DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 11, 2024

million in donations from fossil fuel interests and climate science deniers in 2022, while two-thirds of the directors in charge of the party’s multi-million-pound endowment fund have a financial interest in oil, gas, and highly polluting industries. DeSmog has previously revealed that the Conservative Party received £3.5

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Atlas has previously received funding from foundations associated with the fossil fuel company Koch Industries, as well as ExxonMobil. The Montreal Economic Institute was featured in a 2002 report deeming it one “of the most effective young think tanks in the Atlas network.”

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 1, 2024

By denying, derailing, delaying, and deflecting meaningful discussions around the sector’s key issues, the agriculture industry is using the same tactics as the tobacco and fossil fuel lobbies. Between 2002 and 2021 Mitloehner and the CLEAR Center received close to $12.5

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

And in many ways, we have fossil fuels to thank for it. There is zero value in a dry borehole, and compared to the ease, simplicity, and abundance of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and even gas fields, it has been difficult to make the case for geothermal energy. But the picture is beginning to change. About the author.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 3, 2021

While a Directive on the energy performance of buildings has been in place since 2002, recast in 2010 and revised in 2018, the results so far have been underwhelming”, says Gillett. It intends to revise the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive as one of the cornerstones of that strategy. The challenge, however, is huge. “75% says Norton.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

Shell agreed to fund their relocation in 2002 — but Hawkins’ family was one of the few who decided to stay. 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. Town sign for Norco, Louisiana. Shell Norco.

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Grist

AUGUST 20, 2021

The previous study encompassing press coverage of climate science from 1988 to 2002 found that only 35 percent of it accurately reflected the scientific discourse. And although the rhetoric around global warming has changed a lot over the last 20 years, fossil fuel companies aren’t necessarily having a hard time getting their case heard.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

Echoing a trend seen among fossil fuel incumbents the world over, Germany’s pipeline operators are casting themselves as gatekeepers to climate solutions. It’s quite simple,” said Andreae, who served as a Green Party member of parliament from 2002-2019. But we’ll need molecules, and that is the deciding factor. “In

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 29, 2024

Subsidies and policies that facilitate the transition to cleaner heavy-duty vehicles are especially beneficial to EJ communities, as the link between diesel emissions and higher asthma rates for Black and Latino children in communities overburdened by pollution is well-established (AAFA 2005; Weir 2002).

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2023

While researching my book, I read through hundreds of pages of internal documents from the company, which revealed that Imperial Oil was studying the link between fossil fuels and global warming as early as the 1970s. Yet by 1996, Imperial Oil was publicly denying climate change is even real.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Meanwhile, the 10 warmest January temperatures all took place this century, since 2002, highlighting the accelerated climate crisis. Citing 141 years of records, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has called last month the hottest January of all, to date. Typically, the first month of the year is the coldest.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Discovered in 2002, the field lies 25km north-west of the Shetland Islands. Equally, sudden and drastic measures can lead to investor-state disputes, where fossil fuel companies may seek compensation for the disruption in their economic activities. Energy (In)security.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

The firm, which is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland and employs more than 25,000 people around the world, has been setting and meeting climate and energy targets since 2002, according to Holmquist. "In More recently, we joined the European Alliance for Green Recovery, the ?

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Since 2002, UNEP has helped governments phase out the substance. “Leaded fuel illustrates in a nutshell the kind of mistakes humanity has been making at every level of our societies,” Inger Andersen, UNEP executive director, said. ” Via BBC and NPR Lead image via Pixabay. Read more:Â .

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2020

At present home heating - the bulk of which is provided by the fossil fuel gas grid - accounts for 13 per cent of UK emissions. But the use of natural gas in homes needs to be nearly completely phased out in order to reach the country's statutory 2050 net zero emissions target. million units installed in British homes, a rise of 1.8

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

Working closely with the community, Cole represented the residents in lawsuits fighting against major mining and fossil fuel companies, including the groundbreaking case Kivalina v. In the early 2000s, the challenges faced by the community came to the attention of an environmental justice lawyer named Luke Cole. Early Kivalina Lawsuit.

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R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

A key point of contention is that in 1977, James Black, a senior scientist at (then) Exxon did warn : “In the first place, there is general scientific agreement that the most likely manner in which mankind is influencing the global climate is through carbon dioxide release from the burning of fossil fuels.”.

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Sustainability Consulting

JULY 8, 2020

Three researchers at Oxford University looked at the link between firms’ environmental, social, and governance practices (ESG) and GDP between 2002-2017. There is new evidence in support of green economic recovery policies.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2022

Aren't renewables now cheaper than fossil fuels? The green levies mainly support older renewable projects (2002-2017) which were more expensive. If we had to replace that power with gas at today's prices, it would add over £22bn - roughly £265 per household - to energy costs.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The hearing comes alongside a new report by Greenpeace Italy and ReCommon, which describes how Eni’s technical consultants in the case have deep ties to the fossil fuel industry and climate deniers. In 2002, in a hearing in the U.S. Marshall Institute. climate change exists and is also due to humans 2.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

Rishi Sunak has confirmed that a fossil fuel-funded think tank helped to draft his government’s laws targeting climate protests. million from fossil fuel interests, high-polluters and climate science deniers last year alone. Meanwhile, DeSmog revealed in March that the Conservative Party received £3.5

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2022

Sommers’ statement may be, in fact, one of the most literal examples of how fossil fuel companies are using language to perpetuate their climate denial and fend off action. Arena was one of six employees to resign in 2015 following revelations of the firm’s greenwashing work with fossil fuel lobbies and associations.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In 2002 Governor Davis announced the need for 28,000 new teachers. We have to move off the destructive path of using fossil fuels and natural resources that damage landscapes irreparably, toward a future that can flourish using environmental resources judiciously. So I decided to become a teacher.

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Earth Gratitude

APRIL 23, 2016

The Earth Day Gratitude celebration is all about powering up on gratitude and powering down electricity and fossil fuels for one hour, between 7:30–8:30pm in your time zone. Since 2002, Natalie Pace has been touring the world and featuring the most sustainable businesses, farms, individuals, restaurants and homes in her blogs.

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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2022

In order to reach 40GW of offshore wind by 2030, wind power must become the supporting pillar of the UK's electricity system within the next few years, contributing a third of all supply at a value that undercuts fossil fuel alternatives. Building the right framework. Influence of global markets.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 30, 2021

Wood Mackenzie estimates that at least $50 trillion in investment will be needed to reduce fossil-fuel and other greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 if we are to meet the goals set out in the Paris climate accord. About the Authors.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

The New Weather Foundation study is being published as part of a broader campaign calling for a ban on "badvertising" in the context of climate change, encompassing ads for cars, flights, and fossil fuels. The campaign draws parallels with the ban on tobacco advertising and promotion, which came into effect in the UK in 2002.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

” “Burning of fossil fuels which have taken millions of years to form has effectively upset the balance leading to an increase in CO2 in the atmosphere,” Wilkinson wrote. a worldwide low fossil fuel strategy) or curative (i.e. and other municipalities across the country. .”

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 13, 2022

A new report from consumer watchdog group Public Citizen details how 111 known members of the Chamber — including major polluters and banks that back fossil fuels — have violated state and federal laws at least 15,896 times since 2000, totaling more than $156 billion in fines and penalties.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2021

In 2002, Bangladesh became the first country to ban single-use plastic products - in this case plastic carrier bags - and since then at least 90 countries have imposed similar measures, the report notes.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2023

Montana has hired a climate scientist turned climate contrarian to be an expert witness in an upcoming trial challenging the state’s promotion of fossil fuels. Climatologist Judith Curry has already billed the state around $30,000 for a report filed in the case Held v. This case is set to become a landmark for U.S. climate litigation.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

This pay inequality hasn’t budged much since 2002 (during whcih time women earned 80% as much as men). Hence, monitoring and recording your business’s GHG emissions, to target areas for emission reduction, can also serve to help your business save money by slashing fossil fuel energy demand.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

Fossil Fuels and No Renewables. In January he wrote a Times article falsely claiming renewable energy had caused “the doubling of electricity prices between 2002 and 2021”. Reports like this should be buried deep in the ground, right alongside the fossil fuels they revere.”.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2020

Although the UK government has not provided funding for coal thermal plants since 2002, and not supported coal mines since 2016, Johnson's pledge is the first time Number 10 has agreed to adopt a formal policy banning support for such projects.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

John Maynard Keynes It is the Australian autumn of 2002. All these issues are either caused or exacerbated by our reliance on fossil fuels and the climate impacts that result. Liz Lawrence - None of my friends I'm scared of the Santa Clarita fires, I wish that it would rain. It just is. There is no alternative.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 1, 2020

Any efforts to reduce fossil fuel supply must run parallel to aggressive demand-reduction measures such as California’s push to have 5 million zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2030, said Ethan Elkind, director of Berkeley Law's climate program.

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Business Green

AUGUST 6, 2021

Costa Rica mulls ban on fossil fuel exploration. Costa Rica's government is considering plans to permanently ban fossil fuel exploration and extraction, in a move that would represrent an historic breakthrough in the run up to the COP26 Climate Summit.

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