DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Juliet Philips, senior policy advisor at the thinktank E3G, described it as “a bit of a red herring as a low-carbon solution”. So, how has hydrogen gone from being a fairly obscure industry to a critical part of Europe’s green plans? Hydrogen Europe. Credit: Gaia Lamperti.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

billion into fossil fuel projects around the world since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed in 2015, undercutting global efforts to combat the worsening climate crisis. But the actions are not matching the words,” Kyle Ash, policy director at the Bank Information Center, told DeSmog. The World Bank Group has funneled $14.8

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 6, 2019

So the EIB's confirmation last month that it would effectively end support for fossil fuels garnered widespread attention — as much for the signal it sends as for the additional impact the bank can make with the freed-up funds. The EIB's role, in effect, is to bankroll the EU's policy goals. billion ($14.9

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 23, 2023

In France, they outsold fossil fuel boilers last year, with rapid progress in Poland, Germany, Italy and the Nordic countries. In the UK, muddled policy is blamed for a slow rate of installation The humble heat pump has emerged as a powerful tool in Europe’s mission to wean itself off gas heating. Continue reading.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The party has a hostile stance on attempts to cut carbon emissions but got more votes than any other in general election The shocking success of Geert Wilders’ far-right PVV party in Dutch elections has left climate activists fearful of a drastic shift to fossil fuels and a rollback of climate policies if it manages to form a government.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The group says timely rollout of policy support is needed to deliver on investments. There was strong demand growth in all major consuming regions except Europe, which suffered a hit to industrial activity due to the sharp increase in natural gas prices. of total hydrogen demand.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Ursula von der Leyen sets out plans to mandate revenue cap on electricity generators and secure a 'crisis contribution' from fossil fuel companies in her State of the European Union address. We are in a fossil fuel crisis, the fossil fuel industry has a special duty too," she said.

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Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2022

Adverts promoting fossil fuel products and services have been banned in France, after a cornerstone of President Emmanuel Macron's green legislative agenda officially came into force yesterday. You will read everywhere that advertising for fossil fuels is now prohibited, but that's not true," the campaign group said in a statement.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

University of Bedfordshire, University of the Arts London and Wrexham Glyndwr University become latest institutions to adopt 'Ethical Careers Policy'. With the annual 'milk round' of graduate recruitment fairs in full swing, fossil fuel firms are finding their options are narrowing.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A Scottish university in “Europe’s oil and gas capital” has voted to sell all of its fossil fuel investments over the next four years. million invested in fossil fuels, according to campaigners. The post University in ‘Europe’s Oil Capital’ Votes to Divest from Fossil Fuels appeared first on DeSmog.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2021

Former UK Energy Minister and original COP26 President Claire O’Neill has been cleared to take up a role at a business consultancy known for running “astroturf” campaigns for fossil fuel companies, despite warnings from the body that approves such appointments. Oil and Gas Industry Groups.

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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. Electric vehicles are not only better for the climate and Europe's industrial leadership, but for the economy too.".

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 12, 2024

UK, Germany, Netherlands, Norway and Denmark have failed to align oil and gas policies with Paris pledges, say campaigners None of the big oil and gas producers surrounding the North Sea plan to stop drilling soon enough to meet the 1.5C (2.7F) global heating target, a report has found.

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altenergymag

MARCH 30, 2022

Independence from fossil fuels is key for climate protection – and is of relevance for security policy in light of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Europe must make enormous strides towards renewable energies in order to achieve climate targets and ensure security of supply.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

Analysis from think tank Ember reveals skyrocketing prices are driven almost entirely by reliance on fossil fuel gas. The skyrocketing price of fossil gas is responsible for 80 per cent of the increase in UK wholesale electricity prices experienced over the past year, a new analysis from energy think tank Ember has revealed.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

“We should not forget that without fossil fuels, Putin would not have the leverage or the finances to have attacked Ukraine,” said UK’s Octopus Energy CEO Greg Jackson. What’s the role of fossil fuels in the future? Europe Energy Talks, Frankfurt.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Bank bosses due to attend a green investment summit tomorrow head institutions which have provided over £700 billion of financing for the fossil fuel industry since the 2015 Paris Agreement, including £129 billion in 2020 alone. . JPMorgan financed £230 billion in fossil fuels between 2016 and 2020. billion in 2020.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

An internet browser tool designed to "block out" websites and social media accounts belonging to companies involved in financing, extracting or burning of fossil fuels has been launched today by climate campaigners, who argue such firms are "undermining our collective future".

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

We are hurtling towards the coldest quadrant of the year, and with that in mind, many people are beginning to think about the cost of their fuel consumption over the winter period. Given that 45% of Europe is dependent on gas for heating, this is clearly an emergency situation. The ingredients of Europe’s winter of discontent.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Europe's ‘dash for gas’ in wake of energy crisis is 'exact opposite' of what countries should be doing to drive down energy prices and emissions, IISD concludes. The world should not develop any new sources of fossil fuels if it is stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C aligned gas phase-out pathway," the study notes.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2020

But roughly $150bn of subsidies, carbon pricing and more supportive policies may be needed for green hydrogen to reach full decarbonisation potential, finds analyst. As things currently stand, however, policy support for the hydrogen economy is "insufficient", the report notes. MMBtu) by 2050.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

New campaign backed by Bill McKibben argues it is 'time for PR and ad agencies to come clean' over work for fossil fuel clients. Between 2008 and 2017 fossil fuel industry trade associations spent almost $1.4tr on public relations, advertising, and communications contractors, according to Clean Creatives.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Centralized markets with prices set by the cost of marginal dispatch, most often from fossil-fuel generation, are the bedrock of most major power systems. Renewables are central to regional and national energy policies in Europe. Where does Europe stand? However, market arrangements are not static.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

Leading shareholders claim successful engagement with bank has secured new commitments to phase down fossil fuel financing and tighten lending policies. However, following engagement between the bank and investors HSBC has today agreed to phase down financing of fossil fuels in line with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2022

Over 500 environmental and civil society groups from across six continents have urged world leaders to renew international efforts to bring an end to both Russia's war in Ukraine and the world's dependence on fossil fuels in order to tackle the "cascade of emergencies" facing humanity.

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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. Oil Majors Show up in Disguise. DeSmog’s analysis of the COP26 participant list was not comprehensive.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 4, 2022

Doug Parr, policy director for Greenpeace UK, told DeSmog: “We’ve long known that the oil and gas industry has strong connections right at the top of politics and this appears to extend to the Russian industry as well. Peers also have stakes in lesser-known fossil fuel companies. Financial Interests.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

There is growing confidence that clean technologies could start to squeeze the dominance of fossil fuels across the global economy, and potentially sooner than previously thought Whisper it, but is the dominance of fossil fuels across the global economy finally starting to wane? It's conclusions are similarly encouraging.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

and EU to drop their landmark climate change laws, spreads falsehoods about green policies, and fondly recalls an attempt to cancel a major climate conference. Truss writes that current environmental policies should be scrapped in favour of a “free market” approach. The book also spreads false claims about climate policies.

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2020

Major study backed by 250 NGOs and environmental organisations claims financing for fossil fuels has risen every year since the Paris Agreement was signed. This makes it crystal clear that banks are failing miserably when it comes to responding to the urgency of the climate crisis.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Countries are falling behind on almost every policy required to cut greenhouse gas emissions, despite progress on renewable energy and the uptake of electric vehicles. Cut meat consumption from ruminants such as cows and sheep to about two servings a week in the US, Europe and other high-consuming countries by 2030.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

But as analysis today from Ember shows, the UK's reliance on fossil gas for power generation is largely the cause of surging electricity bills, with soaring global fossil fuel gas costs accountable for 86 per cent of UK electricity price increases in recent months, it estimates.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This mechanism serves as a protective shield for the EU’s climate policies, preventing them from being undermined by production relocation to countries with less stringent environmental standards or by the substitution of EU products with more carbon-intensive imports.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 23, 2021

EIA and IEA are out with projections for emissions and fossil fuel consumption. On our current policy trajectory, there is no peak in sight, according to EIA By 2050, we will likely see a 50% increase in energy consumption. That means emissions could rise through 2050, absent massive changes to policy.

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Charged

JULY 9, 2023

In a recent article for CleanTechnica , he discusses the latest edition of the US National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap , a policy document that the DOE produces and updates periodically. As Barnard sees it, the wrong federal department is in charge of US hydrogen policy.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 2, 2024

She wanted to see an interconnected on-and-offshore grid in Europe: she believes the North Sea could become a “powerhouse” and TenneT is an advocate for the creation of offshore bidding zones – separate price regions for offshore hubs in Europe. It’s about building an economic climate where we can all grow.”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

But now Europe is poised to enact laws that would not only recognise the harms of chemical-intensive agriculture, but also to ensure that synthetic pesticide and fertiliser use is significantly reduced. The battle over agrochemical regulation is not new. See Table.).

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