DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

Fossil fuel giants BP and Shell were given “ample opportunity” to privately influence proposals for taxing oil and gas companies that were later backed by the government, new documents reveal. The emails were among hundreds of documents released by a powerful committee of U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 9, 2021

Exxon is now putting Guyana at the heart of its plans to press on hunting for new fossil fuel supplies despite the climate crisis. " [link] pic.twitter.com/ZInlFbwAzB — cecaribbean (@cecaribbean) June 8, 2021. The drilling takes aim at a 9 billion-barrel oilfield recently discovered in the waters off Guyana.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 26, 2021

Inadequate bonding requirements means there is a serious gap in available funding to properly clean up after the fossil fuel industry. link] via @ABC — NM State Land Office (@NMLandOffice) May 20, 2021. nmpol #nmleg — New Mexico Oil & Gas (@NMOilAndGas) May 12, 2021. Well pad near Roswell, NM. CC BY 2.0).

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Guardian and the Good Law Project also revealed today that EnQuest Heather, a subsidiary of EnQuest, had been awarded a new oil and gas licence. Jolyon Maugham, executive director of the Good Law Project told DeSmog that: “The Electoral Commission records these contributions as donations to the Conservative Party.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

None of this equates with actual action to reduce emissions or tackle inequality, but it’s clearly not fringe anymore (which fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil found out when activist investors forced it to take on sustainability-friendly board members). The Big Stories of 2021. To me, we’ve reached the end of the beginning.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

According to an analysis released today by InfluenceMap, over 80 percent of corporate policy engagement on CCS between 2021 and 2023 does not meet the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s science-based policy guidance, which includes recommended methods for limiting warming to 1.5°Celsius

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Tue, 02/09/2021 - 02:00. Slow-to-change investors and greenwashers in the business community will lose their cover to continue propping up the fossil fuel economy. If successfully on stream by summer 2021 as its designers hope, the service should drive not only increased transparency but also increased accountability.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

A new report from clean transport consultancy CALSTART found that there are some 5,480 full-size zero-emission buses in operation in the US—an increase of 66 percent since 2021—and another 859 in Canada. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which became law in November of 2021, has made historic levels of funding available.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 28, 2021

Thus, only when augmented by affordable grid storage can renewable technologies such as solar and wind successfully compete with fossil fuel-based energy production. Per the IEA’s World Energy Investment 2021 report, energy storage was already losing momentum at the beginning of the COVID? GW of deployments seen in 2020.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 14, 2024

The UK register of lobbyists shows that since January, the influential CT Group has been representing the Legatum Institute , a think tank funded by the Dubai-based investment firm Legatum Group, which co-owns GB News. CT Group was founded by political consultant and lobbyist Lynton Crosby in 2002.

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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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Front And Centered

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The people of Washington state, and Black, Indigenous, and people of color in particular, are facing tremendous challenges as we enter the 2021 legislative session to survive, let alone to thrive. We can make permanent, temporary measures to keep people’s homes connected to electricity, even as we transition off fossil fuels.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 4, 2021

So much attention, in fact, new SPACs were viewed as coming to the public market at a “frenzied” pace, with more proceeds raised in SPAC IPOs from July 1, 2020 through April 1, 2021 than in the preceding 10 years. Frequently, these combinations occur at the same time as a private investment by institutional investors in the SPAC.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

The European Union’s scientific and political communities are locked in a battle over whether gas and nuclear can be considered green investments. It’s a “green investment guidebook,” said Henry Eviston, spokesperson on sustainable finance at WWF European Policy Office.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Smith, a well-known climate change denier and fossil fuel sector advocater , nonetheless announced a series of new regulations critics say would ban wind turbines from much of the southern half of the province. Renewable energy is far less damaging to the environment and wildlife than fossil fuels,” said Luo.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

To top it all off, the claim in the tagline promotes the perception that ExxonMobil, and fossil fuel companies more generally, are “part of the solution.” The TV ad, which aired in 2021, was shown to the participants of a recent study , published in May 2023. Corporate greenwashing is not only effective, it’s also increasing.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

The regulation, which will come into force in 20 days' time, strengthens the interim 2030 emissions reduction target automakers in the EU have to meet, as well as enshrines the 2035 phase-out date into law. Stick to the 2035 date, and no concessions for e-fuels. Our asks are simple.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 25, 2023

Hoboken is making this claim against fossil fuel companies under the state-level equivalent of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, a federal law used successfully to prosecute organized crime groups such as the Mafia starting in the 1970s and later the tobacco industry. Credit: U.S.

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Grist

MARCH 22, 2021

College students fighting to get their schools to stop investing in fossil fuels have stumbled on a new idea that could bring fresh attention to their cause: Those investments might be illegal. And our hope is that this sends a powerful signal to other institutions about what investments are acceptable.”.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

When Chicago-based Invenergy scored $3 billion from global asset manager Blackstone in January, it was one of the largest renewables investments in North American history. In another instance, Goldman Sachs announced it would invest $250 million in Hydrostor’s energy storage projects. What’s driving the increase in investment?

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

Such an extended and heartfelt profession of commitment to net zero was also clearly an awkward place to let slip that fossil fuels were still very much on the agenda, and within days of publication of the latest IPCC report. We need meaningful investment and we need it now,” said Claire Mack, chief executive of the trade body.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In Australia, a student filed a consumer complaint with Ad Standards against the financial services organization HSBC for claiming to support the protection of the Great Barrier Reef despite its links to fossil fuel operations. A young protester shows support for Juliana v. United States.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

While California already has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent since their peak in 2004, many residents still suffer from high levels of air pollution — much of it produced by fossil fuels. And they have suffered collateral damage from the harmful pollutants produced by using fossil fuels. As the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Salazar made this analogy at the Hart Energy 2021 Energy Capital Conference this summer on a panel discussion about banking loans for the oil and gas industry. oil and gas industry is due to investors becoming increasingly aware that the industry is a bad investment — and has been unprofitable for years.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The change will be introduced as an amendment to the EU's climate law. Reuters reported that an additional €350 billion of energy investment would be required from 2021-2030. Fossil fuels could lose out once lawmakers thrash out the details. The European Commission has said that staying on track for 1.5

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

Though it has applied for them, the company behind this operation has yet to receive the permits it is required by law to construct or operate the engines to power a cryptocurrency mine. The company is required by law to obtain a plan approval from DEP prior to installation and operation of the air contamination sources,” Decker said.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Greenpeace Italy and Re:Common have alleged in their climate lawsuit — Italy’s first — that despite knowing at least as early as 1970 that burning fossil fuels posed a serious climate risk, Eni went on to promote “natural” –- or methane – gas as a safe energy source for decades. the spokesperson stated.

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R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

By December 2021, that number had fallen to 17.9 energy policy has been clear about the intent to phase out fossil fuels. refinery capacity decreased during 2021 for second consecutive year , in which they discussed one of the major closures in 2021. Those projections indicate declining fuel demand over time.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15. It’s also investing in professional mentorship for minorities and backing communities through $6.5 The company has since whipsawed between its wholesale-energy legacy of fossil fuels and greener horizons. Elsa Wenzel.

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Grist

MARCH 8, 2021

It can’t be about one law or policy, it has to be put at the heart of all policy,” she said. Glen Peters of the Cicero center for climate research in Norway, who coauthored the paper, said structural changes were needed for economies around the world to move away from fossil fuels and other high-carbon activities.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The lawsuit, filed by environmental law charity ClientEarth, a minor shareholder in Shell, alleges the firm's 11 directors have breached their legal duties by failing to implement an energy transition strategy that aligns with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Its reduction targets barely touch the sides of its total emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2024

Unlike the grassroots members of his party, who in 2021 voted against a resolution acknowledging “climate change is real,” Poilievre acknowledges the existence of human-caused global temperature rise. But he opposes national laws designed to address it. Both oil sands companies are members of the Pathways Alliance.

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Clean Energy Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The bipartisan infrastructure bill was signed into law. So, it is not the major climate legislation that is in the potential reconciliation bill, but a sizable set of investments in its own right. Infrastructure Month! Here’s a summary from Canary Media. Here’s another summary from the AP. For example, $7.5 Other News Credit: Robert F.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

DECEMBER 5, 2022

According to the 2050 Roadmap, on-site combustion of fossil fuels in the residential and commercial building sectors presently accounts for about 27% of statewide greenhouse gas emissions, and the use of these fuels for building heat is the largest end-use contributor to emissions in the building sector.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Spears may have invested in the $5,000 machine if a government rebate or tax credit were available to renters, but she couldn’t find one. I’d love to ask my landlord for an induction stove that will cook my food via electromagnetic energy rather than fossil fuel combustion. That was my last attempt,” she said.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The Green Jobs Barometer, which first launched in November 2021, tracks movements in green job creation, job loss, carbon intensity of employment, and worker sentiment across regions and sectors. in business consulting, law, and accounting) or experts in environmental / sustainability research and education.”

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

C this century, according to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) latest Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On. As of 30 September 2021, 120 countries, representing just over half of global greenhouse gas emissions, had communicated new or updated NDCs. Eleven targets are enshrined in law, covering 12 per cent of global emissions.

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