DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

DeSmog analysed examples of more than 100 influencers being paid to promote fossil fuel firms worldwide since 2017, from the US to Malaysia, in campaigns that have reached billions of people. While there’s more knowledge in general around climate change and the harms of fossil fuels, I think that people have a lot of trust in creators.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Despite popular belief, electrification does not always lead to a reduction in carbon footprint. According to the International Energy Agency, global electricity demand rose by more than 6% in 2021, the largest increase since the recovery from the financial crisis in 2010. The energy distribution model is becoming decentralised.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 18, 2022

ENTSO.E’s vision for the future power system has electricity as the main and most efficient energy carrier and coupled with other energy sectors. This will need to be timed with the future system needs and the gradual phase-out of fossil fuel generation. The vision is based on four ‘building blocks’ that ENTSO.E

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Business Green

JULY 31, 2020

But Diageo's new 72,000-square-foot distillery is designed to be completely 'carbon-neutral'. According to Diageo, it should avoid more than 117,000 metric tons of annual carbon emissions by switching to renewable electricities compared to operating using a traditional natural gas facility.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

New tool designed to help civil society and investors scrutinise the mismatch between national climate goals and energy policies. Developed by influential financial think tank Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor, the registry reveals that producing and burning all the world's reserves of oil and gas would yield more than 3.5

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

As understanding of the climate crisis increases and the harm to ourselves, the environment, business, industry, and the economy that will follow, so a desire to not only reduce carbon but to be seen reducing carbon increases. In both cases, carbon offsetting removes CO 2 from the environment.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Summary - China considers going carbon neutral. China is considering carbon neutrality as part of its long term climate plan, the country’s foreign ministry announced following a summit with EU leaders. At the summit on Monday, EU leaders pushed China to aim for climate neutrality by 2060 or face punitive carbon tariffs.

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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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Grist

MARCH 8, 2021

When shipping giant Maersk announced last month it would operate a “carbon-neutral” vessel by 2023, the Danish company committed to using a fuel that’s made from renewable sources, is free of soot-forming pollutants — and is currently in scarce supply. E-methanol is made by combining hydrogen with carbon dioxide.

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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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Italian gas and energy infrastructure giant Snam has set its sights on becoming a carbon neutral company by 2040, pledging to invest €7.5bn over the next four years in hydrogen, biomethane, energy efficiency, and digitisation to help drive its transition away from fossil fuels.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 3, 2023

The UK government announced the disbursement of over £80 million funding on 28 June, intended to give a boost to a range of projects geared towards ditching fossil fuels in favour of cleaner energy sources. Projects include hydrogen-powered cornflake production and low-carbon Scottish whisky distillation.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We began our sustainability journey over 25 years ago, and since then have made good progress, particularly in cutting carbon emissions. By 2030, Dow will reduce its net annual carbon emissions by five million metric tons versus its 2020 baseline. And by 2050, Dow intends to be carbon neutral. Our commitments.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Renewable energy sources generated more electricity than fossil fuels in the U.K. for the whole of the third quarter, the first time that has happened, according to research by the Carbon Brief. The growth of renewable energy capacity in the U.K. While the pace of change is impressive, the U.K.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts continues its work to build a geothermal system that will contribute to making the campus carbon-neutral by the end of the decade. The geothermal project is expected to be completed by 2028, towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2030.

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2022

Volvo Trucks has announced that its heavy electric trucks are to soon include parts made of "fossil-free" steel, as part of the automakers' plan to slash the carbon footprint of its zero-emission vehicle range.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 3, 2023

Funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the project is centred on Worthing Crematorium in West Sussex and is part of Adur & Worthing Council’s plan to become carbon neutral by 2030. Green hydrogen is also produced without any carbon emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2021

Fossil fuel companies are pressing ahead with new oil and gas developments, despite a recent warning from the International Energy Agency (IEA) that this will make the Paris Agreement goals impossible to meet, an analysis has found. The company was “leading in carbon efficient production of oil an gas,” she added.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2022

Military alliance announces target to cut emissions 45 per cent by 2030, Australia explores carbon pricing plans, and all the big green stories from around the world this week. However, military emissions are often exempted from countries' official carbon targets. NATO confirms plan to deliver net zero emissions by 2050.

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altenergymag

MAY 25, 2023

In his keynote speech, Hou Jinlong, President of Huawei Digital Power, emphasized the accelerated energy transformation from fossil fuels to renewable energy, driven by carbon neutrality, energy independence, and business value.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The university outlined a staggered approach to divestment through to 2030, and said it will invest instead in renewable energy. The University of Cambridge has committed to divest from all direct and indirect investments in fossil fuels by 2030, as the institution works towards its goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2038.

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altenergymag

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In 1997, renewable energy was a niche energy source. Many people didn't believe that it could replace fossil fuels. Today, renewable energy is becoming an affordable, reliable, and cost-competitive energy source and a contributor to global carbon neutrality.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2022

Delighted to support climate & sustainability agenda with focus on renewables, green H2 & new energy. Delighted to support climate & sustainability agenda with focus on renewables, green H2 & new energy. The UK’s COP26 team and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy declined to comment.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

Clean energy generated a historic 40 per cent of the bloc's electricity in the first half of 2020, according to green think tank Ember. Fossil fuels, on the other hand, suffered from the fall in electricity demand, with coal and gas generation plummeting 18 per cent overall to make up just over a third of bloc's overall electricity share.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) sent at least 20 officials from its Department of Energy, the state-owned oil company ADNOC, or the publicly listed oil company TAQA. AlOtaibi is registered as a senior consultant on climate change for Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy. Others are listed with even less detail. Mohammed A.

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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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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2021

The paper comes ahead of this November’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland and amid proliferating pledges from polluting corporations and governments to achieve what they claim is carbon neutrality — increasingly via dubious offsets — by some distant date, often the year 2050.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2020

New climate target will be achieved by transitioning mining operations to clean energy, improving energy efficiency, developing proprietary carbon capture technology and purchasing offsets, company said.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? One novel spin on emerging hydrogen fuel options is "clean hydrogen" made from trash. . Green hydrogen — made by splitting water’s hydrogen and oxygen using electricity produced by renewable sources — is a small fish in the "energies pond." Arlene Karidis.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Air cargo operator pledges to invest in sustainable fuels, carbon capture research, and fleet electrification in bid to meet new climate goals. The company said it was targeting a fully zero emission parcel pickup and delivery (PUD) fleet by 2040, a push that will be accomplished by gradually phasing out its existing fossil fuel fleet.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

As the quest for sustainable energy intensifies, biomass emerges as a pivotal player in the arena of renewable resources. This exploration into the realm of biomass energy untangles the complexities and delves into its multifaceted nature, uncovering the potential of plant-based and waste-derived materials as alternative sources of power.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Latest Carbon Clean 200 list companies outperformed average benchmark by 47 per cent over the past year. Overall, they calculated that investing $10,000 in the Carbon Clean 200 companies in July 2016 would have seen this investment grow to more than $21,000 by the end of last month.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

We are very proud of this step as part of our energy transition, in combination with the projects of our sustainable heat purchase and 100% green electricity choice. All of these initiatives bring us a big step closer to our goal of being a carbon neutral brewery by 2025!”

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AGreenLiving

JULY 30, 2020

Electric boilers fuel Diageo’s carbon-neutral whiskey distillery dream Jesse Klein Thu, 07/30/2020 – 00:30 Even whiskey is going electric. But Diageo’s new 72,000-square-foot distillery is designed to be completely carbon-neutral. “It’s not every day you get that opportunity.”

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Green Living Guy

AUGUST 3, 2021

As eco-consumer rates increase, renewable energy device sales rise. In 2020, the solar energy industry achieved its most profitable year. He established a national carbon neutrality goal upon entering office. Converting our energy reliance away from fossil fuels and towards solar power […].

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2023

ShareAction issues statement calling on Europe's largest chemical companies to ramp up decarbonisation efforts European chemical companies are this morning facing fresh calls to end their reliance on fossil fuels in order to meet climate targets. The soaring cost of gas is showing how dependent this industry is on fossil fuels.

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

On Wednesday morning, the logistics and retail giant announced that it plans to buy 6 million gallons of bio jet fuel via a division of Shell and produced by World Energy, a big biodiesel producer. Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030.

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