DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 22, 2024

The BBC has produced dozens of films and articles for oil and gas companies, agricultural giants, fossil fuel states, and high-emission transport firms in recent years, DeSmog can reveal. Fossil fuels are not only poisoning our planet – they’re toxic for your brand,” he said.

Pollution 145

Pollution Business Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring 145

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.

Fossil fuels 122

Fossil fuels Investment Climate change Global warming 122

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A new report from InfluenceMap reveals the fossil fuel industry has been waging an international lobbying war to prevent cities and towns from requiring newly built homes and businesses to install climate-friendly heating and other appliances. So far, 26 U.S. So far, 26 U.S. Of the 26 U.S. Of the 26 U.S.

Fossil fuels 90

Fossil fuels Natural gas Law Policy 90

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 28, 2023

They are just some of the countries in which Europe-headquartered fossil fuel companies stand convicted or credibly accused of criminal, civil, or administrative offences. The history of fossil fuels is a litany of criminal accusations, from corruption and bribery to human rights violations and even complicity in war crimes.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Law Climate change Global warming 98

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. A total of 82.8%

Fossil fuels 103

Fossil fuels Natural gas Investment Law 103

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

French environmental organizations Notre Affaire à Tous, Friends of the Earth France, and Oxfam France last week filed what they say is the world’s first climate lawsuit against a commercial bank, suing BNP Paribas over its continued funding of fossil fuels. They also say that the financial sector more broadly is on notice.

Fossil fuels 96

Fossil fuels Law Organic Pollution 96

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Fossil fuel companies are using the technology as “a fig leaf” to pursue oil and gas drilling, campaigners have warned, as industry lobbyists across the energy sector seek to win over policymakers. Nearly a fifth of the CCSA’s 100 members are oil and gas companies, including BP, Exxon, Shell and Equinor.

Pollution 135

Pollution Carbon Fossil fuels Politics 135

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Bank bosses due to attend a green investment summit tomorrow head institutions which have provided over £700 billion of financing for the fossil fuel industry since the 2015 Paris Agreement, including £129 billion in 2020 alone. . JPMorgan financed £230 billion in fossil fuels between 2016 and 2020. billion in 2020.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Investment Pollution Global warming 98

DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

DeSmog analysed examples of more than 100 influencers being paid to promote fossil fuel firms worldwide since 2017, from the US to Malaysia, in campaigns that have reached billions of people. While there’s more knowledge in general around climate change and the harms of fossil fuels, I think that people have a lot of trust in creators.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Pollution Carbon-negative 98

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Ahead of the COP27 UN climate summit, hundreds of scientists are calling on the PR firm in charge of the event’s communications, Hill+Knowlton, to cut ties with its fossil fuel industry clients, which include major oil companies Aramco, ExxonMobil, and Shell as well as an industry coalition called the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels COP Pollution Organic 98

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Yet 636 lobbyists for the fossil fuel industry are conspicuously present at this year’s crucial COP27 climate talks, according to an analysis of the delegates to COP27, compiled jointly by the NGOs Global Witness, Corporate Accountability, and Corporate Europe Observatory. It’s yet again a festival of polluters.

Fossil fuels 90

Fossil fuels COP Pollution Europe 90

DeSmogBlog

MAY 13, 2022

A newly published report by Fossil Free California finds California’s pension fund managers are circulating divestment “misinformation” by exaggerating the costs involved in shedding their fossil fuel investments in documents prepared for state lawmakers. The two pension funds have estimated holdings of $7.4 billion and $4.1

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Investment Climate change Law 98

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Fossil fuels are everywhere at this COP except in the decisions being negotiated by governments,” Nikki Reisch, the director of climate and energy at the Center for International Environmental Law, wrote to DeSmog from Glasgow. For example, Mohammad Haider from Kuwait is declared as an employee with Kuwait Oil Company.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Government Carbon-neutral Climate change 98

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

A lawsuit filed by the city and county of Honolulu against nearly a dozen fossil fuel companies is moving towards trial in Hawaii after the Hawaii Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the companies’ arguments for dismissing the case on appeal. He called the ruling a “breakthrough.” “Not In April, the U.S.

Fossil fuels 143

Fossil fuels Sea level rise Law Pollution 143

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2024

Since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, a small number of fossil fuel entities — just 57 corporate and state producers — have been responsible for 80 percent of planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. And a majority of those actors have only expanded production in the intervening years. million barrels of oil.

Fossil fuels 131

Fossil fuels Ocean acidification North America Pollution 131

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Italian oil major Eni knew of the climate impacts of fossil fuel extraction since 1970, according to a report by Greenpeace Italy and advocacy group ReCommon shared with DeSmog.

Climate change 145

Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming Pollution 145

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The pair of California leaders were there to discuss the lawsuit the state had recently filed against Big Oil on behalf of the people of California to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the effects of climate change. But California is the first fossil-fuel-producing state to do so. History in the making….

Building Energy Monitoring 143

Building Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 143

DeSmogBlog

MAY 26, 2021

Inadequate bonding requirements means there is a serious gap in available funding to properly clean up after the fossil fuel industry. On top of the financial risks from abandoned wells, the fossil fuel industry brings numerous environmental and public health hazards as well. billion. “The Well pad near Roswell, NM.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Natural gas Education Health 98

DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

In Colorado, fossil fuel interests are vigorously opposing legislative bills meant to clean up the state’s heavily polluted air. Instead, several have retained fossil fuel lobbyists to work on their behalf. Weld County also employs Capitol Solutions, a lobbying firm it shares with the Kiewit Corp.,

Fossil fuels 109

Fossil fuels Ozone Pollution Law 109

Grist

AUGUST 12, 2021

While that might seem like a no-brainer to some, it’s a finding that could have big implications for lawsuits seeking to hold polluters accountable for disaster damages. In other words, “How much has an individual fossil fuel company contributed to climate change?” Stuart-Smith explained.

Climate change 145

Climate change Global warming Fossil fuels Law 145

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

When Royal Dutch Shell lost a landmark climate lawsuit in The Netherlands, climate advocates said the Dutch court’s ruling put polluters and their financiers on notice. billion Euros in bonds to the fossil fuel industry, Milieudefensie says. liquefied natural gas (LNG). ING headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Fossil fuels 134

Fossil fuels Pollution Climate change Carbon-neutral 134

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The plastics and petrochemical industries’ latest purported solution to the plastic pollution crisis – chemical or “advanced” recycling – is essentially a public relations and marketing strategy designed to distract from the urgent need to curb plastic production, a new report contends.

Plastics 140

Plastics Recycling Recycling Fossil fuels 140

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Guardian and the Good Law Project also revealed today that EnQuest Heather, a subsidiary of EnQuest, had been awarded a new oil and gas licence. Jolyon Maugham, executive director of the Good Law Project told DeSmog that: “The Electoral Commission records these contributions as donations to the Conservative Party.

Fossil fuels 144

Fossil fuels Policy Africa Law 144

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 21, 2024

Under a newly proposed law, ads like these could be banned in the state of Pennsylvania. Troves of internal documents have revealed an industry-wide strategy to market unproven technologies, like carbon capture and algae biofuels, and unsubstantiated climate pledges in order to sidestep demands to phase out fossil fuels.

Government 100

Government Fossil fuels Law Carbon 100

Grist

MARCH 8, 2024

It’s been six years since cities in California started the trend of taking Big Oil to court for deceiving the public about the consequences of burning fossil fuels. The long delays might have strengthened the legal arguments against fossil fuel companies. So far, this approach has seen some modest success.

Fossil fuels 145

Fossil fuels Climate change Ocean acidification Law 145

Rinexii

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Colorado was built on a foundation of love for the wilderness, so it’s no surprise that it is one of the first states out there to take a good hard look at the fossil fuel industries place in their state. This new law is thought to be the first of its kind for the US. This may not be the end of law changes.

Law 45

Law Fossil fuels Pollution Methane 45

Grist

JANUARY 12, 2023

Rising emissions posed a threat to Exxon’s business — selling fossil fuels — so the oil giant took the lead on understanding what was called the “CO2 problem.”. At the time, Exxon was pouring $900,000 a year into researching the effects of burning fossil fuels.

Climate change 145

Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming Carbon 145

Front And Centered

JANUARY 23, 2020

Her work has focused on fossil fuel infrastructure and land use for the past five years, as an environmental policy researcher at Sightline Institute. Tarika is a popular speaker who has traveled throughout the region speaking on fossil fuels and environmental justice. from Vanderbilt University Law School.

Policy 76

Policy Fossil fuels Law Education 76

Charged

JUNE 28, 2022

As regular Charged readers know, California, which suffers from some of the worst air pollution in the US, has an alphabet soup of incentive and grant programs intended to promote adoption of zero-emission or low-emission commercial vehicles. marine, construction and agricultural vehicles) doesn’t have a widely available electric alternative.

Natural gas 122

Natural gas Pollution Fossil fuels Organic 122

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2024

The group has also received donations from a number of philanthropic trusts accused of channelling funds from the fossil fuel industry and helping to support climate science denial groups. The IEA is a prominent supporter of the continued and extended use of fossil fuels.

Fossil fuels 140

Fossil fuels Climate change Education Law 140

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

City leaders touted the new law , which is intended to tightly restrict future use of natural gas-powered heating and cooling in new construction, as an important part of the city’s plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2030.

Natural gas 100

Natural gas Global warming Fossil fuels Cooling 100

The Verge: Energy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that his office had launched an investigation into the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries alleged role in causing a plastic pollution crisis on April 28th, 2022, in Playa Del Rey, California. And that’s exactly what’s happened. Can you give examples of what you found?

Plastics 115

Plastics Recycling Recycling Fossil fuels 115

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 24, 2024

The GWPF’s director Benny Peiser has claimed that it would be “extraordinary anyone should think there is a climate crisis”, while the group has also expressed the view that carbon dioxide has been mis-characterised as pollution, when in fact it is a “benefit to the planet”.

Fossil fuels 143

Fossil fuels Climate change Politics Global warming 143

Front And Centered

AUGUST 29, 2022

The law has major gaps in its approach, including: Most importantly, a failure to engage communities on the frontlines in community self-determination: While the funds above may be named to benefit disadvantaged communities, without guarantees of active participation these funds will likely miss the mark. Gaping Gaps.

Fossil fuels 97

Fossil fuels Law Pollution Resilience 97

Business Green

JUNE 14, 2021

A Swiss law that would have taxed polluters for their emissions and used the revenue to offer public healthcare rebates and fund climate solutions was narrowly defeated in a national referendum over the weekend in what has been dubbed a cautionary tale for policymakers around the world looking to implement carbon pricing policies.

Carbon 91

Carbon Law Fossil fuels Natural gas 91

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Last month, ExxonMobil sued two of its “activist investors” — groups that try to use shareholder resolutions to pressure companies into taking action on social and environmental problems — in an attempt to block a proposal for the oil giant to limit its climate pollution from coming to a vote at an upcoming shareholder meeting.

Fossil fuels 127

Fossil fuels Climate change Health Natural gas 127

The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Hydrogen combustion creates water vapor, unlike fossil fuels that release greenhouse gas emissions when burned. The tricky part with hydrogen is cleaning up pollution from the process of making it. Most hydrogen today is made using fossil fuels, and a few of the new hubs will continue using gas to produce hydrogen.

Hydrogen 120

Hydrogen Methane Fossil fuels Fashion 120