Public Utilities

The 5 Biggest US Utilities Committing to Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

September 16, 2020

Via: Greentech Media

Over the past three years, some of the country’s biggest utilities have been committing to a goal that few may have predicted they’d undertake on their own: weaning themselves off carbon-emitting generation by 2050. Driving this sea change in long-term […]


Miscellaneous, Public Works

Dole to Eliminate Food Waste by 2025

July 2, 2020

Via: Waste360

Dole grows all type of fruit including bananas, but not all of them end up as food. The company announced that over the next five years it plans to eliminate the waste. To reach its goal, Dole plans to eliminate […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

Can the US power sector significantly reduce carbon emissions by 2040? Not according to EIA

January 30, 2020

Via: Utility Dive

As EIA’s model uses the policies in place right now to create future projections through 2050, a “business as usual assumption drives the reference case, … [and] makes [EIA] projections of energy very conservative,” Paul Saundry, Johns Hopkins University professor […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

Regulators should ‘ask tough questions about carbon capture’ before closing coal: Wyoming PSC Chair

December 3, 2019

Via: Utility Dive

Pressure for climate action coupled with competitive prices for wind, solar and natural gas has made many states move from coal-fired power quicker than expected, and for a state that supplies 40% of the country’s coal to 29 states, that […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

Duke Energy, American Electric Power Separately Seeking to Go Net-Zero Carbon by 2050

September 19, 2019

Via: PowerMag

Two formidable U.S. coal power generators this week separately revised their their carbon dioxide emissions reduction targets. Duke Energy announced it would seek to go to net-zero by 2050. American Electric Power (AEP), meanwhile, said it would extend its target […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

2020 Looks Like the Breakout Year for Building Decarbonization in California

August 23, 2019

Via: Greentech Media

California is on the clock, with just 25 years to achieve economy-wide carbon neutrality. Buildings account for about a quarter of California’s greenhouse gas emissions, so concerted efforts will be needed to squeeze carbon out of the sector, especially existing […]


Miscellaneous, Public Works

Nat Hab Surprises Staff with eBikes to Help Reduce Carbon Emissions

January 8, 2019

Via: Waste360

The staff at Natural Habitat Adventures (Nat Hab) returned from the holidays on January 4, 2019, to a surprise: 85 Propella 7-Speed eBikes—a company-wide holiday gift—filled the cubicles of the company’s Boulder, Colo., office. The eBikes, which retail at $1,299 […]