DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The rolled-back cuffs of his rumpled blue button-down reveal an array of mismatched wristbands. Nor is it the only link between the fossil fuel industry and the Bolloré family’s global business interests, which encompass multi-billion-dollar logistics operations servicing major oil companies, including Shell.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

From the Global Team American PR Firm Edelman Enabled Oil Baron Al Jaber’s Ascension to Lead COP28 Climate Conference By Cartie Werthman In 2023 we returned to our roots and investigated the ongoing relationship between the fossil fuel industry and advertising and public relations firms. Here’s What Actually Happened.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 26, 2022

consulting and PR firm, with a long history of waging influence campaigns for fossil fuel corporations, is under scrutiny by a congressional committee as part of a broader investigation into the decades-long efforts by the oil industry and its allies to block action on the climate crisis. A powerful Washington, D.C.,

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

dissertation in microelectronics to an entirely different field: climate change. "I The only cost to the customer is a newly lowered fuel cost amount, he said. Skyven installed an array of high temperature solar collectors, which captured heat from the sun, and used the heat to heat water for sanitation purposes, Gupta said.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

And energy providers the world over are rushing to slash their reliance on fossil fuels as the clean energy transition gathers pace. Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. It is a big business. spent almost $1.4

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Business Green

APRIL 16, 2021

In separate announcements yesterday, Citi has committed to delivering $1tr in sustainable finance by 2030, of which half will go to climate solutions, while JP Morgan Chase said it facilitate and finance $1tr in green initiatives by the end of the decade as part of a major $2.5tr sustainable finance target.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Rio Tinto says it will invest $98 million in a 34-megawatt PV array and 12-megawatt-hour lithium-ion battery system to help power its Koodaideri mine in Pilbara, Western Australia. Anglo American has also installed an 84-kilowatt floating solar array at its tailings pond at Los Bronces, a first for the industry, Martinez said.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

develops interactive bio-embellishments that create new possibilities for designers while eliminating microplastics and replacing fossil-fuel-based material at scale. By removing barriers and expanding access, BGS seeks to close the racial wealth gap while combating climate change. Its founder is Keith Crossland.

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 13, 2020

Recent studies from from the world’s top climate modeling groups suggest that high clouds that shade the Earth during the day may burn off as the world warms increasing global warming. These threats are not new, in 2015 it was clear that climate change was real and demanded urgent action. to 12.6 ° F) by the end of the century.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

It’s an apt welcome to a place where the realities of everyday life seem to be in stark contrast to the green illusion marketed by the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries. Part of that strategy appears to be redefining its expanding petrochemical and plastics business as a solution to climate change. Shell Norco.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The cost of buying power to cover the costs of an on-site solar, battery and generator array would be much higher than the cost of electricity service from an existing power line, he noted. Then you can think about how many customers are on that line, and do some kind of cost-benefit analysis.”

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 29, 2022

The last couple months have been a hard lesson about the danger and limitations of our old-school fossil fuel economy. As gas prices rise, we love that this bill will help people move around town with less impact on the climate and lower their cost of living in our community! Circular Economy.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

This is the most ubiquitous explanation for why the solar panels you see on a rooftop or in a small solar array alongside a stretch of highway are almost certainly from Chinese firms. change this picture? We need clean energy to combat climate change, and the urgency of that need is increasing. How can the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

There is a generation of Millennials around the globe who have written off fossil fuels,” Chris Romer, co-founder of Project Canary, told the oil and gas industry trade publication Rigzone this month. “We The fossil fuel industry’s impacts on surrounding communities also cut along racial and gender lines, watchdog organizations report.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

They hoped to convince policymakers and the climate community that reversing carbon emissions — in addition to reducing them — was essential to limiting the worst impacts of climate change. A lot has changed since then. There’s generally two reasons scientists say carbon removal will be necessary to tackle climate change.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 12, 2020

With a long history in fossil fuels and nuclear energy, Engie has pivoted dramatically toward renewables over the past few years — a strategy that included the U.S. Engie is already supplying Houston with the output from a 65-megawatt solar plant, and has been working with the city on a climate change plan.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 21, 2022

A new report by Reality Team, a nonprofit digital marketing group, suggests that social media ads can help reach people who aren’t closely watching topics like climate change or vaccine science and are often targeted by disinformation campaigns. ” – Debra Lavoy.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

But in the intervening decades, the region’s rivers were dammed or channeled and the fossil fuel era dawned across Appalachia. Among the other rare and threatened wild creatures living in the coal mining-impacted streams are a dozen different kinds of fish, 39 mollusks, and a wide array of crustaceans and snails, the study reports.

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Business Green

JANUARY 3, 2022

Post-COP26 the world risks taking its foot off the pedal of climate action in 2021, but businesses must not let that happen, writes Pinwheel's Rob Cheesewright. Businesses have often been blamed for sluggish progress on climate change - yet at COP26 it was the progress that governments made that felt frustratingly slow.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Through unprecedented collaboration with the extraordinary array of businesses, academic and environmental institutions that make up the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, this government is putting its full weight firmly behind the Net Zero campaign," said Shapps. "By

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

Upfront investments in low carbon infrastructure deliver much faster paybacks than they did a year ago, because the fossil fuels they displace are orders of magnitude more expensive. per cent gain, almost entirely as a result of higher fossil fuel prices. per cent loss of GDP to a 0.5

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Grist

JUNE 17, 2022

They absorb the flood waters brought by powerful, climate change-fueled storms and are home to a diverse array of fish and creatures like alligators and herons. Starved of sediment, Louisiana has been slipping away , hastened by sinking land and rising seas. Wetlands are crucial for shielding the coast.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Last year, he chose to add solar and storage to his home, first buying an array of Panasonic panels and then adding a Tesla Powerwall a few months later. Because conventional generators use fossil fuels, that solution isn’t as clean as solar-and-storage alone, but it could offer higher reliability during extended outages.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2023

That is the hypothesis advanced in a new report published today by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The report also predicts disputes over what constitutes 'renewable energy' or 'green' investment.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The news came just as the United Nations was highlighting “first movers and doers” during the Climate Ambition Summit in New York, sparking outrage from many in attendance. Other global takes: Leaders from the UK, China, France, and the US skipped the UN climate gathering. Humanitarian groups say $71.4M

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

There is strong evidence that decarbonisation and tackling the climate emergency are major concerns for people in Britain. More than 80 per cent of the public say they are concerned about climate change and more than 30 per cent think it is one of the top three issues facing the UK. methane - CH4).

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2020

But these groups have been joined by a wide array of mainstream businesses, with a host of Blue Chips across Europe calling on politicians to place the net zero mission at the heart of their stimulus packages.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

This means corporations are using the term to describe a vast array of different practices. A report published this week by UK charity Christian Aid stated that widespread adoption of agroecology would see huge benefits to soil health, water usage, and climate change.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Several sets of factors converged to make these funds an even better bet than the S&P 500, Dow Jones or NASDAQ exchanges that covered a broad array of individual equities, mutual funds or indexed portfolios. A declining investment rationale for fossil fuels. ESG investors were not unwise. What was once a trend is now a rout.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2022

The UK solar industry has rubbished claims from Tory leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak that solar farms pose a threat to farmland, pointing out that climate change poses by far the bigger risk to food security and therefore further underscores the need to decarbonise energy sources.

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GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2021

In looking across the broad array of business, environmental, social, technological and political topics that cross my screen and engage me in daily conversation, there is a temptation to allocate a growing share of mind for pessimism. Accelerating climate change will keep the federal research and development spigot open.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2022

With just weeks to go until world leaders meet in Sharm El Sheikh for the critical upcoming UN climate summit, it means Sunak will face an immediate test of his commitment to combatting climate change, with the UK set to officially hand over the reins of its COP Presidency to Egypt at COP27.

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Energy Innovation

JUNE 16, 2022

includes important new metrics to track the economic, environmental, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate policies. CARB is currently evaluating climate policies for its 2022 update of the Climate Change Scoping Plan. The updated California EPS–from model version 1.4.3

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 24, 2022

But those quakes themselves are just one sign of an oceanic problem confronting Texas: what to do with the billions of barrels of toxic wastewater, mixed with salable fossil fuels, that the oil and gas drilling industry pumps out each year? The most powerful among them was a 4.5 Water, Water, Everywhere — But Not Enough to Drink.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Education and Engagement : It educates and engages stakeholders on the importance of hydrogen in achieving decarbonization goals and addressing climate change. Power Generation : Hydrogen can be used in turbines to generate electricity, offering a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2022

"According to the United Nations, over 160 firms with $70tr in assets are committed to decarbonise the global economy, which means phasing out fossil fuels by 2050," he said. He urged "all countries to revisit and strengthen their NDCs to deliver on the Glasgow Climate Pact by the 23 September deadline".

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Energy and Cleantech Council

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for a proposed floating offshore wind research array. Before diving into roadmap details, several additional state-led efforts relating to offshore wind deserve mention. In 2021, the State of Maine submitted a research lease application to the U.S. Formally establish state procurement commitments.

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