The week in climate policy: 4 updates you need to know
GreenBiz
MAY 3, 2024
Florida bans lab-grown meat; the G-7 nations double down on their intention to phase out fossil fuel-powered utilities.
UK quits treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over climate policies
The Guardian: Energy
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Britain joins France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands in withdrawing from charter it says ‘penalises’ shift to net zero The UK is pulling out of a treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over their climate policies.
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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement. As fossil fuel companies' social license to operate becomes increasingly frayed, more industries in their orbit are getting entangled in the reputational quagmire that is now part and parcel of any activity that exacerbates the climate crisis.
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Fossil fuel industry loses its grip over Australia’s climate and energy policies
Renew Economy
MAY 22, 2022
Change of government will see a clean-out of fossil fuel industry lobbyists that held sway in the corridors of power for nearly a decade. The post Fossil fuel industry loses its grip over Australia’s climate and energy policies appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Prospective GB News Board Member is Fossil Fuel Investor
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 12, 2024
The IEA, a free market group that has advocated for more fossil fuel extraction, received funding from BP for at least 50 years. Climate denial and investment in the fossil fuel industry go hand in hand”, said Carys Boughton of campaign group Fossil Free Parliament. “It Agnew and Edwards declined to comment.
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Fossil fuel drilling scheme faces High Court challenge
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 6, 2023
National policy requires planning decisions to give great weight to “conserving and enhancing landscape and scenic beauty” in AONBs. The outcome of the hearing could have significant implications for future on-shore fossil fuel projects going through the planning permission process. The decision will be reserved.
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Report: As Climate Crisis Expands, Canada Still Hands Billions to Fossil Fuel Industry
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 27, 2024
billion supporting the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry. To put that in context, Environmental Defence’s “Canada’s Fossil Fuel Funding in 2023” report estimates that the Canadian government’s accumulated subsidies to the oil and gas sector over the last four years was at least $65 billion.
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Targets should test you: But in Australia the policy agenda is still dictated by fossil fuels
Renew Economy
JUNE 15, 2023
The post Targets should test you: But in Australia the policy agenda is still dictated by fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy. Labor has been more than nothing on climate and energy. But it has been as little as they can get away with.
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Fossil fuel lobbyists have deep pockets and access to politicians, but a ban could be in the pipeline
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The European Parliament is examining what lessons can be learned from restrictions on tobacco lobbyists to protect the environment from continued use of fossil fuels. The post Fossil fuel lobbyists have deep pockets and access to politicians, but a ban could be in the pipeline appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Millions in fossil fuel money rained on major political parties last year
Renew Economy
JANUARY 31, 2024
The post Millions in fossil fuel money rained on major political parties last year appeared first on RenewEconomy. Santos, Woodside, Adani and Gina Rinehart feature among donors to major political parties in 2023.
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GB News Owner’s Hedge Fund Has $2.2 Billion Fossil Fuel Investments
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 30, 2023
billion) in fossil fuel firms. This includes companies that specialise in extracting, refining, transporting and distributing fossil fuels. million) shareholding in the oil and gas supermajor Chevron, as well as stakes in Shell, Equinor, and 109 other fossil fuel companies. billion (£1.8
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New Liz Truss Faction ‘Pops’ With Climate Science Denial and Fossil Fuel Ties
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The self-styled PopCons included politicians critical of climate policies and science, including Lord Frost, who is a director of the climate science denial Global Warming Policy Foundation , as well as Conservative MP Lee Anderson and Reform party president Nigel Farage. The policy was ditched by her successor Rishi Sunak.)
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‘Missing half the equation’: scientists criticise Australia over approach to fossil fuels
The Guardian: Energy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Prof Lesley Hughes is a leading climate change scientist and member of the independent Climate Council and government advisory body the Climate Change Authority.
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Spender calls for “People Power Plan” to get consumers out of fossil fuel trap
Renew Economy
MARCH 5, 2024
Allegra Spender calls for "People Power Plan" that will get households out of the fossil fuel trap with home electrification and rooftop solar. The post Spender calls for “People Power Plan” to get consumers out of fossil fuel trap appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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The world came tantalizingly close to a deal to phase out fossil fuels
The Verge: Energy
DECEMBER 12, 2023
The beginning of the end for fossil fuels? This text is a step forward on our path towards phasing out fossil fuels, but is not the historic decision we hoped for.” More than 100 countries came to the table pushing for an official agreement to “phase out fossil fuels.”
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More than 130 companies including Ikea, Volvo ask world leaders to ‘phase out’ fossil fuels
The Verge: Energy
OCTOBER 23, 2023
. | Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi / Bloomberg via Getty Images More than 130 companies, including Volvo Cars, Ikea, Unilever, Nestlé, and AstraZeneca, signed a letter calling on governments to adopt a global plan to phase out fossil fuels without carbon capture during upcoming international climate negotiations.
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Air pollution from fossil fuels ‘kills 5 million people a year’
The Guardian: Energy
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Of more than 8 million deaths worldwide from outdoor air pollution, 61% linked to fossil fuels, finds study Air pollution from fossil fuel use is killing 5 million people worldwide every year, a death toll much higher than previously estimated, according to the largest study of its kind. Continue reading.
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‘Beginning of the end’ of fossil fuel era approaching, says IEA
The Guardian: Energy
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Forecast downturn still ‘nowhere near steep enough’ to limit temperature rise to 1.5C, says watchdog Business live – latest updates The world’s demand for oil, gas and coal will begin to decline this decade in “the beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era, according to the global energy watchdog. Continue reading.
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Reuters, New York Times Top List of Fossil Fuel Industry’s Media Enablers
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 5, 2023
According to Saudi Aramco’s podcast, the fossil fuel industry is innovating new climate solutions, and BP’s podcast proclaims more of the same. Darren Woods, the CEO of Exxon, celebrates the potential of carbon capture to dramatically reduce global emissions. and Europe.
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Dirty, unreliable and yet more blackout threats: Australia’s charming fossil fuel industry
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 11, 2022
No wonder the fossil fuel industry is playing the blackout card once again. They have lost all moral perspective, and the price cap policy may actually work. The post Dirty, unreliable and yet more blackout threats: Australia’s charming fossil fuel industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Long term fix to fossil fuel crisis is faster switch to renewables, not price caps
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Putting in motion already-proposed plans combined with targeted green energy policies is the route out of the current crisis. The post Long term fix to fossil fuel crisis is faster switch to renewables, not price caps appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Kick Fossil Fuel Interests Out of Climate Policy Process, Campaigners Urge
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
World leaders must bring in stricter criteria to exclude fossil fuel companies from decision-making, campaigners have urged, as talks at the crucial COP26 summit enter their fifth day. The UNFCCC, the EU and UK should ensure climate decision-making is protected from fossil fuel interests at the regional, national and local level. “The
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Most Australians want coal power phased out, and no new fossil fuel projects
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Most Australians support a phase-out of coal-fired power stations, a windfall tax on fossil fuels, and policies that favour EVs, bikes and public transport. The post Most Australians want coal power phased out, and no new fossil fuel projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Revealed: Three-quarters of Prestigious Green Advertising Awards Go To Agencies Working for Fossil Fuel Industry
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 4, 2024
Three-quarters of prizes at the UK’s top sustainable advertising awards went to agencies who work for the fossil fuel industry, a DeSmog analysis has revealed. Both agencies are owned by the London-based global media group WPP. Credit: Sam Whitham.
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IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2023 Predicts Peak Fossil Fuel Demand
R-Squared Energy
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Perhaps the most noteworthy prediction from the report is of peak demand for fossil fuels within this decade. However, it is important to note that coal is the only fossil fuel projected to decline over the next decade under the IEA’s Stated Policies Scenario. The full report may be found here.
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WPP Has More Fossil Fuel Clients Than Any Other Advertising Company, Report Finds
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Global advertising and public relations company WPP has more contracts with fossil fuel clients than any of its rivals, despite the group’s pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2030, according to a report by campaign group Clean Creatives. Omnicom followed with 39 contracts; Interpublic Group had 25; and Publicis Groupe had 11. “The
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Hospitals Are Investing Billions of Dollars in Fossil Fuels, Report Reveals
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 26, 2023
Major hospital systems and medical institutions in the United States are betraying their oath to “first do no harm” through their investments in the fossil fuel sector, warns a new report from a campaign advocating for fossil fuel divestment in healthcare. private hospital systems.
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Leading Think Tank Met With Minister Over North Sea Energy While Funded by Fossil Fuel Interests
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 3, 2023
Policy Exchange, one of Westminster’s most prominent think tanks, engaged in a high-level influencing campaign over the UK’s North Sea oil and gas policies while being funded by fossil fuel interests, DeSmog can reveal. Policy Exchange received $30,000 from the oil and gas supermajor ExxonMobil in 2017.
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Fossil fuel companies to be sued for climate damage under Greens proposal
Renew Economy
APRIL 25, 2022
Climate-impacted communities could be allowed to sue fossil fuel companies for compensation, under a Greens policy proposal. The post Fossil fuel companies to be sued for climate damage under Greens proposal appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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The Cop28 president told a shocking lie about fossil fuels – and he’s wrong about climate economics too | Geoffrey Lean
The Guardian: Energy
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Sultan Al Jaber’s claim that green policies damage economic growth is wrong and highly damaging For months Sultan Al Jaber, the president of the Cop28 climate negotiations in Dubai, has been insisting that there is no conflict with his day job, chief executive of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) state oil company.
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Fossil Fuel-Linked Companies Dominate Sponsorship of COP27
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
The findings underscore concerns over the role of the fossil fuel industry at the negotiations, known as COP27, which have become a focal point for deals to exploit African natural gas. These talks are supposed to be about moving us away from fossil fuels, phasing them out,” Sabido told DeSmog. Social license.
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A Global Database on Fossil Fuel Projects Goes Live
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
A new database cataloging the world’s oil and gas reserves reveals extensive data on the global fossil fuel industry for the first time. The Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, launched by Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor, is the first public and free-to-use database of fossil fuel production, reserves, and emissions.
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Leading ‘Sustainable’ Investment Funds Backing Fossil Fuels, Research Finds
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Major investment funds available to UK consumers are marketing themselves as “sustainable” and “ethical” while financing fossil fuel companies, research has found. The fund with the most fossil fuel-linked holdings in its portfolio was iShares Dow Jones Global Sustainability Screened. Fuelling the Fire’.
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How the Fossil Fuel Industry Buys Goodwill
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
From the world’s biggest soccer championship to soccer training for kids , from major universities to music festivals and art galleries to — if you can name it, fossil fuel companies have probably sponsored it. TotalEnergies will sponsor the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.
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UK students launch Barclays ‘career boycott’ over bank’s climate policies
The Guardian: Energy
DECEMBER 26, 2023
Campaign at leading universities such as Oxbridge and UCL warns lender it will miss out on top talent if it finances fossil fuels Hundreds of students from leading UK universities have launched a “career boycott” of Barclays over its climate policies, warning that the bank will miss out on top talent unless it stops financing fossil fuel companies.
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World Bank Continues Financing Fossil Fuels Despite Climate Crisis
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 6, 2022
billion into fossil fuel projects around the world since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed in 2015, undercutting global efforts to combat the worsening climate crisis. But the actions are not matching the words,” Kyle Ash, policy director at the Bank Information Center, told DeSmog. The World Bank Group has funneled $14.8
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Renewables’ improved performance and falling costs doom fossil fuels, even if COP28 didn’t
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 13, 2023
14 – Consensus, Margaret Thatcher once said, is “the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies.” The post Renewables’ improved performance and falling costs doom fossil fuels, even if COP28 didn’t appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Dec. That may be.
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‘Fossil-fuel free’ endowments and pension funds are rarely free of fossil fuels. Here’s why that’s a problem.
Impact Alpha
APRIL 5, 2021
Editor’s note: Contributing editor Imogen Rose-Smith, a longtime senior writer for Institutional Investor, continues her bi-weekly column, Institutional Impact, exploring the policies, practices. The post ‘Fossil-fuel free’ endowments and pension funds are rarely free of fossil fuels.
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Most EU Hydrogen Projects Risk Prolonging Use of Fossil Fuels
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 22, 2023
But the data compiled by Brussels-based research and advocacy group Food & Water Action Europe, and shared with DeSmog, shows that 57 percent of 147 hydrogen projects under consideration by the European Commission are designed to also carry natural gas, or “blue” hydrogen made from the fossil fuel.
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Fossil Fuel Companies Ask Hawaii Supreme Court to Dismiss Honolulu’s Climate Case
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 18, 2023
As more than two dozen climate liability lawsuits by state and local governments against fossil fuel companies continue to progress, a case brought by the city and county of Honolulu could become the first to put Big Oil on trial. In October 2020, Maui County also brought a climate liability lawsuit against fossil fuel companies.
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French NGOs Sue BNP Paribas, Europe’s Largest Financier of Fossil Fuel Expansion
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
French environmental organizations Notre Affaire à Tous, Friends of the Earth France, and Oxfam France last week filed what they say is the world’s first climate lawsuit against a commercial bank, suing BNP Paribas over its continued funding of fossil fuels. They also say that the financial sector more broadly is on notice.
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Chris Bowen tells Cop28 to ‘end the use of fossil fuels’ in energy systems as talks try to break deadlock
The Guardian: Energy
DECEMBER 10, 2023
goal alive so Pacific countries are not ‘swallowed by the seas’ The Australian climate change minister, Chris Bowen, has told nearly 200 countries at the Cop28 summit that the use of fossil fuels in energy systems must end. Australia’s climate minister says summit must aim to keep 1.5C
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Reports: Barclays eyeing stricter fossil fuel investment policies
Business Green
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Bank considering introducing stronger limits on its fossil fuel investments as it faces growing pressure from shareholders. Barclays is gearing up to introduce stricter climate change policies that would further limit its investments in fossil fuels, following growing pressure from the bank's shareholders, according to reports.
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'A turning point': Global Registry of Fossil Fuels launched
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
New tool designed to help civil society and investors scrutinise the mismatch between national climate goals and energy policies. The Global Registry will help governments, companies, and investors make decisions to align their fossil fuel production with the 1.5C
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