DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

JPMorgan Chase is the world’s biggest financier of fossil fuels, according to environmental organisations. In 2020 the bank pledged to end fossil fuel loans for Arctic oil drilling and phase out loans for coal mining. Fossil Finance. JP Morgan declined to comment.

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Financial Times: Energy

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Ministry official argues production is more ‘eco-friendly’ even as pressure rises to phase down polluting fossil fuel

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2022

A fossil fuel executive recently told Fortune , “Appalachia is the elephant in the room,” referring to the claim that demand for natural gas is rising, while supply in Appalachia and the United States is falling. But what he gets wrong is that the future does not entail further dependence on fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

That tonal change drove home the point that this was not merely a phenomenon to be described, but a tectonic shift demanding ongoing reporting. Climate change” describes only the result of fossil fuel-based greenhouse gases. A term like “fossil fueled-destruction” would name the cause as well as the effect.

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Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

With the world’s growing population and the increasing demand for energy, renewable energy production has become increasingly important. In addition, renewable energy production has become a hot topic in the energy industry.

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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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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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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 10, 2020

Read time: 5 mins At a time when fossil fuel companies are using a public health crisis to demand financial and regulatory support , the governments of Baltimore and Rhode Island are calling out a “decades-long campaign of deception” by these companies in urging courts to advance lawsuits trying to hold polluters responsible for climate damages.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Indigenous delegates said they had been amazed at the “wilful ignorance” they encountered when demanding global banks cease financing new fossil fuel projects on their ancestral lands in what is today North America. I had to give a fracking 101 lesson to this bank official. and Canadian emissions.

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Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Scottish government has announced it plans to ban the installation of fossil fuel powered boilers in all new homes in Scotland from 2024. Instead, properties would have to be heated with low carbon alternatives, such as heat pumps, solar, and electric boiler systems.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Only two of the 35 stalls lauding countries’ green credentials at the COP26 UN climate summit mention the need to cut fossil fuel production — the chief cause of the carbon emissions driving climate change. . We urge all leaders to put people and the planet over the profit of the fossil fuel industry.”.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 1, 2021

Global efforts to curb the use of fossil fuels are being made by all of the world’s leading nations, but occasionally, despite the genuine momentum, it can still feel like everything is moving a bit too slowly. Saliently, this is a lot less than is currently used by the fossil fuel industry. The fossil fuel era is over”.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Photos I shot in 2022 for DeSmog capture damage from extreme weather events and the continued expansion of the fossil fuel industry — the dominant industry causing global warming. Travis and Nicole Dardar in front of their home in Cameron, Louisiana, near the Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

An in-depth article by the website Carbon Brief argues that the fuel is unlikely to be taken up universally, particularly as “the volume required to satisfy all the possible applications for low-carbon hydrogen would likely far exceed the amount available, even if production is significantly scaled up.”. Credit: Gaia Lamperti.

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Charged

DECEMBER 2, 2020

IPG’s Flameless Ceramic Turbine technology is designed to support EV charging in high-use and remote locations by using fossil fuels for grid-independent power generation. Gill explained, “Not only can IPG’s technology deliver low-emission, pollutant-free energy on today’s cleaner fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2021

The report — titled “ The Big Con: How Big Polluters Are Advancing a “Net Zero” Climate Agenda to Delay, Deceive, and Deny ” — was published by Corporate Accountability, the Global Forest Coalition, and Friends of the Earth International, and is endorsed by over 60 environmental organizations.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

MAY 31, 2022

On April 28, 2022, the California Attorney General launched an investigation into the “fossil fuel and petrochemical industries for their role in causing and exacerbating the global plastics pollution crisis.” Filing a motion to set aside or modify the MA AG investigation demand in Massachusetts state court.

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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. Fossil fuel firms tout CCUS and hydrogen as green energy solutions, yet the reality is more complicated.

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BloombergNEF

OCTOBER 1, 2023

In addition, further expansion of fossil-fuel thermal power […] The post Solar Soon to be the Most Affordable Electricity Source for Bangladesh: Report appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The impact of electric transportation on pollution and reduced carbon emissions and fossil-fuel consumption is complicated. On the one hand, well-designed electric vehicles (EVs) use much less energy per mile than conventionally-fueled vehicles. Contributed by Philip T. on a typical day. and from 2 to 9 p.m.

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Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2022

And I urge people everywhere to send a clear message to the fossil fuel industry and their financiers: this grotesque greed is punishing the poorest and most vulnerable people, while destroying our only home.". All countries - and especially developed countries - must manage energy demand," he said.

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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.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For Edna Ibarra, it was the realization that with every breath her 11-year-old son was breathing in a little more of an industrial carcinogen that drove her to get involved in the fight against air pollution in Laredo, Texas. If these three pollutants were eliminated,” the Intercept reported, “only one census tract in the U.S.

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The City Fix

MAY 17, 2021

Vehicle traffic is also a major source of toxic air pollutants like NOx, volatile organic compounds and carbon monoxide, accounting for 18%, 21%. In densely urbanized Hong Kong, transport is the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, at 18%. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Business Green

MARCH 19, 2021

Study from IEA and Imperial highlights decade of clear evidence that renewables firms are performing better than fossil fuel-focused businesses. Our research demonstrates that all over the world renewable power has outperformed fossil fuels," he said.

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altenergymag

JUNE 20, 2023

The rising level of pollution is leading to a major increase in environmental concerns. The extensive usage of fossil fuels in order to meet the rising demand for energy is driving the need for sustainable energy. Increasing fossil fuel usage adds to the carbon footprint, further depleting the ozone layer.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2021

Analysts have predicted that electric cars and vans will be cheaper than fossil fuel alternatives by 2027 as battery costs continue to fall, production ramps up, and new vehicle designs are developed. New polluting vehicles shouldn't be sold for any longer than necessary.". Copper prices rose 1.4

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

Scottish Widows has claimed that its £250m Environmental Fund now boasts the widest fossil fuel exclusions of any pension provider in the UK, as it unveiled a reboot of the 31-year-old scheme this morning. Outfits that receive revenue from nuclear energy or nuclear uranium mining will also be excluded, it added.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 25, 2023

This pipeline is a symbol of the ongoing controversies that already divide the Navajo Nation — and New Mexico — over fossil fuel development. On the Navajo Nation, climate change and fossil fuel development aren’t mental exercises. I walk out of those meetings and I have to check my tires,” she says. New Mexico Gov.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. And the era of fossil fuels is hardly over. Subscribe here.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Fossil fuels are everywhere at this COP except in the decisions being negotiated by governments,” Nikki Reisch, the director of climate and energy at the Center for International Environmental Law, wrote to DeSmog from Glasgow. In some cases, the affiliation with the oil industry was publicly declared on the participant list for COP26.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In the run up to California Clean Air Day, join GreenBiz for a conversation about some of the available and affordable solutions that are delivering a real lasting impact in California’s fight against air pollution and climate change. . Certain regions in the United States, particularly in California, continue to face an air pollution crisis.

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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. aligned gas phase-out pathway," the study notes.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Carbon Tracker study finds solar and wind energy potential is 100 times as much as global energy demand. Harry Benham, report co-author and chairman of think tank Ember-Climate, argued that only a fraction of the world's extensive renewable resources would need to be tapped to replace fossil fuel power.

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Green Living Guy

AUGUST 24, 2021

As the climate continues to change, there is a greater demand to switch to renewable energy sources. Fossil fuels contribute to pollution and greenhouse gases, one of the primary causes of climate change. Many rural areas continue to rely on fossil fuels as their […].

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The UK's export credit agency could support up to 42,000 jobs around the UK by 2035 if it switches it support for overseas fossil fuel projects to renewables and clean energy infrastructure, according to a major new analysis from Vivid Economics.

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U.S. Green Technology

JANUARY 23, 2024

Waste generation around the world is rapidly increasing, leading to problems like overburdened landfills, greenhouse gas emissions, and pollution. At the same time, energy demand continues to rise globally, much of which is still met through fossil fuels that drive climate change.

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