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Iran's semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported on 13 April that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Persian Gulf region.

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Gulf monarchies are urging the US not to use American military bases on their territories to strike in response to any potential Iranian attack on Israel, sources told Middle East Eye.

The US's Gulf allies are working overtime to shut down avenues that could link them to a US reprisal against Tehran or its proxies from bases inside their kingdoms, according to a senior US official who spoke with MEE on condition of anonymity.

As tensions flare, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman and Kuwait have raised questions about the intricate details of basing agreements that permit tens of thousands of US troops to be stationed across the oil-rich peninsula.

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On April 12, in another round of repression against Palestine solidarity organizers, German police shut down the Palestine Congress in Berlin, arresting several attendees and ordering delegates to leave immediately. German officials also prohibited scheduled speaker Ghassan Abu Sitta, Palestinian-British surgeon and the rector of Glasgow University, from even entering the country. The Congress aimed to raise awareness about Germany’s charges of complicity in Israeli genocide in the International Court of Justice, which have been raised by Nicaragua.

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Nicaragua announced the closure of its diplomatic mission in Berlin on Wednesday, noting that the Central American state’s consular tasks and official businesses in Germany will now be handled by the embassy in Austria.

Managua recently announced the accreditation of its ambassador in Vienna, Sabra Amari Murillo Centeno, as a concurrent representative in Germany.

Earlier this week, hearings opened in the ICJ, with Nicaragua saying Germany is violating the 1948 Genocide Convention by providing Israel with military and financial aid, as well as suspending funding to the main UN humanitarian agency in Gaza, UNRWA.

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Since Israel launched a war on Gaza in October, it’s been accused of genocide, been on trial for war crimes, and seen allies stop approving weapons shipments. Yet amid the storm of negative press and genocidal war, some organizations are attempting to shift the narrative in Israel’s favor by taking celebrities and social media influencers on propaganda-fueled trips to Israel.

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Over 400 antiwar/anti-imperialist and Palestine solidarity activists convened in St. Paul, MN, April 5, 6, and 7, in the first major conference of the US antiwar movement since before the Pandemic of 2020 and 2021. Geographical representation ranged from Maine and New York to California and the Pacific Northwest, and from Minnesota to New Orleans and Florida, as well as Canada. There were international representatives from a number of countries.

More than 50 national and local groups participated

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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has today ruled that insufficient action to tackle climate change is a violation of human rights.

In a historic judgement, the court ruled that Switzerland’s failure to do enough to cut its greenhouse gas emissions breached the rights to respect for family and private life of some of its most vulnerable citizens.

It is the first time this court, which is responsible for interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights, a treaty signed by all members of the Council of Europe (including the UK), has ruled on a climate change-related matter.

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Late on Friday 12 April, more than 30 protesters – including Chris Packham – led by young people from Youth Action for Climate Justice and members of Scientists for Extinction Rebellion have occupied the Science Museum’s new climate gallery, Energy Revolution, over its sponsorship by the coal giant and arms manufacturer, Adani. Naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham joined the group as they began their protest, with scientists and young people now intending to remain in the museum over the weekend, with the first school visits to the gallery beginning on Monday 15 April.

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Falling production at the Horse Hill well in Surrey cut revenue for UK Oil & Gas plc last year.

Horse Hill oil production site in Surrey. Photo: Weald Action Group

The company’s 2023 annual report announced revenue from oil sales of £1.538m, down nearly 14% on 2022.

It said:

“This decrease was largely driven by an oil production decrease at Horse Hill, via HH-1.”

No revenue is expected from UKOG’s interests in the Pinarova-1 well, which the company previously described as “irresistible” and had hoped for “rapid monetisation” of reserves. Testing revealed an absence of commercial rates of hydrocarbons and has been halted, UKOG said.

Monthly oil production at Horse Hill, March 2020-January 2024. Source: North Sea Transition Authority

UKOG’s gross profit for the year fell 11% to £275,000, from £310,000 in the previous year.

The company’s accounts also reported a rise in both administrative expenses and finance costs. But depletion, depreciation and amortisation costs were down.

The loss before tax was lower in 2023, at £4.069m, compared with £5.388 in 2022.

But cash was also down at £1.9m in 2023, 59% lower than the £4.6m reported in 2022.

UKOG said it intended to cut costs by the “judicious use of farmouts to provide operational funding”.

The company has until 30 June 2024 to conclude an agreement under which Pennpetro Energy plc would fund and drill a new well at Horse Hill and carry out 12km2 of 3D seismic surveys. It also said it was in talks for other parties to carry all the costs of drilling and testing the Loxley-1 well, also in Surrey.

UKOG said it had enough cash to continue in business for at least 12 months. It said it would “take actions to address any cash constraints by seeking to raise capital through equity or debt”, if required.

It added:

“Whilst there can be no certainty that sufficient funding can be obtained in the timescales required, the Directors are confident of their ability to raise capital, which is supported by successful capital placements in the past.”

Assets and staff costs

The accounts also confirmed net assets were down at £32.687m, from £35.912m in 2022, with a rise in total liabilities and a fall in total assets. But UKOG made no impairment of oil and gas assets in 2023, following a cut in their value of £2.89m in 2022.

Total employment costs, including directors, rose to more than £2m, up from more than 1.8m in 2022.

The highest paid director was the chief executive, Stephen Sanderson, who received £337,000 out of total director pay of £507.000.

Site updates Horse Hill

UKOG said the industry regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), had extended the retention area work programme for PEDL137, which includes Horse Hill, to 30 September 2025.

The company is waiting for a ruling from the Supreme Court on its planning permission for extra wells and long-term oil production.

It said it planned an infill well, to be called HH-3. If this were successful, there were plans for a crestal production well (HH-4).

Plans to convert HH-2z into a water reinjection well would improve net earnings by £250,000 a year by eliminating the cost of disposal of produced water and tanker transport, UKOG said.

Loxley

UKOG said gas from Loxley would be reformed into hydrogen to be used in the Solent cluster of industries. It said estimates put the economic value of the field at £86.5m-£124m, depending on the gas price.

The company said:

“it is going to play its part in the future hydrogen economy, fully supporting the government’s British Energy Security strategy”.

UKOG said site construction could start in the second half of 2024, after planning conditions had been discharged. The well must be drilled by 30 June 2025, under an agreement with the NSTA.

The field would be later repurposed to store around 1 billion cubic meters of hydrogen, UKOG said.

Other sites

Broadford Bridge, West Sussex: UKOG said it was considering an appeal against refusal of permission in March 2024 to extend the life of the site. Discussions were continuing with CeraPhi Energy on using the borehole for geothermal energy project.

Horndean, Hampshire Estimates last year suggested UKOG’s net share of Horndean production revenues was £297,000 per year. Net earnings after costs were £140,000. UKOG said surface beam pumps had been replaced with new surface pumps. 2023 production had been more than 20% above 2022, the company said. Operating costs were 6% below budget in 2023.

Avington, Hampshire: Partners in the site have agreed to restart production, UKOG said. A workover of the well is scheduled, followed by modifications to surface facilities, it said.

Portland, Dorset: UKOG said its subsidiary UK Energy Storage Limited (UKEN) had signed lease agreements for two sites in the former Royal Navy port at Portland for hydrogen storage in salt caverns. The company plans to submit an application for the government’s first hydrogen storage allocation round, brought forward to the third quarter of 2024. Capital costs are estimated at about £1b. UKEN intends to submit a nationally significant infrastructure project planning application. It has identified further sites in Dorset and East Yorkshire.

Key figures for the year ending 30 September 2023

Revenue from oil sales: £1.538m (2022 £1.780m)

Depletion, depreciation and amorisation costs: £0.244m (2022 £0.769m)

Other cost of sales: £1.019m (2022 £701,000)

Gross profit for the year: £275,000 (2022 £310,000)

Admin expenses: £3.320m (2022 £2.643m)

Operating loss for the year: £3.480m (2022 £5.388m)

Loss before tax: £4.069m (2022 £5.622m)

Finance costs: £589,000 (2022 £234,000)

Non-current assets: £36.916m (2022 £35.922m)

Current assets: £2.640m (2022 £5.346m)

Total assets: £39.556m (2022 £41.269m)

Total liabilities: £6.869m (2022 £5.355m)

Net assets: £32.687m (2022 £35.912m)

Impairment of oil and gas assets: zero (2022 £2.89m)

Impairment of Pinarova-1 well: £0.4m

Cast and cash equivalents: £1.9m (2022 £4.6m)

Total employment costs, including directors: £2.060m (2022 £1.867m)

Highest paid director: Stephen Sanderson, who received £337,000 out of total director pay of £507.000 (2022 Mr Sanderson received £311,000 out of total of £494,000)

Number of UKOG companies: 11 (UK Oil & Gas plc and 10 subsidiaries)

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Posted by John Donovan: 13 April 2024

In a courtroom showdown that could make or break the fight against climate change, Shell is pulling out all the stops to wriggle out of its responsibility to slash emissions. But are they really fighting for the “energy transition” or just looking out for their own oily interests?

Milieudefensie, the Dutch branch of Friends of the Earth, isn’t buying Shell’s greenwashing. They’re pushing for a tougher stance on emissions cuts, arguing that Shell shouldn’t just sell off assets to meet targets. But Shell’s lawyers are crying foul, claiming that forcing them to reduce emissions could lead to “asset decommissioning” – as if that’s somehow worse than the climate crisis.

Meanwhile, Shell is painting itself as a climate hero, boasting about its lobbying efforts for climate policies. But Milieudefensie isn’t impressed, calling out Shell’s cosy relationship with oil and gas and its backtrack on clean energy promises.

The stakes are high, with the outcome of this appeal shaping the future of climate action. But with Shell still investing in new oil and gas fields, it’s clear where their priorities lie – and it’s not with the planet.

So, is Shell lobbying for the “energy transition,” or is it just blowing smoke? We’ll find out soon enough when the verdict drops on November 12th.

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Posted by John Donovan: 13 April 2024

In a plot twist that could make even the most seasoned investor double-take, Shell is threatening to ditch the London Stock Exchange faster than you can say “oil spill cleanup.”

Wael Sawan, the head honcho at Shell, has been dropping hints for a while now. First, it was his enchanting trip to the New York Stock Exchange, where they rolled out the red carpet and even flew the Shell flag. Now, he’s openly grumbling about London’s undervaluation of Shell’s shares compared to its Yankee rivals.

And he’s not alone in his discontent. Ben van Beurden, the former top dog at Shell, is joining the chorus of complaints, lamenting the “massive undervaluation” of the company in London. It’s like a corporate pity party, and London’s stock market is getting the cold shoulder.

But here’s the kicker: Is Shell’s valuation suffering just because it’s listed in London? Sure, Sawan and the gang seem convinced, but one has to wonder if there’s more to the story.

Meanwhile, across the pond, ExxonMobil’s CEO is raking in cash like there’s no tomorrow, making Shell’s top brass look like paupers in comparison. And with the US oil giants enjoying higher valuations and friendlier investors, Shell is eyeing the American dream with envy.

But let’s not forget the elephant in the room: climate change. While the US is busy drilling away, Europe is pushing for a greener future. And with Shell’s profits tied to oil and gas ventures, Sawan is caught between a rock and a hard place.

So, is Shell’s flirtation with the US just a pipe dream, or could London’s stock market soon be bidding farewell to its most valuable player? It’s a “What the F@#k” moment for the ages.

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There’s been a lot of discussion in Canada lately about productivity. The productivity statistics have been disappointing since the end of COVID lockdowns. This is partly due to the continuing aftershocks of the pandemic, including big changes in the occupational makeup of employment, working from home, and other adjustments. 

But the problem also reflects the degradation of job quality in many sectors of the economy. Too many jobs are precarious, irregular, poorly paid – with no opportunity for workers to improve skills, gain experience, and then be rewarded for their productivity. In the extreme, in the rapidly-growing gig economy, workers spend much of their day literally doing nothing – and getting paid nothing for it, too.

In this commentary, originally published in the Toronto Star, Centre for Future Work Director Jim Stanford argues that requiring platform businesses to pay their workers at least minimum wage for all hours worked, would not just be fair: it would also be a powerful spur to better productivity.

Gig Economy Unfair Work Practices Undermining Canada’s Productivity By Jim Stanford

Many economists, myself included, worry about Canada’s weak productivity growth since the COVID pandemic. The Bank of Canada’s Deputy Governor even called it a national “emergency.”

That’s a bit alarmist. Most industrial countries have recorded strange drops in productivity since the pandemic – the aftereffects of enormous disruptions in employment and labour supply. Measurement problems (arising from emergency wage subsidies and the spread of working from home) cast some doubt on the statistics. And there are early signs productivity is finally normalizing.

Nevertheless, we certainly need better productivity to underpin faster economic growth and higher incomes. It would also help cool off inflation. There are many ways to tackle the problem. But one of the most obvious is to stop a growing practice whereby hundreds of thousands of workers literally spend hours of each day doing nothing – and get paid nothing for it.

Work through digital platforms (such as ride-hail and food delivery) has expanded dramatically. Statistics Canada recently reported that 927,000 people worked through digital platforms in 2023, 3.3% of working-age Canadians. Some do it as their main job, some as a ‘side hustle’.

Consumers like the convenience and low cost. For newcomers and others who struggle to find better jobs, it’s a way to earn at least something. 70% of ride share and food delivery workers are racialized, and most are young.

But the wages are low and unpredictable – and for much of their day, platform workers literally get paid nothing. Because the platforms treat workers as so-called ‘contractors’, not waged employees, they evade normal responsibilities: like minimum wage, workers’ compensation, EI, and CPP.

Workers are directed and paid by the platforms. They do not control prices. They don’t know in advance what they will be paid. They cover their own costs (including car, gas, data, and insurance). Most relevant for Canada’s productivity, they aren’t paid while waiting for their next job, or travelling to pick up a meal or a passenger.

City of Toronto data indicates ride share workers typically spend half their total working time waiting, unpaid, for jobs, or travelling to them. Waiting times are likely worse in food delivery. The number of platform workers is far greater than can be efficiently supported by the available work – yet desperate workers stick with it in hopes of earning enough to eat. Eventually, most give up: gig worker turnover is enormous, often over 100% per year.

Since waiting is seemingly ‘free’, the platforms have no incentive to reduce it. In fact, they prefer an excess of available workers, since it speeds response times for customers. And their algorithmic pricing strategies push down pay even further if drivers are desperate enough to work for less.

Apart from being unfair, this creates a horrible disincentive for productivity growth. These workers literally do nothing for half their time. If the almost one million platform workers in Canada actually worked all their days, rather than just half of them, national productivity would improve noticeably.

There are two ways to reduce the wasted days and wasted nights of platform work. One is to require platforms (like other employers) to pay minimum wage for all hours (New York City does this). Platforms would reduce excess labour so those working are more efficient.

The other is to cap the number of workers (as Toronto does with ride-hail licenses), so those working can earn a decent wage. Not surprisingly, the platforms resist either solution fiercely.

The time wasted by digital platforms is just the most extreme example of a broader problem afflicting Canada’s productivity. Businesses degrade the pay and stability of work with precarious employment strategies like labour hire, contracting out, and gigs. Their goal is to cheapen labour, and shift the risks of market fluctuations onto the backs of workers.

But when labour is cheaper and more ‘flexible,’ employers have little incentive to improve genuine efficiency: through machinery and technology, better skills, and upgraded work systems. In the extreme, if labour is free (as is true for half of platform workers’ days), there’s no limit to how much can be wasted.

Genuine productivity depends on valuing workers and their time: treating labour as a scarce resource, not a throw-away input, and allocating it wisely. Employers pay much more attention to this task when the cost of wasting workers’ time is significant.

A powerful way to promote productivity, therefore, is to raise the price of labour – starting by paying platform workers at least minimum wage for the time they sit idly waiting for another order. Their employers will quickly find more efficient ways to match labour with customer demand. That will free hundreds of thousands of people to do something more productive. And anything is more productive than sitting around doing nothing.

The post To Improve Productivity, Stop Paying People Nothing to Do Nothing appeared first on Centre for Future Work.

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Did global warming stop in 1998?

While 1998 was an abnormally warm year, annual average temperatures have trended steadily upward in the decades since.

As a strong El Nino year, 1998 featured a significant spike in global temperatures. El Nino is the warm phase of a cyclic climatic pattern where sea temperatures in parts of the Pacific swing higher or lower than average. The 1998 El Nino stood out above the rising temperature trendline that is due to manmade global warming.

However, the long-term upward trend in globally-averaged temperatures has continued. In the past quarter century, the top ten hottest years on record have all occurred since 2010.

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Sources

ReliefWeb El Niño - 1998 Global Surface Temperature: Highest by a Wide Margin

Royal Meterological Society Coverage bias in the HadCRUT4 temperature series and its impact on recent temperature trends

NASA Global Temperature

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1688upx เว็บดังชั้นนำยอดนิยม ที่เปิดให้บริการมาอย่างยาวนาน พร้อมทั้งยังมีผู้เล่น นักเดิมพันออนไลน์ เข้ามาร่วมสนุก ลงเดิมพัน รับเงินรางวัลในการเล่นเกม ผ่านเว็บไซต์ของเรากันอย่างต่อเนื่อง บริการเกมครบวงจร เล่นเกมได้ทุกค่าย หลากหลายความสนุก เราคือผู้ให้บริการรายใหญ่อันดับ 1 ของเอเชีย ที่มีฐานการเงินมั่นคง มีใบเซอร์การันตีการเปิดให้บริการ พร้อมทั้งยังเป็นเว็บไซต์ ที่เป็นพันธมิตร กับเว็บพนันออนไลน์ทั่วโลกอีกด้วย

พัฒนาระบบการเข้าใช้งานเล่นเกม ให้ดียิ่งขึ้นอย่างต่อเนื่อง เปิดประสบการณ์มอบความสนุก ให้กับผู้เล่นอย่างครอบคลุม เข้าใช้งานกันได้อย่างเพลิดเพลิน ลงเดิมพันเล่นเกมได้อย่างมั่นใจ ไม่มีประวัติในการโกง พร้อมทั้งยังมีการสำรองเงิน เพื่อจ่ายรางวัล ให้กับผู้เล่นทุกท่านอย่างเต็มที่ ให้อิสระในการลงเดิมพัน ไม่จำกัดทุน ไม่ล็อคยูสเซอร์ ไม่ล็อคผลรางวัล

เปิดให้บริการตลอด 24 ชั่วโมง เข้าใช้งานเล่นเกมได้ทุกแพลตฟอร์ม สะดวก รวดเร็วทันใจ เข้าใช้งานง่าย ตอบโจทย์ผู้เล่นยุคใหม่เป็นอย่างดี ถือลิขสิทธิ์แท้ ของเกมสล็อตออนไลน์ทุกค่าย เล่นเกมได้หลากหลายรูปแบบ หลากหลายความสนุก ครบวงจร ทั้งค่ายเก่า และค่ายเกมใหม่ อัพเดทความสนุก ให้เลือกลงเดิมพัน รับเงินรางวัลสุดคุ้ม ไปใช้ได้ก่อนใครทุกวัน

สำหรับการบริการเกมสล็อตออนไลน์ เว็บไซต์ 1688upx ของเรา ได้มีการคัดสรรความสนุก รวบรวมเกมจากทุกค่าย ลิขสิทธิ์แท้ ได้เงินง่าย ชนะรางวัลได้ไม่อั้น โบนัสรางวัลแตกรัวๆ บริการ ให้ผู้เล่น ได้ร่วมสนุก ลงเดิมพัน รับเงินรางวัลสุดคุ้มได้อย่างเพลิดเพลิน มากกว่า 1000+ เกมเลยทีเดียว

เพิ่มโอกาสในการชนะรางวัล รับเงินรางวัลได้ไม่อั้น ไม่จำกัดทุน ไม่จำกัดความสนุก ลงเดิมพัน รับเงินรางวัลได้ทันที ไม่ต้องใช้สูตรให้ยุ่งยาก ชนะรางวัลได้อย่างง่ายดาย เกมสล็อตออนไลน์คุณภาพดี ระบบเกมมาตรฐานสากล ไหลลื่น ไม่มีสะดุด ไม่มีปัญหากวนใจ เล่นเกมได้หลากหลายรูปแบบ สมบูรณ์ทุกองค์ประกอบทั้ง ภาพ แสง สี เสียง

เบทเดิมพันขั้นต่ำ1บาททุนน้อยเล่นได้

ให้อิสระในการลงเดิมพัน ไม่จำกัดทุนในการเล่นเกม รับเงินรางวัลสุดคุ้มไปใช้ได้แบบไม่อั้น ไม่ว่าจะทุนน้อย หรือทุนหนาก็เล่นได้ การันตีความสนุก เกมสล็อตออนไลน์ ได้เงินจริง โบนัสแตกดี โบนัสแตกหนัก เลือกลงเดิมพัน กับเว็บไซต์ 1688upx ไม่ผิดหวังแน่นอน

กับเบทเดิมพัน ในการเล่นเกมสล็อตออนไลน์ขั้นต่ำ ที่เริ่มต้นเพียงแค่ 1 บาทเท่านั้น ปรับเพิ่มลดเบทเดิมพัน ในการเล่นเกม ลงเดิมพันได้อย่างอิสระ ท่านใด ที่มีทุนสูง ต้องการชนะรางวัล รับเงินรางวัลที่สูงยิ่งขึ้น ก็สามารถปรับเบทเดิมพันเพิ่มขึ้นได้ตามลำดับสูงสุดถึงเบทเดิมพันละ 2000 บาทเลยทีเดียว

เพลิดเพลินไปพร้อมกับความสนุก เล่นเกมกับเว็บตรง 1688upx การันตีได้เงินจริง ไม่มีการล็อคยูสเซอร์ผู้เล่น สามารถสร้างรหัสยูสเซอร์ เพื่อความปลอดภัยได้อย่างอิสระ เข้าใช้งาน ลงเดิมพันได้อย่างมั่นใจ เกมทันสมัย โบนัสแตกง่าย ถอนเงินได้จริง

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When it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and watershed protection, several downballot elections this year in a handful of states could have a major effect in the transition away from fossil fuel. 

The media tend to ignore such contests, which attract far fewer voters than big federal and state elections. But board members of public utilities in Arizona and Nebraska are up for election in coming months, and the results of those contests could potentially transform energy policy for millions of Americans. 

The elections come amid growing concern about the role of money in such races and in the wake of headline-grabbing corruption scandals at utilities across the country. Utility fraud and corruption — in Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio, and South Carolina — has cost electricity customers at least $6.6 billion, according to an analysis by news nonprofit Floodlight, which noted that “some power companies embrace — or seek to block — the transition away from fossil fuels toward wind, solar, hydrogen, and nuclear, which produce fewer greenhouse gasses.”

On April 2, six clean-energy candidates won seats on two boards of the Salt River Project, a not-for-profit utility that provides water and power to more than 2 million people living in central Arizona. It’s one of the largest public power companies in the country. Critics say that it’s also one of the biggest contributors in the Western U.S. to greenhouse gas emissions since it relies on coal, oil, and natural gas to generate more than two-thirds of its energy. Arizona is the sunniest state in the country, yet the Salt River Project gets only 3.4 percent of its energy from solar, lagging behind the state overall, which gets 10 percent from solar.

Though they didn’t win a majority of the board, the new clean energy members could have a greater role shaping the energy future of Phoenix, the fifth-largest city in the U.S. with a population of more than 1.6 million. The election attracted controversy due to rules limiting voter eligibility to property owners and not all rate payers in the district — it also got the attention of famed environmental activists like Bill McKibben, leader of the climate campaign group 350.org.

Some of the incumbent board members have served for decades because of an election system set up in the early 1900s — when the Valley of the Sun was settled by farmers and ranchers — that allows only property owners to vote and apportions votes by acreage. The more land you own, the more votes you get. 

As a result, most of the utility’s customers don’t have a say in choosing the leadership of a body that sets their energy rates and decides what energy sources they use to generate electricity.

The clean energy advocates promise to accelerate solar deployments, adjust rates to incentivize the use of rooftop solar, and strengthen watershed protection in a region that is increasingly suffering from drought and extreme heat. In 2023, Phoenix saw a record 54 days when the temperature hit 110 degrees.

“We call ourselves the Valley of the Sun for a reason,” said Randy Miller, a winning Salt River Project board member who supports the slate of clean energy candidates and was motivated to run several years ago when he was told that his energy rates would nearly triple since he installed rooftop solar on his home. “I couldn’t believe it, the nearby ASP [Arizona Public Service] district has more than triple the amount of rooftop solar. Higher rates are a complete disincentive to getting solar power. We need new leadership on the board.”

The candidates were especially motivated in light of a state commission’s recent decision to scrap its renewable energy standard, the only state to take such action, according to solar industry advocates. That body, the Arizona Corporation Commission, also has an election coming up in August.

Longtime board member Stephen H. Williams, who defeated one of the clean-energy candidates, did not return calls from Capital & Main for comment.

The current board members running for reelection had pushed back against the new candidates, sending out flyers touting “40 combined years of providing affordable and reliable power and water” and citing sustainability as one of their concerns. They criticized what they called an attempted “takeover” by “ideological extremists,” claiming that Salt River Project “has managed to reduce carbon intensity by 35 percent since 2005, despite the dramatic growth happening in our service area.”

The insurgents in the Salt River Project race had hoped to emulate Nebraska, where clean-energy advocates won three seats in 2016 on the heavily rural Nebraska Public Power District. That helped tip the balance of power and led the board to vote 9-2 in 2021 to aim for net-zero emissions in the utility’s generation by 2050. As a result, with the state’s other two major power utilities already making similar pledges in recent years, Nebraska became the first GOP-dominated state to commit to net-zero electricity emissions.

The end result was a long-sought goal of climate activists and environmental groups, such as the Nebraska Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club, which poured money into the 2018 and 2020 races. Before that, such races were sleepy affairs with incumbents running unopposed. The unprecedented level of campaign contributions sparked debate in this year’s election cycle, with some state lawmakers recently pushing to make the elections partisan so that voters have a better idea of each candidate’s agenda.

“Nebraskans support clean energy” but the utilities didn’t reflect those values — and so it became a matter of organizing and educating voters, said Chelsea Johnson, deputy director of Nebraska Conservation Voters, describing recent election results. “You can have a really big impact running for these local offices.”

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This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The downballot races that could transform energy policy in Arizona and Nebraska on Apr 13, 2024.

Australian farmers are taking mining giant Glencore (LSE: GLEN) to federal court to block a carbon capture and storage plan they say will pollute an underground water reservoir a fifth the size of the country.

Glencore says its injection plan from a coal power plant is food-grade carbon dioxide, similar to that found in soft drinks, to depths of more than 2.3 km. The Swiss company’s plan already has approval in a 2022 government decision and the backing of independent research groups.

Queensland-based group AgForce contends its thousands of members can’t afford damage to a reservoir they depend on for watering cattle and crops. It filed papers in a Brisbane federal court on Thursday. The case, which may be heard in August, could be AgForce’s final attempt after previous disappointment at the state level, organizers said.

“We as farmers and agriculturalists know and understand the immense value of water,” AgForce president Georgie Somerset said in a release. “That’s why we can’t understand why anyone would propose to put that at risk – and our food security along with it.”

The case, which pits environmentalists against a plan to fight climate change, may create interest for projects as far away as Canada and the United States. Carbon injections have been a part of the oil and gas industry for decades and mining companies are searching for ways to reduce emissions. Alberta and Texas, home to the fossil fuel industry and burgeoning areas for lithium operations that may reinject brine, also have huge agribusiness sectors.  

Coal plant

The carbon from a Glencore coal plant in Queensland is to be liquefied. Initially it will be 330,000 litres before the program increases. The groundwater at the site is already unsuitable to drink because of fluoride levels, the company said.  

“The aquifer we’ve identified contains non-potable water with fluoride levels six times above the safe drinking level and is not used by any agricultural producer within a 50-km radius,” Glencore says in talking points about the process. “Our project has been reviewed by expert third-party institutions,” it said, “who concluded that the impacts would be local and minor.”

The groups include Australia’s Government Independent Expert Scientific Committee, the Office of Groundwater Impact Assessment and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, a government scientific research agency. The project’s Environmental Impact Statement is available here.

Glencore has said it wants to reduce carbon dioxide equivalent emissions for its industrial assets by a quarter by the end of 2030. Its company, Carbon Transport & Storage, heads the efforts in Queensland.

Freshwater resource

The Great Artesian Basin, where the carbon would be pumped, ranges mostly over Queensland and Northern Territory in north central Australia. It’s one of the largest underground freshwater resources in the world, according to the Queensland Farmers’ Federation. The reservoir generates about A$13 billion ($8.4 billion) in value annually to the national economy and is vital for 180,000 people, 7,600 businesses and 120 towns.

“The absence of state and federal policy on this matter is appalling,” federation CEO Jo Sheppard said in the AgForce release. “Both levels of government need to respond to the unified concerns of community and industry to act immediately.”

The farmers say there is scientific evidence that carbon dioxide reacts with underground rock, releasing stored toxins including arsenic and lead that make it unsafe.

Glencore says that’s misleading. The mobilization of trace metals already contained in the geology due to carbon dioxide storage is minor and localized, which is described in the project’s environmental impact statement, it said.

Tudor Gold’s (TSXV: TUD) Goldstorm deposit in British Columbia surprised geologists with a high-grade structure called a ‘supercell’ when it updated the resource statement in February, CEO Ken Konkin says in a new video.

“It’s very similar to the tectonic, structural corridor that we discovered at Brucejack,” said Konkin, who helped discover the nearby deposit, now one of the province’s biggest producers.

“This is something that’s got three holes through it; some of the grades are 21 grams gold over 4.5 metres, with nice fine-grain visible gold – very good homogeneous distribution,” Konkin told The Northern Miner’s western editor, Henry Lazenby.

Goldstorm, part of the Treaty Creek project,now hosts 730.2 million tonnes indicated, grading 1.19 grams per tonne for 27.9 million oz. of metal, made up of 21.7 million oz. gold, 128.7 million oz. silver and 2.9 billion lb. copper.

Tudor Gold plans to roll out a preliminary economic assessment for the deposit later this year, Konkin said during last month’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual convention in Toronto.

Watch the full interview below.

The Department of Energy, or DOE, announced Friday that it’s strengthening energy efficiency requirements for light bulbs in U.S. markets, in a move anticipated to save Americans $27 billion on their utility bills over 30 years. The DOE estimates that the new standards will prevent 70 million metric tons of carbon from being emitted over 30 years — equivalent to the annual emissions of 9 million homes.

According to the new rule, light bulbs sold or imported after 2028 must have an efficiency level of at least 120 lumens per watt, almost triple the current minimum standard. Under the new standard, a light bulb as bright as an old-school 60-watt incandescent bulb would require no more than 6.5 watts of electricity.

The federal government has already once strengthened its efficiency standards under the Biden administration. Last year, the classic Edison-style incandescent bulb was almost entirely phased out. (That rule, which set the current efficiency standard of 45 lumens per watt, actually predates Biden’s presidency and was initially scheduled by Congress to go into effect in 2020, but it was delayed by the Trump administration.)

By 2028, when the new standards kick in, the DOE predicts that some 98 percent of new bulbs sold in the U.S. will be LEDs.

The federal standards do not prescribe a particular kind of bulb for common household usage, but merely mandate minimum efficiency levels. And they only apply to new sales and imports; no one is required to replace the bulbs already in their homes.

Exemptions are carved out for certain types of bulbs, like oven lights, where LEDs are unsuitable because they don’t perform well under high heat.

Andrew deLaski, the executive director of the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, a coalition of energy efficiency proponents, said the trend toward greater efficiency has made a difference in the battle against global warming — especially since the widespread adoption of LEDs.

“What was a 60 watt light bulb now uses, say, 9 or 10 watts,” deLaski said. “That’s a big reduction in energy use, which means less fossil fuels being burned in power plants which leads to climate change. But even an efficient technology can get better.”

Those improvements are already on their way, as lighting manufacturers have been steadily increasing efficiency in light bulbs for years, driven by economic incentives as well as federal regulation. Lighting manufacturers weighed in on the new standard during the federal rulemaking process.

“The modern LED light bulb is a much better light bulb than the one you bought five years ago, way way better than the one you bought ten years ago, and in another universe than the CFL [ compact fluorescent lamp] that you can’t even buy anymore,” said deLaski.

The new federal standards effectively guarantee that these innovations are shared across the market, ensuring “that all the choices available in stores and from internet sellers are going to be LEDs that incorporate the latest efficiency technologies,” deLaski said.

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The lowly light bulb is the Biden administration’s latest climate-fighting tool on Apr 12, 2024.

(Washington, DC-April 12, 2024) – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced a rule updating the cost of doing business on public lands and helping to balance the extraction of...

Campaign Spearheaded by Gas Leaks Project Seeks to Help Americans Fight Gas Industry’s Deception 

Washington, D.C.— This week, the Gas Leaks Project launched a campaign calling for an end to consumers being forced to fund the American Gas Association (AGA) through increased rates on their energy bills. This announcement was made at the U.S. Capitol during a Press Conference, where  U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Gabrielle Walton, Federal Campaign Associate for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN), representatives from the Gas Leaks Project and other local climate, health, and environmental groups joined in calling out gas industry profiteering and disinformation.  

There is proof that AGA has known for decades about the negative health effects from burning gas in homes, including asthma and cancer, but its lobbyists have worked hard to maintain the industry’s dominance. Recently, a report by the Huffington Post revealed that the AGA worked to influence the International Code Council (ICC) to strip building codes of provisions that would make it cheaper and easier for consumers to choose more efficient electric appliances over polluting gas-powered ones.

“People are starting to recognize the extent of the American Gas Association’s deception as they suffer from adverse health and environmental outcomes caused by methane gas,” said Gabrielle Walton, Federal Campaign Associate for CCAN. “Our communities should not be forced to fund and become reliant on the source of their hardships; it’s time to correct this injustice.” 

A recent study by Data for Progress showed that most Americans support  policies that would prevent utility providers from using ratepayer funds for lobbying activitiy. 

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Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) is the first grassroots organization dedicated exclusively to raising awareness about the impacts and solutions associated with global warming in the Chesapeake Bay region. Founded in 2002, CCAN has been at the center of the fight for clean energy and wise climate policy in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC.

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