DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

DeSmog analysed examples of more than 100 influencers being paid to promote fossil fuel firms worldwide since 2017, from the US to Malaysia, in campaigns that have reached billions of people. While there’s more knowledge in general around climate change and the harms of fossil fuels, I think that people have a lot of trust in creators.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Climate campaigners drew attention to CNBC 's Jim Cramer's comments on Friday, January 31 that he's “done with fossil fuels” because they're “in the death knell phase.”. Tags: fossil fuel industry climate finance big tobacco fossil fuel divestment

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Read time: 4 mins With lawsuits against major fossil fuel producers over climate damages on the rise , a new report and initiative examines how prestigious law firms are enabling climate breakdown. Tags: climate accountability law firms #DropExxon Paul Weiss climate crisis fossil fuel industry Sen. Whitehouse

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 10, 2020

Read time: 5 mins At a time when fossil fuel companies are using a public health crisis to demand financial and regulatory support , the governments of Baltimore and Rhode Island are calling out a “decades-long campaign of deception” by these companies in urging courts to advance lawsuits trying to hold polluters responsible for climate damages.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Their suits have turned a summer of unrest into a quest to make fossil fuel companies pay for the damages caused by the burning of their products, joining a trend that began three years ago but evolving to match the circumstances of today. Tags: American Petroleum Institute climate lawsuits ExxonKnew

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2021

Read time: 12 mins The fossil fuel industry and its investors have financially benefited from tax policies and subsidies designed to reduce the emissions from oil, gas, and coal — sometimes without taking the action required to tackle climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Read time: 6 mins As Pennsylvania took a significant step this week towards joining a regional climate initiative to curb carbon pollution from power plants, newly revealed email records show how fossil fuel interests campaigned to oppose this initiative in a state that has the fifth most polluting electric power sector in the nation.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 17, 2020

Read time: 6 mins At a time of overlapping crises, putting fossil fuel assets into public ownership offers a way to slash carbon emissions and pave the way for a just transition for oil and gas workers who find themselves without a job, according to a new report. Tags: COVID-19 oil bailout fracking finances

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

fossil fuel industry has continued what it has always done: advance its own interests at the expense of people and the planet. response to COVID -19 has enabled an insidious pattern of fossil fuel companies receiving government handouts, despite struggling long before the pandemic. Even amid the pandemic, the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In a clear signal of how the fossil fuel industry feels about efforts to enact Rights of Nature protections that safeguard communities and the environment from the impacts of coal, gas, and oil development, an energy company has — yet again — filed a federal lawsuit challenging a local law in Grant Township, Pennsylvania.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 23, 2020

Read time: 11 mins California communities last month got an important procedural win in their efforts to get fossil fuel companies to pay for climate-related impacts. Tags: climate liability U.S. Overall, the communities lodging these legal battles seem to be gaining momentum.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 19, 2020

Read time: 4 mins Advocates for holding fossil fuel companies accountable in court for the substantial costs of climate change are urging New Jersey to sue oil majors like ExxonMobil, as over a dozen municipal and state governments have done over the past three years.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Read time: 3 mins Gulf states have sent at least 42 current or former employees of the fossil fuel industry to the UN climate summit in Madrid as part of their official delegations, DeSmog analysis shows. The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar collectively sent at least 16 delegates associated with the fossil fuel industry.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Chamber of Commerce over its lobbying on climate change issues published a report today criticizing the pro-business lobbying and advocacy group for continuing to push for pro-fossil fuel policies despite recognizing that climate change is real. Our climate is changing and humans are contributing to these changes,” the website says.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Carbon capture technology is premised on two possible approaches to reducing climate pollution: removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere anywhere in the world, an approach generally known as direct air capture, or removing it directly from the emissions source, such as the smoke stack of a fossil fuel power plant.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 24, 2020

climate and labor movements to create an equitable and decarbonized economy and move away from fossil fuels to address the climate crisis. Unlike those calling for a Green New Deal, though, this alliance supports increased fracking for oil and gas, as well as other controversial technologies that critics say prop up fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Read time: 9 mins September saw a flurry of new lawsuits filed by cities and states against major fossil fuel companies over the climate crisis and the resulting impacts that are already being felt. Tags: climate lawsuits ExxonMobil chevron Baltimore Supreme Court American Petroleum Institute ExxonKnew

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2022

Thanks to declining upfront EV costs, a widening range of available plug-in models, tighter CO2 standards, and increasingly demanding deadlines for phasing out the sale of new fossil fuel vehicles across Europe, the shift away from petrol and diesel is poised to rapidly accelerate, according to the analysis from the Platform for Electromobility.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 30, 2020

Read time: 11 mins While fossil fuel companies defend against mounting climate liability lawsuits in court, their surrogates are working in parallel to target the attorneys, academics, and institutions supporting these lawsuits. Tags: ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) chris horner Energy Policy Advocates climate liability

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Read time: 7 mins California and Colorado’s public pension funds together lost out on over $19 billion over the past decade by investing in fossil fuel stocks, according to a report released on Tuesday. Tags: pension funds fossil fuel investments CalPERS CalSTRS

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

While both pathways would more than halve Duke's emissions by 2030, they’re nevertheless likely to draw fire from critics of the utility’s cautious approach to phasing out fossil-fueled generators. ” Looking at the price tags. For the less costly pathways, monthly rates would rise an average of 1.3

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Tags: Hydrogen FTI Consulting Bridge Fuel Green hydrogen Read time: 7 mins The recent deluge of pro-hydrogen stories in the media that tout hydrogen as a climate solution and clean form of energy can now be linked in part to FTI Consulting — one of the most notorious oil and gas industry public relations firms.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

Ending fossil fuel subsidies offers G7 members the chance to help the planet and benefit their economic future, writes explorer Bertrand Piccard of the Solar Impulse Foundation. Almost every government in the world imposes a tax on gasoline, and most people believe that fossil fuels represent a source of income for states.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2020

Tags: Save Lamu Centum Gulf Energy coal plant Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty UNESCO World Heritage Site Covering Climate Now Read time: 9 mins This story is a part of Covering Climate Now’s week of coverage focused on Climate Solutions, to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Over the years, fossil fuel companies have poured millions into sowing doubt about climate science and burnishing their public image. Now, fossil fuel companies are reckoning with a different communications challenge: convincing their investors that the future of oil and gas companies is bright … or at least bright enough.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 6, 2019

This explosion joins a string of others in the past several weeks involving America’s aging fossil fuel infrastructure — including a network of 2.6 Tags: ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) petrochemical development natural gas pipelines Enbridge Philadelphia Energy Solutions

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Tags: exxon Fraud reserves debt U.S. On February 24 , Exxon reported that it would actually remove over 30 percent of its proved reserves from its books — essentially wiping out the value of its Canadian tar sands holdings from its books. . Securities and Exchange Commission Canadian tar sands oil

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Read time: 10 mins Fossil fuel industry supporters and climate deniers are pushing a new climate falsehood when it comes to renewable energy: that natural gas offers a more affordable future. Tags: New Jersey Master Energy Plan economic denialism And they’re focusing their misinformation campaign on New Jersey.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Stop burning fossil fuels. Tags: solar geoengineering geoengineering bill gates David Keith American Enterprise Institute ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) rex tillerson Covering Climate Now 2019 Stop releasing smog-forming pollution. Stop cutting down forests.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

It was the third time the international body reproached the Canadian federal and provincial governments for their treatment of Indigenous communities in relation to the construction of the two fossil fuel projects. Earlier this year, Trans Mountain said the price tag could reach C$21.4

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

The subject of these investigations isn’t the direct harm from the fossil fuel industry’s actions, it’s the ways that companies communicated about their actions, and how that misled investors or the public. Tags: ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) #ExxonKnew climate science denial American Petroleum Institute Covering Climate Now 2019

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

As much as hydrogen fuel cells have considerable potential to play a sizeable role in the global energy transition away from fossil fuels in order to achieve decarbonization goals, the expense associated with their use remains quite high when compared with other available alternatives.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The summit closed on 13 December with an historic agreement to limit fossil fuel use, which the Emirates has coined the ‘UAE consensus’. Reports of the fossil fuel interests of the host country dominated much of the media coverage of the summit. These were viewed over 2.4

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 14, 2020

liquefied natural gas ( LNG ) market, once the promising golden child of the fossil fuel industry, has a major long-term problem. The real issue for the LNG industry is an existential one: It's a fossil fuel in a rapidly warming world, and these polluting fuels are losing public favor fast.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Read time: 5 mins New Jersey has now joined the wave of lawsuits seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for climate impacts.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2021

The fossil fuels used to power the company's vehicle and airline fleets contribute to 92 percent of FedEx's carbon footprint, according to its most recent sustainability report. That fuel also accounts for 6 percent of its annual operating budget. But the company is piloting ways to move these vehicles, too.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2021

But a day later, Indigenous youth and organizers opposing the Line 3 and Dakota Access pipelines rallied in front of the White House against the two fossil fuel pipelines. Tags: Enbridge Line 3 pipeline Dakota Access Pipeline Indigenous Environmental Network Biden administration

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