An EU directive, known as the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, approved in 2024 is causing problems for American oil companies. The New York Times reports that the Executive Director of Exxon, Darren Woods, is now urging Europe to rescind this directive which makes companies track climate pollution. Woods called the EU regulations one part … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 21-22, 2025
Category: net zero emissions
Blog by Rose Morrison – The Digital Twin revolution: How virtual modelling Is optimising real-world energy systems
Image via Unsplash Digital twin use cases are rapidly expanding as the urgency of the zero-carbon transition intensifies. The energy sector is one of the biggest beneficiaries of this shift. Nations worldwide — especially across Europe — are under pressure to meet ambitious climate goals, cut emissions and adapt to a renewable-heavy grid. At the … Continue reading Blog by Rose Morrison – The Digital Twin revolution: How virtual modelling Is optimising real-world energy systems
Energy in Demand News, September 14-15, 2025
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved on Friday to stop requiring thousands of polluting facilities to report the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases that they release into the air, reports New York Times. The EPA proposal “would end requirements for thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities across … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 14-15, 2025
The UK’s net zero policy is “nonsense” according to US Energy Secretary Chris Wright
Fracking baron Chris Wright has increasingly found bedfellows in the UK and Europe for his climate-scepticism and anti-net zero crusade, writes Andrew Warren, who chairs the British Energy Efficiency Federation, and is a former special advisor to the House of Commons environment committee, in an article on the Business Green website. The US Energy … Continue reading The UK’s net zero policy is “nonsense” according to US Energy Secretary Chris Wright
Google’s net-zero pledge has quietly been scrubbed
In June, Google’s Sustainability website proudly boasted a headline pledge to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030. By July, that had all changed. Darius Snieckus and Rory White write on the National Observer website about what is going on. Google deletes net-zero pledge from sustainability website Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai stood smiling in a leafy-green California garden … Continue reading Google’s net-zero pledge has quietly been scrubbed
Energy in Demand News, August 10-11, 2025
GHG emissions are “going through the roof” because of AI, according to an article on the New York Times website that explains how Big Tech’s net-zero goals are looking shaky. “Google’s greenhouse gas emissions rose by 11 percent in 2024 from the year before. Amazon’s were up by 6 percent. Microsoft’s fell slightly but remained … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 10-11, 2025
America’s energy transition: leaving the clean energy playing field to China
In an article on The Conversation website, Stephen Lezak, Programme Manager at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford explains how across the world, utilities are embracing clean energy, choosing lower costs for their customers while reducing pollution and America, under the Trump administration, is choosing a different path that will … Continue reading America’s energy transition: leaving the clean energy playing field to China
Energy in Demand News, August 3-4, 2025
The EU and US agreed to a new trade deal in recent days, to a distinctly mixed reaction. The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Europe’s largest network of environmental NGOs, warns that the centrepiece of the deal, a €700 billion pledge to buy U.S. fossil fuels and nuclear energy over the next three years, is fundamentally … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 3-4, 2025
The overlooked power of energy efficiency
A news item on the eureporter website discusses how important improved energy efficiency is in Britain’s push for its net-zero objectives. Powering Progress: Why Energy Efficiency Must Be at the Heart of the UK's Net-Zero Strategy As the United Kingdom navigates a critical transition toward net-zero emissions, the spotlight must shift beyond just clean … Continue reading The overlooked power of energy efficiency
EU policies aimed at cutting energy are ‘lamentably inadequate’
A news item on the website for the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) raises concerns about energy efficiency efforts in the EU. Energy efficiency policies are ‘lamentably inadequate’ and reduction targets should be doubled, according to environment academics from the University of East Anglia. EU energy efficiency efforts are not enough Researchers … Continue reading EU policies aimed at cutting energy are ‘lamentably inadequate’
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