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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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As policymakers and leaders around the world prepare for pivotal climate discussions at COP28, the sector must seize the momentum to create more renewable energy, enabling other sectors to decarbonise, and shifting demand away from fossil fuels. Vicky Sins, Decarbonisation and Energy Transformation Lead, said: “We cannot keep 1.5

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Over 600 businesses including Unilever, Netflix, and Volvo Cars have signed an open letter urging world leaders to strengthen short and long term climate targets, end support for fossil fuels, and ramp up climate finance ahead of crunch talks at the G20 and COP26 summits this autumn.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The world should not develop any new sources of fossil fuels if it is stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C in line with international climate goals, as there are already enough supplies of gas required to meet global demand, a major new study today has concluded.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2021

Letter from 50 campaign groups urges government to heed recent advice of International Energy Agency that growing fossil fuel supply is incompatible with a 1.5C The court ruling was hailed by climate campaigners as a watershed moment that could potentialy pave the way for other climate litigation against major fossil fuel firms.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 30, 2024

This innovative form of hydrogen, produced through the interaction between iron and water under specific conditions, not only provides a potential source of renewable energy but also presents an opportunity to address environmental challenges. What are the environmental benefits of orange hydrogen?

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

In speech to mark sixth month anniversary of Glasgow Summit, COP26 President argues 'net zero means security, prosperity, and preventing the problems of the present from growing inexorably'. We see clearly the dangers of energy systems powered by foreign fossil fuels," Sharma said. "We

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The world's biggest firms driving the development of clean energy, electric vehicles, sustainable forestry, and other crucial green solutions continue to outperform the broader global market, "leaving fossil fuel companies in the dust", according to fresh investor research released today.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The IEA in a new report points to signs that grids are becoming a bottleneck to clean energy transitions and that delayed action means prolonging reliance on fossil fuels. This would mean that the global long-term temperature rise would go well above 1.5 o C, with a 40% chance of exceeding 2 o C.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Anger is building over the failure to secure much-needed commitments towards phasing out unabated fossil fuels and tackling near-term emissions as part of the final agreement brokered at COP27 over the weekend, with critics warning the chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C are hanging by the thinnest of threads.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 7, 2022

A media blitz by backbench Tory MPs calling for cuts to green taxes, more North Sea oil and gas extraction, and the return of fracking, is led by politicians with close links to the UK’s main climate science denial group and reflects many of its demands. ‘Politically-Motivated Climate Deniers’.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Kathryn Porter was introduced as an “energy consultant at Watt-Logic” by business presenter Sean Farrington on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, which has an audience of around six million, on Monday morning (June 19). She also spoke at a webinar run by GWPF’s campaign arm Net Zero Watch last June.

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GreenBiz

MAY 16, 2020

It is gradual, and it derives largely from the familiar and widespread practice of burning fossil fuels. And it manifests as natural phenomena like heat waves, droughts, fires, storms and floods; we need experts, assessing global data and long-term trends, to tell us if what is happening is truly unusual.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, countries will likely need to set hard limits on the extraction of fossil fuels in addition to supporting the deployment of clean energy. The researchers set out to estimate how much of the world’s fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground in order to limit global warming to 1.5

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 25, 2024

s proposed LNG projects would come online in a global LNG market anticipated to see export capacity increase by 43 per cent by 2030, but there is no consensus from governments or industry on future global demand. Natural gas production (48 per cent) and exporting LNG (39 per cent) were the least popular options presented.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 24, 2021

It provides 100 percent renewable power to the City of Houston, and in 2015 it was the first power company in North America to receive certification from the Science-based Targets Initiative (SBTi) that its climate goals aligned with the two-degrees Celsius global warming limit. We really aspire to be a consumer products company.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

At COP21, world leaders agreed to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 in pursuit of capping global warming to 1.5°C C threshold by 2030, with global energy-related emissions falling by only 9%. Fossil fuels will continue to make up 50% of energy demand by 2050, with gas maintaining its position, according to the report.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

After all, a substantial fraction of global carbon emissions arise from the production, transportation, and consumption of fossil fuels. carbon hydrogen produced globally in 2030 will come from coal and natural gas with carbon sequestration. Energy companies have tackled this issue in several ways. The Role of Hydrogen.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Climate targets were under threat from all sides with climate science deniers, politicians and media platforms exploiting the war in Ukraine and ensuing energy crisis to demand an increase in fossil fuel extraction. At the same time, it was a year in which the case for climate action could not have been clearer.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 1, 2024

By denying, derailing, delaying, and deflecting meaningful discussions around the sector’s key issues, the agriculture industry is using the same tactics as the tobacco and fossil fuel lobbies. Experts said the promotion was misleading and ignored the global warming impact of UK diets.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

It provides direct advice to governments and its annual World Energy Outlook reports, which offer projections for future energy sources and demand, have provided the bedrock for major energy investment and policy decisions that help shape the trajectory of the global market. The death knell is being sounded for fossil fuels.

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Mosaic

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

97 percent of climate scientists agree that global warming trends are clear and “extremely likely” due to human activities, most prominently the rising emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil fuels. According to the IPCC , limiting global warming to 1.5°C The Earth’s climate is changing.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

It is estimated that today’s policy ambitions and targets would likely lead to global warming of around 2.7C CCAG also proposes an alternative approach to carbon pricing – one which levies charges at the point of fossil fuel extraction, based on the amount of CO?

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Imposition of increased taxes to dampen demand and influence supply mix could increase the relative supply costs of energy intensive/higher carbon content fossil fuels such as oil sands,” the 1993 document says. But those costs would be primarily felt by the fossil fuel industry.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) are seen as increasingly vital components of achieving climate goals because the pace of clean-energy deployment does not seem fast enough to avoid significant levels of global warming. For comparison, fossil fuels emitted 36.7

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Editor’s Note: This is part of a regular column, Gaslit , which navigates society’s dysfunctional relationship with fossil fuel disinformation. Recent extreme weather across the globe is showing us how rapidly the climate is changing in an increasingly warming world. Have a tip or idea? Get in touch. ” – Michael E.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Mark Fawcett, chief investment officer at Nest, said energy giants should pay attention to the case and the growing investor demands for ambitious action to decarbonise their operations. The board's 'transition' strategy clings to fossil fuels not just in the next few years, but for decades to come," said Benson.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Presenting this climate conference as a major achievement - in contradiction to all appearances - simply sets mediocrity as the bar. In Glasgow last year, India and China demanded at the last minute that the wording "phase out coal" be replaced in the final text by "phase down coal".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

With most of the world's energy demand being supplied by fossil fuels, we are facing the harsh reality of climate change. The impact of global warming is being felt across the planet with all corners of the world experiencing weather anomalies, from scorching temperatures and wildfires to flash floods and hurricanes.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

G20 agrees to submit enhanced Paris Agreement plans ahead of COP26, but fails to agree coal power and fossil fuel subsidy phase outs. Under the Paris Agreement, signatories are expected to ramp up their national climate pledges every five years in order to help limit temperature rise to 1.5C goal without the leadership of the G20.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

A rapid shift away from fossil fuels is also needed alongside a major ramp up in renewable electricity capacity - largely provided by wind and solar projects - which will form the backbone of the future energy system, while development of hydrogen, carbon capture and new modular nuclear technologies is also crucial, the report warned.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The commitment is aligned with the Paris Agreement's target to limit global warming to 1.5C Climate change poses a clear and present threat to the scheme's ability to meet its long-term commitments," said BTPS chairman Otto Thoresen.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

There they aim to accelerate action to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by the middle of the century. The Paris Agreement, which rests on a commitment by countries to prevent the worst effects of climate change by keeping global warming this century to well below 2°C, preferably 1.5°C,

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2022

Renewable power is set to dominate European power generation this decade, but significantly more policy momentum is required to boost wind, solar and hydro’s share of primary demand, analysis finds. At present, renewables account for 35 per cent of the power mix in Europe, 23 per cent in the US and 30 per cent in China.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 14, 2022

A business can then consider all the aspects of their business that produce carbon, including fossil fuels , land clearance and the production and consumption of food, manufactured goods, materials, wood, roads, buildings, transportation and other services. This translation is based on the global warming potential (GWP) of a given GHG.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

We know that animal agriculture is now recognized as a leading cause of global warming. According to Project Drawdown, eating a plant-based diet is "the most important contribution every individual can make to reversing global warming." Our industry was, of course, abruptly and majorly changed by the global pandemic.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Nearly all the world's leading carmakers and electric utility companies are set to blow a hole in their individual carbon budgets for limiting global warming to 1.5C, with their continued overreliance on fossil fuels and sluggish rollout of green technologies putting both the climate and their businesses in danger.

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