Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Plus Poland and South Korea coal-phase outs, Siemens Gamesa hydrogen project, and all the top green business news from around the world this week. EU set to push for more stretching 2030 climate target. The full EU Parliament is expected to vote on proposals for a 2030 target in early October.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Nigel Farage ’s Reform party received £135,000 this year from donors linked to climate science denial and fossil fuels, DeSmog can reveal. Reform UK , formerly the Brexit Party, is a vocal critic of climate action, and last year called for a referendum on the UK’s net zero policies. billion invested in fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2023

In the UK, 57 percent of us talk about climate with friends and family infrequently, rarely, or never. it’s even starker, with 67 percent ‘rarely’ or ‘never’ discussing climate change. Whatever the reason, the silence around climate change matters. It’s the biggest issue of our time. So why are so few of us talking about it?

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2022

The Canadian government has this week unveiled a new blueprint setting out how it intends to slash emissions this decade and put the country on track to meet its long term net zero goals. Further details on how the government hopes to mobilise investment in new low carbon infrastructure is expected in next week's federal budget.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Australian Parliament approves new Climate Bill. Australia passed its first climate change in over a decade this week, as the new Labor government made good on its campaign pledges to significantly strengthen the country's climate targets. US climate tech firm CarbonCapture Inc.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2022

Public polls point to strong support for climate action, as Tory leadership race enters the final straight with Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, and Penny Mordaunt all hoping to make the cut. Sunak said in a statement that the aim of the new department would be to ensure there was a real focus on the delivery of the Energy Sovereignty Strategy.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The key final decision texts on the UNFCCC website include a raft of new commitments and legal language aimed at pushing for more investment, resources, and ambition in support of efforts to drive down emissions, boost economies and support countries tackle the worsening impacts of climate change. and 2C of warming.

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Unsustainable

AUGUST 26, 2019

Climate change is crippling some of the world’s poorest countries, even while providing a temporary financial boon to some of the wealthier ones. And, perhaps worse of all, several elections have resulted in parties gaining, or remaining in, power despite an outspoken anti-climate agenda.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

By Christian Downie , Australian National University and Robert Brulle , Brown University Leer en español. You’ve probably seen ads promoting gas and oil companies as the solutions to climate change. They’re meant to be inspiring and hopeful , with scenes of a green, clean future. In a recent research paper , we dug through U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2023

Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt and Conservative MP Liam Fox have each received £10,000 from companies owned by a director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) – one of the UK’s leading climate science denial groups.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

All combined, this year’s cohort reports to offices in 12 nations across six continents, including Brazil, Canada, China, India, Lithuania, New Zealand and Rwanda. In the United States, they hail from 15 cities, from Albuquerque, New Mexico to New York City — and several emigrated to the U.S. The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A personal essay on how the climate crisis is reshaping everything and why COP28 matters much more than you think We've passed the point of no return. Lana Del Rey - Blue Bannisters "The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones." John Maynard Keynes It is the Australian autumn of 2002.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A young woman, with her hand glued to a road was ripped off the road by her hair; a young man was run over by a truck driver; a passerby punched the protestors and was cheered on. A few months later, German police raided the homes of Last Generation activists and seized their bank accounts. What was making everyone so irate about Last Generation?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Plus Ford's major $11.8bn EV investment in the US, Germany's election fallout, the latest on India's NDC, and all the top green business news from around the world this week. Hopes grow that India could enhance carbon targets at COP26. China's emissions on track to peak by mid-2020s.

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Terra Infirma

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Specifically he pushed back two key interim targets from 2030 to 2035: a ban on selling new internal combustion engine cars and installing gas boilers (he also announced the cancellation of several policies which had never been heard of before, most notoriously, a ‘meat tax’).

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

French court rulings, Australian net zero plans, Michael Bloomberg's latest climate role, and all the green business news from around the world this week. Greenpeace France chief Jean-Francois Julliard told reporters the ruling "shows the state has a special responsibility in the climate fight".

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

All combined, this year’s cohort reports to offices in 12 nations across six continents, including Brazil, Canada, China, India, Lithuania, New Zealand and Rwanda. In the United States, they hail from 15 cities, from Albuquerque, New Mexico to New York City — and several emigrated to the U.S. Planet-healing fast food.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 10, 2021

European tree-planting, US clean energy procurement plans, and the rest of the green business news from around the world this week. It is one part of our efforts to fight climate change and stop biodiversity loss. We now have a map, and a new counter to check the progress.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Boris Johnson’s reshuffle has dominated the news this week – but what does it mean for government policy on climate change? As might be expected, several cabinet ministers were involved in campaigning for Brexit, whose crossover with climate science denial and environmental deregulation DeSmog has reported on extensively.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 8, 2021

A few days into the New Year, armed Somali intelligence officials were seen escorting guests into three bullet-proof cars at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International airport. Just weeks before Joe Biden entered the White House, earning his place in part on a platform of dedicated climate action, a banner with the names of two U.S.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution we have been steadily increasing climate warming GHGs. Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution we have been steadily increasing climate warming GHGs. This year was difficult to say the least. This season shines light into the darkness of our grief and despair. In the U.S.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution we have been steadily increasing climate warming GHGs. Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution we have been steadily increasing climate warming GHGs. This year was difficult to say the least and this season shines light into the darkness of our grief and despair. In the U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Hopes are building that the government could launch a new Green Investment Bank to help mobilise low carbon investment and drive the promised 'green recovery', after Energy and Clean Growth Minister Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed plans were under consideration. Could a Green Investment Bank 2.0

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Climate activists hail victory against Polish coal plant plans, US senators introduce 2050 net zero bill, and all the other green business news from around the world. Climate activists hail victory as Poland coal project put on ice. ka C plant, plunging the future of the 1GW project into uncertainty.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2020

All the green business news from around the world this week. Following a meeting with the newly re-elected Chancellor Sebastian Kurz last week EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen hailed the plans as an example for other EU nations to follow. I hope that the Austrian model with these ambitious goals will set an example for us.".

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Mosaic

DECEMBER 27, 2022

It took centuries to build all those homes from wood and brick and steel and concrete, but, if we’re to seriously address the climate crisis, we have only a few years to remake them. So far, the climate debate has gone on mostly in people’s heads and hearts. The Inflation Reduction Act finally offers a chance for widespread change.

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