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

JULY 27, 2023

The influencers have included a popular former BBC presenter, a polar explorer, and an exasperated father of five who needs a break and finds it in the form of BP’s rewards app. 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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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

They are just some of the countries in which Europe-headquartered fossil fuel companies stand convicted or credibly accused of criminal, civil, or administrative offences. The history of fossil fuels is a litany of criminal accusations, from corruption and bribery to human rights violations and even complicity in war crimes.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2023

Campaign group One for One warn fossil fuels should be viewed as the highest risk class of assets and urges government to tighten financial regulations to avert risk of a financial crash. The One for One rule will ensure that banks making high-risk fossil fuel investments shoulder that risk themselves," she added. "It

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This month, they presented their incredible climate technologies at an ACCEL Showcase at Greentown Houston. FRAKKTAL Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a synthetic plastic polymer made from fossil fuels, and it forms one of the most common types of plastics. Read more about florrent and check out a video featuring its CEO.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

By September this year, Guterres said all businesses, cities, regions, and financial institutions that have pledged to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 should present their transition plans "with credible and ambitious targets for 2025 and 2030", as recommended by the UN net zero expert group appointed by the secretary-general last year.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2023

Policy Exchange, one of Westminster’s most prominent think tanks, engaged in a high-level influencing campaign over the UK’s North Sea oil and gas policies while being funded by fossil fuel interests, DeSmog can reveal. Fossil fuel firms tout CCUS and hydrogen as green energy solutions, yet the reality is more complicated.

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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

MAY 24, 2022

HSBC has been accused of double standards after suspending an executive who said investors “need not worry” about climate change, while continuing to plough billions of pounds into fossil fuels. HSBC has financed £103 billion in fossil fuels since the Paris Agreement was ratified in 2016, including £43.8

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Photos I shot in 2022 for DeSmog capture damage from extreme weather events and the continued expansion of the fossil fuel industry — the dominant industry causing global warming. Travis and Nicole Dardar in front of their home in Cameron, Louisiana, near the Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog. Credit: Sam Whitham.

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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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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2021

Fossil fuel companies could face legal challenges over their misleading advertising, after a DeSmog investigation uncovered the extent of their “greenwashing” Environmental lawyers ClientEarth have put companies on notice with the publication of the Greenwashing Files. ExxonMobil – “Powering Progress”.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 25, 2023

This pipeline is a symbol of the ongoing controversies that already divide the Navajo Nation — and New Mexico — over fossil fuel development. On the Navajo Nation, climate change and fossil fuel development aren’t mental exercises. I walk out of those meetings and I have to check my tires,” she says. New Mexico Gov.

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Jim Conca

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The cost of nuclear fuel has never been a big deal. Because of its high energy density, thousands of times less uranium is needed than fossil fuel to produce the same amount of energy. And it’s easy to enrich, even to higher levels than present reactors. New fuel is not a bottleneck to new reactors.

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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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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 6, 2021

Plans by HSBC to buy and close coal plants in Asia have been dubbed a “cynical” attempt to clean up the bank’s image before the COP26 climate conference by “one of the world’s top financiers of fossil fuels”. HSBC, however, is the 13th biggest funder of fossil fuels in the world, according to the Rainforest Action Network.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2021

Fossil fuel companies are pressing ahead with new oil and gas developments, despite a recent warning from the International Energy Agency (IEA) that this will make the Paris Agreement goals impossible to meet, an analysis has found. Selective’ Use of IEA Research. It slightly feels like cherry-picking,” he added.

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2021

HSBC and Barclays currently benefit from low levels of consumer awareness about their financing of high carbon activity, but could face of exodus of customers if public understanding of their fossil fuel investments improves. Funding fossil fuels has been Barclays and HSBC's dirty little secret," he said.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The University of Cambridge has committed to divest from all direct and indirect investments in fossil fuels by 2030, as the institution works towards its goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2038.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The world should not develop any new sources of fossil fuels if it is stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C that allow for new sources of fossil fuels to be exploited. But while the IEA report found that new sources of oil and gas were incompatible with its own assessment of the pathway needed for a 1.5C

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Over 600 businesses including Unilever, Netflix, and Volvo Cars have signed an open letter urging world leaders to strengthen short and long term climate targets, end support for fossil fuels, and ramp up climate finance ahead of crunch talks at the G20 and COP26 summits this autumn.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 20, 2023

The researchers said they were able to capture and concentrate the CO 2 and convert it into sustainable fuel. We’re not just interested in decarbonisation, but de-fossilisation – we need to completely eliminate fossil fuels in order to create a truly circular economy,” said Reisner. “In

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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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Charged

DECEMBER 2, 2020

IPG’s Flameless Ceramic Turbine technology is designed to support EV charging in high-use and remote locations by using fossil fuels for grid-independent power generation. Intelligent Power Generation (IPG) has secured a £1-million contract from Highways England (HE) to demonstrate its turbine technology for EV charging infrastructure.

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Energy Central

OCTOBER 10, 2022

trillion in annual fossil fuel subsidies, is contemplating the superfluous disbursement of as much as $100 trillion for atmospheric carbon dioxide removal, and envisages the mobilization of US $100 billion per year by the developed countries for.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 7, 2024

Ofcom told DeSmog that the views expressed on the show “were clearly presented as a personal opinion, consistent with the right to freedom of expression.” One in three GB News presenters spread climate science denial on air in 2022, while more than half attacked climate action. billion invested in fossil fuel companies as of June 2023.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

In speech to mark sixth month anniversary of Glasgow Summit, COP26 President argues 'net zero means security, prosperity, and preventing the problems of the present from growing inexorably'. We see clearly the dangers of energy systems powered by foreign fossil fuels," Sharma said. "We

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 2, 2023

A TalkTV presenter co-hosts a YouTube show with the leader of a climate science denial group, on which he has called climate change a “paganistic religion” and said rising CO2 emissions will make the world “more green”. Monetising Outrage ’ Walker is not the only TalkTV presenter who has attacked climate science and net zero policies.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

The finalists were selected from over 400 applications and 63 countries in spring 2023, and presented their ideas to an international jury of experts at the SET Tech Festival. These finalists were whittled down to a final five winning start-ups, each of which received €10,000 in prize money.

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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 daily sunshine.".

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As negotiations at the COP28 climate talks in the United Arab Emirates head into overtime, oil and gas interests are aiming to exclude a fossil fuel phase-out from any final deal by promoting carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a viable climate solution. “Every investment in CCS provides a lifeline to the fossil fuel industry.”

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The European Union has clearly laid out its position: Climate neutrality, the Council of the EU stated last month, will require “a global phase-out of unabated fossil fuels and a peak in their consumption in this decade.” But more stands between COP28 and concrete steps forward for our climate.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Green groups have warned the UN-backed Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) led by Mark Carney risks providing 'greenwash' cover for banks, investors and insurers to continue backing new fossil fuel development unless corporate membership rules are significantly strengthened.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Carbon Tracker deep-dive into the risks facing oil and gas investments is corroborated by study in Nature that warns overwhelming majority of fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground to cap global temperatures in line with global goals.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The world's biggest firms driving the development of clean energy, electric vehicles, sustainable forestry, and other crucial green solutions continue to outperform the broader global market, "leaving fossil fuel companies in the dust", according to fresh investor research released today.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

A new report from McKinsey predicts global fossil fuel demand 'will never return to its pre-pandemic growth curve', but warns the world is still on track to badly miss its climate goals.

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