Behind SAF’s climate-friendly facade, a months-long investigation by Climate Home News and its partner The Straits Times has uncovered an opaque global supply chain that exposes jet fuel providers and their aviation clients to significant fraud risks, raising doubts about the climate benefits of the sector’s main green hope for the years ahead. Matteo Civillini, … Continue reading Are Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) still the big green hope?
Category: GHG emissions
New EEA report on Europe’s land carbon sinks
Europe’s forests and land are absorbing less carbon than expected, putting the 2030 target for the sector at risk. But with the right policies and measures, the land use and forestry sector could still play a crucial role in climate mitigation, with significant co-benefits for people and nature, according to a new European Environment Agency … Continue reading New EEA report on Europe’s land carbon sinks
Many Canadian hospitals reducing GHG emissions through alternatives to traditional anaesthetic gases
Abdul Matin Sarfraz writes on the National Observer website about how many hospitals in Canada are reducing GHG emissions by eliminating desflurane to sevoflurane as an anaesthetic gas for surgical operations. Canadian hospitals switching out anaesthetic gas for cleaner alternative At Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, the decision to stop using the common anesthetic … Continue reading Many Canadian hospitals reducing GHG emissions through alternatives to traditional anaesthetic gases
Energy in Demand News, June 29, 2025
The Washington Post reports on a new study from the nonprofit International Council on Clean Transportation, shedding light on which nations are driving the largest share of this planet-warming pollution — and which airports stand out. Globally, private jets emitted up to 19.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gases in 2023. Aircraft departing from the … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, June 29, 2025
Developing new light-driven techniques inspired by nature’s efficiency to help the chemical manufacturing industry become more efficient
In an article on The Conversation website, Arindam Sau, Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder; Amreen Bains, Postdoctoral Scholar in Chemistry, Colorado State University; and Anna Wolff, Ph.D. Student in Chemistry, Colorado State University discuss a new energy-efficient approach for the chemical manufacturing industry. Light-powered reactions could make the chemical manufacturing industry … Continue reading Developing new light-driven techniques inspired by nature’s efficiency to help the chemical manufacturing industry become more efficient
Is there a future for carbon capture and storage?
In an article on The Conversation website, Andres Clarens, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Virginia argues that carbon capture offered an expensive “Band-Aid” on old technology. Investing in materials innovation and new techniques for making them promises fundamental transformation for the future. How the end of carbon capture could spark a … Continue reading Is there a future for carbon capture and storage?
Energy in Demand News, June 22-23, 2025
The European Union is making a big effort to decarbonise and to reduce its dependence on Russian gas. One of the options is to expand the use of nuclear energy. However, the Financial Times writes about how complicated it is to reduce dependence on Russia for nuclear fuel: “The EU has 101 nuclear reactors of … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, June 22-23, 2025
The EU accelerates the completion of the energy union
On its website, the European Commission published this week a news article on how it is completing the energy union. In focus: Completing Europe’s energy union In 2015, the EU’s energy union strategy set out a bold vision to fundamentally transform our energy system. It envisioned a resilient energy union, with an ambitious climate policy, to … Continue reading The EU accelerates the completion of the energy union
Energy in Demand News, June 15-16, 2025
The International Energy Agency (IEA) held its 10th annual Global Energy Efficiency Conference in Brussels this past week. The invitation-only two-day conference was co-chaired by the European Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jørgensen and IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol, and was organised with the support of the Energy Efficiency Movement. There were many excellent panels and 700 attendees … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, June 15-16, 2025
Data centres will “compete with local communities for energy and water”
Tom Wicker writes on the International Bar Association website about some of the legal issues related to AI and data centres. What are your views? Climate crisis: AI data centres to drive significant increase in energy demand and emissions In April, the International Energy Agency published a report on the ever-growing links between energy … Continue reading Data centres will “compete with local communities for energy and water”
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