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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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Italy’s Eni Faces Lawsuit Alleging Early Knowledge Of Climate Change

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But the groups have unearthed a 1970 report by Eni’s Isvet research centre that warned of the “catastrophic” risk the build-up of carbon dioxide (CO2) caused by burning fossil fuels could pose to the climate. Eni has set a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Can the world overshoot its climate targets — and then fix it later?

Grist

Scientists are documenting changes that are “much more widespread” and “much more negative,” she said, than anticipated for the 1.09 degrees Celsius of global warming that has occurred to date. In the broadest sense, overshoot is a future where the world does not cut carbon quickly enough to limit global warming to 1.5

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Global Briefing: UN calls for rapid acceleration in European CCS deployment

Business Green

UN argues 'rapid deployment' of CCUS needed to meet carbon neutrality goals. The report acknowledges that CCYUS technologies alone will not be sufficient to deliver carbon neutrality in line with the goals ofthe Paris Agreement. The trend now is to shift away from carbon," said Maeda Tadashi.

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The IPCC Synthesis Report: Ten key takeaways for business

Business Green

But the solutions are there On the other hand, the report stresses there is still time to deliver a low-carbon, sustainable economy where climate-resilient development becomes the norm. of warming is just about still feasible, and keeping temperature increases below 2C is definitely achievable if rapid action is taken.

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Biofuels: An Environmental and Economic Catch 22?

R-Squared Energy

Earlier this month, France’s constitutional court upheld a law cutting palm oil from the country’s list of approved biofuels and eliminating associated tax exemptions. Biofuels are still expected to play an important part in hitting ambitious climate targets; to keep global warming under 1.5°C C by 2100, at least 26.3%

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McDonald’s Leads Lobbying Offensive Against Laws to Reduce Packaging Waste in Europe

DeSmogBlog

McDonald’s is at the forefront of a campaign against new laws to reduce packaging waste in the EU, in what has been described by some insiders as the largest-scale lobbying effort they have ever witnessed in the European Parliament. The European Parliament is expected to vote on the law in the next 12 months.