DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

On November 29, Coterra Energy and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) signed a consent order allowing the operator, one of the largest natural gas producers in the state, to drill laterally beneath an area that has been mostly fracking-free since 19 households found methane in their water in 2008 and 2009.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

At COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009, richer countries pledged that they would collectively provide US$100 billion (CA$123 billion) per year by 2020. As part of its COP presidency, the U.K. Estimates suggest that goal has not been met , and the target likely won’t be reached until 2023. CARBON MARKETS.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

What are the big priorities for COP? Clearly it will be a major achievement for the UK government if the UK can hold a successful COP, so one can only assume the will is there to try to bring it off. This “would level the playing field,” she said, “and it would be a massive result if we got that done at COP.”. Job creation?

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

  Since its inception in 2009, Climate Week has grown up with the climate tech industry, from being a policy-centered offshoot of the UN General Assembly to an independent “unconference” climate epicenter. Grassroots activists marched the streets and interrupted events to protest the presence of fossil fuel interests.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Business and policy leaders reflect on the major wins from the Glasgow Summit, what needs to happen next, and why COPs could look and feel difficult from now on. goal established by the Paris Agreement, after all, and developed nations failed to meet their $100bn climate target - set in 2009 for 2020 - ahead of the conference.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Wealthy countries promised in 2009 to contribute $100 billion a year by 2020 to help developing nations, a goal that has not been reached. Another challenge that has derailed past COPs is agreeing on implementing a carbon trading system outlined in the Paris Agreement. The U.S. , Courtesy: Johannes Plenio /Unsplash.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Since 2009, Canadian federal and provincial governments have supplied at least $3 billion in public funding, including grants and loans, to support CCS efforts, according to Stockman. This past July, the federal government indicated its plan to phase out what it termed inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Sharma's appeal for a transformation of financial institutions is set to form part of a broader speech setting out climate finance priorities of the COP27 Climate Summit, where the UK will officially hand over the COP Presidency to host nation Egypt.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Several of the GOP House members, however, have a long track record of climate denial as well as of accepting large donations from the fossil fuel industry. F) — said he thought the majority of climate change was “naturally occurring” and not due to human activity like burning fossil fuels. In 2009, Sen.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Each of these meetings were known as Conferences of the Parties, or COPs, and they have become synonymous with both the world's admirable intention to tackle the climate crisis and the diplomatic quagmire and geopolitical tensions that have repeatedly stymied efforts to curb global emissions. Business pressure.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Global energy shortages and a recent spike in oil prices to a three-year high above $80 a barrel, have dimmed hopes that governments will announce bold new plans to rapidly ditch fossil fuels at the October 31st to November 12th summit. is closing fast. Our hopes and dreams drown in their empty words and promises," she said. "Of

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