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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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

According to Saudi Aramco’s podcast, the fossil fuel industry is innovating new climate solutions, and BP’s podcast proclaims more of the same. Darren Woods, the CEO of Exxon, celebrates the potential of carbon capture to dramatically reduce global emissions. and Europe.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

One of largest private universities in US, with endowment of over $5bn, takes steps to address climate crisis after years of student protest New York University plans to divest from fossil fuels, the Guardian has learned, following years of pressure from student activists. Continue reading.

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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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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

From the world’s biggest soccer championship to soccer training for kids , from major universities to music festivals and art galleries to — if you can name it, fossil fuel companies have probably sponsored it. TotalEnergies will sponsor the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Over the past month and a half month, California lawmakers have enacted a pair of climate disclosure bills and endorsed a global call to end the fossil fuel era. Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) introduced legislation requiring both funds to divest from the 200 largest fossil fuel companies by the 2030s — holdings worth about $15 billion.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

The analysis by researchers at the University of Waterloo, published today in partnership with the organization Stand.earth, has found that the total cumulative value of six major U.S. without the fossil fuel holdings. The analysis found that while the total actual value of the six funds was $402.8

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

In the first half of 2020, renewables (solar, wind, hydro and biomass) beat out fossil fuels on the European grid for the first time. They didn’t only beat out coal -- they beat out all fossil fuels put together. Climate Home News : Renewables overtake fossil fuels in EU electricity generation.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Major hospital systems and medical institutions in the United States are betraying their oath to “first do no harm” through their investments in the fossil fuel sector, warns a new report from a campaign advocating for fossil fuel divestment in healthcare. private hospital systems.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

But it was canceled without explanation by conference organizers several weeks before it was due to begin. The event aims to bring together policymakers and liquified natural gas (LNG), natural gas, and hydrogen players to explore new avenues for fossil fuel expansion.

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Dr. Fatih Birol, (the organization used to be an apologist for the fossil fuel industry, but not anymore) describes COP28 as “a moment of truth” for coal, oil and gas.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The findings underscore concerns over the role of the fossil fuel industry at the negotiations, known as COP27, which have become a focal point for deals to exploit African natural gas. These talks are supposed to be about moving us away from fossil fuels, phasing them out,” Sabido told DeSmog. Social license.

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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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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

DeSmog analysed examples of more than 100 influencers being paid to promote fossil fuel firms worldwide since 2017, from the US to Malaysia, in campaigns that have reached billions of people. While there’s more knowledge in general around climate change and the harms of fossil fuels, I think that people have a lot of trust in creators.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. The post Tzeporah Berman, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty: Winding down production to fulfill the Paris Agreement appeared first on ImpactAlpha. It is republished.

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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

JUNE 8, 2023

Although there are many human activities that impact global warming, there are two that are its greatest contributors: deforestation and, above all, the burning of fossil fuels. Steinberger wrote in Climática , “This is a crucial point to understand: fossil fuel companies are not energy companies. ExxonMobil.

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Over the past decade, climate and environmental activists have pushed organizations to divest fossil fuel investments. The purpose of the divestment movement is to starve fossil fuel companies of the investments they need to develop new resources. However, I still use fossil fuels in my daily life.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2023

Elite law schools in the United States are disproportionately funneling their students into jobs serving fossil fuel clients, according to a new report published Thursday. LSCA, an organization of law students working to hold the legal sector accountable for its role in the climate crisis, has previously scrutinized the top ranked U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Ahead of the COP27 UN climate summit, hundreds of scientists are calling on the PR firm in charge of the event’s communications, Hill+Knowlton, to cut ties with its fossil fuel industry clients, which include major oil companies Aramco, ExxonMobil, and Shell as well as an industry coalition called the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

While the focus is usually on fossil fuel emissions as the main climate change culprit, a new analysis by the nonprofit Energy Vision concludes that reducing emissions from organic waste would more steeply reduce methane. The methane impact of organic waste vs fossil fuel emissions. Read more here:Â .

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

COP27 has just ended and while the agreement to develop a loss and damage fund is a real victory for vulnerable nations already devastated by climate change impacts, UN climate talks once again failed to address the root cause of these impacts: fossil fuel production. For women, fossil fuel impacts are even more devastating.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I live in South Louisiana on the front lines of the climate crisis and cover the fossil fuel industry and impacts related to the warming planet, so facing gaslighting is a regular occurrence for me. Kim Coates, a councilwoman of Tangipahoa Parish, at a meeting organized by Air Products giving the public a chance to ask questions.

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Over the past decade, climate and environmental activists have pushed organizations to divest fossil fuel investments. The total value of the institutions divesting is.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Chamber of Commerce over its lobbying on climate change issues published a report today criticizing the pro-business lobbying and advocacy group for continuing to push for pro-fossil fuel policies despite recognizing that climate change is real.

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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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Energy Central

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This story was produced in partnership with OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that tracks money in politics. The number of companies and organizations lobbying the federal government on issues related to hydrogen increased nearly tenfold since. Jimmy Cloutier is the political reporter at opensecrets.org.

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

There are four major overlapping justifications for fossil fuel divestment. Existential; This discourse suggests that fossil fuel use must be eliminated as a leading cause of climate change which is a civilization ending event. This is a commonly held rational in religions, faith organizations.

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Energy Central

JANUARY 29, 2024

What they found were volatile organic compounds in sufficient amounts to be potential pollution hazards for those living downwind of the site. Researchers measured emissions in overflights of Canada's oil sands region that were up to 64 times greater than previously recorded.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 4, 2020

We think the power of integration from our trading organization is awfully good. BP has been upfront about the ongoing role of fossil fuels in its long-term plans. The company has moved further on its net-zero planning than any of its competitors, but critics continue to look for a faster shift away from fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 10, 2023

I suspect the organizers don’t like the investigations DeSmog has been doing about the gas industry.” A screenshot of the registration page for LNG2023 lists “media” as a relevant industry for attendees, contradicting the organizers’ explanation that the conference is “an industry only event.”

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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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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The UK organizers of the COP26 climate conference very publicly declined to offer international oil companies any slots in the conference or any formal role in the event, and oil companies without credible climate programs were also barred from sponsoring events at the high-stakes international talks currently underway.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 24, 2023

Fossil fuel firms have justified their rushed construction plans by pointing to Europe’s scramble to replace Russian natural gas in the wake of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine last February. Ozane began pushing back against the fossil fuel industry after Hurricane Laura wrecked her home in southwest Louisiana in 2020. “Me

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 28, 2020

It is a primary source of data for numerous companies, government agencies, and non-government organizations. Cumulatively, fossil fuels — shown below in shades of gray — still accounted for 84% of the world’s primary energy consumption in 2019. This annual report is one of the most important sources of global energy data.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 25, 2021

of Energy, and a longtime renewable energy entrepreneur, launched a discussion earlier this month about the acceptance of fossil fuel industry professionals in the advanced energy economy. . The organization evolved to become ALLY Energy , as the energy transition took shape. Bridging the gap.

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Charged

JULY 9, 2023

Barnard finds the latest version (June 2023) of the Hydrogen Strategy to be an improvement over the first draft, but writes that it still seems to be aimed more at supporting the fossil fuel industry than optimizing the use of hydrogen technology to reduce emissions. per gallon of gasoline, or 83% of the retail price right now).

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