DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2022

During the negotiations, Johnson hailed “significant steps made to consign coal to the history books” and praised the resulting Glasgow Agreement for being the “first ever international agreement to phase down coal and a roadmap to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels”. Adani Group did not respond.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In addition, the bank also published an updated climate analysis of its fossil fuel customers, including oil and gas majors and firms with more than 15 per cent of their activities related to mining, generating power from and trading coal engaged in mining, power generation and trading.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 30, 2018

Fossil fuels, a vision of the future or something our children will see in history books? The energy markets, broadly taken to be fossil fuels and renewables, have seen significant changes over the past years. What is up with the world? China and India will account for half of the growth in energy demand.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Read time: 8 mins Last August, ExxonMobil warned that it may need to remove 20 percent of its oil and gas proved reserves from its books. On February 24 , Exxon reported that it would actually remove over 30 percent of its proved reserves from its books — essentially wiping out the value of its Canadian tar sands holdings from its books. .

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The engine manufacturer Rotax's measurements and the test pilot's observations showed no difference in power or general performance compared to standard fossil fuel.". The company has received investment from Formula One World Champion Damon Hill and a grant from the UK's innovation agency Innovate UK.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A taxpayer-funded drive for ‘blue’ hydrogen is good news for fossil-fuel lobbyists, but bad news for the climate crisis With the impacts of the climate crisis so apparent for all to see, it is becoming ever harder for governments to fob off voters with promises of action tomorrow. than burning coal.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 25, 2022

and to “make a poster, rap song, mini-book, or oral presentation” about one of the booklet’s “natural gas science facts or safety tips.”. The changes would have removed the prohibition on new fossil fuel infrastructure in schools. NW Natural activity booklets sent to schools in the utility’s service area.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It was Ross’s books and journalism that sparked the flames of outrage and opportunity that inspired Jim Hoggan to create the DeSmogBlog in late 2005. Jim had recently read Boiling Point , Ross’s 2004 book chronicling the fossil fuel industries’ strategy of denial and delay, which Gelbspan correctly labeled a crime against humanity. “I

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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., It’s worth discussing, and there could easily be a book-length response. It’s ludicrous.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Mr. Rockall highlighted a major global problem in which the fossil fuel solution is clearly better than the status quo. Robert – About a decade ago I was researching a book chapter I was writing, and I learned something new. James – What is it that makes a fuel clean? How would you address such concerns?

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

The programme is taught in person at the University’s Orkney campus through the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS) and focuses on technologies, systems, processes, and economics, alongside the design of transition projects to move away from fossil fuels and accelerate the integration of renewable energy.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 7, 2020

Now, he’s out with a new book, “ Rethinking Humanity ,” that predicts the 2020s will be “the most disruptive decade in history” — not just in terms of energy technology, but across every major industry in the world today. Vice : How Solar Power Could Slay the Fossil Fuel Empire by 2030.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2022

It's a no-brainer, why use fossil fuel-based products when you can now simply choose not to? Fay Milton of Music Declares Emergency welcomed the new technology. Artists will be extremely keen to use Evolution Music's bioplastic for their physical products," she said.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 17, 2024

Naturally, there is enough information about each of these types to fill books, but the purpose of this list is to gain a brief understanding so you can keep up with some of the language used in recent news published online, and to simply become more familiar with some of these terms so you can look into them further if they are of interest to you.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Fisher answers this critical question in her new book, Saving Ourselves: Climate Shocks to Climate Action. In an interview with DeSmog’s Michaela Herrmann, Fisher outlines why she thinks “severe, durable climate shocks” will be required to shake the world out of the fossil fuel status quo once and for all. Professor Dana R.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As Oxford professor Dieter Helm points out in his latest book – Legacy: How to Build the Sustainable Economy – we need to mend our ways in order to meet the needs of future generations. Solar, geothermal and wind power, all offer a cleaner alternative to traditional fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Climate Change Committee, the independent body that advises the government on its net zero policies, warned on 30 January that mixed messages, including new fossil fuel projects, have damaged the UK’s international climate standing. million in donations from fossil fuel interests and climate science deniers in 2022.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 3, 2023

According to the US Department of Energy , hydrogen fuel can be produced from a broad spectrum of different technologies and energy sources.    These include “fossil fuels, biomass, and water electrolysis with electricity.” Making hydrogen fuel at home requires only the most basic materials.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

L-Charge’s “rapidly scalable off-grid ultra-fast chargers” use energy from locally-stored fossil fuels rather than the electrical grid. Customers can call for a charge via a mobile app, and can book charging in advance at pre-scheduled times.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2022

Scientists working with one of the world’s largest climate research publishers say they’re increasingly alarmed that the company works with the fossil fuel industry to help increase oil and gas drilling, the Guardian can reveal. Elsevier is the publisher of some of the most important journals in the environmental space,” she said.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This shift has forced fossil fuel companies — and the organizations they fund — to alter their tactics to avoid regulation. Even if teachers today are unlikely to fall for Heartland’s claims, the organization’s messaging could still help the fossil fuel industry in a roundabout way. It’s like ‘The 1990s called.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In February this year, UNIMIB and Eni signed a five-year “Joint Research Agreement,” (JRA) in which the university and the fossil fuel company pledged to collaborate on “research projects of common interest” related to the energy transition, according to an Eni press release. org, an international movement working to end fossil fuels.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

EVs are expected to be cheaper than their fossil fuel counterparts by 2027. Figures from buyacar show that a BMW i3 has a fuel cost per mile of 3.7p Contact the firm for more information and to book a free EV Charging Point survey. The shifting economics of plug-in vehicles is driving this kind of investment.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

A hydrogen industry lobby group has produced a comic book aimed at high schoolers that suggests solar and wind power are incapable of fueling decarbonization goals, and that only hydrogen fuel cells provide sufficient energy to eliminate fossil fuels.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Greenhouse gas emissions from burning coal and other fossil fuels accelerated, and over the past decade Earth has been losing around 1.2 The coal-dust tests are just one of many strange episodes illuminated in Alice Bell’s new book, Our Biggest Experiment: An Epic History of the Climate Crisis. trillion tons of ice every year.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The write-down reduces the value of the assets on Exxon’s books. The fossil fuel giant, however, may be understating the financial damage to its assets, according to a former ExxonMobil employee turned whistleblower, Franklin Bennett. Read time: 7 mins ExxonMobil announced a $19.3

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

But so much of the discussion in that sector focuses on the supply side: how fast will wind and solar displace fossil fuels? Download the free TrinaPro Solution Guide Book on how to optimize utility-scale solar projects. What will happen with natural gas? Consumers tend to be confusing when it comes to energy.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2021

The Microsoft founder’s new book further strengthens our conviction about investing in the energy transition, according to Schroders. When one of the world's wealthiest individuals writes a book on avoiding climate disaster - and suggests changes we all need to make to our lifestyles - it is easy to be cynical.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

While there, Jones edited a 1997 Fraser Institute book entitled Global Warming: The Science and the Politics , which contained essays by people like Willie Soon and Patrick Michaels , prominent spreaders of doubt about the foundations of climate science whose work has been funded by fossil fuel companies. government.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2021

In 2019, the company was caught spying on reporters and helping orchestrate an operation to denigrate Carey Gillam , a book author and contributing writer for The Guardian. . FTI Consulting has a history of targeting reporters. Screenshot of court document published by law firm Baum Hedlund.

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Greenability Magazine

JULY 28, 2020

Or just trying to avoid fossil fuel intensive mowing? Learn how to create a regenerative, natural ecosystem at this free Green America webinar with Owen Wormser, author of a new book, Lawns into Meadows: Growing a regenerative landscape. Are you looking for an alternative to your water-thirsty, chemical-dependent lawn?

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 14, 2020

Not only that — we also discuss the fallout from plummeting oil prices, what to do with stranded fossil fuel assets, the outlook for a U.S. Kevin Book, managing director of research at Clearview Energy Partners.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Interviewer Thomas Kolster, the author of the book “Goodvertising: Creative advertising that cares”, opens with a softball: “Yannick, advertising and climate can seem like quite an oxymoron. Further, these are far from being the Bolloré Group’s only connections to the fossil fuel sector. So why do you care about the climate?”

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Sean Gallup/Getty Images Tens of thousands of negotiators, activists, and corporate execs have descended upon Dubai to wrangle over the future of fossil fuels. The future of fossil fuels Let’s start with some backstory on COP28. Greenhouse gas emissions come from extracting and burning fossil fuels, of course.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Speaking at the launch of the book in Glasgow on 30 October, he shared some of his views on the measures that might constitute a successful COP, or a not-entirely-disastrous-one, at least. “The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Rupert Read in one of the essays in a new collection, Climate Adaptation.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 17, 2023

To finally have the opportunity to participate in this space and then to face this whole other level of discrimination – I can’t believe it,” said Nduta, who used her pre-booked air ticket to visit London-based colleagues, despite being unable to attend the conference. At the U.N.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 30, 2024

At 9:30 am on March 12, 1963, in Room 1-B of Manhattan’s Rockefeller Institute , six experts gathered to discuss the implications of a newly identified atmospheric phenomenon: the rising level of carbon dioxide (CO2) caused by the burning of fossil fuels. Ordway, Jr., in the foreword to the group’s 1962 Annual Report.

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