Taiwan commits to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen last week signed a major climate change law that introduces a net-zero carbon target for 2050 and a carbon fee system for large emitters.
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South Africa energy group comes out against carbon price increase
Industrial groups in South Africa have voiced their commitment to an equitable transition, while calling for increased carbon prices to be pushed back to after 2035.
Costly carbon: North Sea to spend $750 million on emissions allowances in 2022
The UK North Sea is expected to spend $750 million on emissions allowances this year, according to new research, with the price of carbon only set to surge.
CCS will deliver ‘positive shockwaves as strong as oil and gas’ says Storegga boss
Storegga is behind multibillion-dollar emissions-busting plans for north-east Scotland, including the Acorn carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. CEO Nick Cooper sits down with Energy Voice to assess the landscape.
May 19: The end of Anne Boleyn… and the start of the UK ETS
The person in the street may not regard the 19th of May as a date of any real significance.
Critical time for the transition as hydrogen investment gathers pace
Hydrogen will play a key role in our transition to clean energy over the coming decades as it takes a priority position in the oil and gas industry’s decarbonisation efforts. In 2020, we have seen slower industry activity and a reduced oil price, but net-zero carbon targets and broad societal support for them remain.
CEOs descend on Washington demanding carbon price
Top officials from 75 U.S. companies descended on the U.S. Capitol Thursday to try and convince lawmakers to support the creation of a carbon price to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.