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January 12, 2025

Fossil Fuels

UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021
Here’s What Key Glasgow Sectoral Initiatives Mean for 1.5 C
A Climate Action Tracker report says the 2030 NDCs and binding long-term and net-zero targets out of COP26 will only keep temperature rise to 2.1 C.
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COP26 Ends: 1.5 C Still Alive, but ‘Pulse is Weak’
Delegates registered their disappointment with the shortcomings of the final COP26 agreement in Glasgow but agreed to support it as a balanced compromise.
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Hawaiian Electric Accelerates Carbon Reduction Efforts
HECO has pledged to speed up its carbon reduction efforts as state officials revive the idea of converting its last coal-fired plant to biomass.
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Maine Can Help Decarbonize Industrial Pellet Shipping, Consultant Says
Consultant William Strauss says Maine’s ports have a “huge shipping distance advantage” in the global industrial wood pellet fuel market.
UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021
Kerry on COP26 Week 2: ‘This Moment is Promising’
When COP26 ends this week, countries will have "the capacity to get where we need to go that we’ve never had before," John Kerry said.
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Eversource Warns of Higher Winter Bills as Gas Prices Bounce Back
Eversource warned that customers will likely see a spike in their bills this winter compared to last year’s, as natural gas prices surge nationwide.
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Massachusetts Struggles with Plan for Leaking Gas Pipes
Legislators from the Merrimack Valley, where a series of gas explosions killed an 18-year-old, are calling for repairing pipelines instead of replacing them.
UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021
US, Canada, EU Pledge to Slash Methane Emissions
President Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and EU President Ursula von der Leyen pledged they would lead a global methane reduction effort.
Overheard at 73rd NECPUC Symposium
Natural gas supplies, carbon pricing and transmission were among the topics at the 73rd New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners Symposium.
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Greening Gas System is an ‘Enormous Task,’ Researcher Says
Upgrading the gas pipeline network could prepare existing infrastructure to carry zero-carbon fuels, but it's an “enormous task,” researcher Erin Blanton said.

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