DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The UK organisers of the upcoming COP26 climate summit have come under fire for approving just two events that refer to fossil fuels, the primary driver of climate change, in a programme of public events happening alongside the main conference. In 2018, 89 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions came from fossil fuels and industry.

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U.S. Green Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The more fossil fuels we burn, the more resources we consume, and the more waste we create — the more we damage the planet. The post The Effects of Globalization on Environmental Technology appeared first on U.S. Green Technology. [link] One of the biggest problems we are facing as a society today is climate change.

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U.S. Green Technology

APRIL 6, 2023

Solar energy has been the subject of political discussion and advancement for many years, but now the sector is ready to make a statement on its own. The future appears to be getting a little brighter as solar power plants all around the world compete with fossil fuels on pricing without government subsidies. There remain.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The boss of the Environment Agency has declared that coal and oil are "no longer safe bets" for investors, warning that banks that failed to divest from fossil fuels would be left behind by the market. He said investors that continued to invest in fossil fuels were exposing themselves to major financial risks.

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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? “Maybe there isn’t one,” said Jackon.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Only two of the 35 stalls lauding countries’ green credentials at the COP26 UN climate summit mention the need to cut fossil fuel production — the chief cause of the carbon emissions driving climate change. . We urge all leaders to put people and the planet over the profit of the fossil fuel industry.”.

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Grist

JULY 15, 2021

We talk so much about the supreme challenge of reducing emissions — something that already requires transitioning our entire economy away from the burning of fossil fuels, adapting to existing climate threats, and doing all that in a way that at the very least doesn’t add to the burdens of already marginalized communities.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2021

These include fossil fuel giants like BP, Shell, and Total; tech giants like Microsoft and Apple; retailers like Amazon and Walmart; financers like HSBC, Bank of America, and BlackRock; airlines like United and Delta; and food, livestock, and meat-producing and agriculture corporations like JBS, Nestlé, and Cargill. Secretary-General.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2022

Will also work with UK companies to co-create defence & aerospace technologies.”. Will also work with UK companies to co-create defence & aerospace technologies. The post Boris Johnson Meets Coal Baron on India Tour Despite Calling For End to Dirtiest Fossil Fuel appeared first on DeSmog.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

As energy policy and politics shift globally, business flexibility will be a necessity for the success of the energy transition. Well, not quite, because anyone who has even briefly scanned the news over the last few months will have noted the shift in the political mood music around energy policy across the world.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

With the start of the 28th annual United Nations climate summit, COP28, just two weeks away, a battle is brewing over the role of fossil fuels as nations try to stem the tide of climate change. Now, a new report shows that fossil fuel production by 2030 is set to exceed the level that would be compatible with limiting warming to 1.5°C

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

This latest briefing, “ Better, Faster, Cleaner: Securing clean energy technology supply chains”, makes the case that global supply of key materials and components is sufficient to meet growing demand for clean energy technologies (wind, solar, batteries, grids, heat pumps) over the medium- to long-term.

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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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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Denmark set the same goal — phase out new fossil fuel vehicle sales in 2030 — and world-leader Norway plans to make the switch in 2025. Technology advances, for one. Electric vehicles will begin to cost the same as their fossil fuel counterparts between 2025 and 2029, depending on the vehicle type. Pull Quote.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Some believe that the Russian supply-line problem is legitimate, with Russian supplies drained to low levels following a long and brutal winter last year, but others believe that politics are in play. European leaders can do better for their countries and progress in this area can be relatively speedy. It makes sense.

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The Guardian: Energy

MAY 13, 2024

Government told Net Zero Teesside gas scheme will be massive polluter despite its carbon capture claims A multibillion-pound “net zero” project backed by two of the world’s biggest fossil fuel firms will be responsible for more than 20m tonnes of planet-heating carbon over its lifetime, according to research submitted to the UK government.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

Tom Burke, a co-founder of the E3G thinktank, told the Guardian : "This is Fawlty Towers politics - don't mention the environment! Green day was supposed to be an opportunity to get back in the green race, but this is just supporting [fossil fuel] lobbies." It is not Green Day," one insider told the paper.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The UK's export credit agency could support up to 42,000 jobs around the UK by 2035 if it switches it support for overseas fossil fuel projects to renewables and clean energy infrastructure, according to a major new analysis from Vivid Economics.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2021

Letter from 50 campaign groups urges government to heed recent advice of International Energy Agency that growing fossil fuel supply is incompatible with a 1.5C The court ruling was hailed by climate campaigners as a watershed moment that could potentialy pave the way for other climate litigation against major fossil fuel firms.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Solar and wind power could push fossil fuels out of the electricity sector by the mid-2030s and out of the energy supply system altogether by 2050, as clean energy costs continue to plummet and governments pursue policies designed to ditch fossil fuels for cheap, home-grown renewables. per cent of solar and 0.16

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

Legal action poses a growing risk for the fossil fuel industry and other companies in high-emitting industries, according to a major new report published today which shows that almost 500 climate-related litigation cases have been filed around the world since 2020.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The latest round of funding to be announced by the US Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office includes support for a wide range of projects designed to advance low-carbon transportation technologies, including several EV-related initiatives. The remaining $71 million will be distributed among 27 projects.

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The Verge: Energy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Notably, the report uses language that somehow still tries to include fossil fuels in a future with clean energy. It also calls for phasing out “unabated” fossil fuels. The United Nations’ polite prose glosses over what is a truly damning report card for global climate efforts.” Carbon emissions?

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 7, 2020

Now, he’s out with a new book, “ Rethinking Humanity ,” that predicts the 2020s will be “the most disruptive decade in history” — not just in terms of energy technology, but across every major industry in the world today. Vice : How Solar Power Could Slay the Fossil Fuel Empire by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

At least 12 APPGs have oil and gas connections – from direct funding or services via think tanks, to administrative support by industry associations, or having fossil fuel companies as “external members”. They said the company does not operate fossil fuel power stations. Shell declined to comment.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Italian oil major Eni knew of the climate impacts of fossil fuel extraction since 1970, according to a report by Greenpeace Italy and advocacy group ReCommon shared with DeSmog.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2022

The steel, which has just a fraction of the climate footprint of conventional steel, has been provided by SSAB, one of a handful of Swedish firms behind the world's first fossil-fuel-free steel plant, the HYBRIT facility in northern Sweden. That is, to a large extent, a political decision.".

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Investment in clean energy from fossil fuel majors saw a marked uptick during the pandemic in 2020, research suggests. Well, there are a growing signs that some may be at least starting to quietly plot their future beyond fossil fuels. per cent of their total capital expenditure in 2020.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2023

Non-renewable resources and technologies that have been essential to our advancement and industrialization may ultimately be what takes us out. Political, market, and infrastructural barriers remain, dragging progress toward a clean economy — but your business has the power to mitigate these constraints.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2022

Fay Milton of Music Declares Emergency welcomed the new technology. It's a no-brainer, why use fossil fuel-based products when you can now simply choose not to? Artists will be extremely keen to use Evolution Music's bioplastic for their physical products," she said.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

A perceived failure by the Scottish Government to deal with climate change, or to protect Scottish jobs and industries during the transition to net zero, may have considerable political ramifications. Yet while Scotland has a lot to lose from net zero, it may very well also have the most to gain.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, countries will likely need to set hard limits on the extraction of fossil fuels in addition to supporting the deployment of clean energy. The researchers set out to estimate how much of the world’s fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground in order to limit global warming to 1.5

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Challenge: Transitioning from Fossil Fuels to Renewables Fossil fuels still dominate global energy production. Reliance on fossil fuels contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Promote research into advanced energy storage technologies. batteries, pumped hydro).

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

As such, it sets out how the UK could accelerate its transition away from fossil fuels, secure its energy supplies, and tackle the looming affordability, security, and sustainability 'trilemma' through a raft of new policies. Britain will continue to need to access fossil fuel supplies during the Net Zero transition.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 14, 2020

Late last year, the European Union introduced a $1 trillion plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and achieve a just transition away from polluting technologies. Europe’s Green Deal enjoys strong backing from many of the EU’s top political figures. But it faces pushback from coal-heavy member states.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The findings present a picture of a world that has made significant progress on climate action, powered by the rapid roll-out of clean energy technologies, the acceleration of the electric vehicle (EV) transition, and a growing understanding of the economic and geopolitical benefits ending reliance on coal, oil, and gas.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

In addition, from 2035 a ban on the sale of new carbon-emitting vehicles will come into effect, but in a move that has angered environmental campaigners the rules will allow for the sale of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles that make use of so-called e-fuels, which advocates maintain can be produced in a way that results in zero emissions.

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