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Labour Criticised Over Drax-Sponsored ‘Zero Carbon’ Party Conference Event

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million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2020, including 13.2 million from burning biomass, according to environmental law charity ClientEarth – is sponsoring an event called “How Can the UK Build a Zero Carbon, Lower Cost Energy Future?” Drax – which emitted 19.4 at the Labour conference in Brighton on Monday.

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New California Energy Policy Simulator Modeling Shows Major Benefits Of Early Action

Energy Innovation

This modeling showed the state is off track for its 2030 and 2045 climate goals, and must triple its historic emissions reduction pace. Under the state’s landmark AB 32 climate law, CARB is required to evaluate the state’s progress toward its goals and make recommendations every five years.

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Labour draws green dividing lines with promise of net zero emission power by 2030

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Labour's Party Conference kicked off yesterday, with the new tag line 'A Fairer, Greener Future' on prominent display, and the opening policy announcement coming in the form of a commitment to deliver a net zero emissions power system by 2030, a full five years earlier than the government's current 2035 target date.

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European Business Groups Voice Support for New ‘Fit for 55’ Climate Agenda While Lobbying to Water It Down

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On July 14, the European Union (EU) announced a sweeping package of climate proposals that will help the continent cut greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030, from a 1990 baseline. But only 36 percent of them supported the interim 55 percent emissions reduction target for 2030. More than half favored weaker targets.

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Global Briefing: UN calls for rapid acceleration in European CCS deployment

Business Green

UN argues 'rapid deployment' of CCUS needed to meet carbon neutrality goals. The report acknowledges that CCYUS technologies alone will not be sufficient to deliver carbon neutrality in line with the goals ofthe Paris Agreement. ENGIE hails 'world first' gas from waste breakthrough.

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Six reasons the EU isn’t as green as it claims

Low Impact

It proposes to make Europe the first continent to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and the first to deliver a climate law with binding emissions targets. Estimates suggest that €430bn will be needed by 2030 to scale up hydrogen – one-third of which could be public money, going to fossil fuels as part of the ‘green’ transition.

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Revealed: Fossil Fuel Giants Are Using British Influencers to go Viral

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This comes as major polluters are increasingly deploying digital tactics to detract from negative headlines about their record profits and decades-long contribution to climate change. percent of their annual capital expenditures in low carbon technologies between 2010 and 2018. million views.