Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 8, 2020

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, As the Government of Canada develops and deploys its response to the unprecedented impact COVID-19 is having on our health and economy, we offer your government our support, assistance and advice to ensure that stimulus and recovery efforts help build a better, more resilient Canada.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

.” “ Not only will this initiative help reduce carbon emissions including those from burning fossil fuels to ship CO 2 to New Zealand, but it could also create around 40 jobs in the Taupo area and help solve New Zealand’s food grade CO 2 shortage by creating a homegrown source that will increase supply and lessen cost.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

While many are hearing the need to align immediate spending packages with longer-term goals, the idea of a green recovery is being met with political opposition from many quarters. Countries around the world are facing painful economic decisions as they design their recovery from the damage caused by coronavirus. per cent, with an expected 8.7

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The cause of current climate change is largely human activity, like burning fossil fuels, like natural gas, oil, and coal. We must take action now to reduce emissions and build resilience to the impacts that are already inevitable. One of the most important things we can do is to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights pressing need to move away from fossil gas, business leaders tell European Commission president. The letter notes that it is critical to strengthen Europe's energy security and resilience, in order to reduce its "vulnerability to fossil fuels" and help prevent future climate and energy crises.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It is not a specific practice in itself, but an umbrella term that generally implies sustainable approaches to farming that conserve and rehabilitate soils, nature, and watercourses, while increasing biodiversity and climate resilience. Cultivating more resilient crops.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Food systems are responsible for at least 15 percent of all global fossil fuel consumption, according to a major report launched ahead of the COP28 climate summit. Its authors found that even if governments delivered on their 2030 climate pledges, by 2037 food-related fossil fuel use alone would blow the remaining portion of the 1.5C

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

Build a resilient fashion brand company using sustainable fashion. Plus synthetic fibers are fossil-fuel-derived. Tip #5: Switch to sustainable shipping and packaging. To ensure all aspects of your brand is sustainable, switch to biodegradable packagings like paper, cellulose, hemp, and other plant materials.

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Front And Centered

AUGUST 29, 2022

Overall, climate and environmental justice advocates count somewhere between $17 billion and $44 billion generally heading in the right direction for frontline communities out of a $369 billion energy and environment spending package. This includes a 15% corporate minimum tax, a stock buyback tax, and a methane leakage tax.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Fiscal stimulus and financial aid packages handed to struggling industries and businesses should "accelerate the transition to a fair and green economy - not undermine it", the recommendations state, while also stressing the importance of reducing future systemic risks and boosting economic resilience.

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2020

Cutting fossil fuel subsidies and putting efficient price on CO2 would raise crucial revenue for Treasury, LSE research paper argues. It also cautions against imposing "any kind of 2010's style austerity".

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 29, 2022

The proposed package totals £20.9 These are challenging times, and this is the path out of relying on expensive and polluting imported fossil fuels and moving to a home-grown energy system, that exploits the best of modern technology to level out demand and reduce costs for consumers.”. billion ($25.5 billion) and includes £2.7

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2020

UN Secretary-General offers starkest criticism yet of the outlook for the coal sector, as he calls on India to end support for fossil fuels. As part of a Covid-19 economic recovery package announced in June, the Modi government revealed ambitions to open a further 41 coal mines. They see the writing on the wall.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

In its most comprehensive assessment of the global energy transition to date, the International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA) today set out a compelling case for ensuring post-Covid-19 economic stimulus packages align with long-term climate and sustainable development objectives.

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Business Green

JULY 16, 2020

C40 Cities group of Mayors issues fresh call for national governments to end fossil fuel subsidies, as top scientists call on EU to deliver bolder net zero strategy. The C40 Cities group of Mayors has this week published a major new report setting out how they plan to engineer a "green and just" recovery from the coronavirus crisis.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 29, 2020

The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy Jocelyn Bleriot Fri, 05/29/2020 – 01:00 The COVID-19 crisis has disastrous human and economic consequences, revealing our system’s exposure to a variety of risks. Read the original: The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

For comparison, in the fossil fuel sectors women make up around 21 per cent of the workforce. Yet IRENA cautioned that the encouraging trends for clean energy jobs worldwide would have to be sustained in order to spur a worldwide shift away from fossil fuels towards renewables in line with international climate change targets.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2020

Their statement calls on leaders of the world's biggest economies to draw up recovery packages which invest in safeguarding public health and providing jobs, and highlights how sustainable agriculture, green energy, and clean transport are key to a healthy recovery.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 10, 2023

The battery is being developed by Greenspot, a privately owned NSW group, which was established to acquire and repurpose property assets primarily from the fossil fuel industry. The greater Lithgow region has contributed to powering NSW for nearly 70 years,” said Greenspot CEO Brett Hawkins.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

But unlike many PV and battery companies pitching customers on backup power, OutBack is including fossil fuels in its offering, which it says will optimize the system and allow it to more effectively handle bigger loads. are launching solutions geared toward resiliency.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The proposed stimulus package calls for a "renovation wave" of buildings and infrastructure in support of the Green Deal, as well as investments in circular economy efforts, renewable energy projects, clean hydrogen infrastructure, green transport networks, and an enhanced Just Transition Fund for workers.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

Funding to develop alternatives to carbon intensive red diesel fuel comes as Grant Shapps touts ambition to turn UK into 'scale-up capital of Europe' The government is making £32.5m pot from the first phase of the competition last year.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

More than 100 of the UK's top businesses have urged the Prime Minister to take action to accelerate the clean energy transition, arguing a faster shift away from fossil fuels can help tackle the current energy crisis whilst helping the UK reach its longer-term climate and nature goals.

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Business Green

JULY 24, 2020

MEPs have warned that the landmark €1.8tr EU recovery package and budget deal brokered by the European Council this week risks undermining the bloc's long-term priorities, including its Green Deal ambition to become the world's first net zero emissions continent by 2050.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

Five-year plan aims to frontload investment in boosting grid capacity and resilience while paving way for huge influx in renewable power sources. We're confident that the five-year vision we've outlined will help build the world class energy infrastructure needed to connect consumers to reliable, cleaner energy at an affordable price.".

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Raft of energy efficiency, green transport, and hydrogen programmes put at heart of €130bn stimulus package, as Bank of England confirms financial support for airlines. The German government has unveiled plans for a massive €130bn stimulus package that features at least €40bn climate-related spending.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 5, 2021

The recovery packages stipulated in the course of overcoming the impacts of the corona crisis can be an opportunity to channel needed investments into sustainable, green sectors and build back better. In fact, green energy has been more resilient against COVID-19 impacts than fossil fuels. To stay below the 1.5°C

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

Hopes will also be high that ministers and civil servants on Whitehall are now digesting the report's many recommendations ahead of the Treasury's hotly-anticipated economic stimulus package, which is expected to emerge early next month. Nevertheless, Stark captured it pretty well yesterday with his plea for the government to "go for it".

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

The letter was also backed by oil giant Total, which today became the latest fossil fuel giant to announce net zero plans , and Air France-KLM, which is currently in negotiations with the government over a bailout package that is set to include a range of environmental conditions. "We

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2021

The report marks a first for the IEA, which has in the past faced criticism for producing long-term energy and emissions projections that have often significantly underestimated the rise in renewables seen in recent years, while continuing to predict ongoing demand for fossil fuel energy.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Meanwhile, the huge clean tech buying signals from coalitions of large corporates focused on electric vehicles, green steel, renewables, green shipping, and sustainable aviation fuels, all point to how these markets could quickly reach tipping points that trigger the rapid adoption that obliterates fossil fuel demand.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2020

One Nation Conservatives group of more than 100 MPs call for 2030 fossil fuel car ban, carbon tax and tree planting funding.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 21, 2023

Buildings frakktal is a B2B materials company developing bio-based polymer processes for the replacement of fossil-fuel-based feedstocks across industries. Agriculture Aquosmic Corporation analyzes bodies of water using satellite images, providing thorough, actionable information on surface-water quality.

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Business Green

MAY 3, 2020

For example, mitigation measures promoting a greater use of renewable energy may adversely impact the production and/or rendering of services that rely on fossil fuels. These measures may also affect parties' ability to fulfill their contractual obligations. The doctrine of hardship.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

2030 sustainability vision launched today by the beauty giant includes pledges to use only recycled or biobased packaging by the end of the decade and achieve carbon neutrality across its sites by 2025.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

Thousands of green projects are raring to go across Europe to help build resilient Covid-19 recovery, study suggests. Setting out its draft recovery plan back in May, the EU Commission promised to place its Green Deal programme and 2050 net zero ambition at the heart of its €750bn investment package to get the economy moving again.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

Covid-19 stimulus plan must prioritise green building upgrades, tree planting, fossil fuel taxes, and skills training, advises Committee on Climate Change. There is rich evidence of the many, many straightforward benefits to the economy if we do that - if we use climate investments as the basis of that recovery.".

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