Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2023

Campaign group One for One warn fossil fuels should be viewed as the highest risk class of assets and urges government to tighten financial regulations to avert risk of a financial crash. The One for One rule will ensure that banks making high-risk fossil fuel investments shoulder that risk themselves," she added. "It

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 8, 2021

Over €8 billion is being invested in hydrogen and “renewable gas” projects in southern Europe using EU Covid-19 recovery funds, thanks to extensive lobbying by the fossil fuel industry, a new report has found. . The over-emphasis on hydrogen as a result of lobbying could lock Europe into decades more of fossil fuels.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

To rebuild the economy, the United States government so far seems to choose to deploy the same playbook it did in 2008: funding legacy companies in industries such as oil and gas. . Even without those policies — they soon expire — renewables are more than competitive against fossil fuels. Back to normal is not an option.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

New campaign backed by Bill McKibben argues it is 'time for PR and ad agencies to come clean' over work for fossil fuel clients. Between 2008 and 2017 fossil fuel industry trade associations spent almost $1.4tr on public relations, advertising, and communications contractors, according to Clean Creatives.

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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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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 16, 2020

16 – Jeremy Grantham called the Japanese bubble of the 1980s, the tech bubble of the 2000s, and the housing bubble of 2008. ImpactAlpha, Jan. The British-born value investor has been warning of the risks of climate change long before it was fashionable.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Stung by the 2008 oil price spike, Uruguay now produces up to 98% of its electricity from renewables. It was the 2000s, and fossil fuel prices were rising worldwide. Can other countries follow suit? Uruguay imports its oil, so it had a problem. Demand for energy in the country had grown by 8.4%

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2024

In addition, diesel engines burn fossil fuels releasing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas (GHG), as well as other pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides (NOx). Green’ ammonia is made using green hydrogen, created by electrolysis from renewable energy, so no fossil fuels are required.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

As long as pipelines, LNG terminals, ethane crackers, new gas plants and more are slipping through the cracks of weak policies, we’re headed towards a systemic financial reckoning that will make the meltdown of 2008 look like a picnic in comparison. Indeed, it’s why U.S.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

IMO member states are meeting this week for critical talks to discuss how the carbon-intensive shipping industry can be regulated to meet its 2030 climate target of reducing its carbon emissions intensity by 40 percent compared to 2008 levels.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Agencies facing fresh calls to cut their ties with laggard fossil fuel firms, leaving many in the advertising and PR sector with difficult decisions to make. And energy providers the world over are rushing to slash their reliance on fossil fuels as the clean energy transition gathers pace. It is a big business.

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Terra Infirma

AUGUST 30, 2022

This in turn led to the 2008 financial crash when the cost of living (determined by the cost of oil/gas) surge burst the sub-prime mortgage bubble and brought the banking sector to its knees. And is it not simply digging us deeper into the fossil fuel-shaped hole, making us even more vulnerable to the next crisis? Image: [link].

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 14, 2020

— and replacing it with equipment that won’t burn fossil fuels ever again. Vox : How to Drive Fossil Fuel out of the Economy Quickly. GTM : BP Aims to Build 50 GW of Renewables by 2030, Cut Fossil Fuel Output by 40%. GTM : New Jersey PSEG Seeks to Sell Merchant Fossil, Solar Fleet.

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Green Market Oracle

APRIL 27, 2020

The oil crash of 2020 is driving down prices and contributing to the demise of the fossil fuel industry. The fossil fuel industry was in trouble long before the start of the price war between Russia and OPEC. Market realities have been signalling the end of fossil fuels for many years. barrels of oil a day.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In his speech during the inauguration ceremony, Mayor Jan Neusiedl recalled the history of geothermal in Grünwald: “In 2008, when there was no public discussion about renewable heat, the municipality of Grünwald decided to invest in geothermal energy. Federal funding for the project had also been announced earlier this year.

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Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 14, 2022

Canada’s oil and gas patch is partying like it’s 2008, though most Canadian drivers are not enjoying the festive mood. Commercial rents in downtown Calgary are on the rise, and long-thought dead fossil-fuel export projects have zombified. But what past instances lacked was a truealternative to fossil fuels.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Spending the past year as Ecolab’s president and COO, he joined as an executive vice president in 2008 after capping off 15 years as Nestlé’s head of corporate sales in Europe. The company has since whipsawed between its wholesale-energy legacy of fossil fuels and greener horizons. Company profile. LinkedIn | Company profile.

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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2023

For our broad categories (natural sources, agriculture and waste, and fossil fuels), we used U.S. The report presents a number of top-down estimates, so we chose the median value for the decade of 2008-2017. Fossil Fuels. Fossil fuels come from ancient carbon, buried underground for millions of years.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

While California already has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent since their peak in 2004, many residents still suffer from high levels of air pollution — much of it produced by fossil fuels. And they have suffered collateral damage from the harmful pollutants produced by using fossil fuels. As the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In total, Record has donated over £510,000 to the Conservative Party and its MPs since 2008, and has also given money to the GWPF. As recently as July, Record wrote a column for The Telegraph claiming it was “debatable in detail” if fossil fuels cause dangerous levels of global warming.

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Grist

AUGUST 12, 2021

For years, plaintiffs around the world have sought to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their contributions to climate change — often seeking compensation for damages like economic losses from floods or wildfires. Take, for example, the 2008 case of Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., Stuart-Smith explained.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 21, 2021

natural gas prices to remain elevated between October and March -- the highest winter price since 2007-2008. Corbeau added that governments must anticipate more frequent extreme weather risks and the impact on variable renewable energy systems. Energy Information Administration expects U.S.

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The Verge: Energy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Unlike fossil fuels, hydrogen fuel doesn’t create planet heating carbon dioxide pollution when burned. The UK passed a Climate Change Act in 2008 that set it on a path to ditch coal on the way to reaching a target of net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The transition to a cleaner energy system continued apace last year, according to new provisional data from the government suggesting renewables output surged last year, as energy efficiency gains continued and fossil fuel energy generation slipped. per cent to 192.2 million tonnes of oil equivalent.

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Green Market Oracle

APRIL 28, 2020

This modern day plague has also dealt a significant blow to the fossil fuel industry and thousands of extraction and production companies are expected to become insolvent due to the oil crash of 2020. Any decrement in fossil fuel infrastructure increases the likelihood that we can keep temperatures below critical thresholds.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 16, 2021

Only the final one disclosed that Shell would be a “major sponsor” Campaigners say oil and gas companies overstate their reliance on technologies such as CCS to justify their continued use of fossil fuels. The Science Museum Group has worked closely with BP, Shell and Equinor since the early 2000s.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Political public relations arguably holds its origins in the oil, gas and coal industries, but amid growing criticism it is now facing increasing pressure to forge a future path beyond fossil fuel marketing. Campaigners have pointed out that fossil fuel firms spend more on marketing than on clean energy.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 21, 2020

The shipping industry is charting a new route toward cutting fossil fuel use in ocean-going vessels: ammonia. To date, no ammonia-fueled ships have been built, but that’s not stopping companies including Equinor, MAN Energy Solutions and Wärtsilä from rushing to help bring ammonia-fueled ships to market.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 16, 2021

Only the final one disclosed that Shell would be a “major sponsor” Campaigners say oil and gas companies overstate their reliance on technologies such as CCS to justify their continued use of fossil fuels. The Science Museum Group has worked closely with BP, Shell and Equinor since the early 2000s.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2022

The coal mining industry contributes significantly to global methane emissions and is responsible for around 33% of all fossil fuel related emissions of methane from 2008-2017. Methane emissions from coal mining.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 14, 2024

In the past, CT Group has lobbied for fossil fuel interests across the globe, working for the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, and the mining giant BHP. However, it’s known that the institute has received funding from fossil fuel interests.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

trade associations from 2008 to 2018. fossil fuel trade associations spent $1.4 billion on advertising and PR between 2008 and 2017. This study shows the billions of dollars fossil fuel interests have spent to improve their image and standing in the policy arena.” . Their study aims to fill this gap.

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Business Green

JULY 28, 2020

UK Crown Dependency sets out plan to ban fossil fuel cars by 2040, grow renewable energy sources and improve building energy efficiency. The Isle of Man has mapped out its vision for a net-zero future, having tabled a Climate Change Bill at its parliament, Tynwald, accompanied by a detailed action plan for cutting emissions.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 13, 2020

2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun Hunter Lovins Thu, 08/13/2020 – 00:15 We’re female entrepreneurs and environmentalists. In this strangest of all years, as the death toll mounts from a disease caused by human incursions into once intact ecosystems, we’re observing another death — the demise of fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The findings raise concerns over a potential pervasive conflict of interest on the boards at a time when the international insurance sector is under pressure to halt its support for the fossil fuel industry. “When insurers underwrite fossil fuels, they actually are underwriting climate change.”

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 21, 2022

On Wednesday, a group of more than 450 scientists called on advertising agencies to cut off their fossil fuel clients and to end their ties with an ongoing misinformation campaign that has time and again killed progress on addressing the climate crisis. And as this letter makes clear, they have had enough. ” Arena said.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 31, 2023

Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns has become a director of Net Zero Watch (NZW), a pressure group which denies climate science and campaigns for more fossil fuel extraction. NZW campaigns against renewable energy and for more fossil fuel extraction, often doing so alongside anti-green Conservative MPs in the Net Zero Scrutiny Group.

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