The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), a collaboration by the CEOs of a dozen global energy producers, said it has reduced members’ absolute upstream methane emissions by 40% since 2017 with spending on low carbon solutions nearly doubling to $40 billion.The collaborative launched an industry-wide initiative to reduce methane emissions to near zero, while…
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Extreme Weather Impacts: Will Big Investments in Utility Infrastructure Resilience Pay Off? – Listen Now to NGI’s Hub & Flow
From a combination of snow storms, tornadoes, heatwaves and hurricanes, which left a countless number of Americans in the dark, the United States has rung up a damages bill in excess of $29 billion during 2022, and that figure only covers the costs incurred through October. In the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow…

Natural Gas to Compensate for Shortfall in California Hydropower, Says EIA
Natural gas-fired electricity generation would pick up the slack in California left by the state’s drought-compromised hydropower resources, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). In a recent analysis, researchers found that California’s extended drought could cut the share of summer electricity generation from hydropower to only 8%, or 6.8 million MWh, from June through…

California Regulator Sets ‘Aggressive Pace’ for Phasing Out Natural Gas, Oil in Draft Update
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released a draft update to the state’s climate plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) that it says will accelerate the transition away from natural gas in transportation and use in buildings. The draft 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan selected by CARB seeks to lay out a realistic…

Canada’s Supreme Court to Weigh Legality of Oil, Natural Gas Regulatory Overhaul
A dispute over environmental approval of oil, natural gas and forestry projects is headed for the Supreme Court of Canada following an Alberta verdict that the federal government violated the national constitution with its 2019 green new deal legislation. The case is to be appealed, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Alberta Court of Appeal…

Lower 48 Marginal Oil, Natural Gas Wells Seen Comprising Half of Well Methane Emissions
A report published by researchers at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) found that low-producing oil and gas wells are a major contributor to methane emissions from well sites in the Lower 48. The study, published in the Nature Communications journal, found that while these wells produce less than 15 boe/d, they account for about 50%…

Mid-Atlantic, New England Regions Looking to Build Regional Hydrogen Hub
Four Mid-Atlantic and New England states, along with 40 energy companies, have partnered to propose a regional hydrogen hub development as various parts of the country seek to secure federal funding. The governors of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts said they would pursue $8 billion in federal funding provided through the Department of…

Substantial Roles Seen for Natural Gas, Carbon Capture in 1.5-C Degree World
Natural gas should play a reduced, yet still significant role, in the global energy mix even if anthropogenic global warming is limited to 1.5 C degrees, according to the latest modeling by the United Nations (UN) climate change panel. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) analyzed scenarios in the latest report, which indicate…

Window ‘Brief and Rapidly Closing’ to Mitigate, Adapt to Climate Change, UN Says
Climate change is disrupting ecosystems and human lives and urgent action is needed to slow its advance and prepare for impacts, according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Created by the United Nations (UN) in 1988, the IPCC provides policymakers with regular scientific assessments on the current state of…

Biden Administration’s Climate Change Initiatives Expanding to DHS, USDA
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is launching the Climate Change Professionals Program as part of the Biden administration’s growing interest in climate change initiatives. On his first day in office, the President made it clear his administration’s focus would be on tackling climate change after he issued an executive order directing the Department…