The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 23, 2023

. | Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi / Bloomberg via Getty Images More than 130 companies, including Volvo Cars, Ikea, Unilever, Nestlé, and AstraZeneca, signed a letter calling on governments to adopt a global plan to phase out fossil fuels without carbon capture during upcoming international climate negotiations.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Darren Woods, the CEO of Exxon, celebrates the potential of carbon capture to dramatically reduce global emissions. According to Saudi Aramco’s podcast, the fossil fuel industry is innovating new climate solutions, and BP’s podcast proclaims more of the same. and Europe.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Three-quarters of prizes at the UK’s top sustainable advertising awards went to agencies who work for the fossil fuel industry, a DeSmog analysis has revealed. Both agencies are owned by the London-based global media group WPP. Wunderman Thompson, Dentsu and WPP did not respond to requests for comment. . Credit: Sam Whitham.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Global advertising and public relations company WPP has more contracts with fossil fuel clients than any of its rivals, despite the group’s pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2030, according to a report by campaign group Clean Creatives. Omnicom followed with 39 contracts; Interpublic Group had 25; and Publicis Groupe had 11. “The

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

A new database cataloging the world’s oil and gas reserves reveals extensive data on the global fossil fuel industry for the first time. The Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, launched by Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor, is the first public and free-to-use database of fossil fuel production, reserves, and emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The vast majority of corporate advocacy promoting carbon capture and storage is misaligned with climate science, new research shows. The study shows that IPCC recognizes a role exists for carbon capture technologies. Celsius or well-below 2°C – the targets established by the Paris Agreement.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2023

Policy Exchange, one of Westminster’s most prominent think tanks, engaged in a high-level influencing campaign over the UK’s North Sea oil and gas policies while being funded by fossil fuel interests, DeSmog can reveal. Policy Exchange received $30,000 from the oil and gas supermajor ExxonMobil in 2017.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Guerrilla leader turned president says, faced with having to reduce their carbon consumption, upper classes fear ‘the barbarians are coming’ Middle-class fears of losing a high standard of living because of green policies is driving the rise of the far right across the world, the president of Colombia has warned. Continue reading.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The findings underscore concerns over the role of the fossil fuel industry at the negotiations, known as COP27, which have become a focal point for deals to exploit African natural gas. These talks are supposed to be about moving us away from fossil fuels, phasing them out,” Sabido told DeSmog. Social license.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Major investment funds available to UK consumers are marketing themselves as “sustainable” and “ethical” while financing fossil fuel companies, research has found. The fund with the most fossil fuel-linked holdings in its portfolio was iShares Dow Jones Global Sustainability Screened. Fuelling the Fire’.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Mark Kemp, the new President of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT), has launched the group’s new Climate Change and Green Growth policy position. Climate change and green growth must be the key drivers across these policy areas.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Major hospital systems and medical institutions in the United States are betraying their oath to “first do no harm” through their investments in the fossil fuel sector, warns a new report from a campaign advocating for fossil fuel divestment in healthcare. private hospital systems.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

But the data compiled by Brussels-based research and advocacy group Food & Water Action Europe, and shared with DeSmog, shows that 57 percent of 147 hydrogen projects under consideration by the European Commission are designed to also carry natural gas, or “blue” hydrogen made from the fossil fuel.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2023

An apocalyptic “meh” seemed to greet the government’s bumper package of energy- and climate-related policy announcements and documents released on 30 March, which appeared short on new ideas and sources of funding. A central plank was the policy paper “Powering Up Britain” , which presented plans for tackling energy security and net zero.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Net Zero Festival: Leading figures from IEA, Carbon Tracker and Ceres unite in calls for more ambitious government action to shift away from fossil fuels. Campanale was optimistic that if such board-level activity grows across the high-carbon sectors, the fossil fuel industry would start to feel the economic pressure.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

From the world’s biggest soccer championship to soccer training for kids , from major universities to music festivals and art galleries to — if you can name it, fossil fuel companies have probably sponsored it. TotalEnergies will sponsor the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.

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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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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

billion into fossil fuel projects around the world since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed in 2015, undercutting global efforts to combat the worsening climate crisis. But the actions are not matching the words,” Kyle Ash, policy director at the Bank Information Center, told DeSmog. The World Bank Group has funneled $14.8

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

French environmental organizations Notre Affaire à Tous, Friends of the Earth France, and Oxfam France last week filed what they say is the world’s first climate lawsuit against a commercial bank, suing BNP Paribas over its continued funding of fossil fuels. They also say that the financial sector more broadly is on notice.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The party has a hostile stance on attempts to cut carbon emissions but got more votes than any other in general election The shocking success of Geert Wilders’ far-right PVV party in Dutch elections has left climate activists fearful of a drastic shift to fossil fuels and a rollback of climate policies if it manages to form a government.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 13, 2023

14 – Consensus, Margaret Thatcher once said, is “the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies.” The post Renewables’ improved performance and falling costs doom fossil fuels, even if COP28 didn’t appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Dec. That may be.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

Owner of New York title says banning fossil fuel ads is just one of a number of planned initiatives in 2023 to help tackle climate crisis. The publisher also unveiled a new advertising service through a partnership with data company Scope3, which will offer brands the opportunity to deliver 'carbon-neutral' advertising campaigns.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Bank considering introducing stronger limits on its fossil fuel investments as it faces growing pressure from shareholders. Barclays is gearing up to introduce stricter climate change policies that would further limit its investments in fossil fuels, following growing pressure from the bank's shareholders, according to reports.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Adnoc intends to increase its oil production by more than any other fossil fuel firm in the world, according to data from the Global Oil and Gas Exit List (Gogel). The Daily Mail has been a prominent critic of climate policies in recent months. It appears that dmg events has worked on ADIPEC since at least 2012.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2023

New Electoral Commission records released today show that the bulk of the fossil-fuel linked funds came from Christopher Harborne, who donated £500,000 in the final quarter of 2022 – the joint-largest donation registered by the party during this period. The revelation comes at an important moment for UK climate policy.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 1, 2022

VICTORIA — Mark Zacharias, special advisor at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the scheduled April 1 federal carbon price increase from $40 to $50 per tonne of emissions: . The best way to benefit the bank accounts of Canadian families is to switch to technologies that reduce or avoid fossil fuels altogether.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 11, 2021

All governments, including the UK, are telling us that they’re laser-focused on reducing carbon emissions. We have to stop burning fossil fuels and leave them in the ground. It looks as though, in a corporate-dominated, growth economy, no fossil fuels are going to be left unburnt. How are they doing?

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The UK government’s Hydrogen Strategy , launched in August, promises to develop a “thriving low carbon hydrogen sector” as a “key plank” of its climate plans, and the fuel was given pride of place at a “Hydrogen Transition Summit” hosted in Glasgow during the recent UN climate talks. Credit: Gaia Lamperti. Hydrogen Europe.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

Emerging economies on course to 'leapfrog' fossil fuel power infrastructure and move straight to renewables-dominated grids, according to new analysis from Carbon Tracker and India's CEEW. Overall, the analysis expects fossil fuel demand in emerging markets to peak as early as 2025.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Ross Garnaut and former competition tsar Rod Sims say basic economics means you must price the damage that fossil fuels impose on everyone. The post “Price the damage:” Garnaut and Sims reboot calls for carbon “fee” for big polluters appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas are the source of just over 80% of the world’s energy. To avert catastrophic warming, the global community must rapidly reduce how much of these fuels it extracts and burns. target because it was already at its limit, given our projections of fossil fuel demand in the near future.

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Grist

APRIL 4, 2022

Greenhouse gas emissions must peak within the next three years, and in the next eight, the world must push fossil fuels aside, rapidly scaling up the use of clean energy like wind and solar. The authors’ top recommendation: Immediately move away from fossil fuels and replace them with renewable technologies.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Aviva has announced it intends to reach net zero emissions across its operations, supply chain, and investments by 2040, unveiling a number of new exclusion policies that will see the firm distance itself from the most carbon intensive fossil fuel companies.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 3, 2024

Exploring the world of carbon capture technology opens up a pathway to understanding how advanced science is being utilized to combat the pressing issue of climate change. Post-combustion capture The core principle of carbon capture technology is simple yet incredibly sophisticated.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As negotiations at the COP28 climate talks in the United Arab Emirates head into overtime, oil and gas interests are aiming to exclude a fossil fuel phase-out from any final deal by promoting carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a viable climate solution. “Yet major polluters like the U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2023

BNEF reports that global investment in the clean energy transition rose 30 per cent last year to record levels Global investment in the clean energy transition soared to record levels last year, surpassing $1tr as the sector matched the level of investment in fossil fuels for the first time. warming scenario.

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Grist

JULY 15, 2021

— These Onerous Obstacles Make Undoing Carbonization Hard. Can it really be that, on top of all those tasks, we have to pull carbon out of the atmosphere too? Zachary Byrum, a research analyst in carbon removal at the World Resources Institute, likes to compare our atmosphere to a rapidly filling bathtub.

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