Green Business Bureau

JULY 27, 2021

This can leave a lasting impact on the health of our oceans as well as communities who rely on fishing for stability. Reduce fossil fuel use. Reduce Fossil Fuel Use. Fishing is one of the most energy-intensive industries and almost entirely relies on fossil fuels. of total global fuel consumption.

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

Political and business leaders have certainly talked a good game in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. When it comes to cutting emissions and rebuilding the economy after Covid, the prime minister really can have his cake and eat it," argued Chris Venables, head of politics at Green Alliance.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

Since it was first set up in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has been a hugely influential player in world energy politics. The death knell is being sounded for fossil fuels. By far the most startling aspect of today's report is the outlook for fossil fuels.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

And yet, so complete is their disconnect from the real world that these zombie arguments continue to stumble across the political landscape desperately looking for an issue, any issue, to attack. per cent gain, almost entirely as a result of higher fossil fuel prices. Soaring energy bills? Blame net zero. Net zero's fault.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Renewable solar and wind power now typically costs less than fossil-fuel alternatives. That’s looking more doable as renewable-energy prices drop, providing an alternative to fossil fuels.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

While California already has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent since their peak in 2004, many residents still suffer from high levels of air pollution — much of it produced by fossil fuels. And they have suffered collateral damage from the harmful pollutants produced by using fossil fuels. As the U.S.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

The report sees the influential Abu Dhabi-based agency join the UN, the IEA, and a raft of top political and business figures in calling for economic recovery plans to focus on driving more ambitious climate action. The time has come to invest trillions, not into fossil fuels, but into sustainable energy infrastructure.".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

There is a long track record of wealthier and older people with more time on their hands being the first to tap into grant and subsidy schemes, such as the Feed-in Tariff incentives that triggered the first solar panel boom, the Plug-in Car Grant Scheme for electric vehicles, or the more recent Boiler Upgrade Scheme.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

One of the most common responses to the gathering political campaign against the UK's net zero strategy is that it is important not to underestimate such an experienced and effective band of campaigners, regardless of how modest they may be in number. It is simply not plausible. But worst than that, it is obviously implausible.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

May also cited polling by the More In Common thinktank, which found concern about climate change was common across political and social groups. But the shift to electric vehicles is happening and with enthusiasm.”. She added: “And, crucially for today’s politicians, that includes voters in ‘Red Wall’ seats.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2021

Will well-intentioned critiques of demonstrably inadequate net zero strategies catalyse more ambitious decarbonisation plans or will they inadvertently undermine a trend that has helped successfully push climate issues up the corporate and political agenda? The net zero concept also has three inherent strengths.

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GreenBiz

MAY 25, 2021

Banks always backed fossil fuels over green projects — until this year," reported Bloomberg. trillion into fossil fuel projects — almost three times more than total bonds and loans backing green projects since COP21 in 2015. The fossil-fuel industry just may be seeing the writing on the wall.

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Front And Centered

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We require a Just Transition because the physics of climate are unforgiving, because it’s the right thing to do, and because it’s the only politically possible path toward what we really need. There is $40 million from some state and mostly federal funding for weatherization and home health of low income households.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 21, 2020

By Sarah Spengeman and Surili Patel, Director, Center for Climate, Health and Equity, American Public Health Association. The vast majority of the pollution that damages human health is produced by burning fossil fuels to power our homes, cars, and businesses. But it doesn’t have to be this way. It’s that simple.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

I’ve long viewed Jacobson’s life — and his collaboration with researchers, cultural icons, business leaders and political leaders — as a well-written movie script. The Tesla Powerwall packs on the wall store excess electricity generated by the sun. The fossil fuel divestment movement led by Bill McKibben’s 350.org

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The projections mark a significant shift from five years ago when there were was almost no green competition to fossil fuels at all, while even today there are only cost competitive solutions in the energy sector, covering a quarter of global emissions, according to the new findings.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2023

Former Chancellor Philip Hammond accuses politicians of being "systematically dishonest " about the estimated £1tr cost of achieving net zero, as he fails to inform readers that his estimate neglects to include the huge savings that would come from slashing the UK's reliance on fossil fuels. Not all these policies are perfect.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2020

The world currently finds itself battling a major public health and economic crisis as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, yet - as the green economy knows only too well - it also faces a race against time to avoid a crisis of far greater and longer-lasting proportions in the form of accelerating climate change.

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2020

Gabrielle Ginér, BT's head of environmental sustainability, discusses the CO2 benefits of digital services and the challenges of shifting to a fully electric vehicle fleet. But, as with any other company currently, BT is set to face a very different economic and political landscape when the UK emerges from the coronavirus crisis.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

Discussions leading up to the hotly-anticipated summit are already said to have delivered hugely significant commitments on fossil fuels and clean energy , company climate risk disclosure , and global minimum corporate tax levels. So putting it in that broader perspective is very important.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

funding boost to support heavy industrial firms - including steel, ceramics, pharmaceuticals and food production - switch away from expensive fossil fuels towards cheaper, greener fuels and energy sources. Separately today, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announced a £49.4m

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 14, 2020

Nature magazine chimed in, saying that we’re hitting “ climate tipping points ” and the bank HSBC estimated trillions of dollars in potential health costs. The other big shift this year was a clear sprint for the exits from fossil fuel investment. Clean tech grows even more, especially electric vehicles.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

Investing in green infrastructure projects should also help build a more resilient and nature-friendly European economy for the long-term following the havoc wrought by the pandemic, while delivering huge benefits for public health, air quality, enhanced energy independence, and food safety, the report contends.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

The findings of his Review may do little to convince the net zero sceptics in his own party, but if they take the time to read it they might find themselves pleasantly surprised by how reasonable its 129 recommendations are - and how economically, politically, and socially rational to boot. Agriculture and nature.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The former EPA administrator and current president and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been a leading advocate for smart, successful strategies to protect public health and the environment for more than 30 years. “They stem from the system we chose when we grabbed and relied on fossil fuels,” McCarthy said.

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Business Green

JULY 11, 2022

Fewer charge points for the soaring numbers of electric vehicle owners that the embattled auto industry has bet its future on? After a decade of flatlining wage growth and political turmoil, the UK is once again at a crossroads. Just ask Scott Morrison.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 29, 2024

Cox, who is running in May’s election for the anti-net zero party, used the rally to attack the science behind ULEZ and electric vehicles. Reform UK wants to “scrap net zero” and is partly funded by climate deniers and fossil fuel interests. This is also true with climate change”, he added.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

2023 is on track to be the hottest in the books , and unless we want to shatter that record year after year, every country on Earth will have to work together to wean themselves off fossil fuels. Others will be made with fossil fuels that still produce greenhouse gas emissions. There will be this transition.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

The plan also encourages greener transportation with electric vehicles. It supports electric vehicle manufacturing and adoption. Finally, it removes tax subsidies for fossil fuels, which today cost taxpayers roughly $4 billion a year and incentivize the use of higher-emission fuels. Policy & Politics.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2023

"With a new department dedicated to delivering net zero and energy security, we are driving economic growth, creating jobs, bringing down energy bills, and reducing our dependence on imported fossil fuels." The hugely detailed and widely shared criticisms of the government's underpowered climate policies are simply ignored.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

I think what the cancellation shows is that people have had enough of fossil fuel infrastructure being forced upon them,” said Lorne Stockman, research co-director with Oil Change International. “It Nearly 50 people were hospitalized in that disaster, and continue to suffer from adverse health effects. Navigator’s $3.5

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 22, 2022

Non-toxic, sustainable, and ethically-sourced building materials are equally important in minimizing environmental impact and health risks. Solar water heaters, solar ovens, residential small-scale biodigesters, and electric/plug-in hybrid vehicles are all ways to reduce dependency on fossil fuels.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. No wonder he keeps an ammonite fossil in his bag.

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Business Green

APRIL 18, 2022

So each kilometre travelled where a car is replaced by a bicycle generates €1.35 (£1.12) of social benefits - of which only a few cents would be saved by switching from a fossil-fuelled to an electric-powered car, according to this analysis. Electric vehicles are necessary, but they're not a panacea.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

While California already has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent since their peak in 2004, many residents still suffer from high levels of air pollution — much of it produced by fossil fuels. And they have suffered collateral damage from the harmful pollutants produced by using fossil fuels. As the U.S.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 25, 2021

“Banks always backed fossil fuels over green projects — until this year,” reported Bloomberg. trillion into fossil fuel projects — almost three times more than total bonds and loans backing green projects since COP21 in 2015. ” The fossil-fuel industry just may be seeing the writing on the wall.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

Lending high-level economic and political credence to that growing public clamour for action, the work of Chris Stark and his small team at the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in driving the issue up the agenda should not be forgotten. Suddenly, barely days into 2020, a new paradigm began to take shape. That's the biggest risk.".

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