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

DeSmogBlog

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.

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Global Covid stimulus packages 'doing more harm than good' to planet, researchers warn

Business Green

Global demand for electricity is also growing faster than renewables capacity post-pandemic, opening the door to more fossil fuel energy in many parts of the world. Only around 10.6 Only around 10.6 But the surge in renewables generation may still only be enough to meet around half of the projected increase in demand, the IEA said.

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Can the 150-year old London Metal Exchange broker a low-carbon future?

Business Green

What role do metals exchanges have in driving a sustainable transition to a low-carbon economy? Specialising in metal futures and options, the LME also operates a global warehouse network of more than 600 storage facilities, and boasts the distinction of being the last physical trading floor in Europe.

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How Green Is Your Solar Company? A 5-Step Sustainability Guide For Your Business

Green Business Bureau

Yet, practices can lead to a vast amount of unnecessary waste, habitat destruction, and carbon emissions depending on how you choose to operate. of the global electricity generation, making it the third-largest renewable energy technology (behind hydropower and wind respectively). In Europe, the PV recycling market is slowly maturing.

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Janet Yellen on financing a sustainable future

GreenBiz

In particular, the plan adopts a technology-neutral Clean Electricity Standard, which puts us on the path to achieving 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. We can continue to leverage the carbon pollution-free energy provided by existing sources like nuclear and hydropower.

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The Future(s) of Fossil Fuels - 2020

Mr. Sustainability

A sudden collapse of the industry - called a carbon crunch - could lead to economic disaster of epic proportions. The time is therefore now to plan an orderly wind-down of fossil fuel assets and manage the impact on the global economy rather than try to sustain the unsustainable. This may prove to be terminal. Money is gone.

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Roaring Twenty-Twenties: Accelerating Energy Transition

Mr. Sustainability

It was a period of economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States and Europe, particularly in major cities such as Berlin, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Sydney. With the ‘old’, I refer to the fossil-fuel based, centralized energy industries that are reliant on conservative economic models.

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