DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In January, DeSmog revealed energy secretary Claire Coutinho had accepted thousands of pounds from Michael Hintze , one of the early backers of the UK’s main climate science denial group, the Global Warming Policy Foundation. A member of the group’s board was also appointed to a parliamentary committee on climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Often valid concepts in and of themselves, the problem lies in how they are touted as enviro-friendly actions while companies fail to cut their contribution to global heating. The science is also uncertain around soil’s ability to store carbon, which can be easily undone through erosion, or changes in land use or the weather.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda that calls for governments and industry to work together to find new solutions to climate change–driven food insecurity. Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In island n ations that are losing their homes to sea-level rise, and in other highly vulnerable countries, there were bitter pills to swallow after global commitments to cut emissions fell far short of the goal to keep global warming to 1.5 That group is expected to report back in 2022. degrees Celsius (2.7°F).

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Grist

MAY 18, 2022

“There’s not a whole lot being done about it,” said Rachael Kupka, executive director of the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution and one of the report’s coauthors. Notably, both methane and many major forms of PM 2.5 Notably, both methane and many major forms of PM 2.5

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In contrast to claims of natural gas’ low carbon intensity, the oil and gas industry often fails to appropriately manage its emissions of methane, a potent driver of climate change. We need to address global energy poverty – but the climate impacts of gas undermine this effort. New investments bring optimism.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

False Solutions Experts have warned that exaggerating the potential of hydrogen could delay action on tackling climate change by obstructing the rollout of renewables and keeping the fossil fuel industry alive. Using methane – [to make] blue hydrogen – always results in some residual emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

Diverse compounds are emitted by everything from motor vehicles to power plants, and include both greenhouse gases and short-lived climate pollutants – which are known to fuel global warming – as well as a host of volatile organic compounds that can lead to short- and long-term health problems in humans.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

As industry is one of the biggest drivers of global climate change and is entirely dependent on the earth’s resources for production, it is important for business leaders and employees to understand the Anthropocene, its implications, and what it means for the future of sustainability and industry. .

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

New report warns world is 'heading in wrong direction' post-pandemic resulting in a 48 per cent chance the global 1.5C There is now a near 50-50 chance of global warming temporarily rising above the totemic 1.5C Last year global fossil fuel related O2 emissions returned to pre-pandemic levels, after a 5.4

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JANUARY 12, 2022

Each year since 1995, with the exception of 2020, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) has hosted a Conference of Parties (COP), where members of the UNFCCC negotiate issues relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other matters relating to climate change.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

The Brussels Times reported that in practice the change to the rules meat that fuel oil boilers will no longer be allowed in new buildings from 2022, while natural gas connections will not be permitted in new buildings from 2026. The world cannot address climate change without finance," said GFANZ co-chair Mark Carney.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

This logo marks the biggest difference between the fossil fuel industry’s PR machine and that of animal agriculture: The animal agriculture industry’s efforts to minimize their products’ climate impact are paid for from a pot of public funds to which all beef and pork farmers and ranchers are required to contribute.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On the plus side, the pact reaffirmed the central importance of 1.5C (our best chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change), mentions coal and fossil fuels for the first time, and calls for countries to “revisit and strengthen” 2030 climate pledges by the end of 2022 instead of waiting another five years.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The company confirmed it would expand its Climate Science Information Center and rename it as the Climate Science Center, adding new features, like quizzes, to better inform and engage Facebook's community on climate change. pathway, then global warming this century could be limited to 1.7C.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 21, 2022

In a joint letter , the scientists say that they are “consistently faced with a major and needless challenge” of having to correct false information and rebut the fossil fuel industry’s efforts to downplay the severity of climate change. Just like COVID disinformation, climate disinfo costs lives.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2024

” That apparent conservation activist was, in fact, an infamous climate change disinformation artist : Marc Morano, who’s done more than perhaps any other person to manufacture doubt about global warming. In other words, climate change. But at the local level, challenges are mounting.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Rees-Mogg was also the first cabinet minister to endorse the campaign to reverse the UK’s ban on fracking, spearheaded by the backbench Net Zero Scrutiny Group (NZSG), the parliamentary wing of the UK’s principal climate science denial group, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). The Middlers.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

Six months ago, negotiators at the United Nations' Glasgow Climate Summit celebrated a series of new commitments to lower global greenhouse gas emissions and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. Russia is waging a war on European soil, with global implications for energy and food supplies.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Governments approve landmark report that warns window for action is fast closing to avoid catastrophic climate change, but affordable technologies exist across every sector to slash emissions this decade. goal set out in the Paris Agreement. goal alive.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including fresh WHO air pollution guidelines and global coal, methane and HFC commitments. More countries join global methane and coal power pledges. President Biden unveils plan to slash climate-warming HFCs.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2022

The reports show that the facility has released numerous chemicals, including benzene, a known human carcinogen, and methane. Although oil and gas industry supporters continue to claim that natural gas is a “ bridge fuel ,” climate scientists have shown otherwise. The War In Ukraine Is a Climate Story.

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Imagine you woke up in 2030 to find that Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia had done little to slow the global warming that cooked the Cascadia region this year. We have not kept pace with the scope of the crisis,” Oregon Global Warming Commission Chair Catherine Macdonald wrote to legislators that month.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2022

Climate change could cost US treasury $2tr a year by 2100, White House warns. Climate change could burn a $2tr hole in the US federal budget each year by the end of the century, according to a study published this week by the White House. This would mean that measures to tackle climate change would be sapping 7.1

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2022

— President Biden (@POTUS) March 9, 2022. John Barrasso (@SenJohnBarrasso) March 8, 2022. And the stakes for the climate, only more dire. The International Energy Agency also reported on March 8 that global carbon dioxide emissions hit a record high in 2021, increasing 6 percent from the year before. CC BY-SA 2.0).

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As such, in 2022 81% of S&P 500 companies reported their own emissions (scope 1), and the emissions of the electricity they bought (scope 2). In addition, globally, over 22,000 companies disclosed environmental data – with a focus on business emissions – to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) in the same year.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Biden's victory is seen as being of monumental importance for global efforts to avoid catastrophic levels global warming and will be widely regarded as vindication for a campaign that prioritised climate action as a central plank in its platform. — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 7, 2020.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The key final decision texts on the UNFCCC website include a raft of new commitments and legal language aimed at pushing for more investment, resources, and ambition in support of efforts to drive down emissions, boost economies and support countries tackle the worsening impacts of climate change. The same goes for businesses.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Build resilience of vulnerable communities against the here and now impacts of climate change. And make good on the $100 billion climate finance commitment to support developing countries. "We Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation, said: "Paris is working. Phase out coal. Put a price on carbon.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Oil and gas has dominated discussions at past COPs, which have focused on the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and transport sectors to tackle dangerous levels of global warming. The latter gets you a pink badge and coveted access to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) diplomatic process.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In addition, after the first text was criticised by NGOs for its omission of methane , a mention of the potent greenhouse gas has made it into the latest draft. The new text "invites" countries to "consider further actions" to reduce non-CO2 greenhouse gases this decade, with a specific mention of methane. without nature," she said. "It

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In either case, this wasn’t on our bingo card… In the news, the British government passed new reforms to speed up interconnection, Colombia launched a $1B biodiversity fund, the US released $6B in funding for climate resiliency, and the US and China made modest progress on methane reduction at APEC.  respectively.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

But overall the Senate's Climate Hawks have mounted a genuinely successful rear-guard action in defence of the Bill and protected many of its core emissions-reducing elements. As President Biden observed, the IRA "makes the largest investment ever in combatting the existential crisis of climate change".

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2021

In the cases of companies that have been shown to have acted in ways at odds with the UK’s social and environmental goals, he added, “the Government is standing by as these rogue firms, with no interest in the people likely to be impacted, gamble on extracting short-term profit from destroying the climate.”.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 18, 2022

It cost consumers money at the pump as well as putting us in reverse in terms of addressing climate change.”. link] — Institute for Energy Research (@IERenergy) March 17, 2022. First on AFP’s list is the EPA’s regulation of methane emissions — a major contributor to climate change.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The Glasgow Climate Summit is unlikely to bring the world into line with the Paris Agreement's goals, but there is growing optimism it can deliver a lot more than 'blah, blah, blah'. Global carbon emissions fell by a record 5.8 For Mabey, Glasgow is the most crucial UN meeting on climate change since Paris.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Major report highlights goals of Paris Agreement are threatened by weak climate ambition from countries and limited climate finance flows from rich to poor nations. The world is not remotely on track to limit global warming to 1.5C warming pathway. within reach.". he asked.

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