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Why Polluters’ Greenwashing Works and How to Fight It

DeSmogBlog

He’s an ExxonMobil scientist in a company ad that also shows other scientists in a high-tech lab working to develop “low-carbon technologies.” All over the world, carbon-intensive industries and corporations are being challenged over their greenwashing strategies, and the number of relative cases in litigation is multiplying.

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Linking Carbon Markets Won’t Benefit Our Frontline Communities

Front And Centered

In the next few weeks, the Washington State Department of Ecology is set to deliver a decision on whether to turn Washington’s cap and trade program into a carbon über-market tying our climate future to California and Québec. permits to pollute) into one marketplace where the permits are traded at the lowest possible cost.

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

DeSmogBlog

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. As the study also pointed out, however, these firms invested just 1.7 The claim of ‘carbon neutral’ engine oil is ludicrous,” said Professor Trencher.

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Revealed: Two Thirds of Online Posts from Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Greenwashing’

DeSmogBlog

The remaining 20 percent represents investments outside of fossil fuels, in areas such as renewables, carbon capture and storage, and research into new green technologies. . Green investments, however, make up just 12 percent of these companies’ portfolios on average based on publicly available figures. A Focus on ‘Net Zero’.

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The IPCC Synthesis Report: Ten key takeaways for business

Business Green

Business as usual is not working The report is unequivocal that human-caused climate change is affecting weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe, and is set to get worse without a major acceleration in policy action and drastically increased investment in climate solutions. of warming.

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How Patagonia helped save Europe's last wild river - and navigated a path for others to follow

Business Green

One of the things businesses are really struggling with right now is how to make investments in environmental philanthropy," he said. Dams may help produce low-carbon power at scale, but they damage river ecology, hurt biodiversity, disrupt regional agricultural and food systems, and often require the displacement of whole communities.

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'Make this a reality': How should asset managers start their net zero journey?

Business Green

But for all the flurry of net zero activity among such financial heavyweights, there is no clear definition or roadmap for delivering on these ambitious goals. The key thing now is for all of the parts of the finance sector to start to make this a reality," Preston tells BusinessGreen.