The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 4, 2023

FoI requests show Shell and BP among firms giving funds to institutions which have pledged to divest Major fossil fuel companies have committed tens of millions of pounds in funding to UK universities since 2022, it can be revealed, despite many of these institutions having actively pledged to divest from oil and gas.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2024

Since then, the Conservative government has made a series of U-turns on its own net zero policies, attacked Labour’s green spending plans, and doubled down on its support for new fossil fuel projects, approving more than 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences. This comes as DeSmog and Democracy for Sale reveal that £6.8 percent (£1.8

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

An investigation by DeSmog in May found that one in three GB News presenters had spread climate science denial on air in 2022, while more than half had attacked climate action. billion) in fossil fuel firms. This includes companies that specialise in extracting, refining, transporting and distributing fossil fuels.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Solar and wind costs have fallen by up to 90 pct in last 12 years, and even in 2022 huge growth in China meant that global average costs remained stable. The post “Seismic shift:” Energy crisis helped wind and solar stretch cost advantage over fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

They include the Spectator magazine and groups based in and around Westminster’s Tufton Street , home to a network of opaquely funded, free market think tanks with a history of criticising climate action and pushing for more fossil fuel exploration. The CPS has supported the expansion of fossil fuel exploration.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Several clean fuels needed for combating climate change are now on the path to being cost-competitive with their fossil fuel equivalents thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Princeton researchers have found.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

These include the controversial energy company Drax , the fossil fuel lobby group Offshore Energies UK , and the gas company Cadent. The party faced protests at its conference in 2022, when the New Statesman hosted a debate on Britain’s net zero climate goals sponsored by Drax.

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Renew Economy

MAY 22, 2022

Change of government will see a clean-out of fossil fuel industry lobbyists that held sway in the corridors of power for nearly a decade. The post Fossil fuel industry loses its grip over Australia’s climate and energy policies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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. Latest official records show that all donations made to Reform UK so far this year are from individuals with ties to climate science denial or fossil fuel interests.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2024

million tonnes in 2022. million tonnes CO2 of emissions in 2022. Despite its limited role in the UK’s power system, burning wood is now the UK electricity sector’s second largest CO2 emitter after fossil gas. Woody biomass generated less than 5% of power in 2022, but accounted for a fifth of UK power sector emissions.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A “Together Towards Zero” projection during the Volvo AB news conference at the IAA Transportation show in Hanover, Germany, on Monday, September 19th, 2022. It goes to show how difficult the road ahead could be to get a consensus on a global deal to ditch fossil fuels. degrees Celsius higher than the preindustrial era.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Campaigners estimate about $3.7bn in trade finance was supplied to oil and gas projects despite bank’s green pledges The World Bank poured billions of dollars into fossil fuels around the world last year despite repeated promises to refocus on shifting to a low-carbon economy, research has suggested.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2024

million from fossil fuel interests, climate science deniers, and highly polluting industries. Until April 2024, Farmer held shares in the fossil fuel giants Shell and BP, each worth more than £100,000. From the 2019 general election to the start of the 2024 election campaign, the Tories had accepted at least £8.4

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The International Monetary Fund found in September 2022 that the energy crisis was hitting UK households harder than any country in western Europe, due to the UK’s reliance on gas for heating homes. In 2022, Truss’s campaign for Tory leader was run by Ruth Porter, a former communications director at the IEA.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The UK government’s move to award £22 billion in subsidies to carbon capture projects followed a sharp increase in lobbying by the fossil fuel industry, DeSmog can reveal. Meanwhile, lobby group the Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) — which represents dozens of fossil fuel companies — attended 20 meetings, and Equinor 16.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Over the past month and a half month, California lawmakers have enacted a pair of climate disclosure bills and endorsed a global call to end the fossil fuel era. Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) introduced legislation requiring both funds to divest from the 200 largest fossil fuel companies by the 2030s — holdings worth about $15 billion.

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The sixth UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which came out in the spring of 2022, was clear: technologies are available now to make the transition away from a fossil-fueled economy. However, making these swift changes is not as simple as flipping a switch.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Development will take place in Central Texas starting spring 2022. The petroleum products giant is among the many firms in the industry seeking to diversify as the world phases out fossil fuels. Chem-Energy has announced a planned investment of $1 billion in a solar and battery plant.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Three-quarters of prizes at the UK’s top sustainable advertising awards went to agencies who work for the fossil fuel industry, a DeSmog analysis has revealed. ” The concept was adopted by the UN’s corporate decarbonisation campaign Race to Zero in 2022, but is not recognised by Ad Net Zero. Credit: Sam Whitham.

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Grist

APRIL 4, 2022

Greenhouse gas emissions must peak within the next three years, and in the next eight, the world must push fossil fuels aside, rapidly scaling up the use of clean energy like wind and solar. The authors’ top recommendation: Immediately move away from fossil fuels and replace them with renewable technologies.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week fired a shot over the bow at Wall Street companies that promise to help investors avoid putting their money into fossil fuels and tobacco — but steer funds towards those companies anyway. based fund simply for falsely marketing itself as fossil-free. A total of 82.8%

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 11, 2023

Renewable energy sources like solar and wind are consistently outpacing the new deployment of fossil fuels and nuclear energy in the United States. In April 2022, wind and solar combined produced 17.96% more electricity than all of the country’s nuclear power plants, according to an analysis of EIA data by the SUN DAY Campaign.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 4, 2024

Hosking previously told DeSmog: “I do not have millions in fossil fuels; it is the clients of Hosking Partners who are the beneficiaries of these investments.” No political party should be taking any money from fossil fuel interests whatsoever,” Caroline Lucas, until recently the Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion, told DeSmog.

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PV Tech

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The cost of solar power generation dropped from US$417 per MWh in 2010 to US$49 per MWh in 2022, representing a 88% decrease.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Adnoc intends to increase its oil production by more than any other fossil fuel firm in the world, according to data from the Global Oil and Gas Exit List (Gogel). Additional research by Joey Grostern The post Fossil Fuel Friendly Daily Mail Firm Handed £500k Government Contract to Run UK COP28 Events appeared first on DeSmog.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Paris-based advertising giant Havas has warned investors of the reputational risks associated with its work for fossil fuel companies in the latest fall-out from its decision to work with UK oil major Shell. According to DeSmog research , Dentsu continues to work with fossil fuel companies including Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 7, 2024

In this week’s edition of Smart Energy’s Power Playbook, Yusuf Latief reports on an investment update from the International Energy Agency (IEA) which has found that of the total $3 trillion expected to be invested in energy, the lion’s share will go into renewables and the power grid, surpassing fossil fuels.

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TechXplore

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In 2022, the burning of fossil fuels provided 82% of the world's energy. In 2000, it was 87%. Even as renewables have undergone tremendous growth, they've been offset by increased demand for energy.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In December 2022, National Grid paid £82million to wind farm operators to turn their turbines off in efforts to stop the energy system from becoming overwhelmed. Up until now, reactive power services in Merseyside have been provided by local fossil fuel power stations, like Fiddler’s Ferry, which have closed in the past few years.

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Canary Media

JANUARY 10, 2024

Hawaii shut down its last coal plant on September 1, 2022, eliminating 180 megawatts of fossil-fueled baseload power from the grid on Oahu — a crucial step in the state’s first-in-the-nation commitment to cease burning fossil fuels for electricity by 2045.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

“Despite rapid growth in EV sales, a staggering 94 percent of cars sold last year by the world’s biggest traditional automakers were powered by fossil fuels. Leading automakers need to accelerate the shift away from fossil fossils, rather than boasting about their minimal EV sales share.”

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Green Living Guy

MARCH 30, 2022

The post Top 11 Reasons to Purchase a Hybrid Car in 2022 appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living, Electric Car News, New York, California, Florida, Missouri, Texas, Nevada. Therefore, the decision needs to be well-thought-out to avoid being disappointed later.

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TechCrunch: Climate

JANUARY 31, 2025

Last year wind and solar energy overtook fossil fuels to provide 30% of the EUs electricity. In 2022 we covered how a small B2C European startup planned to bring solar to homes via […] 2024 TechCrunch. With that in the background, startups in the solar space have been riding a generational change in how we get our power.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

While non-stop flights around the world have been achieved before using fossil fuels, the Climate Impulse plane stands out by attempting this feat with clean, renewable energy. Right now, most hydrogen production globally relies on fossil fuels. One of the biggest hurdles is producing enough green hydrogen to meet demand.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2023

Average size is based on a 2022 National Grid ESO that assessed the impact the potential impact of a portfolio of 16 offshore proposed wind projects, with average capacity of 1.55 Pre-2022 installed offshore capacity is based on historic information obtained from National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios workbooks.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The site at West Sleekburn received planning in October 2022 but subsequently had its planned connection date delayed until October 2036. The actions of NPG go directly against the Government’s wider agenda to move away from fossil fuels and achieve carbon net zero goals by 2050 and it is stifling investment in the area.

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Grist

MARCH 10, 2025

All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the problem with space junk. Government Accountability Office in 2022 estimated that as many as 60,000 new satellites will crowd our skies by 2030.

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