GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Elsewhere, the news elicited a more lukewarm response, with a number of environmental campaigners slamming the commitment as "empty" due to its lack of a phaseout timeline for its support of fossil-fuel companies and businesses responsible for deforestation. That's just science, not finance.".

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 7, 2024

One of Canada’s top political journalists and pundits served on the board of a foundation that gave $6.4 The Aurea Foundation’s top grant recipient during the period that Coyne served on its board was the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. That’s not how journalism is supposed to work.” The charity didn’t respond to a media request.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Canada is quickly becoming the green supplier of choice for major auto companies,” said the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry. “By We see compliance with stringent sustainability criteria as a top priority,” said Volkswagen Group Board Member Thomas Schmall.

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Grist

JANUARY 13, 2023

A study published Wednesday in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences found the level of heat contained in the sea reached its highest level since record keeping began in 1958. The news follows a report, released Tuesday, that found the past eight years were the hottest in recorded history.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Buried beneath the dour daily headlines on COVID-19 infections, lockdowns and travel bans, the latest science about our planet released during 2020 makes for tough reading. If there is good news, it is this: The pandemic has shown that when our backs are against the wall, incredible things are possible. Dominic Waughray.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In the sketch, the subject of the Queer Eye -style makeover is Henri Drake, a real-life professor of Earth system science at the University of California, Irvine. He thought it did a good job satirizing the expectation that scientists, as the bearers of bad news, should be “cheery cheerleaders.”

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2023

The Daily Telegraph’s chief interviewer and columnist Allison Pearson has joined the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) , one of the UK’s principal climate science denial groups. The GWPF has criticised both the policies adopted by governments to address climate change, and the science underpinning these policies.

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Andrew Winston

DECEMBER 10, 2021

But there’s really too much going on in corporate sustainability or the broader role of business in society to capture it all — that’s good news, as the movement gains steam. This is good news and an important part of the “net positive” movement the world needs. Measuring the Gap in Public and Private Talk.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2021

Catch up on all the latest news, top speakers and in-depth discussion from BusinessGreen's leading Net Zero Nature event.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Monsanto’s campaign to target journalists and activists was ranked the second most neglected story of 2020 according to the nonprofit media watchdog Project Censored in its annual list of top 10 stories overlooked by mainstream media. This is despite the company’s campaign to undermine reports on its bad behavior dating back decades.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 30, 2023

Top-class greetings were given on Wednesday by Minister Mona Neubaur, Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy and Deputy Prime Minister of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Icelandic Ambassador María Erla Marelsdóttir. All information about the congress at : www.der-geothermiekongress.de

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

After more than a decade of science-backed public, regulator, and investor pressure, all seven global supermajors and many public and private energy companies have begun to take action on improving their methane management. 19 of the top 20 publicly traded companies have set methane targets. Could the finance sector hold the key?

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Former Top Gear host Quentin Willson has acrimoniously quit a motoring lobby group currently working with a group of MPs to stop the government’s planned phase-out of petrol and diesel cars, accusing it of spreading “old urban myths” about electric vehicles. Willson did not respond to a request for comment.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

We published hundreds of articles in 2023, from breaking news to live reporting, from COP28 to monthslong investigations. Are Top Public Funders for CCS with Nations Prepared to Inject $200 Billion More By Taylor Noakes Journalist Taylor Noakes followed the CCS beat, among others, in Canada this year. Report: Canada and U.S.

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Terra Infirma

JANUARY 13, 2020

Here’s my top five tips to keep you sane: Be proactive. Ration the bad news. While we need to keep an eye on the science, it is worth skipping over much of the shroud waving (don’t feel guilty about this, it’s your right to decide what media you consume). Share the good news.

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Grist

MARCH 12, 2021

If you watched news about climate change on TV last year, chances are you saw a white man on-screen. Allison Fisher, the director of Media Matters’ climate and energy program, suggested that television news outlets often don’t make the effort to speak to frontline communities, relying on climate scientists and politicians instead.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Something is seriously wrong at the Science Museum Group (SMG). Last week, Channel 4 News reported on Culture Unstained’s latest investigation into the museum’s controversial sponsorship deal with the oil giant Shell. . By Chris Garrard and Jess Worth, Co-directors of Culture Unstained.

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Grist

APRIL 5, 2020

The good news, the scientists say, is a growing awareness of the ability of oceans and coastal habitats such as mangroves and salt marshes to rapidly soak up carbon dioxide and bolster shorelines against rising sea levels. “We among the early adopters of the target.”

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Michael Grossman

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

We’re a science-based company,” says the typical climate tech CEO. Why jump in a pool teeming with partisan sharks and lifestyle influencers on a platform with an oily sheen of misinformation floating across the top?”. Those 50+ users cited "staying informed" (25%) as their top reason to log in to Twitter.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 18, 2022

While they cloak their demands for more fossil fuel extraction in concern for their constituents’ household bills, the MPs have strong ties to the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s leading producer of climate science denial and misinformation. The NZSG claims to accept climate science. Pro-Fossil Fuel Agenda.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2021

The multi-tranche bond was launched yesterday by Enel's Dutch-registered finance subsidiary, and is linked to the Italian energy giant achieving its Science-Based Targets-certified goal to reduce its Scope 1 emissions by 80 per cent by the end of the decade compared to 2017 levels.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Want to find out more about top businesses are responding to the net zero transition? Previously, Hitachi joined the UN's Race to Zero campaign, which calls on global actors to set net zero targets by 2050 in line with limiting global warming to under 1.5 Sign up now for a free pass to the Net Zero Festival 2021.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 16, 2020

This week’s news is encouraging, but it’s also just the beginning of a critical next chapter. Climate change is almost invariably the top issue that clients around the world raise with BlackRock,” noted Fink in his letter. Climate Change Goes Mainstream on Wall Street. Investors are asking how they should modify their portfolios.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 13, 2023

And not wanting to miss our chance to chime in on the outcome, we’re sharing our top takeaways from this year’s gathering: The elephant in the room The debate about oil and gas’s presence at the climate action table has reached new decibels. The ball is now in industry’s court.”

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Business Green

OCTOBER 9, 2020

But bank's commitment to decarbonising its financing by mid-century, on top of its supply chain and operations by 2030, is slammed by campaigners as "empty" and an "attempt to buy time" due to its failure to commit to divest from coal and oil and gas. That's just science, not finance.".

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

The author of the article is, as director of the climate science website Carbon Brief, Leo Hickman, noted , a consultant for “companies operating in the energy sector.”. In Italy, daily newspaper Il Mattino published multiple interviews with climate deniers saying the record heat is “influenced by the sun’s cycles” and “isn’t news.”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Major advances in the attribution sciences provide ever-more sensitive understanding of how the overheated atmosphere is disrupting conditions here on Earth. Cognitive Dissonance Ahead We consumers also bear some responsibility; we’ve been driving around in those gas-powered cars since James Hansen delivered the news 25 years ago.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The number of delegates linked to the world’s top five pesticide producers (which between them have 27 lobbyists registered this year), are greater than some country delegations, DeSmog’s research finds. Big Meat and Dairy Climate Science Denial. percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions – were registered to attend COP27.

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Grist

MAY 12, 2020

Right now, we’re starting to experience shocks that we have never experienced before in our lifetimes that are shaking us out of complacency,” said Ziya Tong, a science journalist and the former vice-chair of Canada’s World Wide Fund for Nature. There are perfectly good reasons why people ignore bad news like this. Fun stuff, right?

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

Nigel Topping, UN high level climate champion for COP26, toasted the mobile industry's achievement and urged other sectors to ramp up their climate commitments. The mobile sector has shown us what real sectoral climate ambition can look like - and I hope the rest of the world is taking note," he said. "Our

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2022

It is also near the top of the agenda for many of our shareholders, and we want to work with all of our stakeholders to help shape our future planning, execution, and reporting on climate.". The news also comes as Dutch financial services firm ING Group said it would no longer finance new oil and gas projects.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

So it was a surprise to many PR sector observers when news broke in September that Shell, the world’s fifth largest oil company , had selected Havas — a global PR, media and communications conglomerate with 2022 revenues of 2.3 There was a lot of anger” among UK staff when the news broke, this second insider added. billion euros ($21.7

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 20, 2023

This M&A announcement came in as Investcorp, partnering with IMB Business School, announced the results of its latest survey concerning top investment trends. The survey found the energy sector to be a dominant area for investment, specifically energy security, renewables and EVS/batteries. Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2021

You do not need to be a top nuclear scientist with years of education under your belt. With ADE members Octopus Energy set to launch a tech, data science and AI centre in Manchester, over 1,000 jobs will be on offer. This is not just good news for the domestic economy. Companies like E.ON

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Business Green

MARCH 13, 2023

On top of tax relief, the funding for the zones can be used to improve skills, provide specialised business support, strengthen the planning system, or invest in local infrastructure, the Treasury explained.

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Planet Pulse

JANUARY 13, 2020

But perhaps most exciting was our more terrestrial news activities over the past year. From top to bottom: NIR, Red-edge, red, yellow, green 2, green 1, blue and coastal blue. The CFO comes from a partnership with the Moore Foundation, Salo Sciences and Vibrant Planet. Watch the Explore 19 video recap here.) All Rights Reserved.

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Fairsnape

MARCH 30, 2022

I used to think that the top global environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem col­lapse, and climate change. I thought that with thirty years of good science we could address these problems, but I was wrong. Definitely will work as a conversation starter in class! Congrats on your achievements with this book.

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