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IPCC: ‘Limiting global warming will require major transitions in the energy sector’

Smart Energy International

The report examines the sources of global emissions, explains developments in emissions reduction and mitigation efforts and assesses the impact of national climate pledges. One of the report’s key findings is that limiting global warming will require major transitions in the energy sector. Achieving net zero. C is beyond reach.

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2022 in Photos: Gaslighting by the Fossil Fuel Industry and Its Supporters

DeSmogBlog

Photos I shot in 2022 for DeSmog capture damage from extreme weather events and the continued expansion of the fossil fuel industry — the dominant industry causing global warming. Tanker at the dock at Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, on April 12, 2022.

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Ex-Shell Tory MP Defends Oil and Gas Funding for Hydrogen Parliamentary Group

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MANCHESTER – The Conservative chair of a parliamentary group on hydrogen has defended the body’s receipt of £70,000 in funding from fossil fuel giants including Shell and Equinor. Stafford, who is the Conservative MP for Rother Valley, said that his interest in hydrogen directly stems from his time working for Shell. “To

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Editor’s Pick: Top DeSmog UK Stories of 2022

DeSmogBlog

In 2022 this has led us to stories that have unmasked all manner of trickery: from the minutiae of misleading stickers marketing “hydrogen-ready” boilers to the sinister presence of sanctioned coal barons at this year’s COP27 climate summit. The post Editor’s Pick: Top DeSmog UK Stories of 2022 appeared first on DeSmog.

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2022: COP27, Climate Delay, and the Future of the North Sea

DeSmogBlog

While it’s anyone’s guess what will happen over the next 12 months, here’s what DeSmog’s UK team will be keeping an eye on as we head into 2022. While the full list of members of the group remains unknown, we expect to hear a lot more from them in 2022 as the government proposes new policies to tackle climate change.

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Leading Think Tank Met With Minister Over North Sea Energy While Funded by Fossil Fuel Interests

DeSmogBlog

The Transition Deal echoed the fossil fuel lobby by emphasising the importance of hydrogen power and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) to the green transition. It added that, “Hydrogen is essential to meeting our net zero commitment in the UK.” This is not the path to cheaper, cleaner energy.”

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Preparing for lift-off: Hybrid Air Vehicles taps AECOM for UK hydrogen fuel cell airship ambitions

Business Green

EXCLUSIVE: Hybrid Air Vehicles teams up with AECOM to develop hydrogen supply infrastructure for fuel cell airships in the UK. Just a few months ago, speakers at COP26 called on industry to develop the solutions so desperately needed to limit global warming," Wood added.