Japan is hoping startups can help the fifth-biggest carbon dioxide polluter prepare for and adapt to a warmer world. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/29/japan/startups-carbon-reduction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #startups #environmentministry #climatechange #emissions #carbon
Japan bets on homegrown startups to adapt to a hotter world

The Environment Ministry is offering ¥60 billion of support through the Japan Green Investment Corp. for Carbon Neutrality.

The Japan Times
Ola Källenius on Tariffs, Europe & the Strength of Germany’s Economy

For German please scroll down. Ola Källenius has big plans: lower energy prices, smarter EU trade, and the most efficient electric car Mercedes has ever built. In this episode, the Mercedes-Benz CE…

POLITICO
EU officially retires its ‘no cherry-picking’ Brexit line

A top EU diplomat described the pithy analogy as “no longer helpful.”

POLITICO

A way to avoid #Carbon at all is to use #Hydrogen for the #Reduction process. But this only makes sense if the hydrogen is derived from a green source, such as #electrolysis of #water using #RenewableEnergy sources only. If that could be done at scale then this could be a #green way to produce steel from #IronOre. I think the jury’s still out on this.

#GreenhouseGases #DRI #DirectReducedIron

Why a new #zero-carbon #UK #steel plant offers hope and a headache | Steel industry | The Guardian

The problem with making steel using a #BlastFurnace is that it requires very high temperatures and #CokingCoal to #reduce the #Oxygen content as it is made to bond to #Carbon instead. This produces #CarbonMonoxide and then #CarbonDioxide.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/28/zero-carbon-uk-steel-plant-dri-green

#GreenhouseGases #DRI #DirectReducedIron

Why a new zero-carbon UK steel plant offers hope and a headache

Plans to build costly DRI plant in Britain to make green steel is seen by some as the future and others as a ‘white elephant’

The Guardian
Documents Show #EPA Wants to Erase #GreenhouseGas Limits on #PowerPlants
Agency argues #carbon #emissions from power plants do not contribute “significantly” to #climatechange. Eliminating those emissions would have no meaningful effect on public health and welfare, agency said.
Scientists overwhelmingly concluded that #carbondioxide, #methane and other greenhouse gases from the burning of #oil, #gas and #coal are dangerously heating the planet.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/climate/epa-power-plant-rules.html
https://archive.ph/nMxLC
Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants

The agency plans to argue that carbon emissions from power plants do not contribute “significantly” to climate change. Scientists disagree.

The New York Times
Carbon steel pipe, stainless steel pipe, alloy steel pipe: their respective advantages and applications.In industrial system, steel pipes, as "industrial blood vessels", undertake core functions such as transmission, support, and protection. Carbon steel pipes, stainless steel pipes and alloy steel pipes have formed completely different performance maps due to differences in composition and process. #Carbon steel pipe # stainless steel pipe #alloy steel pipe
More info : https://www.sinosteel-pipe.com/en/blog-5604932851286553.html
EU roughly on track to hit 2030 emissions goal, Brussels says

The updated analysis reflects progress, but relies on countries following through on promises amid a green backlash.

POLITICO

Can CCS meet Europe’s climate targets? Three projects beset with problems suggest not.

The European Union is betting on carbon capture and storage (CCS) to decarbonise heavy industrial emitters.

High costs, local opposition and technical issues threaten the viability of the EU’s multi-billion euro gamble on CCS to decarbonise heavy industry.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250526-can-ccs-meet-europes-climate-targets-three-projects-beset-with-problems-suggest-not?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Carbon #CCS #CarbonCaptureAndStorage #ClimateTargets #EU

Can CCS meet Europe’s climate targets? Three projects beset with problems suggest not.

The European Union is betting on carbon capture and storage (CCS) to decarbonise heavy industrial emitters. High costs, local opposition and technical issues threaten the viability of the EU’s multi-billion …

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Global #BottomTrawling emits as much #carbon as aviation and costs society up to €11 billion annually in #Europe alone, where governments subsidize it with an extra €1.3 billion. The practice imposes a big #climate & ecological toll and is bad for sustainability: doi.org/10.1016/S254... #fisheries

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