GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2020

The economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing governments around the world to come up with policies for stimulating the global economy. Countries around the globe are set to launch the biggest round of infrastructure investment since the post-2008 financial crisis stimulus measures. Katherine Davisson.

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Business Green

JUNE 13, 2021

Business lobby group chief Tony Danker ramps up rhetoric demanding government deliver raft of missing net zero policy on heating, hydrogen and transport. But it's not enough to release these strategies into the ether and hope that's enough. The pace of delivery must be relentless and speed of our progress intensifying all the time.".

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

In 2008, Exxon made a record $40.6 While businesses, community organizations, utilities and government agencies move away from dependence on fossil-fueled power generation, you can make that same shift, too. COVID-19 constricted commuting, and demand for refined oil products fell fast. What happened? Portugal achieved 1.6

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 15, 2023

I heard that in 2008 when oil prices first topped $100 a barrel. Those high oil prices caused a recession, which reduced demand, which reduced prices. Thus, new supplies may come online even as demand softens. Eventually demand recovers, but new supply stagnates. This time there is no easy cure.”

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2021

Here are some notable learnings from his interview with GreenBiz: The Hewlett Foundation (HF) has been a long-term, large funder in clean transportation since 2008. In the past, the strategy was around minimizing pollution through reducing the demand for miles, energy and engine efficiency, and mobility pricing. and in Europe.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The Financial Times reports the government is in talks with ExCel London about potentially moving the COP26 Summit to the capital. The government could yet relocate the COP26 Climate Summit to London, according to reports this morning, amid claims of spiralling costs and political rows over the current Glasgow venue.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

Environmental Audit Committee warns government has underestimated challenge of decarbonising UK’s housing stock, putting net zero goal in jeapordy. Government investment to improve energy efficiency has been woefully inadequate," said EAC chair Philip Dunne.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2021

The government must quickly learn lessons from the failure of its flagship green homes upgrade voucher scheme or it will fail to decarbonise the UK's notoriously draughty housing stock, which remains responsible for a sizeable chunk of the country's greenhouse gas emissions.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Rules aimed at preventing companies from importing products into the UK that are linked to illegal deforestation are to be added to the Environment Bill, as part of a package of measures to boost the resilience, traceability, and sustainability of corporate supply chains confirmed by the government today.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2022

BusinessGreen looks at the possible outcomes and potential implications of the latest legal challenges to the government's decarbonisation strategy. The UK government itself has acknowledged the detrimental effect misleading claims can have on the net zero transition. But the government too, stands accused of so-called greenwashing.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Corbeau added that governments must anticipate more frequent extreme weather risks and the impact on variable renewable energy systems. natural gas prices to remain elevated between October and March -- the highest winter price since 2007-2008. Energy Information Administration expects U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 5, 2021

In recent years, governments, local authorities and businesses have taken up 100% RE targets. While the 100% RE vision has somewhat become mainstream in the renewable energy bubble, the importance of reducing demand for energy is still often overlooked. Lessons from the 2008 financial crisis. The rebound effect.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2023

Campaign group One for One warn fossil fuels should be viewed as the highest risk class of assets and urges government to tighten financial regulations to avert risk of a financial crash. The campaigners warned that this sum is more than double the $2.3tr which was needed in the 2008 financial crisis, while 13.6 million jobs at risk.

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Fossil fuels Climate change Government Investment 96

Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The biggest question that comes to mind is how to make this transition happen in accordance with the timeline that the Canadian government has set in 2050. On top of that, add in the switch to electric heating, stoves, and other appliances, and we have even higher demand. It takes years to permit and build new transmission lines.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

It’s clear that a dedicated infrastructure is currently lacking, production costs outweigh less-clean competitors, and that government policy shows technology agnosticism is a myth. Hydrogen cluster projects with industry, local government and communities can deliver the early steps towards net zero. Accelerating hydrogen activity.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 7, 2022

A media blitz by backbench Tory MPs calling for cuts to green taxes, more North Sea oil and gas extraction, and the return of fracking, is led by politicians with close links to the UK’s main climate science denial group and reflects many of its demands. ‘Politically-Motivated Climate Deniers’. Backing Fracking.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2020

IEA's World Energy Outlook confirms dramatic drop in emissions in 2020, but warns delivery of promised green recovery depends on urgent action from governments. I see solar becoming the new king of the world's electricity markets," said Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA. "If

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Business Green

APRIL 29, 2020

Global Energy Review notes that renewables will be the only energy source to expand in 2020 despite a dramatic nosedive in energy demand worldwide caused by Covid-19's shutdown of economic and public life. The report notes that renewables are the only energy source expected to grow against a backdrop of overall reduced electricity demand.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

Chancellor demands that PCA and FCA take net zero target into account, just weeks after similarly updating key Bank of England regulators' remit. The regulators' new remits should boost the competitiveness of the UK's financial services sector by enabling it to "seize the opportunities from the transition to net zero", the government said.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The Bill would require the inclusion of emissions from the UK's share of international aviation and shipping in the country's existing 2050 net zero greenhouse gas target, as well as emissions linked to UK supply chains and consumption, none of which currently fall under the 2008 Climate Change Act.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2021

Around 270,000 homes in the North of England need retrofitting annually over the next 15 years if government energy efficiency targets are to be met, research warns.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

Boeing and Alder also announced that they are to use their new joint venture to advance policies to expedite the transition to renewable energy sources across the aviation industry and accelerate SAF production to meet growing demand from the global aerospace market. "As We can now scale up supply to meet the aviation industry's demand.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 9, 2021

Hundreds of Indigenous activists took to the streets in Ecuador this week to demand justice on the one-year anniversary of the country’s worst oil spill in 15 years. Campaigners took to the streets of Coca to demand justice from Ecuador’s legal system. Credit: INREDH. Legal Battle.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 14, 2022

Canada’s oil and gas patch is partying like it’s 2008, though most Canadian drivers are not enjoying the festive mood. Governments at all levels need to acknowledge this fact and plan for how Canada will be competitive in a fundamentally changed economy. But historically, prices go back up, and the cycle repeats. And the U.S.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 13, 2023

Right now demand is outpacing supply, resulting in longer wait times and higher prices. Add into the mix a recession and higher inflation rates, and the slowdown in demand from the mainstream will be exacerbated. And without a steady stream of customers commuting or travelling generally, measuring peak charge demand will become key.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In a new report the Committee highlights that since the rollout of smart meters was first conceived in 2008 with a planned completion date of 2019, the programme is only a little more than half completed – with 57% penetration as of March 2023. of homes and nearly 69% of small businesses to have them by the end of 2025.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 9, 2021

Hundreds of Indigenous activists took to the streets in Ecuador this week to demand justice on the one-year anniversary of the country’s worst oil spill in 15 years. Campaigners took to the streets of Coca to demand justice from Ecuador’s legal system. Credit: INREDH. Legal Battle.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Governments participating in a major UN shipping summit may have just flunked the first major test of their climate credentials following the agreement of the Glasgow Climate Pact earlier this month, further fuelling fears that the maritime industry is not doing nearly enough to curb its greenhouse gas emissions.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2021

It follows growing evidence of the business and investment benefits of sustainability, with the likes of HSBC and London Stock Exchenge both having produced studies which indicate stronger, more reliable returns from investing in environmental social governance (ESG) compared to the average.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

There is significant demand and necessity for further solar deployment globally driven by climate change requirements and individual government targets," he said. The firm has invested in around 350 utility-scale solar assets since 2008, and said it had already identified a 13GW pipeline of renewable energy projects for NPV ESG.

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T Rex Group

AUGUST 15, 2023

The private credit market is experiencing significant growth and transformation, driven by various factors such as the expansion of the global middle class, increased demand for credit from small and medium-sized businesses, and regulatory changes that have facilitated institutional investment in private credit. Led predominantly by the U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2022

Seperate law suits filed by ClientEarth and Friends of the Earth allege the government's flagship Net Zero Strategy focuses too heavily on unproven future technologies and could breach carbon budgets. The government claims that those producing pollution should bear the cost of managing it.

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Business Green

MAY 28, 2020

Boris Johnson has given his clearest indication yet that the UK government will push for a green and climate resilient recovery to the looming recession, arguing today that "we owe it to future generations to build back better" after the coronavirus crisis. "The COP26 pic.twitter.com/hnKV3Fz5Z0. — COP26 (@COP26) May 28, 2020.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2020

The government must overhaul public procurement, fiscal and monetary policies to ensure a durable economic recovery that is aligned with the UK's climate goals, according to a comprehensive report published by the Aldersgate Group today.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 23, 2019

Carbon pricing is a regular feature of Canadian headlines, as parties and governments clash over the right to impose a price on pollution across Canada. Since 2008, the carbon price has substantially reduced the consumption and demand for fossil fuels including: Reducing demand for gasoline by between7% and 17% by 2011.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

After months of protracted and often bitter wrangling, Ireland’s coalition government yesterday published emissions budgets for each part of the economy, in a bid to meet its ambitious climate goals. After the painful financial crash of 2008/9, the political atmosphere in Ireland ahead of the lifting of quotas was febrile.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In a major speech this afternoon, Tony Danker, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, is expected to argue that business and government should be working far more closely together to design a new UK economic strategy for the next decade.

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