2022.09.28 There are a few problems with this story on the 'hydrogen hub' reducing GHG emissions

from Enbridge such as:
1) The project doesn't actually use green hydrogen.
2) The hydrogen hub in Markham appears to use grid electricity to produce hydrogen, so it's only as clean as Ontario's increasingly dirty generation mix (as more and more natural gas capacity is being added, presumably fueled by Enbridge).
3) Enbridge thinks that steam reforming natural gas to make blue hydrogen (lots of GHG emissions) somehow magically becomes green if there is carbon capture and STORAGE (CCS) capacity attached. Saskatachewan has proved that carbon dioxide STORAGE (not sequestration) means the pressurized gas will just be used to produce more fossil fuels. The euphemism of choice is Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), but it can also be used for natural gas production. (Enbridge)

2022.09.27 "One thing Garcia often suggests to clients is not banking with institutions that still invest in the fossil fuel industry. It's something she says individuals rarely consider in the broader journey to net zero emissions.

This hairdresser gives lessons on how to discuss climate change with clients (CBC)

2022.09.27 Another way climate change can impact our food chain. If you want to harvest the sea, the sea needs stability, too.

Hurricane Fiona changed ocean temperatures, tore up marine life habitats (CBC)

2022.09.27 "The paper gives the appearance of being specifically written to make the case that there is no climate crisis, rather than presenting an objective, comprehensive, up-to-date assessment," said Richard Betts, Head of Climate Impacts Research at Britain's Met Office.

Scientists urge top publisher to withdraw faulty climate study (Phys.org)

2022.09.24 Biofuels aren't a complete solution, but done well, they could help mitigate climate change a bit in the short term because they are drop-in; they work with existing engines. Odd to see Mercedes F1 team as a champion for biofuels. If they get it ...

Mercedes' F1 team used biofuel to cut freight carbon emissions by 89 percent
Trucks used fuel derived from vegetable oils, waste oils and fats to move F1 cars

Climate change will cost Ontario billions for transportation infrastructure by 2030, watchdog says (CBC)

2022.09.21 The best indicator of future performance is past perfornmance. Hello Coastal GasLink.

Coastal GasLink warned more than 50 times over environmental violations during pipeline construction (CBC)

2022.09.19 The 'Canadian' oil and gas industry is mostly foreign-owned and funded, but they drive the Canadian political agenda in spite of the wishes of most Canadians.

A ‘grassroots’ group ran Facebook ads against the oil and gas emissions cap. Canada’s most powerful oil lobby paid for them (CBC)

2022.09.17 More disaster weather records - this time in Alaska

'Never this severe': Alaska residents flee from flooding as powerful storm slams state (CBC)

2022.09.16 For the oil industry, profits trump human survival - greenwashing doesn't change this

Criticism intensifies after big oil admits ‘gaslighting’ public over green aims (The Guardian)

2022.09.16 Shifting homes from oil heat to heat pumps - I hope deep conservation retrofits come first

Ottawa announces $250M for home heating program, with focus on Atlantic provinces (CBC)

2022.09.12 “What is still missing with the federal government is a lack of a sense of the need to act with urgency.”

Climate adaptation coalition says Canada needs hard targets on disaster resilience (Globe and Mail)

2022.09.11 2 of the tipping points at highest risk are in Canada

Climate adaptation coalition says Canada needs hard targets on disaster resilience (CBC)

2022.09.07 Oil industry executives must snicker incessantly, or is it guffaw, at Stephen Harper's 2009 pledge at the G8 and G20 to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, especcially as they count their bonuses from windfall profits in 2022.

Fossil fuel subsidies almost doubled worldwide in 2021, analysis finds (National Observer)
Canadian taxpayers and fossil fuel purchasers, you have been played. Again. And they don't care if you get angry, so long as you keep paying for gasoline, diesel, heating oil, natural gas ...
So keep on whining and buying, but just don't do anything concrete to get off your oil addiction.

2022.09.06 Imagine, burning more fossil fuels isn't the best path to reducing GHG emissions. Hunh?

Carbon capture is not the key to net-zero emissions plans, report says (National Observer)

2022.09.02 Let me repeat: methane is THE greenhouse gas of concern now with a GWP10 number of 104, and a life of roughly 10 years in the atmosphere.

Yes, you read that right, methane (aka natural gas) is over 100 times more potent as a climate-changing, global warming gas than carbon dioxide on a molecule for molecule basis. So, items like this one should give you the shivers.

Exclusive: Scientists detect second 'vast' methane leak at Pemex oil field in Mexico (Reuters)

If we captured and burned these fugitive emissions, that would reduce the climate change impact by 99%!! Even better if we used the captured methane for beneficial purposes like electricity generation (until we get to full renewables) and space heating (while making more energy efficient buildings ahd shifting to heat pumps).
But just letting it vent into the atmosphere is accelerating catastrophic climate change.

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the Sustainable Biofuel List Mail Archive.

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