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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

GreenBiz

Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement. As fossil fuel companies' social license to operate becomes increasingly frayed, more industries in their orbit are getting entangled in the reputational quagmire that is now part and parcel of any activity that exacerbates the climate crisis.

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Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space Announce Second Cohort for ACCEL, an Accelerator for BIPOC-led Climatetech Startups

Greentown Labs

These early-stage startups are working on innovations from vertical-axis wind turbines to carbon-negative concrete. Carbon Negative Solutions (Rock Hill, N.Y.) is creating smart-city-ready, carbon-negative concrete products. Its founder is Andre Gafford. Its founder is Keith Crossland.

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Creative pressure: Why the advertising and PR industry is in the sights of the fossil fuel divestment movement

Business Green

Agencies facing fresh calls to cut their ties with laggard fossil fuel firms, leaving many in the advertising and PR sector with difficult decisions to make. And energy providers the world over are rushing to slash their reliance on fossil fuels as the clean energy transition gathers pace. It is a big business.

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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

AGreenLiving

And energy providers the world over are rushing to slash their reliance on fossil fuels as the clean energy transition gathers pace. Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. It is a big business. spent almost $1.4

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Big Ag Influence Over UN Food Systems Summit Criticised by Green Farming Advocates

DeSmogBlog

Companies have also been promoting the use of better technology for the application of fertilizers and pesticides, along with backing efforts to store more carbon in the soil. This means corporations are using the term to describe a vast array of different practices. And some experts remain sceptical.

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How Shell Is Selling the Petrochemical Buildout as ‘Sustainable’

DeSmogBlog

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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New California Energy Policy Simulator Modeling Shows Major Benefits Of Early Action

Energy Innovation

CARB is currently evaluating climate policies for its 2022 update of the Climate Change Scoping Plan. Under the state’s landmark AB 32 climate law, CARB is required to evaluate the state’s progress toward its goals and make recommendations every five years. billion higher than business-as-usual in 2045. .

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