GreenBiz
AUGUST 13, 2020
2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun. In this strangest of all years, as the death toll mounts from a disease caused by human incursions into once intact ecosystems, we’re observing another death — the demise of fossil fuels. COVID-19 constricted commuting, and demand for refined oil products fell fast.
The Verge: Energy
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
. | Photo by Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images The European Union saw a record drop in pollution from fossil fuel power plants last year, according to a new report. Ember, an energy think tank that crunched the numbers, calls it “an unprecedented collapse in coal and gas electricity generation.”
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R-Squared Energy
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Perhaps the most noteworthy prediction from the report is of peak demand for fossil fuels within this decade. However, it is important to note that coal is the only fossil fuel projected to decline over the next decade under the IEA’s Stated Policies Scenario. The full report may be found here.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
to scrub fossil fuels from cleaning products. billion over the next 10 years into initiatives that will allow it to replace chemicals in its cleaning products made from fossil fuel feedstocks with greener alternatives — an investment it described as critical to meeting its aim of achieving net-zero emissions from its products by 2039.
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 27, 2024
billion supporting the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry. To put that in context, Environmental Defence’s “Canada’s Fossil Fuel Funding in 2023” report estimates that the Canadian government’s accumulated subsidies to the oil and gas sector over the last four years was at least $65 billion.
The Verge: Energy
DECEMBER 12, 2023
The beginning of the end for fossil fuels? This text is a step forward on our path towards phasing out fossil fuels, but is not the historic decision we hoped for.” More than 100 countries came to the table pushing for an official agreement to “phase out fossil fuels.”
The Guardian: Energy
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Rather than racing to extract natural gas, those who caused the climate crisis should help Africa harness its wind and sun Vanessa Nakate is a Unicef goodwill ambassador and youth climate activist It’s official: we’re about to reach peak fossil fuels.
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