Emissions

Canadian provincial governments have moved to shield customers in four major regions from increased costs associated with federal greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction policies that had previously fallen between the cracks. The moves by Alberta, Ontario. Nova Scotia and Quebec tackle a gap left by the carbon tax, a cornerstone of Canada’s GHG reduction policy. The…

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow, which discusses decarbonization methods marketed to the natural gas industry, some of which may work while others may be nothing but hot air. In this podcast, NGI Senior Energy Analyst Shaylon Stolk discusses how pressure from regulators and investors has the natural…

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow, which discusses decarbonization methods marketed to the natural gas industry, some of which may work while others may be nothing but hot air. In this podcast, NGI Senior Energy Analyst Shaylon Stolk discusses how pressure from regulators and investors has the natural…

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions declined by about 14% when 35% of hydrogen by volume was blended with natural gas to generate electricity in a demonstration project commissioned by the New York Power Authority (NYPA), and could fall further with more hydrogen added to the mix. However, more work needs to be done to study the…

More than a dozen non-governmental (NGO) and environmental organizations are challenging the European Union’s (EU) decision to label natural gas and nuclear as sustainable investments under a law adopted in July. The EU taxonomy under the Climate Delegated Act (CDA)  is a classification system established to clarify which investments are considered sustainable. The groups opposing…

A coalition of seven Midwest states plan to compete for a hydrogen hub designed to expand local economies, decrease emissions and reduce costs. The Midwest Hydrogen Coalition (M-H2) was formalized last week by the governors of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The aim is to snag a share of an $8 billion…

Portland, OR-based natural gas utility NW Natural is preparing for carbon neutrality by 2050 with plans to inject hydrogen into its natural gas distribution system.  NW Natural expects to begin a pilot at its Central Portland facility in early 2023 with technology installations from sustainable heat and power technology company Modern Electron. The pilot would…

This week’s Supreme Court ruling in the case of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should be interpreted as a warning to federal agencies not to overstep their explicit statutory authority in crafting regulations, according to legal and energy experts. At the heart of the case was whether EPA had legal authority under section…

Mexico’s state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) plans to invest $2 billion to reduce upstream methane emissions by up to 98%, Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday. The investment is one of 10 actions Mexico is undertaking to fight climate change, the president said in a video address to the Major Economies Forum…