GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Tue, 10/13/2020 - 01:40. supported $1.316 trillion in transactions for the fossil fuel industry. received $37 million in compensation for fossil fuel industry lobbying. Climate lobbying" in the report is defined as efforts "to delay, control or block policies to tackle climate change.". Joel Makower.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Only two of the 35 stalls lauding countries’ green credentials at the COP26 UN climate summit mention the need to cut fossil fuel production — the chief cause of the carbon emissions driving climate change. . We urge all leaders to put people and the planet over the profit of the fossil fuel industry.”.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

Mon, 08/31/2020 - 00:45. A new blueprint from Ceres, the Blueprint for Responsible Policy Engagement on Climate Change , lays out a science-based action agenda for companies in the U.S. First, advocate for science-based climate policy. In the next round of stimulus aid, corporate America needs to stand up for climate science.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Wed, 12/02/2020 - 00:30. Denmark set the same goal — phase out new fossil fuel vehicle sales in 2030 — and world-leader Norway plans to make the switch in 2025. Electric vehicles will begin to cost the same as their fossil fuel counterparts between 2025 and 2029, depending on the vehicle type. Policy & Politics.

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Grist

JULY 15, 2021

We talk so much about the supreme challenge of reducing emissions — something that already requires transitioning our entire economy away from the burning of fossil fuels, adapting to existing climate threats, and doing all that in a way that at the very least doesn’t add to the burdens of already marginalized communities.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2021

These include fossil fuel giants like BP, Shell, and Total; tech giants like Microsoft and Apple; retailers like Amazon and Walmart; financers like HSBC, Bank of America, and BlackRock; airlines like United and Delta; and food, livestock, and meat-producing and agriculture corporations like JBS, Nestlé, and Cargill. Secretary-General.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

His Majesty the King alleges Canada’s policies and actions that perpetuate fossil fuels and worsen the climate crisis amount to violations of youths’ fundamental rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Manson dismissed the suit in an October 2020 ruling.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Spencer has donated over £6 million to the Conservative Party since 2005 and was appointed to the Lords by Boris Johnon in September 2020. New licences were also awarded this week to fossil fuel giants Shell and Equinor. There is no evidence that Deltic or Spencer used political contacts to secure the licences.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The UK's export credit agency could support up to 42,000 jobs around the UK by 2035 if it switches it support for overseas fossil fuel projects to renewables and clean energy infrastructure, according to a major new analysis from Vivid Economics.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The think tanks said the record-breaking subsidies were prompted by turmoil in global energy markets that sent fossil fuel prices soaring and prompted governments to intervene to stop households and businesses facing five-fold increases in energy costs.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

Legal action poses a growing risk for the fossil fuel industry and other companies in high-emitting industries, according to a major new report published today which shows that almost 500 climate-related litigation cases have been filed around the world since 2020. Nearly a quarter were filed since the start of 2020.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 12, 2023

The US-based organisation – which has links to a network of fossil fuel funded think tanks and advocacy groups – has opposed climate-friendly measures in Europe, such as the phase-out of petrol cars and green farming reforms, despite being removed from the lobby register over a year ago.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

Because our economies are still coupled with the burning of fossil fuels, this markedly reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In a May 2020 paper in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy, a team of economists led by Cameron Hepburn led a survey to assess the most climate-friendly recovery policies.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 2, 2021

As states and the federal government take steps to transition away from fossil fuel generation, it is important to pay attention to recent clean energy developments in states where energy legislation has historically been less proactive, and the traditional integrated utility monopoly model has held influence over the policymaking process.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 12, 2020

Wed, 08/12/2020 - 00:45. cities and counties transition to clean energy for their own operations and communities, many are finding that stakeholders and policies beyond their jurisdictions affect their ability to purchase clean energy. Influencing statewide energy policy. Phasing out fossil fuels. Heather House.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2021

Looking back, however, 2020 proved to be a decisive year for clean energy in India. But while the renewable energy industry endured a turbulent 2020, coal remains the dominant player in India’s electricity mix. And to what extent can they mitigate the increase in fossil fuel use? Businesses closed.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

When approached for comment, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) distanced itself from the discussions, saying they were “independent of government” and had “not been part of our policy-making process”. “No Preferential Treatment’. for the climate compatibility checkpoint?. “?Discussions Discussions ?on

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 19, 2020

But a new roadmap from researchers at UC Berkeley and the policy firm Energy Innovation shows the grid can get to a level of 90% clean in just 15 years' time. No new fossil fuel plants. Resources: UCB Goldman School of Public Policy : The 2035 Report. Lower rates for consumers. 85,000 lives saved.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Investment in clean energy from fossil fuel majors saw a marked uptick during the pandemic in 2020, research suggests. Well, there are a growing signs that some may be at least starting to quietly plot their future beyond fossil fuels. per cent of their total capital expenditure in 2020.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

But the reports - from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and International Energy Agency (IEA) - all warn that governments, investors, and industries need to deliver much more ambitious green policies, technologies, and solutions if still rising global emissions are to thrown into reverse.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

” Even the threat of such cases is having a chilling effect on public environmental policy, Boyd has found. As DeSmog has reported , Jones Day’s clients have included major energy companies such as Chevron and Southern Company, as well as private equity firms with fossil fuel holdings, like Goldman Sachs and Carlyle Group.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2024

The IEA has extensive influence in politics and the media. The group has also received donations from a number of philanthropic trusts accused of channelling funds from the fossil fuel industry and helping to support climate science denial groups. The IEA also received a £21,000 grant from U.S. oil major ExxonMobil in 2005.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A 2020 report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) found that deals are generally larger when they involve institutional investment. IRENA analysis conducted in 2020 showed that despite accounting for $87 trillion in assets under management, institutional investors had up to then played a minor role in financing renewables.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 23, 2023

million from polluters, fossil fuel interests, and climate deniers in 2022. These policies contravene the International Energy Agency’s warning that new fossil fuel development is incompatible with net zero goals. This comes after DeSmog revealed in March that the Conservatives received £3.5

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The report was also shared by leading climate science denial groups, including Net Zero Watch, the campaign arm of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. This comes as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last week announced several delays to the implementation of his government’s net zero policies.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Government's progress on infrastructure 'decidedly mixed' last year but 2020 offers major opportunities, says advisory body. But it said much more could be achieved in 2020 to help build greener infrastructure in support of the net zero target.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 26, 2022

The finding sheds new light on a network of PR agencies, right-wing politicians and think-tanks working to drum up opposition to climate policies as part of a broader drive to cut regulation and boost production of fossil fuels. We are seeing a coordinated set of campaigns attempting to influence climate policy,” he said.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2020

BEIS released a suite of documents regarding 'clean heating' policy last Tuesday including most importantly details of what will follow on from the RHI. This policy consultation comes in advance of a long awaited energy White Paper and in advance of a heat and buildings framework expected to be released later this year.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The Liberals announced key additional policies to help them achieve an increased climate target and build a sustainable economy, such as a 2035 clean electricity standard, a requirement for 50% of new cars to be zero-emission by 2030 (en route to 100% by 2035), capping oil and gas emissions, and eliminating fossil fuel subsidies.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Nigel Farage ’s Reform party received £135,000 this year from donors linked to climate science denial and fossil fuels, DeSmog can reveal. Reform UK , formerly the Brexit Party, is a vocal critic of climate action, and last year called for a referendum on the UK’s net zero policies. billion invested in fossil fuels.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2022

Billionaire hedge fund manager Sir Christopher Hohn has called on shareholders to vote against directors of banks which fail to adequately measure and report on their exposure to climate risk, after new research today warned many of the world's biggest financial institutions are continuing to fund the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2023

A senior fellow with the Ottawa-based Macdonald Laurier Institute wrote an op-ed in the Edmonton Journal newspaper calling the policy “a slap in the face of Indigenous peoples,” while another expert associated with the institute deemed it “an arbitrary target” in a story for the Canadian Press. billion just for the year 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 9, 2022

The small group of pundits and political actors – including known climate sceptics Bjorn Lomborg and Patrick Moore – were said to be conflating climate with divisive “culture war” issues. Their narratives were circulated widely through social media, before being further amplified by traditional media.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

As a result, while BNEF had previously expected solar demand to reach around 121-152GW in 2020, it has now downgraded its forecast to between 108-143GW, which it said would mark the first annual fall in solar capacity additions in at least three decades.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

And energy providers the world over are rushing to slash their reliance on fossil fuels as the clean energy transition gathers pace. Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. It is a big business. spent almost $1.4

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 4, 2023

He was also formerly an adviser to Consumer Choice Center – a US-based pressure group with links to the Koch fossil fuel empire that has come under fire for advocating against green reforms in the EU without being registered as a lobbying firm. Climate change will disproportionately affect young people.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

Reduce fossil fuel use. Fisheries should implement a strict policy requiring all netting, lines and other onboard waste to be collected and disposed of properly. At the same time, fisheries can also implement their own policies such as annual catch limits. Reduce Fossil Fuel Use. Use lead-free fishing gear.

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