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Cop28 landmark deal agreed to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels

The Guardian: Energy

Summit president hails ‘historic package to accelerate climate action’, but critics decry ‘litany of loopholes’ in final text Cop28 live – latest updates The Cop28 climate summit has approved a deal that its supporters said would, for the first time, push nations to move away from fossil fuels to avert the worst effects of climate change.

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Top Fossil Fuel Ad Ban Critic Runs Group That Got $450K from Oil Company

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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. It’s a disproportionate reaction,” she said. Let’s tone down the outrage maybe a little.”

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Reuters, New York Times Top List of Fossil Fuel Industry’s Media Enablers

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According to Saudi Aramco’s podcast, the fossil fuel industry is innovating new climate solutions, and BP’s podcast proclaims more of the same. Mainstream media outlets defend the practice of creating news-adjacent content for advertisers — referred to as “native advertising” or “sponsored content.”

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Independent regional journalism, brought to you by fossil fuels

Renew Economy

A regional journalism summit this week made no specific references to climate change and was sponsored by AGL Energy and gas pipeline company APA. The post Independent regional journalism, brought to you by fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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COP28: Drama in Dubai as draft agreement calls for reduction in 'consumption and production of fossil fuels'

Business Green

Draft text from COP28 Presidency includes raft of proposals for accelerating the roll out of clean technologies and references the need to tackle fossil fuel production - but axes proposals for a full 'phase out'

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The Guardian view on Cop28: a phase-out of fossil fuels is the only decision that makes sense | Editorial

The Guardian: Energy

But the first week of Cop28, which ended with a rest day on Thursday, made one crucial fact impossible to ignore: the fossil fuel industry is not planning to go quietly. Oil and gas interests are fighting hard to prevent decarbonisation, as they always have done It was never really in doubt.

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Appalachia Does Not Need More Fossil Fuel Greed

DeSmogBlog

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.