DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

For instance, the company’s just-published “ Energy Transition Progress report ” references chemicals right alongside “low carbon energy” and “renewable natural gas” as examples of the company’s stated commitment to lowering emissions. Town sign for Norco, Louisiana. Shell US did not respond to a request for comment from DeSmog. Shell Norco.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

so as to present an environmentally responsible public image; a public image of environmental responsibility promulgated by or for an organization, etc., These brands spend more time and money presenting themselves as green relative to the actual time and money spent on making a change and becoming more sustainable. Carbon Offsets.

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Grist

MARCH 30, 2022

In February, on the eve of the release of a major new report on the effects of climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, several of its authors met with reporters virtually to present their findings. A carbon removal facility in Iceland that came online in 2021. Climeworks.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2022

so as to present an environmentally responsible public image; a public image of environmental responsibility promulgated by or for an organization, etc., These brands spend more time and money presenting themselves as green relative to the actual time and money spent on making a change and becoming more sustainable. Carbon Offsets.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

However, a DeSmog investigation has found that these scores take little or no account of multiple risks associated with the advertising and PR industry’s role in the climate crisis — from reputational damage caused by greenwashing fossil fuel clients, to threats to staff retention, and the danger of being sued for climate damages.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2020

Just three months of the outbreak have left almost all countries in the world facing social isolation, economic recession, unemployment surge and panic; presenting world leaders with the unenviable dilemma of saving lives or saving the economy. Opportunities from a zero carbon economy. Ecological diversity has been destroyed.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

However, a DeSmog investigation has found that these scores take little or no account of multiple risks associated with the advertising and PR industry’s role in the climate crisis — from reputational damage caused by greenwashing fossil fuel clients, to threats to staff retention, and the danger of being sued for climate damages.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This gas industry influence campaign continues to the present day. A few months later, the New York Times reported on the study, bringing national attention to the issue, and an op-ed in the Yale Law Journal described indoor air pollution, as a “menace” that required “comprehensive federal legislation.” Definitely.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Putting measures to address the climate crisis at the heart of UK economic policy - and break our dependence on outdated, polluting fossil fuels - makes economic, social and environmental sense," said Katie White, executive director of advocacy and campaigns at WWF.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

Crucially, in order to receive funds, Member States would need to set out their case to the Commission, with approval potentially dependent on conditions such as meeting certain EU targets, observing the rule of law, good governance, and commitments to furthering the bloc's green and digital priorities.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Players in the carbon dioxide pipeline industry canceled major pipeline projects in recent weeks, marking an inauspicious start to President Biden’s ambitious plans to develop carbon capture infrastructure as a key emissions mitigation tool. Stockman pointed out that the U.S. Midwest to be injected and stored underground.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2023

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.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

This technique of using statements that are technically true but omit crucial information and therefore are misleading, is called paltering — and it’s an old favorite of the fossil fuel industry. R-CALF USA doesn’t only blame the private trade associations for overturning the law that allowed “Made in the USA” labels. “It’s

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

It’s a recurring theme that somehow the livestock sector and eating meat is detrimental to the environment, that it is a serious negative in terms of the climate change discussions,” Hsin Huang, Secretary General of the International Meat Secretariat (IMS) , told his audience.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 6, 2020

The authors find that many (though not all) regions see net gains without considering any climate benefits, and all regions of the world see substantial net economic benefits when adding in the social cost of carbon at $100 per ton (see bold pink line in Figure 1). b, Benefits of coal-exit scenario for year 2050 in absolute terms.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Monica Weiss attended her first fossil-fuel divestment protest on a frigid February day in 2015. Subsequently, two independent reports suggested that the funds would “face high potential risk for economic disruption from the transition to a low carbon global economy” if they continued to invest in fossil fuel.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

A member of the Canadian parliament has proposed a ban on misleading fossil fuel advertising. Taking inspiration from Canadian government bans on tobacco advertising that went into effect in the 1990s, New Democratic Party (NDP) MP Charlie Angus has proposed private members bill C-372, An Act respecting fossil fuel advertising.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2021

The pitfalls of that were exemplified by Mark Carney's recent - and widely derided - assertion that the Canadian investment giant he sits on the board of is already a 'net zero' company across its investment portfolio, despite that same portfolio containing billions of dollars of holdings in fossil fuel-related projects.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Creating better businesses with B Corp Certification and beyond B Corp Certification presents a set of guiding principles that support organizations to minimize their impact on the environment and society. Are, and how, are human rights and environmental laws enforced in your country? Assess your company’s supply chain risks.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Compiled by Dutch climate activist Vatan Hüzeir , and reviewed by DeSmog and Dutch investigative journalism platform Follow The Money , the documents show how Shell was actively supporting research that clearly underscored the dangers posed by burning its fossil fuel products from the mid-1970s — years earlier than previously thought.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2021

With this in mind, this article presents the 20 best climate change and sustainability documentaries. This period is marked by our industrial revolution with the discovery of fossil fuel gold and its sinister implications. Hence, the stories and lessons presented in this documentary are relevant to everyone.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 25, 2021

The largest carbon capture and storage project in the world has been delayed indefinitely due to Covid-19 Summary - Exxon has postponed development of the ‘LaBarge Carbon Capture and Storage’ project in Wyoming due to Covid-19. It contains natural gas, helium, and carbon dioxide.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2022

The purpose of the environmental justice bill “is to give communities like this beautiful community and its people the dignity and the respect under the law where they are able to defend themselves and protect their families and their communities,” Grijalva said. “It’s as simple as that.”. Credit: Julie Dermansky for DeSmog.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 1, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering proposals aimed at reducing climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing coal and gas-fueled power plants. In December 1963 the Clean Air Act was signed into law, barely a month after President Kennedy’s assassination. Edmund Muskie (D-ME).

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market explores an even more ambitious history dating from the dawn of the 20th century to the present day. Like EEI, fast-forwarding to the present-day, NAM has served as a key node of climate denialism. 1 Climate change was textbook market failure.

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Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

The landmark legislation's climate provisions could unlock billions of dollars of low carbon investment and millions of green jobs - but it also paves the way for new fossil fuel infrastructure. cents per kWh of electricity produced at facilities placed into service after 2024 that produce zero or negative emissions.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

That party has held the Presidency for the past four years, as well as a majority in the Senate, during which almost nothing positive, and much negative, has happened to combat the threat of climate change. The negative list is long (more than 100 by The New York Times ' count ). The Green New Deal. Can this happen?

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