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Three-quarters of Brits dont have a clue about gas boiler pollution

Heather Trudeau
air pollution, carbon dioxide emissions, ECIU, Efficiency & Environment, Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, energy consumption, gas bills, gas boilers, gas prices, heating, nitrous oxide, NOx pollution, oil and gas, Top Stories
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Three-quarters of Brits dont have a clue about gas boiler pollution: Emissions from gas boilers appear to be a blind spot for Brits right now. According to a new survey conducted by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), over 74% of individuals are ignorant of the nitrous oxide (NOx) air pollution caused by gas…
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Norway to slowly get rid of Oil for Development programme

Heather Trudeau
climate finance, Efficiency & Environment, green projects, Norway, OfD, oil and gas, Oil for Development, Petroleum, phase-out, Policy
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Norway to slowly get rid of Oil for Development programme: The Norwegian Government has reported plans to cancel out a programme that supports partner countries control their oil & gas resources. Under the Oil for Development (OfD) programme, which was set up in 2005 with an distribution of NOK3 billion (£0.26bn), Norway helped to build…
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Nicola Sturgeon insists PM to reconsider oil & gas permits

Heather Trudeau
Boris Johnson, Efficiency & Environment, energy transition, Infrastructure, net-zero, Nicola Sturgeon, oil and gas, Policy, Renewable energy, Scotland, Top Stories
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Nicola Sturgeon insists PM to reconsider oil & gas permits: First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has put pressure on the Prime Minister to re-examine oil & gas licencing strategies. Inside a letter sent to Boris Johnson, Nicola Sturgeon stated: “I am asking that the UK Government agrees to reassess licences already issued but where…
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Many Brits will back ban on goods related to deforestation

Heather Trudeau
carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, deforestation, Efficiency & Environment, fossil fuels, Ipsos MORI, net-zero, oil and gas, Renewables, Top Stories
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Many Brits will back ban on goods related to deforestation: Nearly 60% of the British people would like to have the UK government ban imports of products connected to deforestation. That’s reported from a current poll by Ipsos MORI that investigates the degree of public support for a variety of measures by the UK government…
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Land-located ‘carbon removal’ distracts from true net zero

Heather Trudeau
carbon dioxide emissions, carbon removal, Efficiency & Environment, India, net-zero, oil and gas, Oxfam, Policy, Sustainability, Top Stories, tree planting
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Land-located ‘carbon removal’ distracts from true net zero: ‘Implausible land-based carbon removal’ actions like tree planting are a dangerous disturbance from actual net zero development. Thats according to a suggestion from Oxfam, that in a current report says that employing land-based methods solely to get rid of global atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions as well as…
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UK’s greenest waste tire recycling plant

Heather Trudeau
circular, Efficiency & Environment, Environment, fossil fuels, hydrocarbon, marine fuels, oil and gas, Top Stories, tyre recycling, Videos & Podcasts, Wastefront
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UK’s greenest waste tire recycling plant The Norwegian startup Wastefront AS has begun recently investing in the UK with the construction of the UK’s greenest waste tire recycling plant which will be located in the Port of Sunderland. This has came merely a few days after his appointment where the company’s new Chief Executive Officer,…
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Trump Arctic oil & gas leases discontinued by Biden

Heather Trudeau
climate change, Department of the Interior, Donald Trump, Efficiency & Environment, energy transition, Joe Biden, oil and gas, Policy, Renewable energy
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Trump Arctic oil & gas leases discontinued by Biden: The US Department of the Interior has interrupted all drilling leases located in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), specified by the Trump Administration during its last days. The ANWR is the biggest national wildlife refuge within the country as well as home to a wide…
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Oil and gas platforms could be powered by waves

Heather Trudeau
carbon neutrality, clean energy, decarbonisation, Efficiency & Environment, oil and gas, Technology, Top Stories, wave energy
Oil and gas platforms could be powered by waves:  Being launched is a new partnership to investigate the possibility of powering offshore oil and gas platforms with wave power. Lundin Energy Norway an oil and gas exploration and production company has partnered with a Swedish technology firm Ocean Harvesting Technologies for a study that will…
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Equinor submitted plan for Electrification of North Sea oil field

Heather Trudeau
carbon emissions, climate change, electrification, energy transition, Equinor, Infrastructure, Low Carbon, net-zero, Norway, oil and gas
Equinor submitted plan for Electrification of North Sea oil field: A plan has been submitted by Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor to the country’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for the electrification of one of the biggest oil fields in the North Sea. Included in the electrification project is the electrification of two floating…
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Government to ban financing fossil fuel plans overseas

Heather Trudeau
BEIS, carbon capture, carbon storage, Efficiency & Environment, energy transition, fossil fuels, friends of the earth, green recovery, hydrogen, Infrastructure, North Sea, oil and gas, Policy, Renewables, Top Stories
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Government to ban financing fossil fuel plans overseas: The UK will halt financing overseas fossil fuel projects starting 31st March, succeeding a trailblazing North Sea Transition Deal settled between the government & the oil and gas sector. This new agreement will have policymakers & industry invest as much as £16b in renewables, hydrogen & carbon…
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