‘We Need to Be Bold,’ Biden Says, Taking the First Steps in a Major Shift in Climate Policy
Environmental justice, scientific integrity, climate’s threat to national security and weaning off fossil fuels. It’s a big agenda and an emphatic rejection of the last four years.
January 28, 2021
President Joe Biden prepares to sign executive orders after speaking about climate change issues in the State Dining Room of the White House on January 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. Credit: Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images
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The sweeping executive orders that President Joe Biden signed on Wednesday will not, by themselves, cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Hydrogen as a fuel of the future is the talk of the town in energy markets. Pros and cons of green versus blue hydrogen, capacity building plans, new production technologies, you name it, researchers are working on it.
Hydrogen can be used as a fuel in fuel cell vehicles still very expensive and for heating blended with natural gas. One other thing it can be used for is renewable energy storage.
Earlier this week, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on a company, LAVO, that had developed what is essentially a hydrogen battery that can take in electricity produced by solar panels and store it in the form of hydrogen, to be released on demand.
New rules requiring oil refineries in South Africa to cut diesel sulphur levels to 10 parts per million (ppm) had been due to come into effect in 2017 but have been postponed indefinitely due to a disagreement between the government and SAPIA, which represents oil majors, over who will cover the cost.
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Backs Arctic Shipping Heavy Fuel Oil Ban
The Clean Arctic Alliance welcomes the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation as the latest illustrious signatory of the Arctic Commitment, joining more than 165 companies, explorers, politicians and NGOs who have pledged their support for a ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil (HFO) from Arctic shipping.
Launched in Tromsø, during the 2017 Arctic Frontiers conference by the Clean Arctic Alliance, a coalition of 21 non-profit organisations – and expedition cruise ship operator Hurtigruten, the Arctic Commitment calls on the global governing body for shipping, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), to eliminate the use and carriage of HFO from Arctic shipping.