DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 26, 2022

But it has been instrumental in an array of oil industry campaigns meant to sow doubt about climate change , attack climate scientists, and play up the benefits of fossil fuels. . A powerful Washington, D.C., FTI Consulting , a billion-dollar firm that has a global presence, is not a household name.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2022

Back then, renewables certainly had potential, but few predicted the incredible speed and scale at which wind and solar would rise to prominence on the back of rapidly advancing technologies, supportive policies, and plummeting costs. Perhaps inevitably, the original Masdar City vision has been forced into changes.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil fuel industry trade associations in the US spent almost $1.4tr on public relations, advertising, and communications, according to Clean Creatives. This is political advertising that they're running to maintain their influence over public policy," he suggests. It is a big business.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. “This is political advertising that they’re running to maintain their influence over public policy,” he suggested. It is a big business. spent almost $1.4 “This is where advertising is a great driver of competition and innovation.”

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Case in point: ChatGPT , the scary-smart artificial intelligence engine capable of answering a breathtakingly broad array of questions, which seems to be the tech world's bright, shiny object of 2023. For example, during the global economic recession of 2008, the renewable energy sector experienced a slowdown in investment and growth.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2022

That FDCA can then be taken to polymerisation plant to be turned into PEF, which has a vast array of potential end uses, according to Van Aken. If I had a different personality, I would have stopped a number of times, because in 2008 it was extremely challenging to raise money for these types of long-term projects.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

And this time the stakes are even higher, and the economic outlook even bleaker, than was the case the last time green stimulus packages were up for debate in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis. "I I think the biggest risk that sits before the global mission on net zero is the risk of fossil fuel lock-in," warns Stark. "If

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

That was a good business model," Wiater said, noting Standard Solar's transformation from residential to commercial development in 2008 when he joined the company. He said that policies have shifted and likely will continue to shift. Growing community solar depends largely on policy expansion. Now, at least 19 states and D.C.

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2020

In the wake of the 2008 financial crash governments did step up their climate efforts. Clean technologies and infrastructure are now proven at scale and are broadly cost-competitive, while most of the world's governments and businesses are much more cognisant of escalating climate risks than they were back in 2008.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

The State of the Carbon Economy in 2020 (Panel Discussion): To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we must build a new carbon economy: an ecosystem of companies, capital and policies that work together to remove billions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere every year. That economy is now taking shape. Enchanté, renewables!

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2024

Still, the cheniers and the surrounding wetlands provide critical habitat for fish, shrimp, ducks, and an array of migratory birds travelling across the Gulf of Mexico. Then another storm washed through in 2008. While a sensible policy to avoid future catastrophic losses, the costs of building hurricane-proof homes can be prohibitive.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The reserve is home to a vast array of rare and critically endangered animal species, including pangolins, sun bears, and - perhaps most famously - the Sumatran Tiger, of which there are less than 400 left in the wild. "We We need to develop a proper policy and strategy starting from now."

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2021

Whichever update the BLM and BIA choose will have to take account of an array of competing goals. BLM spokesperson Jillian Aragon declined interview requests for this article, saying that the agency isn’t commenting on pending policies while management in Washington, D.C., is still in transition.

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Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

I feel like the 2008 financial crisis was just a dry run for this.” Aligning economic stimulus and policy packages with climate goals is crucial for a long-term viable and healthy economy. So was the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in 2008. He is certainly not the only pessimist (or realist?)

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2024

DonorsTrust gave the group nearly $8 million between 2008 and 2017, according to federal tax data. Hard-won federal policies like the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act put that target within reach. He is a retired real-estate investor who has been involved in an impressive array of local energy fights over the past 15 years.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

Finally climate policy action is getting real," he said. The citing of concerns over its potentially inflationary effects was widely seen as a convenient cover story that allowed Manchin to torpedo a vast array of measures that would have curbed fossil fuel production. As Mark Carney noted this morning, this is part of a global trend.

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Mosaic

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The most damaging campaigns, however, are aimed at the local level—at the places where those millions of houses sit, or where those arrays of solar panels will have to be built. sun then conducts about three months of sessions in the community, explaining “the technology, what it costs, the policies that can make it more or less affordable.”

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