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Ten good news stories on climate and clean energy in 2024

Corporate Knights

This year also brought important new policy research on an Indigenous electrification strategy , Indigenous participation in clean energy , and Indigenous housing and clean technologies.

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Biden Administration Unveils Strategy to Decarbonize Transportation Sector

ESG Today

National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization on Tuesday, its multi-department set of strategies and actions aimed at eliminating nearly all emissions from the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization. The Biden administration released the U.S. transportation sector by 2050. domestic GHG emissions.

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Biden Administration Invests $6 Billion in Industrial Decarbonization Projects

ESG Today

Department of Energy (DOE) announced today the selection of 33 projects to be awarded up to $6 billion in funding aimed at advancing technologies to help significantly reduce emissions across hard-to-decarbonize industries across sectors including chemicals, steel, food, refining and cement, among others.

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Ecocentricity Blog: Embracing Clean Technologies, Even If We Don't Have All of the Answers Yet

3BL Media

It suggests that proponents of clean technologies like renewables and electric vehicles are being dishonest by ignoring or glossing over any downsides that come with them. Just because many clean technologies haven’t figured out how to optimize for the circular economy yet does not mean we shouldn’t promote them.

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KKR, BBVA Launch Decarbonization Investment Partnership, Backed by $200 Million Commitment

ESG Today

Alternative asset and private equity investor KKR and Spanish bank BBVA announced the formation of a new strategic partnership, targeting climate solutions and climate infrastructure-related investments aimed at supporting the decarbonization of the real economy.

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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?

GreenBiz

Looking specifically at hydrogen from renewable energy, Bloomberg calculates that if the cost for the technology to produce it continues its current downward curve, renewable hydrogen could be competitive with natural gas in several countries before 2050. Patch, an energy and technology consultant. But what are the hurdles?

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What Is Energy Transition? A Guide to the Future of Energy

3BL Media

The Role of Government and Industry in the Energy Transition Governments around the world are implementing initiatives that encourage the adoption of clean energy while setting long-term sustainability targets, and public policy and regulatory frameworks play a crucial role in shaping the energy transition.