DeSmogBlog

MAY 29, 2024

An Iteration of the Corporate ‘Playbook’ The report analysed how ten meat and dairy companies, and five related industry associations, had engaged with EU climate policy from 2020-2023, and how they had shaped public understanding of the topic with two overarching “narratives”.

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Policy Carbon-negative Agriculture Fossil fuels 118

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In news this week, COP28 wraps up with a landmark agreement on transitioning away from fossil fuels, DOE announces a new office focused on AI, and over 2M Teslas were recalled.  Meta-Headlines of 2023 As our beloved industry matures, our hope for when climate tech grows up is for it to “become boring.”

Business Energy Monitoring 72

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2022

High-integrity carbon markets can play a starring role in driving financial flows away from fossil fuels and towards climate solutions, writes South Pole's Renat Heuberger. While the voluntary carbon market is not perfect, it offers a measurable, scalable and growing benefits.

Carbon-negative 72

Carbon-negative Biodiversity Carbon Fossil fuels 72

Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2022

That is the conclusion of the latest report from Carbon Tracker, which again warns that leading oil and gas firms are investing billions of dollars in projects that will become stranded assets if global climate goals are met, and in the process are "tipping the world towards climate catastrophe". "Oil of warming. Meeting the 1.5C

Fossil fuels 67

Fossil fuels Investment Carbon Carbon-negative 67

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

However, a DeSmog investigation has found that these scores take little or no account of multiple risks associated with the advertising and PR industry’s role in the climate crisis — from reputational damage caused by greenwashing fossil fuel clients, to threats to staff retention, and the danger of being sued for climate damages.

Fossil fuels 113

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

There are just one or two business cycles to go until the end of the decadde - 2023 has to be a landmark year for the green economy. Regardless of the outcome in Ukraine, the world has been taught a brutal lesson about the inherent insecurity of fossil gas supplies. The 'Black Swans' have kept coming home to roost.

Politics 85

Politics Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Policy 85

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

However, a DeSmog investigation has found that these scores take little or no account of multiple risks associated with the advertising and PR industry’s role in the climate crisis — from reputational damage caused by greenwashing fossil fuel clients, to threats to staff retention, and the danger of being sued for climate damages.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Players in the carbon dioxide pipeline industry canceled major pipeline projects in recent weeks, marking an inauspicious start to President Biden’s ambitious plans to develop carbon capture infrastructure as a key emissions mitigation tool. Stockman pointed out that the U.S. Midwest to be injected and stored underground.

Carbon 112

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

IMO member states are meeting this week for critical talks to discuss how the carbon-intensive shipping industry can be regulated to meet its 2030 climate target of reducing its carbon emissions intensity by 40 percent compared to 2008 levels. It is a dynamic that has left environmental campaigners increasingly frustrated. .

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The meetings – which include in-person talks with the then Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng and his minister Greg Hands (now the Conservative Party chairman) – are revealed in research by Fossil Free Parliament (FFP), a group campaigning against fossil fuel influence on UK politics.

Fossil fuels 134

Fossil fuels Politics Government Carbon-negative 134

Energy Innovation

MARCH 29, 2024

A 2023 Consumer Reports poll found that EVs are less reliable overall, compared to combustion engine vehicles. In addition, 52 percent of those surveyed reported a negative effect on their quality of life. s (2023) findings of the impacts of car loss and car gain on low-income households. Klein et al.’s Klein et al.’s

Electric vehicle 52

Electric vehicle Investment Electricity Carbon-negative 52

GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Counting on 'negative carbon' solutions.

Carbon 130

Carbon Carbon-negative Natural gas Carbon-neutral 130

GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

The renewable hydrogen would be combined with captured carbon from emission sources around Copenhagen to create hydrocarbon fuels — specifically, methanol for shipping and e-kerosene as a jet fuel replacement. gigawatts of electrolyzer capacity to increase the production capacity of the various sustainable fuels by 2030.

Transportation 130

Transportation Hydrogen Fossil fuels Carbon-negative 130

DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

He’s an ExxonMobil scientist in a company ad that also shows other scientists in a high-tech lab working to develop “low-carbon technologies.” 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.”

Pollution 84

Pollution Fossil fuels Law Carbon-negative 84

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 1, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering proposals aimed at reducing climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing coal and gas-fueled power plants. This not-so-fast rhetoric is nothing new. Time,” he argued, “must be permitted for research to find solutions.”

Pollution 98

Pollution Fossil fuels Energy Energy 98

Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The startup won $25,000 from the New Climate Ventures Sustainability Investment Prize at the 2023 Rice Business Plan Competition; took home the grand prize and audience choice award at the MIT $100K LAUNCH Competition ; and was selected for both the 2023 Cleantech Open Northeast and Venture For ClimateTech cohorts.

Startups 120

Startups Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Plastics 120

Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Upcoming policy decisions on plastic, carbon trading and carbon capture could see the waste sector become a major driver of regional decarbonisation, writes Enfinium's Mike Maudsley Just over a year ago, I made a significant - and positive - career change.

Waste 39

Waste Waste Carbon-negative Hydrogen 39

Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

These early-stage startups are working on innovations from vertical-axis wind turbines to carbon-negative concrete. Carbon Negative Solutions (Rock Hill, N.Y.) is creating smart-city-ready, carbon-negative concrete products. Its founder is Andre Gafford. Its founder is Keith Crossland.

Startups 117

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Smith’s comments were made in the context of home heating costs within a wider discussion concerning carbon taxes and the affordability crisis. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a three-year “carbon price carve out” for home heating oil in October 2023. “No need for people to get rid of their furnaces.

Home Energy Monitoring 93

Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 93

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

There are five countries in the world that run on 100 percent wind-water-solar (WWS) alone with zero batteries, zero nuclear, and zero fossil fuels. GW more expected by the end of 2023 for a total of 8.52 She never met a fossil fuel lobbyist she didn’t love.” ”She Another four countries are at 98.5-100

Batteries 117

Batteries Fossil fuels Demand Energy 117

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2024

The carbon dioxide emissions (CO 2 ) of just seven polluting winter sports sponsors — Audi, Ford, SAS, Equinor, Aker, Volvo, Preem — would melt an area of 1,968 square kilometres of spring snow each year. Money from those companies comes laden with carbon emissions. And, naturally, we sell more cars.” days per decade.

Pollution 96

Pollution Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Carbon 96

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Alejandro González Iñárritu with his wife, Maria Eladia Hagerman, on a zodiac in Antartica on November 22, 2023. I have been reporting on climate impacts and the expansion of the fossil fuel industry in the region for DeSmog for the past decade. The airline and cruise ship industries undeniably have a large carbon footprint.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Porter states in her Twitter bio that she works with “businesses with projects across the electricity, gas and oil industries”, though these professional links to fossil fuel interests were not identified on the Today programme.

Fossil fuels 93

Fossil fuels Global warming Climate change Demand 93

Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

And according to IEA’ Renewables 2020, Launch Presentation from November 10, 2020, global wind and solar PV’s combined installed capacity will surpass that of natural gas in 2023 and coal in 2024. Renewables will become the largest source of electricity generation in 2025.

Solar Energy Monitor 117

Solar Energy Monitor Hydropower Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 117

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Singling out a handful of Canadian oil companies as investment ideas, Goldman Sachs wrote in a report to its clients on August 16: “We recognize, in the near-term, that the group is facing three negative equity narratives.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau likes to champion his government’s climate action, and he has implemented a carbon tax.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Policy Government 98

DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2023

An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned. Heat pumps will play an essential role in reducing our fossil fuel dependence and making our homes and buildings renewables-ready.”

Home Energy Monitoring 75

Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 75

Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

First, it must understand the labour market impacts of decommissioning fossil fuel power plants and reskilling workers to build and manage the new low-carbon economy. Second, it must also engage with the social impacts of new low-carbon energy systems and infrastructures, with an emphasis on equity and justice concerns.

Building Energy Monitoring 84

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Fossil fuels Carbon-negative 84

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Edwards speaking at the groundbreaking event for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project on August 10, 2023. at a ceremony on August 27, 2023, commemorating the 18th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The company has a history of trying to steamroll opposition. Lennox Yearwood Jr.

Building Energy Monitoring 118

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2022

The funding was secured through the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) from the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and is set to support the construction of a pilot plant in Northern Ireland that aims to begin testing in spring 2023, capturing a minimum of 100 tonnes of CO2 per annum. Extracting CO?

Carbon-negative 36

Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Technology Innovation 36

Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy. Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B Just this year, Oxy: Acquired DAC company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Oil and gas giant sets sights on developing science-based climate targets, as hydrogen, nature based solutions, carbon capture, utility business, and electric vehicle infrastructure all earmarked for increased investment. The oil and gas giant confirmed its total carbon emissions peaked in 2018 at 1.7

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Low Carbon Prosperity

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Unlike a carbon tax, the cap is carried out in four-year windows known as compliance periods rather than as payment due in close alignment with consumption or delivery of fuel. The fossil fuel supply chain involves many steps, each with embedded profits. gallon between December 26, 2022 and January 23, 2023.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 52

Low Carbon Prosperity

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Unlike a carbon tax, the cap is carried out in four-year windows known as compliance periods rather than as payment due in close alignment with consumption or delivery of fuel. The fossil fuel supply chain involves many steps, each with embedded profits. gallon between December 26, 2022 and January 23, 2023.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 52

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

Later this month, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) will head to the 2023 National Agri-Marketing Association’s conference to see if its public relations campaign about beef’s sustainability can secure the national award for campaigns directed to consumers. In fact, it’s not the only tactic the NCBA has borrowed from Big Oil.

Agriculture 90

Agriculture Fossil fuels Methane Sustainability 90

DeSmogBlog

MAY 20, 2022

If realized, the terminal could export up to the equivalent of 145 billion cubic feet of the fossil fuel per year. She has been an active and outspoken advocate for her tribe and for transitioning off of fossil fuels, but her home was one of many destroyed by that storm , and she had not been aware of the project or the meeting.

Building Energy Monitoring 95

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Natural gas 95

Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2021

But the sector has long been dogged by concerns that soaring demand for feedstocks could have significant land use and environmental impacts that may negate the emissions savings that should result from moving from fossil fuels to biomass.

Innovation 69

Innovation Government Carbon-negative Climate change 69

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 20, 2023

per share in cash upon completion of the merger, which represents an approximate 18% premium to the closing price of Volta stock on January 17, 2023, the last full trading day prior to the announcement of the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2023. Shell USA Inc. Goldman Sachs & Co.

Business Energy Monitoring 57

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