Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 6, 2023

The energy company, UK Oil and Gas (UKOG), was given the go ahead to carry out drilling operations on the Dunsfold site by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in June 2022. The outcome of the hearing could have significant implications for future on-shore fossil fuel projects going through the planning permission process.

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The Guardian: Energy

JULY 29, 2024

Report finds 13 member states generated more energy from wind and solar power than coal and gas for first time in 2024 Wind turbines and solar panels have overtaken fossil fuels to generate 30% of the European Union’s electricity in the first half of the year, a report has found. Continue reading.

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The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Wind turbines and power lines can be seen against the evening sky near Leuna, Germany on October 4th, 2022. Photo by Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images The European Union saw a record drop in pollution from fossil fuel power plants last year, according to a new report. Electricity demand actually fell by 3.4

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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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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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

University of Oxford endowment fund increased investment in fossil fuels between 2021 and 2022, campaigners claim

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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

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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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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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 24, 2024

Fossil emissions ‘finally back to 1960s levels’, say analysts, but they warn levels are still falling too slowly The European Union pumped out 8% less carbon dioxide from the fossil fuels it burned in 2023 than it did in 2022, the Guardian can reveal, pushing these emissions down to their lowest level in 60 years.

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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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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

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

MARCH 30, 2023

Individuals and entities linked to climate denial, fossil fuels and high pollution industries donated more than £3.5 However, rather than strengthen the commitment to the government’s legally binding climate targets, the policies are expected to entrench the role of fossil fuels in the UK’s energy system.

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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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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

According to Saudi Aramco’s podcast, the fossil fuel industry is innovating new climate solutions, and BP’s podcast proclaims more of the same. Darren Woods, the CEO of Exxon, celebrates the potential of carbon capture to dramatically reduce global emissions. and Europe.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Photos I shot in 2022 for DeSmog capture damage from extreme weather events and the continued expansion of the fossil fuel industry — the dominant industry causing global warming. Tanker at the dock at Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, on April 12, 2022.

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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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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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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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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

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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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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NRDC onEarth

AUGUST 1, 2024

In 2022, Illinois’ grid operator PJM put forth a report raising concerns that the state’s landmark climate law, CEJA, threatened reliability of the power grid by accelerating the retirement of fossil fuel resources. A new study released today shows Illinois.

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The Guardian: Energy

AUGUST 24, 2023

Oil, gas and coal benefited from $7tn in support in 2022 despite being primary cause of climate crisis Fossil fuels benefited from record subsidies of $13m (£10.3m) a minute in 2022, according to the International Monetary Fund, despite being the primary cause of the climate crisis. Continue reading.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

public pension funds would have been about 13 percent higher had they divested from fossil fuel holdings ten years ago – equivalent to around $21 million in earnings. billion at the end of 2022, they would have been worth $424.6 without the fossil fuel holdings.

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Renew Economy

DECEMBER 6, 2022

We have done the math on the profits multinational fossil fuel corporations will book in calendar year 2022 on export revenues. The post Fossil fuel majors are reaping obscene profits: A simple levy could protect Australians from hyperinflation appeared first on RenewEconomy. The cost to Australia is serious.

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Business Green

JANUARY 3, 2023

Imperial College London analysis for 2022 points to record breaking year for green energy, but stresses need to 'break our addiction to fossil fuels'. Dr Iain Staffell, co-author of the report and senior lecturer in sustainable energy at Imperial College London, described 2022 as "a year like no other" for the energy industry.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

From the world’s biggest soccer championship to soccer training for kids , from major universities to music festivals and art galleries to — if you can name it, fossil fuel companies have probably sponsored it. TotalEnergies will sponsor the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.

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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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Energy Central

MARCH 6, 2024

In 2022, fossil fuel subsidies in the United States totaled $757 billion, according to the International Monetary Fund. negative externalities).

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The Guardian: Energy

AUGUST 23, 2023

Public money still flowing into industry despite agreement to phase out ‘inefficient’ subsidies, thinktank says The G20 poured record levels of public money into fossil fuels last year despite having promised to reduce some of it, a report has found. Continue reading.

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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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The think tanks said the record-breaking subsidies were prompted by turmoil in global energy markets that sent fossil fuel prices soaring and prompted governments to intervene to stop households and businesses facing five-fold increases in energy costs.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

Although there are many human activities that impact global warming, there are two that are its greatest contributors: deforestation and, above all, the burning of fossil fuels. Steinberger wrote in Climática , “This is a crucial point to understand: fossil fuel companies are not energy companies. ExxonMobil.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Clean Creatives' releases its third annual F-List report, which names just shy of 300 agencies that worked for fossil fuel companies in 2022 and 2023

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Planet Pulse

JANUARY 11, 2024

In this week’s issue : We kick off our energy series with the top dog: fossil fuels Orange rivers in Alaska A river mystery in Colombia Feature Story: Energy: Fossil Fuels If you’re reading this then you owe gratitude to fossil fuels. But fossil fuel companies aren’t quite shaking in their boots yet.

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