DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

above the pre-industrial average in 2020, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned in its recent report that Earth could hit 1.5C could help avoid the most serious effects of climate change. Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas are the source of just over 80% of the world’s energy.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2021

Fossil fuel companies could face legal challenges over their misleading advertising, after a DeSmog investigation uncovered the extent of their “greenwashing” Environmental lawyers ClientEarth have put companies on notice with the publication of the Greenwashing Files. ExxonMobil – “Powering Progress”.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

But Imperial College London analysis warns emerging technologies and negative emission power plants are likely to be needed to unlock full decarbonisation of the grid. In contrast, fossil fuel sources made up 39.6 Overall, it means wind, solar, hydropower, and biomass sources together supplied 38.5

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog. Credit: Sam Whitham.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

These threats range from populist leaders and global tensions right through to the climate crisis and resource depletion. When we are bombarded with negative news and potential threats regularly, it can take a toll on our well-being and overall happiness. Solar energy in the forest. Slowed Climate Change.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Policymakers met with fossil fuel and biomass producers nine times as often as with their renewable energy counterparts, DeSmog can reveal, raising fresh concerns over the depth of the government’s commitments to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Our record on renewable energy speaks for itself,” they said. “In

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) yesterday announced it will divest from fossil fuels by the end of 2022 at the latest, after the RPS Assembly decided to amend its investment strategy in a bid to becoming more environmentally responsible.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us. A radical increase in available carbon emissions data may be just around the corner. Slow-to-change investors and greenwashers in the business community will lose their cover to continue propping up the fossil fuel economy. Ian Kearney.

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Terra Infirma

AUGUST 23, 2021

Almost every point was to lobby somebody else to take action – personal change was dismissed as messing about with metal straws. I tweeted about this (on my political Twitter account) and was quite surprised at the negative reaction to the view that our personal choices have (carbon) consequences. Hold on a sec.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

What is considered comfortable now could have consequences in the future - especially if it means reverting back, even in the short term, to old, damaging, carbon-based energy tactics. While energy as a political and economic tool is far from a novel concept, it has once again been pushed to the fore.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Using real world data from 2019, the paper sets out the opportunity for massively improving the climate benefits of recycling food waste to produce renewable energy and green fertiliser for farmers. This showcases the importance of anaerobic digestion (AD) as a vital player in addressing the Climate Emergency.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. Charm would use the same technology, but instead of turning plants into a useful energy product, it would offer a service.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2020

Low oil price likely to stick around for some time prompting fundamental change to energy investment that could accelerate net zero, experts suggest.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2022

UN Conference on Trade and Development fears that slowdown in foreign investment could impact flows of climate-related finance. Investment in projects that tackle climate change is expected to decline in 2022 as global foreign direct investment flows drop, according to a report published by the UN Conference on Trade and Development.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 26, 2020

Here’s one of ours: In this insightful interview, Al Gore discusses how the steadily declining cost of wind and solar energy will transform manufacturing, transportation and agriculture, offer a cheaper alternative to fossil fuels and nuclear energy and create millions of new jobs.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Over the past 20 years, renewable energy usage has exploded around the world. Mr. Rockall highlighted a major global problem in which the fossil fuel solution is clearly better than the status quo. I learnt that most of the developing world uses wood as a primary source of energy, especially for cooking. But not always.

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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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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

Annual figures show that renewable supply outpaced fossil fuels for the first time. New research by Drax Electric Insights shows that the UK broke all records last year for renewable energy consumption. 42% of all energy used across the country through 2020 came from wind, solar, tidal and hydro. The greatest successes.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Carbon Tracker deep-dive into the risks facing oil and gas investments is corroborated by study in Nature that warns overwhelming majority of fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground to cap global temperatures in line with global goals.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2023

This “vicious cycle” of pesticide use fueling climate change, and vice versa, is examined in a report published Tuesday by the advocacy group Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). According to PANNA , the assessment is the first in-depth scientific review of the relationship between pesticides and climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2020

Several European countries who are considered leaders in climate protection owe their apparently good emission reductions to biomass. These might turn out to look quite different in the future, if carbon-accounting under the Emissions Trading System (ETS) were to be based on science and the real effects on climate.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2020

Low oil price likely to stick around for some time prompting fundamental change to energy investment that could accelerate net zero, experts suggest. As a result, oil prices have plummeted and yesterday US future contracts went negative for the first time in history as global storage capacity for oil continued to fill up.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

Lucy Victoria Desai, a writer for Northern Powergrid who specialises in sustainability, business, and innovation, appraises the potential and practicalities of wind energy. Now that the world has placed a greater focus on the effects we have on the environment, finding more environmentally friendly ways to source our energy is vital.

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

There is a lot of latent energy in our waste. Whether that energy is turned into renewable fuels or clean electricity, it can reduce carbon emissions and resource depletion. It also helps reduce greenhouse gases by converting waste to energy rather than burning it.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

These early-stage startups are working on innovations from vertical-axis wind turbines to carbon-negative concrete. AtmoSpark Technologies (Houston, Texas) is an atmospheric water generation company with a patented electro-condensation technology, which has a lower energy footprint than that of current water-generation methods.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

A new report from McKinsey predicts global fossil fuel demand 'will never return to its pre-pandemic growth curve', but warns the world is still on track to badly miss its climate goals. The oil industry has been particularly badly hit.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This transition, however, will impact jobs in fossil fuel-based energy production and could, if not considered from a social perspective, negatively impact millions of individuals in emerging economy nations. Those at risk are countries whose society and economy are based on fossil fuels.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 13, 2020

2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun Hunter Lovins Thu, 08/13/2020 – 00:15 We’re female entrepreneurs and environmentalists. We’ve spent decades promoting clean energy technologies. In April, the bubble popped, perhaps forever: Oil future prices hit negative $37 a barrel. Is that possible? What happened?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Agencies facing fresh calls to cut their ties with laggard fossil fuel firms, leaving many in the advertising and PR sector with difficult decisions to make. And energy providers the world over are rushing to slash their reliance on fossil fuels as the clean energy transition gathers pace.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

A growing number of oil companies in the past year have announced targets to achieve “net-zero emissions” by mid-century, seemingly signaling a monumental shift in the history of the oil business towards low-carbon solutions. Fossil fuel companies have taken a variety of approaches when it comes to climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

The BBC’s flagship current affairs show this week has hosted a climate sceptic with links to the gas sector without declaring the guest’s professional ties, DeSmog can reveal. Research by DeSmog shows that Porter has a track record of publicly casting doubt on established science on human-caused climate change.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Investment in clean energy from fossil fuel majors saw a marked uptick during the pandemic in 2020, research suggests. Meanwhile, oil and gas companies' social license to operate is under siege as public concern over the impacts of climate change increases and investors concerns over stranded asset risks become widespread.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

The latest edition of National Grid ESO's Future Energy Scenarios report was released this week, setting out the energy system operator's detailed vision for how the net zero transition could accelerate. The 237-page report is dense and it has landed during the hottest week on record and in the midst of a Conservative leadership race.

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POWER Magazine

MARCH 1, 2024

GW Drax Power Station in northeastern England—once Western Europe’s largest coal-fired power plant—is poised to pioneer bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), a negative emissions The post UK’s Drax Eyes U.S. for Bioenergy CCS Expansion Drive appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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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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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

A growing number of oil companies in the past year have announced targets to achieve “net-zero emissions” by mid-century, seemingly signaling a monumental shift in the history of the oil business towards low-carbon solutions. Fossil fuel companies have taken a variety of approaches when it comes to climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 10, 2022

The UK government has been accused of appointing a “cheerleader for climate-wrecking blue hydrogen” as its hydrogen champion while claiming to support clean energy. Blue hydrogen has been marketed as a climate-friendly fuel since the production process aims to capture most of the associated carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

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