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Shell’s 'Delusional' Net Zero Strategy Commits $8 Billion to Fossil Fuels

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 4 mins Shell’s new net zero strategy is “grotesque” and includes an “impossible” reliance on tree-planting, campaigners have claimed. The oil major today revealed an “accelerated” strategy to reduce oil production and decarbonise its products by 2050.

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Reports: Treasury shelves £30bn plan to electrify UK railways over cost concerns

Business Green

Clean transport advocates point out £30bn price tag for railway electrification is in the same ball park as budget for road building. The Treasury is facing further accusations that it is hampering the UK's net zero transition, after reports emerged over the weekend that it has blocked plans to electrify Britain's railways over cost concerns.

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Net Zero Festival: Free passes now available to flagship climate event

Business Green

Thanks to the support of BCG, Schroders, SNC Lavalin, ENGIE, Bank of America, Drax, Derwent London, and Energy Saving Trust a limited number of free passes to attend the three day Net Zero Festival virtual summit are now available.

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Making sense of the alphabet soup: the common themes across carbon credit integrity guidance

EDF + Business

Businesses and other buyers may still wonder: how does this universe of disparate initiatives, processes, standards, and guidance documents fit together to support a cohesive climate strategy? Taken together, these frameworks and standards can be seen as a strong signal and direction of travel for ambitious net zero strategies.

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The UK's net zero target is under threat because there's no plan to pay for it

Business Green

Building decarbonisation is critical to delivering a net zero Britain, but neither the Treasury nor Scottish government have set out a vision for how a mass green homes retrofit programme could be funded, writes Glasgow Caledonian University’s Keith Baker. Things aren't looking any better in Scotland.

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Is this it? Are we at risk of over-estimating the neo-climate sceptics?

Business Green

One of the most common responses to the gathering political campaign against the UK's net zero strategy is that it is important not to underestimate such an experienced and effective band of campaigners, regardless of how modest they may be in number. This is sage advice. It's quite the track record.

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Reports: Government mulls gas boiler phase out delay amid cost concerns

Business Green

The Sun and Daily Mail both reported this morning that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is now mulling a 2040 phase out date for fossil fuel boilers complemented by a strategy where households would be "incentivised" to by a heat pump or hydrogen-ready boiler when their current heating system breaks down.