The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 24, 2024

Fossil emissions ‘finally back to 1960s levels’, say analysts, but they warn levels are still falling too slowly The European Union pumped out 8% less carbon dioxide from the fossil fuels it burned in 2023 than it did in 2022, the Guardian can reveal, pushing these emissions down to their lowest level in 60 years.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The Australian government has mastered the contradictory dance of committing to net zero while also approving new coal, oil and gas projects. The post Why we need a fossil fuel non proliferation treaty appeared first on RenewEconomy. It has to stop.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Prof Lesley Hughes is a leading climate change scientist and member of the independent Climate Council and government advisory body the Climate Change Authority.

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Renew Economy

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The world's petrol states and the fossil fuel lobby are steering the world towards climate catastrophe. The post Petro-states and fossil fuel lobby steer climate deal towards global catastrophe appeared first on RenewEconomy. And Australia's Coalition is cheering on from the sidelines.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 28, 2024

In a new podcast to be released on Monday, the ACT senator has also described the “really sobering” experiencing of entering parliament and “seeing the influence of the fossil fuel industry” up close.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 23, 2023

. | Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi / Bloomberg via Getty Images More than 130 companies, including Volvo Cars, Ikea, Unilever, Nestlé, and AstraZeneca, signed a letter calling on governments to adopt a global plan to phase out fossil fuels without carbon capture during upcoming international climate negotiations.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 21, 2024

The post Kalgoorlie turns to renewables as fossil fuel backup fails after storms appeared first on RenewEconomy. City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder is looking to renewables as a solution after the failure of the gas turbines that were supposed to provide back up power to the mining region.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 6, 2024

New analysis shows 10 EU countries representing more than 60% of the bloc’s electricity generation capacity have committed to exit fossil fuel generation by 2035 or sooner. The post Ten EU countries commit to stop burning fossil fuels by 2035 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Exclusive: former US vice-president and climate activist says phase-out can be only measure of success for Cop28 An agreement by countries to phase out fossil fuels would be “one of the most significant events in the history of humanity”, according to Al Gore, amid wrangling by governments at Cop28.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 31, 2024

The post Millions in fossil fuel money rained on major political parties last year appeared first on RenewEconomy. Santos, Woodside, Adani and Gina Rinehart feature among donors to major political parties in 2023.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The beginning of the end for fossil fuels? This text is a step forward on our path towards phasing out fossil fuels, but is not the historic decision we hoped for.” More than 100 countries came to the table pushing for an official agreement to “phase out fossil fuels.”

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The planet faces an existential threat if we do not transition from the current extractive model of growth to a low-carbon economy Colombia’s economy is dependent on fossil fuels, which account for about half of its exports. Colombia is the first big economy to endorse a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 11, 2024

After NDP member of Parliament Charlie Angus introduced a bill in February proposing to ban misleading fossil fuel advertising in Canada, the oil and gas advocate Stephen Buffalo wrote an incendiary National Post column attacking the legislation. The IRC received $250,000 from CNRL in 2022 alone.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 28, 2022

Australian fossil fuel subsidies will top $11.6 billion this financial year, pushed higher by the Morrison government's 'gas led recovery'. The post “Perverse:” Australian fossil fuel subsidies will top $22,000 a minute this year appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

billion) in fossil fuel firms. This includes companies that specialise in extracting, refining, transporting and distributing fossil fuels. million) shareholding in the oil and gas supermajor Chevron, as well as stakes in Shell, Equinor, and 109 other fossil fuel companies. billion (£1.8

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 30, 2022

Fossil fuel groups are asking for more support for troubled carbon storage projects as the federal budget looms. The post Fossil fuel industry asks Morrison government for more support for CCS appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Xie Zhenhua, China’s climate envoy, would not be explicit on whether China supported or opposed a phase-out of fossil fuels, which more than 100 governments are pushing for at crucial climate talks, the Cop28 UN summit.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

PopCon director Mark Littlewood is the outgoing managing director of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), an influential free market think tank that has talked up its access to government. A number of former Tufton Street figures were appointed to government advisory roles during Truss’s short-lived tenure in Downing Street.

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Renew Economy

MAY 22, 2022

Change of government will see a clean-out of fossil fuel industry lobbyists that held sway in the corridors of power for nearly a decade. The post Fossil fuel industry loses its grip over Australia’s climate and energy policies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Leaders from the nearly 200 countries at the United Nations climate summit under way in the United Arab Emirates must face the “inescapable truth” that fossil fuels must be left behind, a letter to heads of state from the C40 group, which includes the mayors of cities including New York, London, Beijing, Paris and Cape Town, states.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Albanese government announced at the Cop28 climate summit that it had joined 40 other countries in signing up to the clean energy transition partnership, an agreement first reached in Glasgow two years ago.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

UN climate chief says ‘torrents, not trickles’ of public and private finance needed to meet global challenge Governments must not try to pick loopholes in the global agreement to “transition away” from fossil fuels reached last December, the UN’s climate chief has said, as he called for “torrents” of cash for poorer countries to tackle the crisis.

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2022

University of Oxford academics argue investments in fossil fuels in response to energy crunch will have a smaller economic and energy security impact than those in energy efficiency and clean energy infrastructure. We suggest, if governments are going to spend, green energy makes a far smarter investment than fossil fuel," he said.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Woodside Energy was among those assessed to be at significant risk of "net zero greenwash" because of their efforts to influence governments against phasing out fossil fuels. The post “Net zero greenwash:” Energy giants called out over plans to burn more fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The post A final blow to fossil fuels? AEMC sets in motion one of the most important reforms to the Australian energy market in decades, factoring emissions reduction into rule making and decision making. Environment embedded in grid rules appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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BloombergNEF

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Read the full factbook here New York, November 21, 2023 – Governments and state-owned companies in the 19 individual G-20 member states provided $1.3 trillion of support for fossil fuels last year, according to a new report produced by research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF) in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies.

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Renew Economy

JULY 12, 2023

Climate Council calls for federal government intervention as Australia's biggest polluters set net zero targets while expanding further into fossil fuels. The post Fossil fuel giants “gaslighting” on emissions, Climate Council calls for greenwash ban appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

New modelling shows fuel tax credits paid to the mining sector will cost the economy a cumulative $37bn out to 2030. The post How Australia’s largest fossil fuel subsidy could decarbonise mining appeared first on RenewEconomy. This money should be reinvested in decarbonisation.

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Renew Economy

MAY 3, 2023

New report says fossil fuel subsidies to hit record $57 billion, just a year after so-called "climate election". The post A year after “climate election”, Australian fossil fuel subsidies hit record $57 billion appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

JUNE 21, 2023

New deals for four hour batteries takes the technology make the next giant leap over the fossil fuel generators they will replace. The post Battery storage takes another giant leap over fossil fuels in heart of coal country appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Governments failing to cut emissions fast enough to meet Paris agreement goals and avoid disaster, major report says Analysis: A chasm laid bare Governments are failing to cut greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to meet the goals of the Paris agreement and to stave off climate disaster, a major report by the UN has found.

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Renew Economy

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Wind and solar supply nearly 70 per cent of generation on Australia's main grid, as fossil fuel output pushed to a new low. The post Wind and solar close to 70 pct of Australia’s main grid as fossil fuels sent to new low appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Social and financial support for Australia’s fossil fuel industry is deteriorating amid reports of greenwashing, harmful subsidies and soured alliances. The post Are fossil fuels on the nose? Opposition spreads to government and the cricket pitch appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

JUNE 14, 2023

Now they are found within massive coal and gas compounds, eating the fossil fuel industry from the inside out. The post Big batteries storm the fossil fuel citadels, and spell the end for coal and gas appeared first on RenewEconomy. Big batteries were first built next to wind and solar farms.

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 20, 2024

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Alice Harrison, fossil fuels campaign leader at Global Witness, said in a statement. But fossil fuel companies are working hard to keep skin in the game, and sadly the UN is rolling out the red carpet to them. But Al Jaber is the only COP president who was a fossil fuel CEO at the time of his appointment.

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Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2022

The UN Secretary-General yesterday urged governments to tax the "excessive profits" of oil and gas firms and use the funds to support vulnerable households struggling with soaring energy and food costs. Conserving energy, promoting public transport and nature-based solutions are essential.". There is no place for hypocrisy.".

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