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Are Climate Optimists *Really* Worse than Climate Deniers?

Terra Infirma

I listened to the podcast and found her interviewer, Rachel Donald, rude and condescending, at one point responding to a perfectly cogent response by Ritchie with a dismissive ‘tchuh’ Another question starts “Another thing I want to pull you up on…”, hardly a neutral tone.

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Bankers Eager to Continue Funding Oil and Gas

DeSmogBlog

Salazar’s comment echoed the sentiment of the panel that the efforts to decarbonize the economy and switch to renewables appeared to be a laughing matter to them. Oil and gas investor Dan Pickering kicked off the Hart Energy conference with a keynote presentation that set the tone for much of what followed. “We

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Oil and meat producing countries attempt to weaken UN report

AGreenLiving

Greenpeace investigative team announced this week that oil, coal, beef and animal feed producing countries have been lobbying to tone down a major United Nations climate report. In fact, the draft report of the IPCC working group had more than 32,000 comments by corporations, governments and other concerned parties, according to Greenpeace.

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Oil Lobby’s Carbon Capture Solution Hasn’t Consulted Local Nation, Chief Says

DeSmogBlog

Jacko’s comments — initially made during a panel discussion at the conference and then confirmed in a separate interview — contrasted sharply with the otherwise enthusiastic tone set by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, energy minister Brian Jean, and environment minister Rebecca Schulz, who all spoke at the event.

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Volkswagen of America to rebrand as 'Voltswagen' in green marketing push

Business Green

Kimberley Gardiner, senior vice president at Voltswagen of America, said "the tone of Voltswagen" would be a threaded throughout all the firm's branded communications. An exterior badge emblazoned with 'Voltswagen' will be affixed to all the company's EVs, while fossil fuel vehicles will sport the VW emblem only, according to the update.

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COP28: Hot air or real climate progress? Yes and yes

Clean Energy Canada

The tone wasn’t exactly improved when the conference president proclaimed that a fossil fuel phaseout would “take us back into caves.” And yet, as many commentators have been quick to point out, some progress is still progress. Despite seemingly unsurpassable differences, a deal was reached at the eleventh hour (another COP tradition).

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Motoring Lobbyist Who Slammed ‘Insulate Britain’ Backs Disruptive Fuel Protests

DeSmogBlog

The tone contrasts markedly with his response to Insulate Britain protests in October, when Cox tweeted : “It’s way past any support, sympathy for these @InsulateLove Amoebas. Cox did not respond when contacted for comment. Risking lives and p **g us all off will not win a laudable cause.”.