Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

CCAG also proposes an alternative approach to carbon pricing – one which levies charges at the point of fossil fuel extraction, based on the amount of CO? formed in any process in which it would be used as fuel.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

“This means less of a need for reserve power plants that mostly use fossil fuels to produce electricity, which then leads to less carbon dioxide emissions.” Closing, which is subject to the applicable employee consultation process in accordance with Dutch law, is expected by the end of 2023. A subsidiary of E.ON

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Grist

JUNE 14, 2023

In March 2020, 16 youth plaintiffs filed suit against the state, alleging that by enacting policies that promote fossil fuel production, the state government violated their constitutional right to a healthy environment. “Montana is a big emitter of fossil fuels and is contributing to climate change.

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Grist

APRIL 8, 2022

It doesn’t contradict the laws of chemistry and physics to get to 1.5 ‘We are at a crossroads’: New IPCC report says it’s fossil fuels or our future. Small-island states will be teetering on the brink of destruction; heat waves in the Middle East and Africa will be lasting and intense. degrees.). “It

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2021

From mortgages attached to housing on flood plains, to commodities futures exposed to ecological volatility, to pensions invested in fossil fuel companies, environment-related risks stretch into almost every part of the system," he said.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Yet 636 lobbyists for the fossil fuel industry are conspicuously present at this year’s crucial COP27 climate talks, according to an analysis of the delegates to COP27, compiled jointly by the NGOs Global Witness, Corporate Accountability, and Corporate Europe Observatory. Perhaps no continent demonstrates this better than Africa.

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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. The future decline of the fossil fuel industry therefore requires new capacities within government for managing such impacts.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Investors are taking action as it is not only permitted by law but is in many cases required to ensure their ability to generate returns in the long-term as a core fiduciary duty and benefit from the opportunities associated with the shift to a net-zero emissions economy.

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Grist

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The pellets themselves are a mixture of chemicals – they are fossil fuels,” says Tom Gammage, at the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), an international campaign group. In South Africa, a spill in August 2020 came after an accident in 2018, which affected up to 1,250 miles (2,000km) of coastline.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

For its electric business, the new net zero goal will include greenhouse gas emissions from the power it purchases for resale, from the procurement of fossil fuels used for generation, and from the electricity purchased for its own use. Irish government announces ambitious Home Energy Upgrade Scheme.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

In addition to an emergency package to offer immediate support to consumers, the best way to do this is to rapidly lower the UK's dependence on volatile fossil fuels. Opposing it in favour of new domestic fossil fuel extraction is a concerning backwards step and we urge a change of position.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 29, 2020

Arresting our use of fossil fuels is key and this includes ending both investments and subsidies, as well as divestment. As pointed out in the letter, "The world’s planned fossil fuel production by the year 2030 accounts for 120% more than what would be consistent with the 1,5° target."

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Today’s climate change headlines often seem at odds with each other. One day, it’s catastrophic wildfires wreaking havoc around the world; the next, it’s an optimistic piece on the rapid scale-up of solar and wind power. Taken together, such stories.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

On topics like water scarcity, where we face serious issues in Europe, I'm looking to learn from my colleagues in Africa and Brazil.". The sheer size of Coca-Cola's operations, customer base and packaging output means the firm has a major opportunity to steer the world towards a cleaner, greener, fossil fuel-free future.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Monica Weiss attended her first fossil-fuel divestment protest on a frigid February day in 2015. There were also successful precedents, says Weiss, pointing to the decisions TRS made to jettison investments in South Africa in the mid-1990s, and firearms in the 2010s. We understood that,” Weiss says.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

  In other news the EU parliament passed a law to restore 20% of the EU’s land and sea by 2030, England requires all new buildings to improve biodiversity, and the US Congress finds something they can agree on with nuclear policy, while the SEC may be set to announce watered down rules on reporting.     Equity.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The summit also sought to highlight Africa as a destination for climate investments, rather than viewing the continent as predominantly a victim of droughts, famines, and floods. More domestic refining and processing of the raw materials for batteries and other critical mineral deposits located in Africa.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2021

New analysis reveals how G7 climate laws slashed CO2 emissions by 1.3 Fankhauser and Eskander said emissions reductions from the G7 remained "critically insufficient" when set against the goals of the Paris Agreement, but they stressed that the new analysis showed that climate laws have successfully "bent the curve" of emissions.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

for onshore wind in Africa relative to 3.3% Speakers noted the leadership from state and local governments, including California’s with newly adopted disclosure rules and Local Law 97 in New York. News from the UN General Assembly Protestors gathered to take aim at President Biden’s continued support for fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Compiled by Dutch climate activist Vatan Hüzeir , and reviewed by DeSmog and Dutch investigative journalism platform Follow The Money , the documents show how Shell was actively supporting research that clearly underscored the dangers posed by burning its fossil fuel products from the mid-1970s — years earlier than previously thought.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 23, 2024

Over the last year, the governing Conservative Party has watered down its support for the UK’s flagship 2050 net zero emissions target, and has enacted policies to increase fossil fuel extraction. million from fossil fuel interests, £5.7 Since the December 2019 election, the Conservatives have received £2.35

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Companies, particularly tobacco and fossil fuels, have also regularly challenged the science of causation with claims that evidence is weak, insufficient, or uncertain,” said Jennifer Jacquet, professor of environmental science and policy at the University of Miami. “Not But we’re not seeing that in most countries.”

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 9, 2019

They spend your money to buy a seat at the UN Security Council, and also, they are giving your money to other countries to fight climate change in Asia and build roads in Africa. We need to support the rule of law and human rights around the world because we are world leaders. The other leaders on this stage are globalist.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It’s a complex process that can be hard to make sense of from the outside, but it’s how international law and institutions help solve problems that no single country can fix on its own. I worked for the United Nations for several years as a law and policy adviser and have been involved in international negotiations.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Out of apparently nothing, the Democrats could pull together a good enough package of incentives as the climate components of an expediently misnamed Inflation Reduction Act became law. Our focus must be on how to drive efficiency, fund better grids, use fossil fuel resources more efficiently in the mix, and ramp up renewables.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 28, 2024

Scientists have been warning for decades that burning fossil fuels puts greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This has made it much harder to redistribute wealth in fair ways through minimum wage laws or taxation structures. It’s hard to imagine a world without fossil fuels, especially when it comes to military operations.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In a 1982 memo, Fisher also outlined plans for think tanks in Argentina, India, South Africa, and Sri Lanka, noting in each place a local businessman or politician that wanted to start an institute. He went on to co-found all of them, and all are still operating today.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. Most recently, Barudin led a tribal task force with the nonprofit group Vote Solar to support New Mexico's new law enabling tribes and pueblos to access community solar programs.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

Previous reports indicate that Tufton Street groups have received substantial funds from organisations that support climate science denial in the past decade, with some donations provided directly by fossil fuel firms. Every single one of its members was given the lowest transparency rating – E – by openDemocracy’s ‘ Who Funds You?

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2022

A prominent pro-fossil fuel author, who has argued for the “moral case” for fossil fuels, has a track record of disparaging writings about what he views as “inferior” cultures. He has testified before Congress on invitation from Republican lawmakers, who praise and parrot his arguments in favor of more fossil fuels.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2021

"Greens and liberals have different preferences as to the mix of market-based instruments, subsidies and regulatory law to achieve carbon neutrality over the next few decades," Ottmar Edenhofer, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said. Rich Nations pitch $5bn to fund south africa coal exit.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Let's be clear, this mine is a climate crime against humanity - and such a reckless desire to dig up our dirty fossil fuel past will be challenged every step of the way. How can we possibly expect other countries to rein in fossil fuel extraction when we're building new coal mines here?

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. Most recently, Barudin led a tribal task force with the nonprofit group Vote Solar to support New Mexico’s new law enabling tribes and pueblos to access community solar programs.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2021

A consortium led by Ireland's Mainstream Renewable Power has secured contracts to develop 1.27GW of new wind and solar power capacity in South Africa, having been awarded 50 per cent of the total allocation in the latest round of the country's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Amnesty International recognizes the vital function of rechargeable batteries in the energy transition from fossil fuels. Houses burned and residents injured Near the site of the Mutoshi project, run by Chemicals of Africa SA (Chemaf), a subsidiary of Chemaf Resources Ltd., But climate justice demands a just transition.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Amazon deforestation, coal legal challenges, and Nigeria's new climate law all feature in this week's BusinessGreen Global Briefing. Campaigners launch legal action against South Africa's plans for new coal plants. Official figures confirm Amazon deforestation soared 22 per cent last year. Nigeria passes new Climate Change Act.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

He also worked with Nestlé while at McCann Enterprise to develop a low-technology platform for communicating nutrition and health information to low-literate consumers in equatorial Africa. Africa counts more entrepreneurs than any other continent. I think [the COVID-19 crisis] will just help accelerate that," he says.

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