GreenBiz

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Amazon, Google, Microsoft and the climate cloud. Despite all they're doing to address climate change with both emissions reduction plans, circular economy innovation and consumer awareness, Amazon, Google and Microsoft have been criticized — rightly so, in my mind — for their close ties to the oil and gas sector. Heather Clancy.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2021

The report — titled “ The Big Con: How Big Polluters Are Advancing a “Net Zero” Climate Agenda to Delay, Deceive, and Deny ” — was published by Corporate Accountability, the Global Forest Coalition, and Friends of the Earth International, and is endorsed by over 60 environmental organizations. Secretary-General.

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Andrew Winston

MARCH 28, 2024

” He posited that people make the case that… A huge majority of energy is still fossil-fuel based There are some things “that electricity simply can’t do at the moment” (e.g., The FT just reported on how shockingly fast climate change is moving. It’s ludicrous.

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2021

Demonstration project designed to highlight viability of blending lower carbon biofuels with conventional jet fuel to reduce CO2 from flight ahead of G7. As we get ready to welcome the world to the G7, we can demonstrate how this technology can significantly cut carbon from aviation, whilst protecting its benefits," added.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2021

Climate Pledge Fund backs innovative US developer of green jet fuels. The aviation sector in a pandemic has 99 problems. And climate change remains a big one. The key solutions today are biofuels, only displacing a mere fraction of fossil fuels-based jet fuel, and offsets. Enter air cargo.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Of the 64 total board members at Omnicom Group , WPP , Interpublic Group (IPG), Publicis Groupe , Dentsu and Havas , 32 have significant experience in carbon-heavy sectors such as fossil fuels, fossil fuel financing, plastics, utilities, and aviation. Twenty-two are still serving in roles at such companies.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

UN backs green hydrogen as it publishes seven principles designed to guide policymakers and business leaders approach to scaling the low carbon fuel. pathways".

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

The government must act now to scale power-to-liquid fuels that would allow the aviation industry to reduce their emissions, while long-term solutions are in development, argues Green Alliance's Helena Barrett. As a sector, aviation has so far got off lightly in the push to meet net zero.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Rich countries are failing on their pledge to provide $100 billion a year to help poor countries cope with the climate crisis, and the way in which climate finance is organized needs urgent reform, the six academics argue in an article in the journal Nature Climate Change.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

To prevent the most devastating effects of climate change, it’s essential to cut greenhouse gas emissions by phasing out fossil fuel use. One of the company’s founders, Kevin Meissner, wanted to build a shrine of sorts to human-induced climate change. They can pay to destroy methane leaking from a landfill.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 27, 2021

Amazon aims to clean up aviation Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 01/27/2021 – 02:00 The aviation sector in a pandemic has 99 problems. And climate change remains a big one. The key solutions today are biofuels, only displacing a mere fraction of fossil fuels-based jet fuel, and offsets.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2021

Fossil fuel firms are increasingly eyeing up plans for blue hydrogen production, but think tank E3G fears the nascent sector risks locking in a new generation of high carbon infrastructure and jobs.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 28, 2021

These are tough-to-decarbonize arenas that rely on hard-to-replace fossil fuels: heavy duty vehicles, aviation, maritime shipping, chemical manufacturing, iron and steel. But electricity actually has only a 20% market share of all energy end uses. So what do we do with the remaining 80%?

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

” “ Not only will this initiative help reduce carbon emissions including those from burning fossil fuels to ship CO 2 to New Zealand, but it could also create around 40 jobs in the Taupo area and help solve New Zealand’s food grade CO 2 shortage by creating a homegrown source that will increase supply and lessen cost.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, countries will likely need to set hard limits on the extraction of fossil fuels in addition to supporting the deployment of clean energy. The researchers set out to estimate how much of the world’s fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground in order to limit global warming to 1.5

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The company can produce 90 million gallons per year of sustainable aviation and diesel fuel. These non-edible oils are transformed into renewable fuel, thereby cutting down the reliance on fossil fuels. Frequently Asked Questions about Renewable Fuels Q1: What is renewable fuel?

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

While the fuel is barely on the radar in the United States, around the world a green hydrogen rush is underway, and many companies, investors, governments and environmentalists believe it is an energy source that could help end the reign of fossil fuels and slow the world’s warming trajectory. "It Green hydrogen can do that.".

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

With legal action targeting the government's Jet Zero strategy and a new analysis suggesting the aviation industry is off course to meet Paris Agreement goals, pressure is mounting on airlines to revamp their decarbonisation plans. GALBA is now seeking to test its claims that the strategy breaches the UK Climate Change Act in court.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 27, 2021

Amazon aims to clean up aviation Katie Fehrenbacher Wed, 01/27/2021 – 02:00 The aviation sector in a pandemic has 99 problems. And climate change remains a big one. The key solutions today are biofuels, only displacing a mere fraction of fossil fuels-based jet fuel, and offsets.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2023

have ties to polluting companies and organizations, including major fossil fuel companies, according to a new DeSmog analysis. This includes oil and gas firms, investment companies that finance polluting sectors, and trade associations known to lobby against climate action.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2022

The government certainly hopes so, having this week set out its vision to transform all domestic flight and airports into a net zero emissions aviation industry within two short decades. However, the question as to whether such ambitious targets are achievable without measures to actively restrict passenger numbers remains an open one.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 18, 2022

This low-carbon image is out of step with the reality of fleet production figures – both current and projected – which reveal a business model out of step wedded to sales of fossil-fuel powered vehicles. The study revealed that airline companies, by contrast, mostly chose to ignore the climate crisis altogether in their advertising.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Design unveiled for FlyZero aircraft it is claimed could carry 279 passengers around the world on zero carbon fuel, as government awards £15m aviation biofuel projects. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the designs unveiled today "could define the future of aerospace and aviation". "By

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Business Green

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Two firms to explore potential for shifting away from fossil fuels and harnessing hydrogen to power British Airways' future fleet. He will also argue it is critical for the aviation sector to play its full part in addressing climate change, according to the firm. That promising future is closer than ever.".

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Can Shell help pilot a new era of sustainable aviation? That may seem an audacious notion from a company whose business model for well over a century has centered around bringing fossil fuels to market — and is banking on petroleum being a key, albeit declining, fuel for decades to come. Joel Makower.

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Charged

JANUARY 21, 2021

Most automakers may have rejected hydrogen as an energy storage medium for passenger vehicles ( Toyota is the notable exception), but the technology may yet find applications for industrial processes, and in other forms of transportation such as aviation and shipping. Source: Government of Canada.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

US planemaker says development of engines able to run solely on sustainable aviation fuels could deliver significant emissions savings. Boeing has announced plans to begin producing commercial aircraft capable of flying on 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by the end of the decade.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The findings raise concerns over a potential pervasive conflict of interest on the boards at a time when the international insurance sector is under pressure to halt its support for the fossil fuel industry. “When insurers underwrite fossil fuels, they actually are underwriting climate change.”

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The news follows criticism from the government’s own climate advisers that the country’s recently-announced net zero strategy excludes measures to tackle aviation growth, an increasing source of emissions. Analysis has previously shown the sector could consume as much as two thirds of the country’s 1.5C

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

With the majority of oil demand coming from transport, the roadmap focuses largely on reducing the amount of the fossil fuel used by passenger cars, with some measures aimed at slashing fossil fuel demand from aviation.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The falling cost of wind and solar power significantly reduces the need for carbon capture and storage technology to tackle climate change, a new paper has argued. But she also argued CCUS should be applied to fossil fuel plants too. by the end of the century.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Nigel Farage ’s Reform party received £135,000 this year from donors linked to climate science denial and fossil fuels, DeSmog can reveal. Reform UK , formerly the Brexit Party, is a vocal critic of climate action, and last year called for a referendum on the UK’s net zero policies. billion invested in fossil fuels.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It is also a strong example to bring to the COP26 summit of how to follow climate change targets with action. That’s the apparent conclusion of a new independent assessment of the Net Zero Strategy published on 26 October by the Climate Change Committee (CCC). This is the UK’s climate governance working as it should.”.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 6, 2021

The findings raise concerns over a systemic conflict of interest at a time when the international financial sector is under increasing pressure to stop funding fossil fuels. DeSmog’s analysis found 65 percent of directors from 39 banks had 940 past or current connections to industries that could be considered climate-conflicted.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2021

Campaigners are urging the UK government to prioritise and support the production of 'green' hydrogen made using renewable energy, after a major US academic study today found that 'blue' hydrogen produced using fossil fuels could be worse for the climate than burning natural gas.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2022

Low carbon hydrogen is seen as an alternative to fossil fuels that can decarbonise industries not amenable to electrification, such as shipping, long-haul aviation, chemicals, cement and steelmaking.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2021

The document is expected to set out how the government intends to incentivise and subsidise the UK's low carbon hydrogen market, covering both ‘blue' hydrogen produced from fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage technology, and ‘green' hydrogen made using renewable energy to split water into its component elements.

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