DeSmogBlog

MARCH 11, 2024

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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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. ” However, climate advocates argue that when it comes to a complex and politicized issue like the climate crisis, the media should re-think this practice. and Europe.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The poll, commissioned by The Guardian, Vice News and Covering Climate Now, sought Americans' views on the climate issue. The poll asked Americans from different social, political and ethnic groups their opinion on specific climate issues.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Three-quarters of prizes at the UK’s top sustainable advertising awards went to agencies who work for the fossil fuel industry, a DeSmog analysis has revealed. In September 2022, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the UN General Assembly: “We need to hold fossil fuel companies and their enablers to account.

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 13, 2024

Green MP Caroline Lucas says call for investment in gas-fired power plants is election ploy that will jeopardise UK’s net zero target Green MP Caroline Lucas has accused the government of stoking a culture war on climate issues by calling for more investment in new gas-fired power plants before a general election. Continue reading.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The end of the fossil fuel era appeared to have come a significant step closer with the signing of a joint commitment to phase out coal on day four of the COP summit (4 November). A coal power station in Canock, Staffordshire (image credit: Catherine Poh Huay Tan , CC BY 2.0 degrees in reach.”.

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Planet Pulse

JANUARY 11, 2024

We’re kicking-off 2024 by sharing a select number of issues here on Pulse, so keep an eye out for these eye-opening stories that explore our changing world. Without fossil fuels there’d be no Moon landing and aerospace industry, no computers, no global trade, and no drives to the beach to watch a sunset.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 3, 2023

While Alberta moves full speed ahead on approving new fossil fuel projects, it inexplicably has put the brakes on developing renewable energy projects. It isn’t a partisan issue anymore. Between 2025 and 2050, there could be as many as 419,000 clean energy jobs added in the province. Governments in B.C.,

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Business Green

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Environmental law non-profit writes to pension fund executives warning their bond investments' exposure to fossil fuels could amount to a breach of their fiduciary duty

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Global advertising and public relations company WPP has more contracts with fossil fuel clients than any of its rivals, despite the group’s pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2030, according to a report by campaign group Clean Creatives. Omnicom followed with 39 contracts; Interpublic Group had 25; and Publicis Groupe had 11. “The

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Major investment funds available to UK consumers are marketing themselves as “sustainable” and “ethical” while financing fossil fuel companies, research has found. The fund with the most fossil fuel-linked holdings in its portfolio was iShares Dow Jones Global Sustainability Screened.

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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

AUGUST 18, 2023

As more than two dozen climate liability lawsuits by state and local governments against fossil fuel companies continue to progress, a case brought by the city and county of Honolulu could become the first to put Big Oil on trial. In October 2020, Maui County also brought a climate liability lawsuit against fossil fuel companies.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Adnoc intends to increase its oil production by more than any other fossil fuel firm in the world, according to data from the Global Oil and Gas Exit List (Gogel). There is no evidence of a link between the Daily Mail’s editorial stance towards green issues and the commercial interests of dmg events.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

billion into fossil fuel projects around the world since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed in 2015, undercutting global efforts to combat the worsening climate crisis. The Big Shift Global report called on the World Bank to definitively rule out support, both direct and indirect, for fossil fuel projects, which it has yet to do.

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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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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 31, 2020

A new study of 3,000 power companies across the globe has found that only a handful have been cutting their fossil fuel capacity over the last two decades. Even utilities with aggressive renewables programs still have large portfolios of fossil fuel assets.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Sultan Al Jaber voices frustration at negotiations' sluggish progress on contentious issues such as fossil fuels, finance, and climate adaptation

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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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Energy Central

JULY 12, 2022

In my recent conversation with an energy industry spokesperson she stated the following and asked a question: The world is energy-hungry and right now much of the energy we consume comes from fossil fuels. So if we could separate fossil fuels from the emissions issue, wouldn’t that be a desirable outcome?”

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 12, 2024

It was late summer evening, and the small Louisiana fishing community where she and her then 18-month-old live had been plagued by water issues for months. Water shortages disrupt the Plaquemines parish as millions of gallons are used to construct Venture Global’s LNG terminal Katie Mazarac just wanted to give her daughter a bath.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 19, 2023

Fossil fuel-linked groups spent around $4 million on Facebook and Instagram that spread false climate claims over the COP27 summit, a new report says. Our report shows Big Oil continues to invest millions in digital advertising to launder their image as ‘climate champions’, while also promoting the necessity of fossil fuels.”

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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

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

JPMorgan Chase is the world’s biggest financier of fossil fuels, according to environmental organisations. In 2020 the bank pledged to end fossil fuel loans for Arctic oil drilling and phase out loans for coal mining. Fossil Finance. JP Morgan declined to comment.

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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. James Parish, even after a judge revoked air quality permits issued by the state.

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 6, 2024

New report warns of deadly health risks from fossil fuel pollution, including alarming rise in neurodevelopmental issues Chemical pollution tied to fossil fuel operations poses serious risks to human health, warns a new analysis published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In strongly worded address to UN General Assembly, Antonio Guterres aims latest stinging criticism at fossil fuel firms and 'their enablers' in the PR and investment industries. The climate crisis is the defining issue of our time," Guterres said. Let's tell it like it is: our world is addicted to fossil fuel.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The impact of electric transportation on pollution and reduced carbon emissions and fossil-fuel consumption is complicated. On the one hand, well-designed electric vehicles (EVs) use much less energy per mile than conventionally-fueled vehicles. Contributed by Philip T. For example, in the U.S. on a typical day.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2020

More than 60 civil society leaders including MPs, climate experts, faith leaders and local councillors have signed an open letter accusing the Pensions Minister Guy Opperman of backing continued investment in fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 17, 2021

Three dozen Christian organisations and institutions from across the world — including dioceses from the Church of England — announced their divestment from fossil fuels today and urged leaders to take greater action on climate change ahead of major global summits this year. I hope it inspires many others to follow suit.”.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Total number of faith groups to join anti-fossil fuel movement hits 400 as pressure builds on governments to end public funding for oil, coal, and gas projects. Today's bumper round of divestment pledges means that more than 400 religious instructions have now committed to divest from fossil fuels, the charity said.

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Financial Times: Energy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Leaders declaration avoids critical issue of ending the use of polluting oil and gas

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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.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 13, 2022

A newly published report by Fossil Free California finds California’s pension fund managers are circulating divestment “misinformation” by exaggerating the costs involved in shedding their fossil fuel investments in documents prepared for state lawmakers. The two pension funds have estimated holdings of $7.4 billion and $4.1

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2022

New Climate Transparency report reveals fossil fuel production subsidies surged to highest levels on record in 2021. G20 government support for producing and consuming fossil fuels reached a record high in 2021, despite publiuc commitments to end inefficient fossil fuel subsidies and accelerate the clean energy transition.

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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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