DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Almost 100 universities that have pledged to shed ties to the fossil fuel industry still bank with financial institutions that have collectively provided $419 billion (£345 billion) to polluting interests between 2016 and 2022. million in funding from fossil fuel companies since 2022.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

Truss writes that “we should cancel” the United Nations annual COP climate summit, and falsely claims that electric vehicles are worse for the environment than those powered by fossil fuels. “In Fracking for shale gas is a controversial practice that risks causing air, water, and noise pollution.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 24, 2023

She has been accused of trying to “undermine” climate science when the impact of human-caused climate change is making headlines amid a summer heatwave in Europe. However, its reintroduction was the key demand of opponents of climate action as global gas prices spiked amid Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Well said [David Frost]”.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Porter’s blog repeatedly cites the work of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s main climate science denial group. Porter’s Energy Blogs Climate models accurately predict global temperature rises, with observed warming tracking the forecasts.

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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

JULY 26, 2023

As record-breaking temperatures turn parts of Europe into an inferno, we take a look at the key players in Westminster attempting to stifle action to achieve net zero. In 2015, the group said that “policies to ‘stop climate change’ are based on climate models that completely failed to predict the lack of warming for the past two decades”.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

New report warns world is 'heading in wrong direction' post-pandemic resulting in a 48 per cent chance the global 1.5C There is now a near 50-50 chance of global warming temporarily rising above the totemic 1.5C Heatwaves in Europe. They are the price of humanity's fossil fuel addiction.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Trucks powered by liquified natural gas (LNG) may be no better for the climate than diesel lorries and could be guilty of polluting the air far more than claimed by manufacturers, according to a new study from Transport & Environment (T&E). It found the latter emitted only 7.5 per cent less methane than the former.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Wastewater from overburdened urban septic systems and air pollution from burning fossil fuels contribute to nitrogen pollution, but often runoff of the synthetic fertilizers used in industrialized agriculture is the primary culprit. The good news is that governments have begun to acknowledge the crisis.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

We now have less than seven years to cut emissions in half in order to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees C, the limit scientists say is necessary for averting some of the most dangerous climate impacts. 2022 saw flooding, drought and severe.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The report also warns coasts around northern Europe and the US are becoming more conducive to bacteria that produce gastroenteritis, wound infections, and sepsis. At best the trends in emissions, renewable energy and tackling pollution have improved only very slightly.

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2022

The remarkably rapid march of renewable power could see it become the backbone of much of the global electricity system by as soon as the end of this decade - but concerted policy action is still needed to deliver a successful transition away from fossil fuels towards a system dominated by solar, wind and hydro power.

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Business Green

AUGUST 20, 2020

Urgent efforts are needed to curb the damaging impacts of nitrogen used in agriculture on the UK's environment, according to research by the Soil Association, which warns there has been a "historical underestimation of its true contribution to global warming". Others, however, have cast doubt on the assumptions behind such conclusions.

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Business Green

APRIL 10, 2022

How well people exercise their agency will determine the severity of global warming – and its consequences, according to leading scientists Michael E. How well people exercise their agency will determine the severity of global warming - and its consequences. Mann and Tom Bateman. It's known as self-efficacy.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 12, 2023

The US-based organisation – which has links to a network of fossil fuel funded think tanks and advocacy groups – has opposed climate-friendly measures in Europe, such as the phase-out of petrol cars and green farming reforms, despite being removed from the lobby register over a year ago.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2022

Rio Tinto's $2.4bn Jadar mining project would have made the Anglo Australian firm one of the world's top producers of lithium, which has found itself in increasing global demand as a key raw material for EV batteries and other clean tech products. As such, Guterres said that "the battle to keep the 1.5C

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Dubbed the Green Vessel Classification system, the scheme is set to include a new Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fee for ships using the canal, in a bid to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels towards greener forms of shipping, according to Maritime Executive. ExxonMobil expands climate goals after shareholder pressure.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

Upfront investments in low carbon infrastructure deliver much faster paybacks than they did a year ago, because the fossil fuels they displace are orders of magnitude more expensive. per cent gain, almost entirely as a result of higher fossil fuel prices. per cent loss of GDP to a 0.5

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2020

Almost 60 per cent of China's coal fleet is currently running at an underlying loss, as are 22 per cent of coal plants in the US, and 62 per cent of Europe's 146GW fleet, according to the report, which warns those backing new coal plants may never recoup their investments.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2021

BMW has this week announced an agreement with Swedish startup H2 Green Steel, which aims to see green steel delivered to the auto giant's plants in Europe from 2025. In addition, the report warns that "a decline in fossil fuel revenue would further strain Middle Eastern countries that are projected to face more intense climate effects".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

New analysis reveals Net Zero Banking Alliance members funnelled $33bn towards expanding oil and gas production over past year, but banks insist they are working to reduce their exposure to fossil fuels. temperature goal alive. If oil and gas demand decreases in line with 1.5C

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Business Green

APRIL 18, 2022

The second-largest (and growing) source of climate pollution in Europe. The leading killer of children in both the US and Europe. A principal cause of stress-inducing noise pollution and life-shortening air pollution in European cities. Question: what do the following statistics have in common?

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

JBS, the world’s most polluting meat company, will be out in “full force” in Dubai , according to the files. We need the animal agriculture equivalent of ‘keep it in the ground’ for fossil fuels,” she adds. “It’s At COP27 in Egypt, DeSmog revealed that the firm gained access via Brazil’s country delegation. “But

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Oil and gas has dominated discussions at past COPs, which have focused on the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and transport sectors to tackle dangerous levels of global warming. This year will be different. The COP28 host United Arab Emirates is using its presidency to firmly press the need for food transformation.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Coca-Cola's sustainability director for Europe Therese Noordlander talks to BusinessGreen about the drinks giant's mission to drive down emissions and ramp up its recycling efforts. On topics like water scarcity, where we face serious issues in Europe, I'm looking to learn from my colleagues in Africa and Brazil.". Do I feel pressure?

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Simply cutting emissions but allowing the destruction of the rain forest to continue will do little to reverse global warming," he argued. USS Investment Management said it would introduce a climate 'tilt' to a portion of the Global Developed Markets Equity component of the Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution funds. "We

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

And so today's report's conclusion that while the scale of the challenge is monumental - the world must peak emissions by 2025, before halving them by 2030 - it also encouragingly makes clear that the world already has all of the tools it needs to achieve these aims, in order to keep the chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2023

The fast food chain, alongside a number packaging producers and trade associations, wrote to European policymakers at the end of April, demanding a pause to the legislation, which would champion reusable packaging in Europe. The call follows mounting pressure from industry over the past year. It did not respond to questions on this subject.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

Banque de France has announced plans to phase out the bulk of its investments in oil and gas companies by 2024, making it the first national central bank in Europe to set out a timeline to significantly slash financial support for fossil fuels. by the end of the century, a pathway far above the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The 2020s will have to involve some very big decisions about transport - the UK's most polluting sector. The UK government's response so far has been erratic, choosing to intervene to prevent the collapse of Europe's biggest regional airline Flybe and give the green light for the high-speed rail project, HS2.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

COP26 finance advisor is under fire for claiming his investment firm Brookfield is 'net zero' despite its billions of investments in fossil fuels. In essence, Carney and Brookfield appear to be arguing that green investments in renewables companies, for example, can act as an offset, of sorts, for fossil fuel holdings.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Leaders of the world's biggest economies have today signalled their continued support for an ambitious outcome from the tense on-going climate negotiations at the COP27 Summit, emphasising their support for capping global warming at 1.5C, ramping up climate finance, cutting back on coal power, and phasing out fossil fuel subsidies.

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

But significant barriers remain and more investment is still going into fossil fuels than into climate solutions despite three decades of climate warnings from scientists and civil society. We can't rely on risky, untested and downright dangerous removals technologies just because big polluters want us to stick to the status quo.

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Burning coal is the most polluting way to generate electricity and probably the best way to quickly destroy the world (global warming, anyone?). According to the International Renewable Energy Agency ( IRENA ), renewable power is increasingly cheaper than any new electricity capacity based on fossil fuels.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Across Europe, a single-use plastic ban will come into effect from 2021, targeting straws, cotton buds, and disposable cutlery, among other products. Rather, by using an alternative resource to fossil fuels, biodegradable straws enable a reduced ecological footprint across the whole of the product lifespan – from production to disposal.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Once again, we will (and we must ) transition from fossil fuels to into a zero-emission world. C stated in the Paris Agreement, according to the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming and Mercator Research Institute. It is a category of fuel oils with a tar-like consistency identified as a "worse case substance".

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2022

But they have plenty to say about why state regulators should deny the air quality permit for an export facility being built on the other side of the channel from Venture Global’s existing LNG facility. It will also make it possible to help Europe break free from its dependence on Russian natural gas, they argued. “We

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