The Elephant
A resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
The ElephantA resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens interested in climate change and the environmental emergency
CAP AND WAIT. CLIMATE FOES GET THEIR DELAYS IN WA | by Mary Liz Thomson | Mar, 2024 | Medium
2024-03-11 in MediumDo climate programs like Washington’s cap and investment law automatically raise the price of gas? No, but mainstream media usually frames the story that way. Why do we have to accept this logic? We shouldn’t, it’s not even true. But this thinking is on track to take down Washington State’s newest carbon tax. After ten years of wrangling the Climate Commitment Act (CCA) was passed as a market-based program to reduce carbon pollution and achieve the greenhouse gas limits agreed to in state law. The program held it’s first auction last spring in 2023.
Right on cue after the industry had to pay ...
Tagged under: Oil Industry | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | Legislation | Regulation | Washington State
Top Fossil Fuel Ad Ban Critic Runs Group That Got $450K from Oil Company
2024-03-11 by in DeSmogThe Indian Resource Council has received large contributions from Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., disclosures reviewed by DeSmog reveal.
Tagged under: Lobbying | Oil Industry | Canada | Fossil Fuels
‘Explosive growth’ in petrochemical production poses risks to human health
2024-03-06 in The GuardianNew report warns of deadly health risks from fossil fuel pollution, including alarming rise in neurodevelopmental issues
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Oil Industry | Pollution | Health
Government documents ‘blow gaping hole’ in its case for Cumbrian coalmine
2024-03-02 in The GuardianMichael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will not
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
How a Solar Revolution in Farming Is Depleting World’s Groundwater
2024-03-02 (or before) in Yale E360Farmers in hot, arid regions are turning to low-cost solar pumps to irrigate their fields, eliminating the need for expensive fossil fuels and boosting crop production. But by allowing them to pump throughout the day, the new technology is drying up aquifers around the globe.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Abandoned pipelines could release poisons into North Sea, scientists warn
2024-02-24 in The GuardianResearchers say toxic chemicals pose a pollution risk as oil and gas companies are allowed to leave pipelines to rot
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
UK quits treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over climate policies
2024-02-22 in The GuardianBritain joins France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands in withdrawing from charter it says ‘penalises’ shift to net zero
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | France
‘It would be devastating’: inside Trump’s plan to destroy the EPA
2024-02-09 in The GuardianTrump has made campaign promises to toss crucial environmental regulations – including dismantling the federal body with the most power to tackle the climate crisis
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
‘In a word, horrific’: Trump’s extreme anti-environment blueprint
2024-02-06 in The GuardianAllies and advisers have hinted at a more methodical second term: driving forward fossil fuel production, sidelining scientists and overturning rules
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Climate Change and "The Chosen One" - Legal Planet
2024-02-05 by Dan Farber in Legal Planet - Environmental Law and PolicyA leading presidential candidate recently reposted a video that called him the “Chosen One,” echoing the view of many of his followers that God has chosen him to lead the country. “And on June 14, 1946,” the video tells us, “God looked down on his planned paradise and said, ‘I need a caretaker.’ So God … Continue reading "Climate Change and “The Chosen One”"
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Fossil Fuels
Plymouth: Medics lead die-in protest over fossil fuels
2024-01-27 in The BBCMedics demonstrate "to highlight the terrible impact of the climate emergency on people's health".
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Health
DOUBT
2024-01-24 (or before) in YouTubeJoin us and stand up for reality. http://climaterealityproject.org - This film exposes the parallels between Big Tobacco's denial of smoking's cancer-causing...
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Health
EU fossil fuel CO2 emissions hit 60-year low
2024-01-24 in The GuardianFossil emissions ‘finally back to 1960s levels’, say analysts, but they warn levels are still falling too slowly
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
Clean energy investment is extending its lead over fossil fuels, boosted by energy security strengths - News - IEA
2024-01-24 (or before) in IEA ÐÊInternational Energy AgencyClean energy investment is extending its lead over fossil fuels, boosted by energy security strengths - News from the International Energy Agency
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Energy
Windmills are Killing Our Donuts! And It’s All Biden’s Fault! - Legal Planet
2024-01-22 by Dan Farber in Legal Planet - Environmental Law and PolicyDonald Trump has been talking a lot about donuts lately. Donuts, it seems, are threatened by renewable energy and depend on fossil fuels. Maybe because he’s heard that they’re cooked in oil? Trump’s knowledge of cooking is likely pretty minimal, given that it’s unlikely he’s ever been inside a kitchen. And windmills are terrible, just … Continue reading "Windmills are Killing Our Donuts! And It’s All Biden’s Fault!"
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Donald Trump | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power
Rishi Sunak facing renewed pressure over plans to ‘max out’ North Sea oil
2024-01-21 in The GuardianDithering on renewable energy and insulation will leave people in Britain ‘colder and poorer’, campaigners warn
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Rishi Sunak | Insulation | Fossil Fuels
What If the Clean Energy Transition Costs Much Less Than We’ve Been Told? - Inside Climate News
2024-01-18 by in Inside Climate NewsTalk about astronomical costs of a sustainable economy is leaving out some of the savings of using fewer fossil fuels, according to a new analysis.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Small modular nuclear reactors: a history of failure - Climate and Capital Media
2024-01-17 in Climate Change News - Climate and Capital MediaGlobal hype around small reactor designs to replace fossil fuels is on the rise everywhere but few, if any, are likely to ever be built.
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Fossil Fuels
US oil lobby launches eight-figure ad blitz amid record fossil fuel extraction
2024-01-10 in The GuardianCampaign pushes idea oil is ‘vital’ to global security and capitalizes on war in Gaza to escalate production, climate advocates say
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Revealed: Rishi Sunak's 'false' claim homegrown oil and gas is cleaner than imports
2024-01-08 (or before) in Herald ScotlandClaims by Rishi Sunak’s government that home-grown oil and gas is better for the environment than imported fossil fuels has been thrown into doubt…
Tagged under: Rishi Sunak | Fossil Fuels
Awash with fossil fuel money, African football is sowing the seeds of its own destruction | David Goldblatt
2024-01-07 in The GuardianAs Afcon kicks off under an oil firm’s banner, it is a tragic irony that the climate crisis is making the game ever more unsafe to play outdoors
Tagged under: Africa | Fossil Fuels
Jeremy Hunt’s net zero target claims criticised by climate advisers
2024-01-07 in The GuardianClimate Change Committee tells chancellor issuing new oil and gas licenses is ‘inconsistent’ with government’s temperature goals
Tagged under: Legislation | UK Politics | UK | Oil Industry | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
Chris Skidmore resigns Conservative whip over Sunak’s oil and gas licence plan
2024-01-05 in The GuardianFormer minister also resigns as an MP, which will trigger byelection in his Kingswood constituency
Tagged under: Rishi Sunak | Fossil Fuels
Big five oil companies to reward shareholders with record payouts
2024-01-01 in The GuardianBP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies to distribute more than $100bn despite public outrage
Tagged under: Exxon | TotalEnergies | Fossil Fuels | BP | Shell
‘Hope is a discipline’: youth climate case plaintiff on why he’s suing the US government
2023-12-31 in The GuardianNathan Baring of Alaska is part of a group of young activists suing the US, which they say ‘willfully ignored’ dangers of fossil fuels
Tagged under: Oregon | Fossil Fuels | Alaska | Activism
2023’s costliest climate disasters show poor lose out in ‘global postcode lottery’
2023-12-27 in The GuardianCountries less able to rebuild or who have contributed least to climate crisis suffer worst, research reveals
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Finance
UK students launch Barclays ‘career boycott’ over bank’s climate policies
2023-12-27 in The GuardianCampaign at leading universities such as Oxbridge and UCL warns lender it will miss out on top talent if it finances fossil fuels
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Finance
Why the U.S. Is Pumping More Oil Than Any Other Country in History
2023-12-20 by in The AtlanticThe politics of solving climate change may, paradoxically, require producing more fossil fuels for a while.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Joe Biden | US Politics | Saudi Arabia
Ten Things that Change without Fossil Fuels
2023-12-15 in Our Finite World | Exploring how oil limits affect the economyIf losing fossil fuels completely, or nearly completely, is a risk for some of the world's population, it is useful to understand what is likely to change.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Special report: Redesigning the UK's energy grid for a greener climate
2023-12-15 (or before) in YouTubeThe UK's electricity grid is struggling to catch up with the shifting energy map, as renewables replace fossil fuels and the grid’s infrastructure and manage...
Tagged under: Energy | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | Electricity | Electricity Grid | Renewable Energy
Failure of Cop28 on fossil fuel phase-out is ‘devastating’, say scientists
2023-12-14 in The GuardianClimate experts say lack of unambiguous statement is ‘tragedy for the planet and our future’
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
Good Cop, bad Cop: what the Cop28 agreement says and what it means
2023-12-13 in The GuardianSome say the deal is historic, others that it is weak. We look closely at the text for the truth of the matter
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
Rich countries are desperate to convince us their hollow Cop28 deal is a triumph. They’re lying | Asad Rehman
2023-12-13 in The GuardianThe agreement on fossil fuel phase-out is full of loopholes, but those of us fighting for climate justice won’t give up, says Asad Rehman of War on Want
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | Climate Justice
Saudi Arabia is trying to block a global deal to end fossil fuels, negotiators say - Carbon Brief
2023-12-11 (or before) in Carbon BriefNegotiators and other officials have warned that Saudi Arabia has become “the biggest obstacle to an agreement” at COP28.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Saudi Arabia
'Large gaps still need to be bridged': UN chief returns to COP28 as climate talks remain on knife edge
2023-12-11 in Business GreenWith crunch climate talks' scheduled close less than 24 hours away, negotiators are still wrangling over the future of fossil fuels, finance pledges, and climate adaptation goals
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | Finance
Cop28: China ‘would like to see agreement to substitute renewables for fossil fuels’
2023-12-09 in The GuardianBut country’s climate envoy, Xie Zhenhua, would not say whether it would support phase-out wording in climate deal
Tagged under: COP28 | Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
Carbon capture is key to COP28 debate over ending or extending fossil fuels
2023-12-07 in NewsweekCarbon capture and storage technology has emerged as a central issue among U.N. COP28 climate negotiators considering a phaseout of fossil fuels.
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels to hit record high
2023-12-05 in The GuardianProjected rate of warming has not improved in past two years, analysis shows
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Don't Fall for Big Oil's Carbon Capture Deceptions
2023-12-05 (or before) by in Scientific AmericanCarbon capture technology is a PR fig leaf designed to help Big Oil delay the phaseout of fossil fuels
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Climate Change Denial and Disinformation
Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels
2023-12-03 in The GuardianExclusive: UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world ‘back into caves’
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
COP28: UN climate talks go big on ending fossil fuels
2023-12-03 (or before) in The BBCCountries and companies pledge more renewables and emissions cuts but critics say the measures fall short.
Tagged under: COP28 | Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
The Climate Summit Is a Sick Joke. You Should Be Angry and Afraid
2023-12-01 in NewsweekThe primary cause of global heating is fossil fuels; and global heating is what's driving all the crazy heat, fire, smoke, storms, flooding, drought, crop yield losses, and ecosystem death that is
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Drought | COP28
Theresa May criticises UK plan to ‘max out’ North Sea gas
2023-11-28 by in The Times & The Sunday TimesNew licences contradict pledge to phase out fossil fuels, says former prime minister
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
US oil and gas production set to break record in 2023 despite UN climate goals
2023-11-27 in The GuardianUnited States projected to extract 12.9m barrels of crude oil per day as countries at Cop28 to push for agreed fossil fuels ‘phaseout’
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
Climate, Fossil Fuels and UK Food Prices: 2023
2023-11-27 (or before) in Energy & Climate Intelligence UnitClimate change and energy add the cost of 10 weekly shops to food bills as floods and drought hit food production.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | Drought | Food Production and Consumption
Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on oil
2023-11-27 in The GuardianClimate scientists say fossil fuel use needs to fall rapidly – but oil-rich kingdom is working to drive up demand
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | Middle East | Saudi Arabia | Africa
Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says
2023-11-20 in The Guardian‘Polluter elite’ are plundering the planet to point of destruction, says Oxfam after comprehensive study of climate inequality
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Cop28 host UAE breaking its own ban on routine gas flaring, data shows
2023-11-17 in The GuardianExclusive: Fields run by climate summit host have burned gas near daily despite 20-year-old pledge, satellite monitoring reveals
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
Plastic Waste in the Fuel Tank?
2023-11-16 by in LOW?TECH MAGAZINEConsumer societies produce enough plastic waste to power at least 10% of motorized road traffic. Dutch designer Gijs Schalkx grabbed the opportunity and now drives his car on the waste he collects.
Tagged under: Solar Energy | Electric Cars | Fossil Fuels | Cars
US and China’s joint climate plan leaves key questions unanswered
2023-11-15 in The GuardianThe breakthrough has been welcomed by experts – but it lacks specific emissions cuts or a commitment to phase out fossil fuels
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Joe Biden
Climate-heating gases reach record highs, UN reports
2023-11-15 in The GuardianWorld Meteorological Organization sees ‘no end in sight to the rising trend’, largely driven by fossil fuel burning
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | COP28
Approval of divisive Alaska oil project upheld in blow to US climate goals
2023-11-10 in The GuardianAdvocates warned of ‘tragic consequences’ should the project in a remote part of northern Alaska go ahead
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Joe Biden | Alaska
One Huge Contradiction Is Undoing Our Best Climate Efforts
2023-11-10 by in The AtlanticThe math isn’t adding up.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | Legislation | El Niño
Shell sues Greenpeace for $2.1m in damages over fossil fuel protest in North Sea
2023-11-09 in The GuardianEnergy firm’s lawsuit seeks indefinite block on protesters targeting its infrastructure
Tagged under: Litigation | Activism | Fossil Fuels | Greenpeace | Shell
Oil and gas ‘not the problem’ for climate, says UK’s net zero minister
2023-11-08 in The GuardianCampaigners call Graham Stuart’s comments ‘laughable’ and say Conservatives are weaponising climate action
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report
2023-11-08 in The GuardianPlans by nations including Saudi Arabia, the US and UAE would blow climate targets and ‘throw humanity’s future into question’
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | Russia | Saudi Arabia
McKinsey & Company pushes fossil fuel interests as advisor to UN climate talks, whistleblowers say
2023-11-07 in France 24The world's top management consultancy McKinsey & Company is using its position as a key advisor to the UN's COP28 climate talks to push the interests of its big oil and gas clients, undermining efforts…
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | COP28
UN to seek assurances UK will not renege on net zero pledge
2023-11-03 in The GuardianConcerns ahead of Cop28 climate summit that Rishi Sunak among leaders backsliding on green measures
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | COP28 | COP27 | COP26
COP28 Action Tracker: Latest Updates on Climate Action and Sustainable Development
2023-10-27 (or before) by in Edie AwardsStay up to date with the latest updates on COP28, including headline news, UK preparations, and the global efforts towards climate action and sustainable development. This edition covers news from the UAE organisers, Latin America and Carribean Climate Week, and more.
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | Climate Justice | Finance
UK regulator trying to block release of Shell North Sea documents
2023-10-26 in The GuardianExclusive: North Sea Transition Authority under fire for using lawyers to argue against publication of environmental impact
Tagged under: Oceans | Fossil Fuels | Shell
Fossil fuel firms spent millions on US lawmakers who sponsored anti-protest bills
2023-10-25 in The GuardianAbout 60% of oil and gas operations protected from protest due to money spent on lobbying, says Greenpeace USA report
Tagged under: Exxon | Louisiana | Fossil Fuels | Activism | Greenpeace
‘We Are Afraid’: Scientists Issue New Warning As World Enters ‘Uncharted Climate Territory’
2023-10-24 by in ForbesScientists today warned that human activity is pushing Earth into a situation "no one has ever witnessed firsthand in the history of humanity."
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Wildfires
India to push developed nations to become 'carbon negative' before 2050, sources say | Reuters
2023-10-14 in ReutersIndia wants to push developed nations to become carbon negative rather than carbon neutral by 2050, arguing that would allow emerging market economies more time to use fossil fuels for development needs, two Indian government sources said.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Sustainability
California sues big oil companies, alleging decades of deceit
2023-10-06 (or before) in KCRW 89.9FMThe complaint says oil and gas executives have known about the dangers of fossil fuels for decades, and that they’ve intentionally suppressed that information.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | California
Ministers ‘misrepresented’ UK climate advisory body, say scientists
2023-10-06 in The GuardianGovernment challenged to explain claim that UK will need 25% of energy to come from fossil fuels in 2050
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
The Faith Factor in Climate Change: How Religion Impacts American Attitudes on Climate and Environmental Policy | PRRI
2023-10-04 in PRRIThe majority of all Americans (61%) believe that climate change is caused mostly by human activity such as burning fossil fuels, according to a national survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) examining Americans’ assessments of the threats of climate change, how it affects their lives and voting behavior, and what steps they are willing to take to combat climate change, with particular focus on the impact of religion on such views.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Climate Change Impacts | Religion
Degrees of Risk | Breakthrough
2023-10-03 (or before) in Breakthrough National Centre for Climate RestorationLatest analysis reveals “Net zero 2050” emissions strategies will lock in many decades of unnecessary fossil fuels use well past 2050.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuels ‘becoming obsolete’ as solar panel prices plummet | The Independent
2023-09-27 (or before) in The IndependentSolar costs down nearly 90 per cent over last decade in huge boost for renewable energy
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Fossil Fuels
Lufthansa’s Austrian Unit Loses Greenwashing Suit Over Fuel Use - Bloomberg
2023-09-26 (or before) in BloombergAustrian Airlines AG was found guilty of misleading climate-conscious travelers by suggesting its flights were sustainable, even though they were largely powered by fossil fuels.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Air Travel
China Climate Envoy Says Phasing Out Fossil Fuels ‘Unrealistic’ - Bloomberg
2023-09-26 (or before) in BloombergPhasing out fossil fuels completely is not a realistic goal, according to China’s climate envoy and the world’s top greenhouse emitter’s representative to the United Nations’ climate talks in November.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
The cruise industry says LNG is a climate solution. It's not
2023-09-26 by in Climate Home NewsSome of the biggest players in the cruise industry are claiming to be green and use LNG, while continuing to use fossil fuels
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Humanity has ‘opened gates to hell’ by letting climate crisis worsen, UN secretary warns
2023-09-20 in The GuardianAntónio Guterres opened United Nations climate ambition summit with attack on wealthy countries and the fossil fuel industry
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Is climate changing faster than expected?
2023-09-19 (or before) in YouTubeIt feels from the news like climate change is happening faster and faster every year – so are the extremes of 2023 taking us by surprise?The answer is not… e...
Tagged under: Global Warming | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
How Exxon tried to twist climate science for profit
2023-09-19 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackNew internal documents reported by the Wall Street Journal illustrate exactly why thousands are taking to the street to protest fossil fuels this week.
Tagged under: Exxon | Fossil Fuels
Climate change: UN calls for radical changes to stem warming - BBC News
2023-09-18 (or before) in The BBCA review of action on climate since the Paris agreement calls for an end to fossil fuels without carbon capture.
Tagged under: Global Warming | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Fossil criminals should stop drilling and start paying
2023-09-18 (or before) in act-int.greenpeace.orgIt’s time for the fossil fuel industry to stop drilling, and start paying.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Greenpeace
Where Are All the Parents in the Climate Movement?
2023-09-17 (or before) in Teen Vogue: Fashion, Beauty, Entertainment News for Teens | Teen VogueTagged under: Fossil Fuels
'Big Oil has been lying to us': Califonia sues oil giants over climate change damages
2023-09-16 in France 24The US state of California sued five of the world's largest oil companies on Friday, alleging the firms caused billions of dollars in damages and misled the public by minimizing the risks from fossil…
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | California | Wildfires
New files shed light on ExxonMobil’s efforts to undermine climate science
2023-09-14 in The GuardianExecutives privately sought to downplay link between fossil fuels and climate change despite public pronouncements, WSJ reports
Tagged under: Climate Change | Exxon | Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuel investment ‘very unwise economic risk’, says energy expert
2023-09-14 in The GuardianFatih Birol, head of International Energy Agency, warns large-scale fossil fuel projects carry big financial risks
Tagged under: COP28 | Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
World Bank spent billions of dollars backing fossil fuels in 2022, study finds
2023-09-12 in The GuardianCampaigners estimate about $3.7bn in trade finance was supplied to oil and gas projects despite bank’s green pledges
Tagged under: Economics | Fossil Fuels | Finance
US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds
2023-09-12 in The GuardianStudy highlights conflict between Washington’s claims of climate leadership and its fossil fuel growth plans
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Russia | Iran | Washington State
G20 ‘missing in action’ on fossil fuels even as it boosts green energy goals | Financial Times
2023-09-12 (or before) in Financial TimesLeaders declaration avoids critical issue of ending the use of polluting oil and gas
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Heat pumps twice as efficient as fossil fuel systems in cold weather, study finds
2023-09-11 in The GuardianDoubts about whether heat pumps work well in subzero conditions shown to be unfounded, say researchers
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Shell signals retreat from carbon offsetting
2023-09-08 in The GuardianOil company is latest firm to act amid indications that carbon credits do nothing to mitigate global heating
Tagged under: Shell | Fossil Fuels
‘A critical moment’: UN warns world will miss climate targets unless fossil fuels phased out
2023-09-08 in The GuardianGovernments failing to cut emissions fast enough to meet Paris agreement goals and avoid disaster, major report says
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
Former oil executive Mark McAllister lined up to be next Ofgem chair
2023-09-06 in The GuardianGovernment choice of energy regulator boss criticised as ‘putting the fox in charge of the hen house’
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Global mortality from outdoor fine particle pollution generated by fossil fuel combustion: Results from GEOS-Chem
2023-09-06 (or before) in ScienceDirect.comThe burning of fossil fuels – especially coal, petrol, and diesel – is a major source of airborne fine particulate matter (PM2.5), and a key contribut…
Tagged under: Air Pollution | Fossil Fuels
Royal Society Fossil Fuels Letter
2023-09-03 (or before) in Royal Society Fossil Fuels Letter – An open letter from UK academics to the Royal Society, 2023An open letter from UK academics to the Royal Society, 2023
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
New UK ‘net zero’ minister linked to oil-funded think tank
2023-09-02 (or before) in openDemocracyClaire Coutinho was senior fellow at Policy Exchange, which drafted law to crack down on XR and other climate activists
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | Activism
'Sign of the times': Fossil fuels hit record low, accounting for just a third of EU power mix
2023-08-30 in Business GreenNew analysis reveals how fossil fuel power generation across the EU fell 17 per cent during the first half of the year
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Scientists Warn 1 Billion People on Track to Die From Climate Change
2023-08-30 by in ScienceAlertThe fossil fuels that humanity burns today will be a death sentence for many lives tomorrow.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
China continues coal spree despite climate goals
2023-08-29 in The GuardianWorld’s biggest carbon emitter approving equivalent of two new coal plants a week, analysis shows
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Reality check: what the path to a 1.5C world looks like
2023-08-29 (or before) in Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and TechnologyThe world needs to rapidly purge fossil fuels from its energy mix if it is to have any hope of limiting global warming enough to avoid disastrous climate impacts, according to a prominent climate scientist.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
The true cost of climate pollution? 44% of corporate profits.
2023-08-28 by in Grist.org: Climate. Justice. Solutions.Yet governments are still pouring $7 trillion into subsidies for fossil fuels.
Tagged under: Economics | Fossil Fuels
‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate?
2023-08-28 in The GuardianExtreme weather is ‘smacking us in the face’ with worse to come, but a ‘tiny window’ of hope remains, say leading climate scientists
Tagged under: Oceans | Fossil Fuels | Wildfires
We Are Living in a Slow-Moving Explosion
2023-08-25 in Collapse MusingsWhat's happened in the world since humans harnessed the power of fossil fuels looks a lot like an explosion.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Collapse
POLITICO Pro
2023-08-25 (or before) in Politico PROA surge in battery storage is helping Texas beat the heat without additional fossil fuels.
Tagged under: Texas | Fossil Fuels | Electricity Grid
40GW of solar panels gathering dust in European warehouses
2023-08-24 by in Energy MonitorIf these stored solar panels were deployed, they would displace seven billion cubic metres of fossil gas, according to Beyond Fossil Fuels.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Fossil Fuels
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2023-08-24 (or before) in Los Angeles TimesTagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Wildfires
G20 poured more than $1tn into fossil fuel subsidies despite Cop26 pledges – report
2023-08-23 in The GuardianPublic money still flowing into industry despite agreement to phase out ‘inefficient’ subsidies, thinktank says
Tagged under: COP26 | Fossil Fuels
Fossil Fuels Consumption Subsidies 2022 – Analysis - IEA
2023-08-23 (or before) in IEA ÐÊInternational Energy AgencyFossil Fuels Consumption Subsidies 2022 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Ministers accused of ‘environmental crime’ over South Downs oil drilling
2023-08-23 in The GuardianUK Oil and Gas says work is to resume at Avington site in national park after decision from Planning Inspectorate
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Ecuadorians vote to halt oil drilling in biodiverse Amazonian national park
2023-08-21 in The GuardianReferendum result protecting Yasuní reserve will benefit huge range of species as well as ‘uncontacted’ Indigenous peoples
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels
Rich countries ‘trap’ poor nations into relying on fossil fuels
2023-08-21 in The GuardianCampaigners criticise ‘new form of colonialism’, where countries in the global south are forced to invest in fossil fuel projects to repay debts
Tagged under: Colonialism | Fossil Fuels | Finance
Critics of ‘degrowth’ economics say it’s unworkable – but from an ecologist's perspective, it’s inevitable
2023-08-16 by in The ConversationAccess to fossil fuels allowed humanity to overshoot Earth’s biophysical limits. The crises we now face are all symptoms of this overshoot, and the only fix is to cut our demands on the biosphere.
Tagged under: Degrowth | Economics | Fossil Fuels
Fossil Free Media
2023-08-15 (or before) in Home - Fossil Free MediaTogether we can end fossil fuels.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
FAQs | End Fossil Fuels
2023-08-13 (or before) in March to End Fossil FuelsTagged under: Fossil Fuels
Climate-heating methane released from dozens of Australian fossil fuel sites, environmental group claims
2023-08-08 in The GuardianEnergy giants reject Australian Conservation Foundation’s infrared video investigation which claims gas leaks and venting at dozens of mines and facilities
Tagged under: Methane | Fossil Fuels
There Is a Climate Conspiracy — But Not the One Climate Denialists Are Peddling
2023-08-06 by in Truthout - Fearless Independent JournalismEnvironmentalists and elites aren’t in cahoots to destroy the U.S. But fossil fuels’ damage on the world is undeniable.
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Science shows the severe climate consequences of new fossil fuel extraction
2023-08-02 by in The ConversationMore than a century of research shows that burning fossil fuels warms the climate – that’s exactly why granting new North Sea oil and gas licenses is a bad idea.
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TechScape: Turns out there’s another problem with AI – its environmental toll
2023-08-01 in The GuardianAI uses huge amounts of electricity and water to work, and the problem is only going to get worse – what can be done? Plus, the wider TechScape
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Electricity
One man and his drone: ‘My hope is to shut down the coal industry’
2023-07-31 in The GuardianHow a citizen vigilante in West Virginia uses his drone to uncover polluters who’d rather stay hidden
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Global primary energy consumption by source
2023-07-30 (or before) in Our World in DataPrimary energy is calculated based on the 'substitution method' which takes account of the inefficiencies in fossil fuel production by converting non-fossil energy into the energy inputs required if they had the same conversion losses as fossil fuels.
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ClientEarth loses high court fight with Shell over climate strategy
2023-07-24 in The GuardianEnvironmental law charity claims energy firm cannot achieve net zero goal with current transition plan
Tagged under: Shell | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
‘No one wants to be right about this’: climate scientists’ horror and exasperation as global predictions play out
2023-07-24 in The GuardianAs the northern hemisphere burns, experts feel deep sadness – and resentment – while dreading what lies ahead this Australian summer
Tagged under: Predictions | Fossil Fuels | El Niño | Heatwaves | Wildfires
Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble
2023-07-16 in The GuardianEnergy firms have made record profits by increasing production of oil and gas, far from their promises of rolling back emissions
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Phase down of fossil fuel inevitable and essential, says Cop28 president
2023-07-13 in The GuardianExclusive: Sultan Al Jaber calls on world to up its renewable energy capacity and says oil and gas companies must be involved
Tagged under: COP28 | Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
No room for fossil fuel executives at climate negotiation tables | Environment | Al Jazeera
2023-07-13 (or before) by in Al JazeeraUntil their actions align with their words, we should not work with them.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Proposed new UK oil and gas fields would provide at most three weeks of energy a year
2023-07-11 in The GuardianExperts and former ministers have also said the developments would not reduce energy prices in the UK
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UK should quit ‘climate-wrecking’ energy treaty, say official advisers
2023-07-10 in The GuardianClimate Change Committee recommends leaving energy charter treaty, which critics say is ‘weaponised’ by fossil fuel firms
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Wind and solar eat fossil fuels in Europe and US, but it’s a slow burn in Australia
2023-07-10 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economyThe pace of change in some of the world’s biggest grids is accelerating, but in Australia the transition is facing problems for governments and agencies.
Tagged under: Solar Energy | Fossil Fuels | Electricity Grid | Wind Power
The planet warms, the world economy cools – the real global recession is ecological | Larry Elliott
2023-07-09 in The GuardianGovernments focus on the climate when they have few other economic worries. That can no longer be the case
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Economics | Fossil Fuels
Shell CEO calls it 'irresponsible' to cut oil production now
2023-07-06 in Associated Press NewsThe head of global energy giant Shell says it would be “irresponsible” to cut oil and gas production at a time when the world economy is still dependent on fossil fuels.
Tagged under: Shell | Fossil Fuels
Oil giant Shell warns cutting production 'dangerous' - BBC News
2023-07-06 (or before) in The BBCThe world's need for fossil fuels is "desperate", Shell's chief executive told the BBC.
Tagged under: Shell | Fossil Fuels
Oil lobbyists spend millions to stall California’s game-changing climate bill
2023-07-05 in The GuardianBills would force large companies that do business in the state to report all emissions and crack down on bogus carbon offset claims
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | California
UK renewables reach record 47.8% share in electricity generation - Energy Live News
2023-06-30 by in Energy Live NewsGovernment data shows that this surge comes in contrast to a 10% decrease in generation from fossil fuels
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Electricity
The Future Is the Termination Shock: On the Antinomies and Psychopathologies of Geoengineering. Part One
2023-06-29 (or before) in BrillAbstract As capitalist society remains incapable of addressing climate breakdown, one measure is waiting in the wings: solar geoengineering. No other technology can cut global temperatures immediately. It would alleviate the symptoms of the crisis, not its causes. But might it be combined with radical emissions cuts? This essay, the first instalment of two, scrutinises the rationalist-optimist case for geoengineering: the idea that soot planes in the sky can shield the Earth from the worst heat while society rids itself of fossil fuels. A more likely outcome is that they encourage business-as-usual to continue, while negative si...
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Geoengineering
So what if fossil fuel lobbyists have to declare themselves at Cop28? That won’t curb their power| Amy Westervelt
2023-06-28 in The GuardianOil and gas companies don’t just have a seat at the Cop table: they are in charge of the table, says climate journalist Amy Westervelt
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
Greenhouse gas emissions from global energy industry still rising – report
2023-06-25 in The GuardianResearchers say ‘urgent action’ needed as rise in renewables is eclipsed by increase in world’s total energy consumption
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
Potential pension fund losses should not deter high-income countries from bold climate action
2023-06-24 (or before) in Cell PressGovernments in advanced economies must consider potential social repercussions of stranded fossil-fuel asset ownership. We show that the vast majority of stranded assets (two-thirds of the total) are held by the wealthiest 10% of individuals. Stranded asset losses constitute less than 2% of the wealth of the top 10%. Given this stark inequality, any potential financial loss incurred by low and middle groups can be compensated at low cost by governments and poses no credible deterrent to ambitious climate policy.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Finance
Record-breaking Texas heatwave enters third week as thousands lose power
2023-06-24 in The GuardianNew Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas also face scorching temperatures as heat dome settles over US south-west
Tagged under: Louisiana | Texas | Fossil Fuels
New windfarm could be used to power North Sea oilfield
2023-06-24 in The GuardianElectricity generated on Shetland could be used to fuel the proposed Rosebank field, instead of homes
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Wind Power | Fossil Fuels | Electricity
Paris climate finance summit fails to deliver debt forgiveness plan
2023-06-23 in The GuardianCountries in debt distress thrown financial lifeline but critics say measures fall short of what is needed
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Finance
Senate examines role of ‘dark money’ in delaying climate action
2023-06-23 in The GuardianThe budget committee hearing looked into alleged misinformation from big oil that covered up ‘massive’ risks of the climate crisis
Tagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Loss of fossil fuel assets would not impoverish general public, study finds
2023-06-22 in The GuardianResearch allays fears that rapid scaling back of production would hit people’s savings and pensions hard
Tagged under: Economics | Fossil Fuels
C of E divests of fossil fuels as oil and gas firms ditch climate pledges
2023-06-22 in The GuardianChurch pension and endowment funds shed holdings after U-turns by BP and Shell
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | BP | Shell | Religion
Battery storage takes another giant leap over fossil fuels in heart of coal country
2023-06-22 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economyNew deals for four hour batteries takes the technology make the next giant leap over the fossil fuel generators they will replace.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Climate campaigner takes Surrey oil drilling case to supreme court
2023-06-21 in The GuardianSarah Finch’s challenge to plans to allow oil well hinges on wider environmental impact of fossil fuels
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
From the oceans to ‘net zero’ targets, we’re in denial about the climate crisis | Adam Morton
2023-06-15 in The GuardianThe scientific consensus is we need to aim for negative emissions by phasing out fossil fuels, not just removing carbon from the atmosphere
Tagged under: Oceans | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
Vast fossil fuel and farming subsidies causing ‘environmental havoc’
2023-06-15 in The GuardianWorld Bank says subsidies costing as much as $23m a minute must be repurposed to fight climate crisis
Tagged under: Farming | Fish | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels
Shell drops target to cut oil production as CEO aims for higher profits
2023-06-14 in The GuardianWael Sawan prioritises shareholder payouts, setting out plan to keep oil production steady until 2030
Tagged under: Shell | Fossil Fuels
Greta Thunberg: not phasing out fossil fuels is ‘death sentence’ for world’s poor
2023-06-13 in The GuardianClimate activist says only ‘rapid and equitable’ phaseout will keep temperatures within 1.5C limit
Tagged under: Activism | Fossil Fuels
Youth v. Fossil Fuels
2023-06-09 by in Grist.org: Climate. Justice. Solutions.In Held v. Montana, 16 youth climate activists argue Montana's enthusiastic support of fossil fuels violates their constitutional rights.
Tagged under: Activism | Fossil Fuels
El Niño is coming. We must plan for the worst to protect Australia’s energy system | Dylan McConnell and Iain MacGill
2023-06-09 in The GuardianThe Bureau of Meteorology predicts increased temperatures and heatwaves this year, raising the prospect of blackouts – just as the electricity sector faces several other challenges
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Predictions | Fossil Fuels | Electricity | El Niño | Heatwaves
‘Game changing’: spate of US lawsuits calls big oil to account for climate crisis
2023-06-07 in The GuardianNext week the first constitutional climate lawsuit goes to trial amid signs fossil fuel companies are facing accountability tests
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Rich countries with high greenhouse gas emissions could pay $170tn in climate reparations
2023-06-05 in The GuardianProposed compensation would be paid to developing countries that must transition away from fossil fuels
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
In Bed With Standard Chartered - Real Media - The View From Below
2023-06-02 by in Real Media - The News You Don't SeeStandard Chartered bank staff met with satirical spectacle of their CEO Bill Winters cavorting with fossil fuels in a bed outside the bank yesterday morning.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Sally Weintrobe | Climate Breakdown Shakedown - Climate Grief | Extinction Rebellion UK
2023-05-26 (or before) in YouTubeSally Weintrobe speaks to XR Greenwich on the topic of Climate Grief.“Most of us have been living in a bubble of disavowal about global heating”, Sally Weint...
Tagged under: Climate Change | Activism | Fossil Fuels | Carbon Bubble | Climate Anxiety and Grief
An End to Fossil Fuels | Dr. Aaron Thierry | 23 March 2023 | Just Stop Oil
2023-05-25 (or before) in YouTube♻ Please consider donating 1 hour's wage every month: https://juststopoil.org/donate/🎦 Join a National Zoom Session: https://juststopoil.org/zoom 🧑🏾🤝...
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IEA: How global clean energy investment is 'significantly' outpacing fossil fuel spending
2023-05-25 in Business GreenThe clean energy transition is moving 'faster than many people realise' according to IEA - yet is still off the pace for meeting 1.5C goal
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Digging continues at controversial south Wales mine months after licence expires
2023-05-25 in The GuardianDespite record high prices for coal, operators claim they cannot afford to restore the site, a pretext for the licensing of the mine
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UK students pledge ‘career boycott’ of insurers over fossil fuels
2023-05-24 in The GuardianHundreds of students and graduates vow not to work for ‘climate wreckers that insure those responsible for the climate crisis’
Tagged under: Activism | Insurance | Fossil Fuels
University investment funds urge ‘bold action’ to stop new fossil fuel projects
2023-05-22 in The GuardianAsset managers are told they have key role to play on climate in open letter on eve of Shell’s annual meeting
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Shell
Big polluters’ share prices fall after climate lawsuits, study finds
2023-05-22 in The GuardianExclusive: Fossil fuel companies register drop in value after litigation or unfavourable judgments
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Litigation
The Science of the Climate Emergency with Dr Aaron Thierry | Part 1: The Science | 16 March 2023
2023-05-21 (or before) in YouTubeDr. Aaron Thierry (@ThierryAaron) received his PhD in Ecology from the University of Sheffield. He subsequently researched the impacts of global warming on t...
Tagged under: Activism | Science | Fossil Fuels
13 differences between oil executives and AI robots
2023-05-15 by in Yellow Dot StudiosThey may appear similar, but here's how to tell them apart.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
‘Sustainable’ pension funds accused of greenwashing over billions held in oil and gas firms
2023-05-14 in The GuardianWarning comes as UK watchdog set to tighten rules for asset managers given short-term targets
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
How Big Oil is manipulating the way you think about climate change
2023-05-14 (or before) in Salon.comA logic professor explains how a persistent, subtle fallacy has infected public discussion of climate change — to the oil industry's benefit
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
E-Fuels, Renewable Natural Gas, & Carbon Capture Are Deep Fakes
2023-05-12 by in Cleantech News Ñ #1 In EV, Solar, Wind, Tesla NewsE-fuels, renewable natural gas, carbon capture -- fossil fuel companies will stop at nothing to protect their business model.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
Italian oil firm Eni faces lawsuit alleging early knowledge of climate crisis
2023-05-09 in The GuardianExclusive: Company accused of ‘lobbying and greenwashing’ for more fossil fuels despite knowing of risks
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
‘Mind-boggling’ methane emissions from Turkmenistan revealed
2023-05-09 in The GuardianLeaks of potent greenhouse gas could be easily fixed, say experts, and would rapidly reduce global heating
Tagged under: COP28 | Methane | Fossil Fuels
French oil giant TotalEnergies sues Greenpeace over emissions report
2023-05-03 in The GuardianGreen group accused company of emitting more than it disclosed but TotalEnergies says report used dubious methodologies
Tagged under: France | Activism | TotalEnergies | Fossil Fuels | Greenpeace
Green investment funds pushing money into fossil fuel firms, research finds
2023-05-02 in The GuardianBlackRock and L&G among asset managers using funds with ESG label to invest in coal, oil and gas
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance
Does the UK really need to drill for more North Sea oil and gas?
2023-05-01 in The GuardianMinisters are weighing up a new gasfield but is more UK fossil fuel production necessary or desirable given its climate commitments?
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Tesla says global energy demand will be cut in half by switch to EVs and renewables
2023-04-26 by in The Driven - Australian EV NewsTesla says transition to EVs, battery storage, wind and solar will slash energy consumption needs by half compared to inefficient fossil fuels.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Electric Cars | EVs | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power | Tesla
‘Like a dam breaking’: experts hail decision to let US climate lawsuits advance
2023-04-25 in The GuardianCities bringing climate litigation against oil majors welcome US supreme court’s decision to rebuff appeal to move cases to federal courts
Tagged under: Exxon | Fossil Fuels | Litigation
China ramps up coal power despite carbon neutral pledges
2023-04-24 in The GuardianLocal governments approved more coal power in first three months of 2023 than all of 2021
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
'Accelerate the phase out': How the G7 cooled on fossil fuels as the answer to the energy crisis
2023-04-17 in Business GreenG7 Energy and Environment Ministers acknowledge energy crisis requires reduction in global gas demand and reiterate support for clean tech, but stop short of setting out roadmap for phasing out fossil fuel power
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
Lords amendment to energy bill may stop new coalmines in England
2023-04-17 in The GuardianChange to bill says opening and licensing of new coalmines by the Coal Authority to be prohibited
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
G7 pushes for an extra terawatt of solar, but falls short on coal phaseout and gas
2023-04-17 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economyG7 agree to a big increase in offshore wind and solar capacity, but fall short of coal and gas phaseouts as Japan holds out for fossil fuels.
Tagged under: Solar Energy | Fossil Fuels | Japan | Wind Power
G7 ministers agree to cut gas consumption and speed-up renewable energy | Reuters
2023-04-16 (or before) in ReutersThe Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants, France's energy transition minister said on Saturday.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Electricity | France
How Putin made Europe go green faster
2023-04-14 (or before) in YouTubeOne year after Russia invaded Ukraine, analysts think Putin's aggression may have sped up Europe's energy transition. How's that?Credits:Reporter: Ajit Niran...
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Biden approves Alaska gas exports as critics condemn another ‘carbon bomb’
2023-04-14 in The GuardianEnergy department gives green light to exports from liquefied natural gas (LNG) program, after Willow project approved last month
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Joe Biden | US Politics | Alaska
Tessa Khan: How can we escape soaring energy bills? Stop using fossil fuels
2023-04-13 (or before) in TED: Ideas Worth SpreadingTagged under: Fossil Fuels
IPCC Synthesis Report: What does it say? What does it mean? | IPCC FINAL REPORT 2023
2023-04-09 (or before) in YouTubeJOIN XRUK THIS APRIL 21-24 AT THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENTDr Charlie Gardner and Clare Farrell discuss the latest IPCC synthesis report, the final report in the m...
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Carbon Note 2: The "Western" energy transitions - narcissism of small differences.
2023-04-09 (or before) by in Chartbook | Adam Tooze | SubstackDid Putin’s war on Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis lead to a retreat from the energy transition in Europe? Did Russian aggression expose the vanity of green ideology? Was a war what we needed to relearn the “basic math” that modern societies cannot do without some combination of fossil fuels and nuclear? This was the contention of pieces in
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Fossil Fuels | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Cop28 president: world needs business mindset to tackle climate crisis
2023-04-07 in The GuardianExclusive: Sultan Al Jaber aims to use UN talks to set out how private sector can limit greenhouse gas emissions
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels
Value of Australian lithium exports tipped to match thermal coal in five years
2023-04-06 in The GuardianRevenue from mining key metal used in EV batteries to triple by 2027-28 while thermal coal exports set to fall by more than 70%
Tagged under: Lithium | Fossil Fuels
On the History and Future of 100% Renewable Energy Systems Research
2023-04-06 (or before) in ieeexplore.ieee.orgResearch on 100% renewable energy systems is a relatively recent phenomenon. It was initiated in the mid-1970s, catalyzed by skyrocketing oil prices. Since the mid-2000s, it has quickly evolved into a prominent research field encompassing an expansive and growing number of research groups and organizations across the world. The main conclusion of most of these studies is that 100% renewables is feasible worldwide at low cost. Advanced concepts and methods now enable the field to chart realistic as well as cost- or resource-optimized and efficient transition pathways to a future without the use of fossil fuels. Such proposed path...
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Climate Change | Hydrogen | Wind Power | Fossil Fuels | Climate Justice | Electricity Grid
Greenhouse gas emissions rose at ‘alarming’ rate last year, US data shows
2023-04-06 in The GuardianNoaa report shows rapid increase in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Fossil Fuels
Revealed: UAE plans huge oil and gas expansion as it hosts UN climate summit
2023-04-04 in The GuardianExclusive: UAE’s fossil fuel boss will be the president of Cop28, making a mockery of the summit, say campaigners
Tagged under: COP28 | Africa | Fossil Fuels | Middle East
1989 Oct Confidential Shell Group Planning Scenarios 1989-2010 Challenge and response - disc climate refugees and shift to non-fossil fuels
2023-04-03 (or before) in DocumentCloudThis document is one of many found by Vatan Hüzeir of Changerism, as part of his study: “Dirty pearls: exposing Shell's hidden legacy of climate change accountability, 1970-1990”.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Shell
The Media's Recent Turn to “Climate Optimism” Is a Cruel Fantasy
2023-04-03 in The NationBeneath the upbeat messaging, the latest UN climate report makes it clear that while the means to save the planet may still be available, the political will is nowhere in sight.
Tagged under: IPCC | Fossil Fuels
Harvard professor’s fossil fuel links under scrutiny over climate grant
2023-04-01 in The GuardianColleagues and students query role of Jody Freeman, who won prestigious research grant despite sitting on ConocoPhillips board
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
New oilfield in the North Sea would blow the UK’s carbon budget
2023-04-01 in The GuardianCampaigners say Rosebank, with a potential yield of 500m barrels, would seriously undermine legal commitment to net zero
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
Shell already knew about climate change in the early 1970s (and still promoted the use of coal)
2023-04-01 by in ftm.euShell already knew in the early 1970s (and not since 1986, as known until now) that burning fossil fuels plays a role in climate change. Yet the oil company still decided to get into a new fossil industry at that very time: coal. Newly unearthed documents show that Shell downplayed global climate knowledge to promote its coal business.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Shell | Fossil Fuels
£3.5m of Tory donations linked to pollution and climate denial, says report
2023-03-30 in The GuardianMillions given to party and MPs last year came from entities linked to fossil fuels, high-polluting industries and climate denial
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Over half of Church of England dioceses have now made a divestment commitment! - Bright Now
2023-03-29 by in Home - Bright NowOperation Noah is delighted to announce that 22 of 42 Church of England dioceses have now made a full commitment to divest from fossil fuels. The Diocese of Canterbury, Diocese of Coventry, Diocese of Ely and Diocese of Hereford have recently confirmed that they will divest from fossil fuel companies by the end of December […]
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Press Release: University of Portsmouth drops fossil fuel investments
2023-03-29 in People & Planet***Begins*** Today the University of Portsmouth has announced its divestment from fossil fuels. This comes as the university updates its Ethical Investment Policy to exclude all fossil fuel industry investments.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
US puts Italy-sized chunk of Gulf of Mexico up for auction for oil drilling
2023-03-29 in The GuardianIn latest blow to Joe Biden’s reputation as the ‘climate president’, 73.3m acres of the gulf will be offered for fossil fuel extraction
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels
The UK’s ‘green day’ has turned into a fossil fuel bonanza – dirty money powers the Sunak government | George Monbiot
2023-03-29 in The GuardianIn prioritising oil and gas over renewables, ministers are doing the bidding of the polluters, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Rishi Sunak | Fossil Fuels
The Case For Fossil Fuel Divestment
2023-03-28 (or before) by in ForbesIn the face of the climate crisis, calls for divestment from fossil fuels have grown louder. What does divestment mean? Does it work? Understand the financial and social impacts of the divestment movement in reducing carbon emissions.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Climate Change Impacts | Finance
The Case For Fossil Fuel Engagement
2023-03-28 (or before) by in ForbesAlthough fossil fuels may have no future in a decarbonized world, fossil fuel firms may still have a role to play in the decades of climate transition ahead. Can responsible financial engagement with these companies support current energy needs and climate goals?
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Finance
Little progress made on energy efficiency in UK homes, report finds
2023-03-26 in The GuardianNational Infrastructure Commission accuses ministers of ‘prevarication’ over installation of heat pumps
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
America’s Fossil Fuel Economy is Heading for Collapse – It Signals the End of the Oil Age
2023-03-24 in Age of TransformationUS oil production is about to peak, but the world is unprepared for the tremendous economic and political consequences. The only path through is energy and economic transformation.
Tagged under: Economics | Fossil Fuels | Collapse
New climate paper calls for charging big US oil firms with homicide
2023-03-22 in The GuardianAuthors of paper accepted for publication in Harvard Environmental Law Review argue firms are ‘killing members of the public at an accelerating rate’
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Older Americans protest against ‘dirty banks’ funding oil and gas projects
2023-03-22 in The GuardianProtesters cut up credit cards and march to Washington branches of JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America and Wells Fargo
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Washington State
Biden administration sides with climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies
2023-03-16 in The GuardianDoJ brief argues that Colorado case against energy giants ExxonMobil and Suncor should be heard in state court instead of federal
Tagged under: Exxon | Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Colorado State
US banks are sacrificing poor communities to the climate crisis | Ben Jealous and Bill McKibben
2023-03-16 in The GuardianIt took decades to force banks to abandon racist redlining. We don’t have decades to avert catastrophic climate crisis
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Finance
New report: Commitment to end international finance for fossil fuels is shifting billions, but key countries breaking promises missing in action - Oil Change International
2023-03-15 by in Oil Change InternationalPromise Breakers, a report released today by Oil Change International, reveals that the stop funding fossils commitment forged at COP26, is already shifting an estimated USD 5.7 billion per year out of fossil fuels and into clean energy, with the potential of a further 13.7 billion per year if all signatories fulfill their commitments.
Tagged under: COP26 | Fossil Fuels | Finance
Budget does little to meet UK’s net zero carbon goals, say campaigners
2023-03-15 in The GuardianChancellor silent on home insulation, oil and gas windfall tax, and onshore windfarms – but freezes fuel duty
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Climate Change | Wind Power | Insulation | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
Promise Breakers: Assessing the impact of compliance with the Glasgow Statement commitment to end international public finance for fossil fuels - Oil Change International
2023-03-15 by in Oil Change InternationalNew research shows stop funding fossils commitment forged at the 2021 UN climate summit is already shifting an estimated USD 5.7 billion per year out of fossil fuels and into clean energy. If all signatories fulfill their commitments, then a further 13.7 billion per year will be shifted out of fossil fuels and into clean energy.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Finance
Clean energy is cheaper than coal across the whole US, study finds
2023-03-14 (or before) in Canary MediaAlmost every coal-fired power plant in the country could be cost-effectively replaced by local solar or wind and batteries, according to a groundbreaking new analysis.
Tagged under: Solar Energy | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power
Fossil fuels received £20bn more UK support than renewables since 2015
2023-03-09 in The GuardianExclusive: One-fifth of money given directly to fossil fuel industry was to support new extraction and mining
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels
Revealed: 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping points
2023-03-06 in The GuardianVast releases of gas, along with future ‘methane bombs’, represent huge threat – but curbing emissions would rapidly reduce global heating
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Tipping Points
Huge carbon footprint of chemicals in UK household products revealed
2023-03-06 in The GuardianCalls for ministers to help industry cut emissions from items including washing-up liquid and laundry tablets
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels
DOUBT
2023-03-05 (or before) in YouTubeJoin us and stand up for reality. http://climaterealityproject.org - This film exposes the parallels between Big Tobacco's denial of smoking's cancer-causing...
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Health
Fossil fuel companies donated $700m to US universities over 10 years
2023-03-01 in The GuardianFunding at 27 universities can shift not just research agendas, but also policy in the direction the industry prefers, report says
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
World Bank chief resigns after climate stance misstep
2023-02-16 in The GuardianDavid Malpass was criticised when he dodged question about fossil fuels’ link to climate crisis
Tagged under: Economics | Fossil Fuels
Clive Palmer-owned company withdraws appeal against ruling that coalmine would worsen climate crisis
2023-02-12 in The GuardianLandmark decision from Queensland land court declared emissions from Waratah Coal project would limit the rights of future generations
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
NatWest to end new business loans for oil and gas extraction
2023-02-10 in The GuardianBank also plans to phase out similar lending for existing customers under its first climate transition plan
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Finance
Labor’s unlimited use of carbon offsets could lead to rise in emissions, report says
2023-02-10 in The GuardianAnalysis says land-based carbon offsets lead to more fossil fuel mining and fail to deliver genuine emissions reductions
Tagged under: Coal | Land Use | Fossil Fuels
Exxon Retreats From Major Climate Effort to Make Biofuels From Algae
2023-02-10 (or before) in BloombergRenewable fuels made from algae was the company’s most heavily publicized climate solution.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Exxon | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | California
Solar’s stunning journey from lab curiosity to global juggernaut wiping out fossil fuels
2023-02-10 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economyLeading solar researcher predicts technology will “wipe fossil fuels” out of the global economy, and help deliver a resilient, reliable and extremely cheap energy grid.
Tagged under: Solar Energy | Predictions | Fossil Fuels | Electricity Grid
UK must quit climate-harming energy charter treaty, experts say
2023-02-10 in The GuardianSecret international court system enables fossil fuel firms to sue governments for lost future profits
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
COP28 Chief’s Global Tour Begins With a Defense of Fossil Fuels
2023-02-09 (or before) in BloombergOil and gas will have a key role to play even as the world shifts to cleaner energy and climate talks should reflect the challenges of energy poverty, according to the president of this year’s COP summit.
Tagged under: COP28 | Fossil Fuels | Saudi Arabia
What could a Fossil Fuel Treaty look like? — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
2023-02-09 (or before) in The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty InitiativeMomentum is growing for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to provide global oversight of a fair and rapid transition away from fossil fuels: the primary cause of climate change. With the Paris Agreement failing to even mention coal, oil, and gas, the need for a complementary international agreement is clear. But what would it contain?
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
‘Monster profits’ for energy giants reveal a self-destructive fossil fuel resurgence
2023-02-09 in The GuardianLast year’s combined $200bn profit for the ‘big five’ oil and gas companies brings little hope of driving down emissions
Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Chevron | TotalEnergies | Fossil Fuels
Three Energy Realities to Remember Ahead of the State of the Union
2023-02-08 (or before) in API - American Petroleum InstituteAs you monitor President Biden’s State of the Union address, we hope you will remember three key areas where the administration continues to fall short in delivering a long-term strategy that ensures American families and businesses have access to affordable and reliable energy.
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels
Outrage as US government advances $8bn Alaska oil drilling plan
2023-02-01 in The GuardianInterior department report recommends scaled-back version of ConocoPhillips’ Willow project despite Biden campaign pledge
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels | Alaska
Clean energy investment tops $US1 trillion, sits neck and neck with fossil fuels
2023-01-30 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economyBloomberg New energy Finance says investment in low carbon energy has hit a new high – and for the first time reached parity with capital invested in fossil fuels.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Finance
BREAKING: Barclays 7 given 2 years unconditional suspended sentence for breaking glass during an emergency - Extinction Rebellion UK
2023-01-27 by in Extinction Rebellion UKAt 4.30pm this afternoon, seven women attended sentencing at Southwark Crown Court in London for carefully cracking windows at Barclays HQ in Canary Wharf, to draw attention to Barclays’ financing of fossil fuels and to call on the bank to stop accelerating the climate emergency. All seven women were given two years unconditional suspended sentences.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Fossil Fuels | Women and Children
Global Low-Carbon Energy Technology Investment Surges Past $1 Trillion for the First Time | BloombergNEF
2023-01-26 in BloombergNEFDefying supply chain disruptions and macroeconomic headwinds, 2022 energy transition investment jumped 31% to draw level with fossil fuels: BloombergNEF
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Colombia announces halt on fossil fuel exploration for a greener economy
2023-01-20 in The GuardianThe minister for mines, Irene Vélez, told world leaders the country will shift away from fossil fuels to begin a sustainable chapter
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UN head accuses fossil fuel firms of business models ‘inconsistent with human survival’
2023-01-18 in The GuardianCriticism at Davos for big companies that, ‘like the tobacco industry’, ride roughshod over their own science
Tagged under: Exxon | Fossil Fuels
Exxon scientists predicted global warming with ‘shocking skill and accuracy,’ Harvard researchers say
2023-01-12 in Harvard GazetteIn the study, scientists showed how the multinational energy giant worked to cloud the issue.
Tagged under: Predictions | Climate Change | Exxon | Fossil Fuels
UK could face ‘banking crisis worse than 2008’ if City fails to prepare for fossil fuel collapse
2023-01-12 in The GuardianReport from climate activist groups says City is unprepared for potential collapse in value of fossil fuel assets
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Collapse | Activism
Extended producer responsibility for fossil fuels - IOPscience
2023-01-12 (or before) in IOPscienceTagged under: Fossil Fuels
Net zero possible in 2040s, says outgoing UK climate business expert
2023-01-09 in The GuardianCountries that fear losing competitive edge could benefit from bolder climate policies, says Nigel Topping
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
British Parliament urges Government to set a "clear date" to end North Sea drilling - Oil Change International
2023-01-05 by in Oil Change InternationalAn influential committee of British MPs is calling on the British government to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels and set a “clear date” for the end of new oil and gas licensing in the British North Sea.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
UK government faces legal action against new coalmine in Cumbria
2023-01-04 in The GuardianFriends of the Earth says significant climate impacts not taken into account when go-ahead was given
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
BP criticised over plan to spend billions more on fossil fuels than green energy
2022-12-27 in The GuardianCompany’s oil and gas investments for 2023 will be as much as double those on renewables
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | BP | Fossil Fuels
How an Early Oil Industry Study Became Key in Climate Lawsuits
2022-12-23 (or before) in Yale E360For decades, 1960s research for the American Petroleum Institute warning of the risks of burning fossil fuels had been forgotten. But two papers discovered in libraries are now playing a key role in lawsuits aimed at holding oil companies accountable for climate change.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Fueling Resistance
2022-12-14 (or before) in MITIn Fueling Resistance, Kate Neville dissects the processes, and political economy framework, of resistance to two different alternative fuel projects in two distinct and disparate locations. The comparison centers on resistance to a biofuel project in Kenya and a fracking project in the Yukon territory of Canada. The unwritten premise is that these two energy projects, and the subsequent resistance to them, may not have obvious similarities given their distinct characteristics and locations but in fact have several elements in common. Neville outlines how these cases can be viewed as similar and concludes that understanding the ...
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Climate Change | Colonialism | Rivers | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power | Health | Climate Justice | Food Production and Consumption | Finance
Following the money: trade associations, political activity and climate change - Climatic Change
2022-12-14 (or before) in Springer VerlagThe political activities of industries associated with the production and consumption of fossil fuels have thwarted state efforts to advance climate policy. Yet research on the role of trade associations that firms use to coordinate their activities remains sparse. Studies of business political activity are generally focussed on the firm level with trade associations typically considered only as part of wider advocacy coalitions. Scholars are still to examine the full range of political activities of trade associations. Using an original dataset built from trade associations’ IRS filings, we find that trade associations en...
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Gove’s defence of UK coalmine dismissed as ‘greenwashing nonsense’
2022-12-13 in The GuardianHead of offsetting standard rubbishes minister’s claim of Cumbrian mine’s carbon neutrality as ‘absurd’
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
UK’s first new coalmine for 30 years gets go-ahead in Cumbria
2022-12-07 in The GuardianMichael Gove greenlights £165m project that will produce estimated 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
Airbus boss warns of delay in decarbonising airline industry
2022-11-30 in The GuardianGuillaume Faury expresses concern at pace of investment in facilities producing alternatives to fossil fuels
Tagged under: Hydrogen | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels
Climate activists target 13 London offices over fossil fuels ties
2022-11-21 in DRILL OR DROP? - Independent journalism on UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and the reactions to itClimate campaigners this morning sprayed fake oil on London offices with links to the fossil fuel industry.
Tagged under: Activism | Fossil Fuels
‘False solutions’: scepticism over Saudi carbon capture plan
2022-11-19 in The GuardianKingdom’s Cop27 announcement of new storage hub part of pattern of delaying fossil fuel transition, experts say
Tagged under: COP27 | Africa | Fossil Fuels | Middle East | Saudi Arabia
The colonial exploitation of Africas fossil fuels must stop
2022-11-13 (or before) in Context NewsTagged under: Africa | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
The British right’s hostility to climate action is deeply entrenched – and extremely dangerous | John Harris
2022-11-13 in The GuardianWith voters increasingly fearful about fires, floods and extreme temperatures, can the Tories find a way back towards reality, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Analysis: Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels hit record high in 2022 - Carbon Brief
2022-11-11 by in Carbon BriefGlobal carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and cement have increased by 1.0% in 2022,...
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A New Tool to Move Finance Out of Fossil Fuels
2022-11-10 (or before) in gogel.orgTagged under: Fossil Fuels | Finance
How dash for African oil and gas could wipe out Congo basin tropical forests
2022-11-10 in The GuardianThird of Congo basin’s tropical forests are under threat from fossil fuel investments, undermining climate action, report warns
Tagged under: COP27 | Congo | Rainforests | Africa | Fossil Fuels | Trees
Oil and gas firms planning ‘frightening’ fossil fuels growth, report finds
2022-11-09 in The GuardianAnalysis released at Cop27 climate summit shows plans would thwart chances of keeping global heating to 1.5C
Tagged under: COP27 | Fossil Fuels
We must support protestors taking direct action to save our future
2022-10-30 (or before) in kerrang.comTagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
‘Monstrous’ east African oil project will emit vast amounts of carbon, data shows
2022-10-27 in The GuardianExperts say crude oil pipeline from Uganda to Tanzania will produce 25 times host nations’ combined annual emissions
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Africa | Fossil Fuels
Carbon emissions from energy to peak in 2025 in ‘historic turning point’, says IEA
2022-10-27 in The GuardianInternational Energy Agency says Ukraine invasion boosted state spending on clean energy and ‘will accelerate transition to renewables’
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Nuclear Power | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power | Russia
Global health at mercy of fossil fuel addiction, warn scientists
2022-10-25 in The GuardianReliance on oil and gas worsening climate impacts and compounding food, energy and cost of living crises
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Health
With Fossil Fuel Companies Facing Pressure to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Private Equity Is Buying Up Their Aging Oil, Gas and Coal Assets - Inside Climate News
2022-10-24 by in Inside Climate NewsWhen Continental Resources announced a deal last week to take the oil company private, it joined a trend that has swept across the fossil fuel sector in recent years. With investors agitating for energy companies to lower their greenhouse gas emissions, many oil and gas drillers and utilities have sold off wells and coal plants […]
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
New fossil fuels 'incompatible’ with 1.5C goal, comprehensive analysis finds - Carbon Brief
2022-10-23 by in Carbon BriefThere is a “large consensus” across all published studies that developing new oil and gas...
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
France becomes latest country to leave controversial energy charter treaty
2022-10-21 in The GuardianQuitting the ECT, which protects fossil fuel investors from policy changes that might threaten their profits, was ‘coherent’ with Paris climate deal, Macron said
Tagged under: France | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
RSPB ‘not ruling out’ direct action to defend nature from government policy
2022-10-10 in The GuardianBeccy Speight says charity coalition plans to step up campaign against changes posing threat to wildlife
Tagged under: Farming | Coal | Wildlife | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
European Commission aims to end secret system protecting fossil fuel holdings
2022-10-08 in The GuardianProposal aims to reform energy charter treaty that protects multi-billion-pound investments in Europe
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
‘Reckless’ coal firms plan climate-busting expansion, study finds
2022-10-06 in The GuardianCoal is the most polluting of all fossil fuels and investors must stop funding it, say campaigners
Tagged under: COP27 | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Africa | Fossil Fuels | Russia
Rees-Mogg seeking to evade scrutiny of new fracking projects, email shows
2022-10-04 in The GuardianExclusive: Note setting out business secretary’s views looks for ways to accelerate schemes, including streamlining HSE requirements
Tagged under: Fracking | Fossil Fuels
To understand the scale of the climate emergency, look at hurricanes | Peter Kalmus
2022-10-01 in The GuardianClimate breakdown is far more intense in 2022 than even many scientists expected, yet the world still isn’t treating this like a crisis
Tagged under: Florida | Extreme Weather | Fossil Fuels
Rees-Mogg: ‘Britain must get every cubic inch of gas out of North Sea’
2022-09-23 in The GuardianLeaked video shows business secretary ‘greenwashing fossil fuels’ and putting ‘ideology before climate’, say critics
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Fracking won’t work in UK says founder of fracking company Cuadrilla
2022-09-21 in The GuardianChris Cornelius says geology is too challenging and government’s support is merely ‘soundbites’
Tagged under: Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Senator Joe Manchin unveils bill that would expedite federal energy projects
2022-09-21 in The GuardianThe centrist Democrat believes he has votes to pass the measure, which has met with resistance from the left
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Learn how the 230+ agencies that work with fossil fuels are hurting their business, and the planet: — Clean Creatives
2022-09-20 (or before) in cleancreatives.orgLearn why working for fossil fuel companies obstructs climate change - and the agencies with the biggest dirty clients.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Finally we have a Global Registry of Fossil Fuels - Carbon Tracker Initiative
2022-09-19 by in Carbon Tracker InitiativeMajor boost for transparency on fossil fuel supply, as the first public database of emissions from...
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As resistance grows to the fossil fuel regime, laws are springing up everywhere to suppress climate activists | Jeff Sparrow
2022-09-18 in The GuardianAlong with subsidising big polluters, governments are setting in place repressive anti-protest laws to protect them
Tagged under: Activism | Fossil Fuels
Criticism intensifies after big oil admits ‘gaslighting’ public over green aims
2022-09-17 in The GuardianFury as ‘explosive’ documents reveal largest oil companies contradicted public statements and wished bedbugs upon critical activists
Tagged under: BP | Shell | Activism | Exxon | Chevron | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Governments urged to act after oil giants accused of misleading public
2022-09-16 in The GuardianDocuments suggest Shell and BP staff privately downplayed public commitments on climate crisis
Tagged under: BP | Shell | Fossil Fuels
Climate crisis ‘threatens rule of law and civilisation’ | The Independent
2022-09-16 (or before) in The IndependentMajor British law firms are contributing to the climate crisis, the letter warns
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Revealed: rightwing US lobbyists help craft slew of anti-protest fossil fuel bills
2022-09-14 in The GuardianLegislation drafted by Alec part of backlash against Indigenous communities and environmentalists opposing oil and gas projects
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Legislation | US Politics
World heading into ‘uncharted territory of destruction’, says climate report
2022-09-13 in The GuardianGovernments and businesses failing to change fast enough, says United in Science report, as weather gets increasingly extreme
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Switching to renewable energy could save trillions - study - BBC News
2022-09-13 (or before) in The BBCNew report says falling cost of renewable energy makes switch from fossil fuels cheapest option.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
Planetary Gas Chamber not “Climate Change”
2022-09-11 in Kevin HesterWe have been aware that burning fossil fuels would alter, destabilise and warm the atmosphere since at least 1847 and the narrative has been controlled since shortly thereafter. Had we described th…
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Oil and gas firms’ green investments fail to match promise of publicity – study
2022-09-08 in The GuardianBP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies spend $750m a year burnishing climate credentials but only 12% of capital on low-carbon development
Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Chevron | TotalEnergies | Fossil Fuels
Carbon capture is not a solution to net zero emissions plans, report says
2022-09-01 in The GuardianThe technology, put forward as part of the UK’s net zero strategy, could extend the life of fossil fuel infrastructure
Tagged under: COP26 | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
Global fossil fuel subsidies almost doubled in 2021, analysis finds
2022-08-31 in The GuardianSupport amid huge industry profits is a ‘roadblock’ to tackling climate crisis, says International Energy Agency
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
The Global Registry of Fossil Fuels Public Release - Carbon Tracker Initiative
2022-08-31 by in Carbon Tracker Initiative19 September | New York & Online The Global Registry of Fossil Fuels is the first-ever...
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
It’s Time to Wake Up | GTK
2022-08-28 (or before) in gtk.fiThe research report made by Associate Research Professor Simon Michaux from GTK shows that if we want to transition away from fossil fuels, mining will have to increase greatly.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
UK and US banks among biggest backers of Russian ‘carbon bombs’, data shows
2022-08-24 in The GuardianUkrainian campaigners call for immediate end to investments, to cut funds to war and help avoid climate breakdown
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Russia
Home - LINGO
2022-08-24 (or before) in LINGO - Leave it in the groundLINGO works on accelerating the fossil endgame towards a world without fossil fuels and with 100% renewable energy.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
Carbon Bombs - LINGO
2022-08-24 (or before) in LINGO - Leave it in the groundLINGO works on accelerating the fossil endgame towards a world without fossil fuels and with 100% renewable energy.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
Many countries have decoupled economic growth from CO₂ emissions, even if we take offshored production into account
2022-08-05 (or before) in Our World in DataHistorically, CO2 emissions have been strongly correlated with how much money we have. This is particularly true at low-to-middle incomes. The richer we are, the more CO2 we emit. This is because we use more energy – which often comes from burning fossil fuels.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Economic Growth
‘Grotesque greed’: immoral fossil fuel profits must be taxed, says UN chief
2022-08-03 in The GuardianAntónio Guterres urges governments to introduce windfall levies and use money to support vulnerable people
Tagged under: BP | Fossil Fuels
The world is ablaze and the oil industry just posted record profits. It’s us or them | Hamilton Nolan
2022-08-02 in The GuardianNo single crisis, no matter how existential, will be enough to shut this machine down naturally. We must break it or it will break us
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Big Fossil’s Disaster Capitalist Response to Russia-Ukraine
2022-07-31 (or before) in The InterceptThe industry moved quickly to capture the narrative, going from disinformation blitz to policy wins within a matter of weeks.
Tagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation | Capitalism | Fossil Fuels | Russia
Leaked: US power companies secretly spending millions to protect profits and fight clean energy
2022-07-27 in The GuardianOne industry consulting firm has influenced politics across Florida, Alabama and at least six other states
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Florida | Alabama
World misses the mark on green COVID recovery – DW – 06/15/2022
2022-07-10 (or before) in Deutsche WelleTagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
The New Energy Charter Treaty in Light of the Climate Emergency - Center for International Environmental Law
2022-07-06 by in ciel.orgThe deal meant to modernize the Energy Charter Treaty’s investment provisions and bring it in line with the Paris Agreement is not aligned with the rapid phaseout of fossil fuels that science shows is required to avoid climate catastrophe.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Parliament votes to give green labels to nuclear and gas
2022-07-06 in PoliticoSuch power plants will be allowed to be marketed as sustainable investments on financial markets.
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Fossil Fuels | Electricity | Russia | Finance
Fossil fuel industry faces surge in climate lawsuits
2022-06-30 in The GuardianNumber of climate-related lawsuits globally has doubled since 2015, with quarter filed in past two years
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
US supreme court rules against EPA and hobbles government power to limit harmful emissions
2022-06-30 in The GuardianCourt sides with Republican states as ruling represents landmark moment in rightwing effort to dismantle ‘regulatory state’
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
California Assemblyman Kills Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill
2022-06-28 by in DeSmogThe California legislature was close to passing a bill that would require the state’s two massive pension funds to divest from fossil fuels, but on June 21 the legislation was killed by one Democratic assemblyman who has accepted tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the energy industry. Senate Bill 1173 would have […]
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Legislation | US Politics | California
Australia has a once in a lifetime opportunity to break the stranglehold fossil fuels have on our politics
2022-06-20 by in The ConversationAustralia needs an honest reckoning with the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long hold over Australian politics. Without that, we cannot shift to a principled stand against ceaseless expansion.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Methane leak at Russian mine could be largest ever discovered
2022-06-14 in The GuardianAbout 90 tonnes of methane an hour were released from the Raspadskaya mine in January, data shows
Tagged under: Methane | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Russia
Government failure to boost energy efficiency ‘inexplicable’, says IEA
2022-06-08 in The GuardianSaving energy is ‘utterly essential’ to cut bills, end reliance on Russian oil and gas and slash emissions says agency
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Russia
Fossil fuel projects that qualify for Rishi Sunak’s tax relief ‘could create 899 million tonnes of CO2’ | The Independent
2022-06-07 (or before) in The IndependentIf all 39 projects are approved they could produce the equivalent of nearly 1.9 billion barrels of oil
Tagged under: Climate Change | Rishi Sunak | Fossil Fuels
Defusing Carbon Bombs - LINGO
2022-06-06 (or before) in LINGO - Leave it in the groundLINGO works on accelerating the fossil endgame towards a world without fossil fuels and with 100% renewable energy by identifying game changers for the climate emergency, introducing new framings and defusing carbon bombs.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
U.S. Fossil Fuel Production Set To Hit Record Highs In 2023 | OilPrice.com
2022-05-31 (or before) in Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.comFossil fuel production in the United States is expected to hit record highs in 2023 as energy demand bounces back
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
G7 countries to stop funding fossil fuel development overseas
2022-05-30 in The GuardianMinisters from world’s biggest economies reach agreement that could shift estimated $33bn a year to clean energy sources
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Germany | France | Fossil Fuels | Japan
Sooty hands and damaged lungs: the toll of Nigeria’s illegal refineries
2022-05-29 in The GuardianA recent clampdown on illegal oil refineries in Rivers State was welcomed by campaigners alarmed at the mounting medical toll on those living in the area. But will it have a lasting impact?
Tagged under: Nigeria | Africa | Rivers | Fossil Fuels
FFS? Fossil fuels support in the UK tax system
2022-05-27 (or before) in New Economics FoundationPhasing out support for fossil fuels
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Here in Poland, “Going Green” Means Burning Even More Coal
2022-05-27 in The NationWith parents and children struggling to breathe, climate activism is a matter of life and death.
Tagged under: Children | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Russia | Women and Children | Activism
People in US and UK face huge financial hit if fossil fuels lose value, study shows
2022-05-26 in The GuardianStrong climate action could wipe $756bn from individuals’ pension funds and other investments in rich countries
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Three arrested at Shell AGM as protesters chant ‘We will stop you’
2022-05-24 in The GuardianEnvironmental activists accuse firm’s board of spending more on green ads than green technology
Tagged under: Shell | Activism | Fossil Fuels
Do not work for ‘climate wreckers’, UN head tells graduates
2022-05-24 in The GuardianAntónio Guterres says young people should tackle climate crisis by using talent to deliver a renewable future
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
Climate sceptic thinktank reported to charity commission over fossil fuel interest funding
2022-05-23 in The GuardianGlobal Warming Policy Foundation is lobby group not charity and brings no public good, say signatories
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
EU plans ‘massive’ increase in green energy to help end reliance on Russia
2022-05-18 in The GuardianEuropean Commission says extra €210bn needed over next five years to pay for phasing out of Russian fossil fuels
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Russia
Shut down fossil fuel production sites early to avoid climate chaos, says study
2022-05-17 in The GuardianExclusive: Nearly half existing facilities will need to close prematurely to limit heating to 1.5C, scientists say
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
This gas would have stayed in the ground if it wasn't for bitcoin
2022-05-17 by in Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsBitcoin miners are finding ever-more efficient ways to burn fossil fuels to manufacture cryptocurrency.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
‘We can’t eat a new road’: Guyanese voice fears over true cost of Exxon’s oil bonanza
2022-05-12 in The GuardianMultibillion-dollar deal promising to lift country out of poverty may be false dawn with dire impact on climate, warn campaigners
Tagged under: Exxon | Fossil Fuels | Caribbean
Climate chaos certain if oil and gas mega-projects go ahead, warns IEA chief
2022-05-12 in The GuardianFatih Birol says ‘carbon bombs’, revealed in Guardian investigation, will not solve global energy crisis
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
G20 agrees on phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies | Reuters
2022-05-11 (or before) in ReutersThe world's largest economies agreed on Friday to phase out subsidies for oil and other carbon dioxide-spewing fossil fuels in the "medium term" as part of efforts to combat global warming.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
John Kerry warns a long Ukraine war would threaten climate efforts
2022-05-10 in The GuardianExclusive: US presidential envoy says limiting global heating to 1.5C could be made harder by conflict
Tagged under: COP27 | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels
Earth’s CO2 hits highest recorded level in human history | The Independent
2022-05-09 (or before) in The IndependentUnprecedented level comes as greenhouse gas emissions continue around the world
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
The clean energy claims of BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell: A mismatch between discourse, actions and investments
2022-05-02 (or before) in PLOS - Open ScienceThe energy products of oil and gas majors have contributed significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and planetary warming over the past century. Decarbonizing the global economy by mid-century to avoid dangerous climate change thus cannot occur without a profound transformation of their fossil fuel-based business models. Recently, several majors are increasingly discussing clean energy and climate change, pledging decarbonization strategies, and investing in alternative energies. Some even claim to be transforming into clean energy companies. Given a history of obstructive climate actions and “greenwashing&rd...
Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Chevron | Fossil Fuels | Finance
Gas Giants Have Been Ghostwriting Letters Of Support From Elected Officials | HuffPost UK Politics
2022-05-02 (or before) in Huffington Post UKInternal emails show pipeline firms provided North Carolina and Virginia leaders with draft letters and talking points praising their own projects.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
The oil apologists
2022-04-29 by in Canada's National ObserverUnlike most climate deniers, oil apologists don’t have a lot to say about the science of climate change because they generally ignore the topic. Their messaging is focused on fossil fuels being necessary for the progress of humanity.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
The heat in Delhi is unbearable. This is what the climate crisis feels like
2022-04-29 by in Climate Home NewsA short walk in the afternoon is exhausting. Heatwaves will keep getting worse until we stop burning fossil fuels
Tagged under: Heatwaves | Fossil Fuels
Brexiteer behind net-zero backlash has $130m in fossil fuel
2022-03-22 (or before) in openDemocracyJeremy Hosking, who is bankrolling campaigns to scrap UK emissions targets, has given millions to parties led by Nigel Farage and Laurence Fox
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
Ukraine war threatens global heating goals, warns UN chief
2022-03-21 in The GuardianAntónio Guterres says countries seeking alternatives to Russian energy may increase use of fossil fuels
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Russia
A pro-fossil fuel Disney ride voiced by Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Nye? Yes, it existed
2022-03-16 in The GuardianBuckle up for the story of Ellen’s Energy Adventure – a ride whose sympathetic stance toward oil and coal is newly relevant
Tagged under: Exxon | Coal | Fossil Fuels
Tipping Fossil Fuels out of the Global Economy - Simon Sharpe March 9th 2022
2022-03-15 (or before) in YouTubeSimon Sharpe is the Director of Economics, UN Climate Action Champions.He discusses how evolutionary and complexity economic thinking can guide governments t...
Tagged under: Economics | Fossil Fuels
Sussan Ley does not have duty of care to protect young from climate crisis, appeal court rules
2022-03-15 in The GuardianEight teenagers and a nun had previously won their case against the federal environment minister related to the expansion of a NSW coalmine
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
‘Defining moment’: how can the US end its dependency on fossil fuels?
2022-03-11 in The GuardianDemocrats hope climate measures in Build Back Better will be resurrected amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – but green groups want Biden to go even further
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels | Russia
Ukraine is a climate story. Because everything is a climate story
2022-03-03 in Los Angeles TimesRussia's invasion is yet another reason to switch from fossil fuels to clean energy, experts say.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Russia
How to fight an economic war
2022-03-03 in Business GreenThe scale of the changes required to end European reliance on Russian fossil fuels are unprecedented and far bigger than many realise - what is needed is an economic war effort
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | Russia
A shift to clean energy would halt Russia's petro-thuggery and more
2022-02-28 by in The HillNow imagine a world where petro-states no longer have the power to blackmail other countries or impact the international price of energy.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Vladimir Putin | Russia
This is how we defeat Putin and other petrostate autocrats | Bill McKibben
2022-02-25 in The GuardianAfter Hitler invaded the Sudetenland, America turned its industrial prowess to building tanks, bombers and destroyers. Now, we must respond with renewables
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels | Vladimir Putin | Russia
Harmful subsidies: why is the world still funding the destruction of nature?
2022-02-17 in The GuardianGovernment-financed support in sectors including agriculture, fossil fuels and water is incentivising the annihilation of the natural world. But reforming the system is politically fraught
Tagged under: Deforestation | Farming | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels | Trees | Finance
The Failure of Fossil Fuels: Learning from Winter Storm Uri
2022-02-15 in Sierra ClubWe’re sharing the introduction from a new Sierra Club report, titled "The Failure of Fossil Fuels: Learning from Winter Storm Uri." Click here to read the full report. For almost a week from February 13 through February 17, 2021, a winter ice storm–unofficially named Winter Storm Uri–slammed North America. The storm started in the Pacific Northwest, advanced across the southern United States and northern Mexico, and finally curved northward to hit the midwest and northeast United States and southeast Canada. COMMUNITY VOICES - DR.
Tagged under: Mexico | Fossil Fuels
Consumers paid for Cameron cutting 'green crap' to lower bills, yet some Tories haven't learned
2022-02-11 (or before) in inews.co.ukLess, not more fossil fuels is the answer to today’s energy crisis - it's time we learned from history
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
An FTI Consulting Presentation Pulls Back the Veil on Fossil Fuel PR
2022-02-07 by in DeSmog“We understand how the oil and gas sector works — we’ve worked in it, studied it, defended it and impacted the policy that regulates it,” a 2015 presentation delivered to the Tennessee Oil and Gas Association begins. “We have been instrumental players in the industry’s highest profile business issues, regulatory hearings, legal disputes and arbitration.” […]
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DOUBT - Climate change and manufactured doubt
2022-02-03 (or before) in YouTubeJoin us and stand up for reality. http://climaterealityproject.org - This film exposes the parallels between Big Tobacco's denial of smoking's cancer-causing...
Tagged under: US Politics | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Health
North Sea Abigail oilfield plan approved despite climate goals
2022-02-01 in The GuardianCop26 experts said no new fossil fuel plans would be compatible with climate targets
Tagged under: COP26 | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels
McKinsey: fundamental transformation of global economy needed for net zero
2022-01-25 in The Guardian$9tn of annual investment required to avoid most catastrophic climate impacts, consultancy says
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Economics | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
The Deliberate Rebellion | Extinction Rebellion
2022-01-23 (or before) in YouTubeIn the UK, Extinction Rebellion’s third demand is that government must create and be led by the decisions of a citizens’ assembly on climate and ecological j...
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Activism | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
US emissions roared back last year after pandemic drop, figures show
2022-01-10 in The GuardianPlanet-heating emissions rose by 6.2% compared to 2020, with rise largely down to increase in cars and trucks on the road
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Cars
Green hydrogen hurdles complicate Southeast Asia’s net-zero goals - FORESIGHT
2022-01-07 in ForesightWith the hydrogen economy gaining momentum in Europe, the industry is also stimulating interest in other regions of the world where power systems are more reliant on fossil fuels. However, green hydrogen in Southeast Asia has different questions that need answering
Tagged under: Hydrogen | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
In Australia’s climate wars, delay and deception are the new denial | Ketan Joshi
2021-12-29 in The GuardianNow that they can no longer pretend the climate crisis isn’t real, big emitters and their enablers are making all of the right noises – and taking none of the right actions
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Campaigners force Shell to halt oil exploration on South African coast
2021-12-28 in The GuardianCourt instructs company to stop tests along Wild Coast after concerns raised about wildlife and lack of consultation
Tagged under: Shell | South Africa | Africa | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels
Telling people to ‘follow the science’ won’t save the planet. But they will fight for justice | Amy Westervelt
2021-12-28 in The GuardianThe climate emergency has clear themes with heroes and villains. Describing it this way is how to build a movement, says climate journalist Amy Westervelt
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Climate Justice
OPEC official hits at 'misguided' efforts to pare oil and gas | Reuters
2021-12-22 (or before) in ReutersTagged under: Fossil Fuels | Middle East
Hydrogen - Fuels & Technologies - IEA
2021-12-22 (or before) in IEA ÐÊInternational Energy AgencyHydrogen is mostly used for oil refining and chemical production. This hydrogen is currently produced from fossil fuels, with significant associated CO2 emissions.
Tagged under: Hydrogen | Fossil Fuels
Demands – People vs. Fossil Fuels
2021-12-18 (or before) in People vs. Fossil FuelsTagged under: Fossil Fuels
Global demand for coal could hit all-time high in 2022
2021-12-17 in The GuardianElectricity from coal plants has risen by 9% this year to fuel economic recovery from Covid, says watchdog
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels | Electricity | Economics
Revealed: Biden administration was not legally bound to auction gulf drilling rights
2021-12-13 in The GuardianJustice department admits a previous ruling did not force the detonation of what environmentalists call ‘huge carbon bomb’
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels | Climate Justice
Say No to Polluter Payouts
2021-11-26 (or before) in Paid to polluteThe Case Against Public Money for Oil and Gas. We’re taking the Government to court to pull the plug on public payments for big polluters. Join us
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words
2021-11-19 (or before) by in The ConversationTranscripts and internal documents show how the industry shifted from leading research into fossil fuels’ effect on the climate to sowing doubt about science.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing
2021-11-18 in The GuardianSince the 1980s, fossil fuel firms have run ads touting climate denial messages – many of which they’d now like us to forget. Here’s our visual guide
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Op-Ed: The failure at Glasgow and what needs to happen next
2021-11-16 in Los Angeles TimesAllowing global leaders to feel that what happened in Glasgow was acceptable would be a disastrous mistake.
Tagged under: COP26 | Fossil Fuels
Fossil Fuels in the COP Decision Text: Why the U.S., not India, is the problem - ActionAid USA News
2021-11-14 (or before) in ActionAid USAThe United States government is poised to get what it wanted out of COP26: namely, no new obligations on climate finance or loss & damage, two of the
Tagged under: USA | COP26 | Fossil Fuels | Finance
Fossil fuels made our families rich. Now we want this industry to end | Aileen Getty and Rebecca Rockefeller Lambert
2021-11-06 in The GuardianCongress must help usher in a new energy age - a clean energy age with the same level of support that fossil fuels companies have received for over a century
Tagged under: US Politics | Fossil Fuels
COP26: Deal to end public funding for unabated fossil fuels by 2022
2021-11-04 in DRILL OR DROP? - Independent journalism on UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and the reactions to itMore than 20 countries and institutions have committed to ending international public finance for unabated coal, oil and gas by the end of 2022.
Tagged under: COP26 | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Finance
Ammonia from farms behind 60% of UK particulate air pollution – study
2021-11-04 in The GuardianProblem is causing £8bn a year in health damage but can be tackled cost-effectively, say scientists
Tagged under: Farming | Fossil Fuels | Health
Secretive court system poses threat to Paris climate deal, says whistleblower
2021-11-03 in The GuardianTreaty allows energy corporations to sue governments for billions over policies that could hurt their profits
Tagged under: COP26 | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels
World leaders announce plan to make green tech cheaper than alternatives
2021-11-02 in The GuardianUK, US and China among countries representing two-thirds of global economy to agree to push green energy and cars
Tagged under: COP26 | Greenhouse Gases | Electric Cars | Fossil Fuels | Cars
After 30 years of Cop, our ex-environment editor is now optimistic
2021-11-01 in The GuardianThe global hunger for change – evident as early as the Rio Earth summit in 1992 – is now insatiable
Tagged under: COP26 | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Big oil CEOs just lied before Congress. It’s time they’re held accountable | Jamie Henn
2021-10-29 in The GuardianThe top oil executives claim they never approved a disinformation campaign. That is simply not true
Tagged under: US Politics | Disinformation and Misinformation | Fossil Fuels
World is failing to make changes needed to avoid climate breakdown, report finds
2021-10-28 in The GuardianPace of emissions reductions must be increased significantly to keep global heating to 1.5C
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Biden Is Showing Up Empty-Handed In Glasgow. That's A Good Thing
2021-10-28 in The Federalist - Culture, Politics, ReligionGlasgow's goals are off. As the world has become warmer, cheap and reliable energy in the form of fossil fuels has made it safer.
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels
Working at the World Bank, I can see how it is failing humanity on the climate crisis | Jake Hess
2021-10-28 in The GuardianScandals and backdoor support for fossil fuels blight an organisation that ought to be taking the lead at Cop26, says World Bank researcher Jake Hess
Tagged under: COP26 | Fossil Fuels
Fueling the Climate Crisis: Exposing Big Oil’s Disinformation Campaign to Prevent Climate Action
2021-10-28 in United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability -Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney's Opening Statement [PDF] Washington D.C. (October 22, 2021)— On Thursday, October 28, 2021, at 10:30 a.m. ET, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Ro Khanna, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Environment, will hold a hearing to examine the fossil fuel industry’s long-running, industry-wide campaign to spread disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming. The fossil fuel industry has had scientific evidence about the dangers of climate change since at least 1977.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Disinformation and Misinformation | Fossil Fuels | Legislation
There are no real climate leaders yet – who will step up at Cop26? | Greta Thunberg
2021-10-21 in The GuardianLike other rich nations, the UK is more talk than action on the climate crisis. Something needs to change in Glasgow, says climate activist Greta Thunberg
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Activism | COP26 | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Over 650 People Arrested in D.C. During Week of Indigenous-led Climate Action Calling on Biden to be the Climate Leader he Promised to be
2021-10-18 by in DeSmogAs environmental advocates from across the United States converged in Washington, D.C. last week to take part in the five day “People vs. Fossil Fuels” action, President Biden’s infrastructure package remained stalled, in part, by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s push to cut its largest climate measure. The series of fossil fuel protests were organized by a coalition of over […]
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Coal | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Bangladesh Really Is a Climate Success Story
2021-10-10 (or before) by in The AtlanticThe country shows the power of self-determination when it comes to development and climate policy.
Tagged under: Solar Energy | Extreme Weather | Climate Change | Geothermal Energy | Fossil Fuels | Economic Growth | Water Resources
Hundreds of Scientists Tell Biden: Halt Fossil Fuel Development Now
2021-10-08 (or before) in Center for Biological DiversityTop Scientists Back Demands of People vs. Fossil Fuels Mobilization
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuel industry gets subsidies of $11m a minute, IMF finds
2021-10-06 in The GuardianTrillions of dollars a year are ‘adding fuel to the fire’ of the climate crisis, experts say
Tagged under: COP26 | Coal | Fossil Fuels
Revealed: Two Thirds of Online Posts from Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Greenwashing’
2021-10-03 by in DeSmogNearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by DeSmog. The findings add to campaigner concerns that fossil fuel […]
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
The Case Against Public Money for Oil and Gas
2021-09-17 (or before) in Paid to polluteSupport the case and help pull the plug on public payments for big polluters.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Environmentalists warn of close ties between oil and gas sector and UK’s North Sea regulator
2021-09-17 in The GuardianMembers of Oil and Gas Authority hold shares in fossil fuel firms, raising conflict of interest concerns
Tagged under: COP26 | Fossil Fuels | Activism | Greenpeace
Most plans for new coal plants scrapped since Paris agreement
2021-09-14 in The GuardianReport by climate groups found more than three-quarters of projects were discarded after the deal was signed
Tagged under: COP26 | Coal | Fossil Fuels
‘No satisfactory explanation’: court blasts Keith Pitt over grant agreement with gas company
2021-09-14 in The GuardianJudge orders federal resources minister to explain his actions in case over Beetaloo Basin drilling and describes events as ‘not reflecting well’ on him
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
Forget plans to lower emissions by 2050 – this is deadly procrastination | Peter Kalmus
2021-09-10 in The GuardianFixating on ‘net zero’ means betting the future of life on Earth that someone will invent some kind of whiz-bang tech to draw down CO2
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
How much of the world’s oil needs to stay in the ground?
2021-09-08 in The GuardianAnalysis shows future is bleak for fossil fuel industry with trillions of dollars of assets at stake
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
Why won’t US TV news say ‘climate change’? | Mark Hertsgaard
2021-09-02 in The GuardianIt’s media malpractice not to mention that burning fossil fuels drives extreme weather events like Hurricane Ida
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Opec member urges oil producers to focus more on renewable energy
2021-09-01 in The GuardianIraqi minister and International Energy Agency chief urge countries to move away from fossil fuel dependency
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Africa | Fossil Fuels | Middle East
Without help for oil-producing countries, net zero by 2050 is a distant dream | Ali Allawi and Fatih Birol
2021-09-01 in The GuardianTo meet climate targets and avoid economic collapse, countries such as Iraq need international support in the transition to clean energy, say Iraq’s deputy PM Ali Allawi and IEA executive director Fatih Birol
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Africa | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | Middle East | Collapse
Economic Growth - Facing Future
2021-08-21 (or before) in Facing FutureInfinite Growth on a Finite Planet “Global civilization has an operating system. It is disastrously flawed. It is killing us. It is known by two common names: money and growth economics. Money is a virus of the mind which uses humanity [and nature] for its own reproduction.” – Stuart Scott, Director of the Facing Future … Continue reading "Economic Growth"
Tagged under: Deforestation | Oceans | Farming | Wildfires | Drought | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Methane | Economics | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels | Economic Growth | Sea Level | Trees | Sustainability
Surface Water Vulnerable to Widespread Pollution From Fracking, a New Study Finds - Inside Climate News
2021-08-20 in Inside Climate NewsFossil fuels don’t just damage the planet by emitting climate-warming greenhouse gases when they are burned. Extracting coal, oil and gas has a huge impact on the surface of the earth, including strip mines the size of cities and offshore oil spills that pollute country-sized swaths of ocean. Years of research has shown how the […]
Tagged under: Oceans | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Oil firms made ‘false claims’ on blue hydrogen costs, says ex-lobby boss
2021-08-20 in The GuardianChris Jackson believes companies promoted ‘unsustainable’ fossil gas projects to access billions in taxpayer subsidies
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen | Fossil Fuels
UK plan to replace fossil gas with blue hydrogen ‘may backfire’
2021-08-12 in The GuardianAcademics warn ‘fugitive’ emissions from producing hydrogen could be 20% worse for climate than using gas
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen | Fossil Fuels
America Should Join OPEC | The New Republic
2021-08-12 (or before) in The New RepublicIn order to end the fossil fuel era, the United States should join the organization American presidents love to hate.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Ottawa says it must maximize revenue from the Trans Mountain pipeline to fight climate change | CBC News
2021-08-12 (or before) in CBC.ca - Canada's Public BroadcasterThe minister responsible for Canada's role in fighting climate change is defending his government's purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline after a landmark UN report said the continued use of fossil fuels is pushing the climate toward catastrophe.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Biden’s OPEC Plea Pits Fuel Price Fears Against Climate Push
2021-08-12 (or before) in BloombergPresident Joe Biden has pledged to wean the U.S. off of fossil fuels, and never has that call been more urgent than now, with United Nations-backed scientists warning of a point of no return.
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Past world economic production constrains current energy demands: Persistent scaling with implications for economic growth and climate change mitigation
2021-08-08 (or before) in PLOS - Open ScienceClimate change has become intertwined with the global economy. Here, we describe the contribution of inertia to future trends. Drawing from thermodynamic principles, and using 38 years of available statistics between 1980 to 2017, we find a constant scaling between current rates of world primary energy consumption E ( t ) and the historical time integral W of past world inflation-adjusted economic production Y, or W ( t ) = ∫ 0 t Y ( t ′ ) d t ′. In each year, over a period during which both E and W more than doubled, the ratio of the two remained nearly unchanged, that is λ = E ( t ) ( t ) / W ( t ) = 5 ....
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Predictions | Climate Change | Economics | Fossil Fuels | Economic Growth | Climate Change Mitigation
Prudential in talks to buy out and shut coal-fired plants in Asia
2021-08-03 in The GuardianScheme with Asian Development Bank could help make big progress on climate goals, says insurer
Tagged under: Insurance | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Finance
Outrage as Italy faces multimillion pound damages to UK oil firm
2021-07-25 in The GuardianSecretive tribunals allow fossil fuel companies to sue governments for passing laws to protect environment
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Why Biden's Interior Department isn't shutting down oil and gas
2021-07-23 by in The HillThe prevailing political opinion is keeping these key moderate senators happy.
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Public Opinion | US Politics
Wildfires, floods and extreme heat: It is time to heed warnings from climate scientists
2021-07-22 by in The HillThe science is clear. The impacts and costs are clear. Climate action must therefore remain at the center of current infrastructure spending proposals.
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Drought | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Climate Change Impacts
Emissions will hit record high by 2023 if green recovery fails, says IEA
2021-07-20 in The GuardianWorldwide energy body warns more must be done to help developing countries give up fossil fuels
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels
‘Reckless’: G20 states subsidised fossil fuels by $3tn since 2015, says report
2021-07-20 in The GuardianSupport for coal, oil and gas remains high despite pledges to tackle climate crisis
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action
2021-07-19 in The GuardianThe American Petroleum Institute receives millions from oil companies – and works behinds the scenes to stall or weaken legislation
Tagged under: Shell | Fossil Fuels | Legislation | US Politics
API
2021-07-19 (or before) in API - American Petroleum InstituteThe American Petroleum Institute (API) is the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America’s oil and natural gas industry. Our more than 600 corporate members, from the largest major oil company to the smallest of independents, come from all segments of the industry.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Climate Action Framework
2021-07-19 (or before) in API - American Petroleum InstituteThe U.S. natural gas and oil industry is working to address the risks of climate change and build a lower-carbon future. Learn how we're striving to create a cleaner tomorrow while meeting the world’s growing need for affordable, reliable energy.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Excerpt | To End Fossil Fuels, End Settler Colonialism
2021-07-11 (or before) in YES! MagazineMuch environmental framing misses the point about capitalism and Indigenous sovereignty.
Tagged under: Colonialism | Capitalism | Fossil Fuels
How big oil keeps a grip on New Mexico – with the help of a major lobbyist
2021-07-11 in The GuardianRecords show the firm FTI and its fossil fuel clients benefit from local government ties
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
The Earth's Carbon Cycle
2021-07-10 (or before) in YouTubeAnimated diagram of the Earth's Carbon Cycle and how it has changed over time.Carbon, in various forms including CO2 and organic materials, is continually ex...
Tagged under: Oceans | Fossil Fuels
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey opposed plans to cut new home emissions
2021-07-05 in The GuardianExclusive: firm also argued against heat pumps, which are proposed as a replacement for gas boilers
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Housing | Fossil Fuels
Banking on Climate Chaos 2021 - Banking on Climate Chaos
2021-07-05 (or before) in Rainforest Action NetworkRunaway funding for fossil fuel extraction and infrastructure fuels climate chaos and threatens the lives and livelihoods of millions. In the 5 years since the Paris Agreement, the world’s 60 biggest banks have financed fossil fuels to the tune of $3.8 trillion.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Finance
Exxon Disavows Remarks After Video Shows Lobbyists Dismissing Company’s Climate Stance
2021-07-01 (or before) by in The Wall Street Journal - Breaking News, Business, Financial & Economic News, World News and VideoCEO Darren Woods said Exxon lobbyists tricked into speaking on video by Greenpeace didn’t reflect the company’s positions, after they said Exxon only supports a carbon tax because it is unlikely to pass.
Tagged under: Exxon | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Greenpeace
Big oil and gas kept a dirty secret for decades. Now they may pay the price
2021-06-30 in The GuardianWith an unprecedented wave of lawsuits, America’s petroleum giants face a reckoning for the environmental devastation caused by fossil fuels
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
New Florida Law Mandates Cities Keep Using Fossil Fuels
2021-06-26 in Gizmodo | The Future Is HereFlorida just took a huge step backward in the clean energy revolution. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a piece of legislation into law earlier this week that requires Florida cities and towns to keep using fossil fuels.
Tagged under: Florida | Climate Change | Economics | Fossil Fuels | Legislation | Sustainable Cities | Finance
Green groups’ fury at loophole in new North Sea oil test
2021-06-26 in The GuardianProjects that could produce more than 1.7bn barrels will not have to go through the government’s ‘checkpoint’, data reveals
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Oil and gas donors gave over £400k to Tories before North Sea decision
2021-06-24 in The GuardianExclusive: payments in past year came as government decided on licences for new fossil fuel sites
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
New oilfield in African wilderness threatens lives of 130,000 elephants
2021-06-20 in The GuardianExploratory project in Botswana and Namibia is threat to ecosystems, local communities and wildlife, conservationists say
Tagged under: Africa | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels | Namibia
António Guterres on the climate crisis: ‘We are coming to a point of no return’
2021-06-11 in The GuardianUN secretary general says he’s concerned that the richest nations have pumped billions more into fossil fuels than clean energy since the pandemic
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Australian court finds government has duty to protect young people from climate crisis
2021-05-27 in The GuardianEight teenagers, along with 86-year-old nun, launched case to prevent the approval of a massive coalmine
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
Lobbying against solutions
2021-05-12 (or before) in Behindthelogos.org - Culture UnstainedOil companies might claim they are taking the climate crisis seriously but behind closed doors they are working hard to keep drilling for more fossil fuels. The industry spends large amounts of money lobbying policy-makers and governments to make sure that any new laws and regulations won’t get in
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Bill seeks to make Louisiana ‘fossil fuel sanctuary’ in bid against Biden’s climate plans
2021-05-09 in The GuardianRepublicans and Democrats are introducing bills to push against Biden’s new restrictions on oil and gas companies
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Louisiana | Fossil Fuels
Wyoming stands up for coal with threat to sue states that refuse to buy it
2021-05-07 in The GuardianRepublican governor says measure sends message that Wyoming is ‘prepared to bring litigation to protect her interests’
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels | Litigation
Potential and risks of hydrogen-based e-fuels in climate change mitigation - Nature Climate Change
2021-05-06 (or before) in NatureE-fuels—hydrocarbon fuels synthesized from green hydrogen—can replace fossil fuels. This Perspective highlights the opportunities and risks of e-fuels, and concludes that hydrogen and e-fuels should be prioritized for sectors inaccessible to direct electrification.
Tagged under: Hydrogen | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Climate Change Mitigation
How to spot the difference between a real climate policy and greenwashing guff | Damian Carrington
2021-05-06 in The GuardianUnless actions by governments and corporations cut emissions here and now, a dose of scepticism is in order, says Guardian environment editor Damian Carrington
Tagged under: COP26 | Fossil Fuels
Using hydrogen fuel risks locking in reliance on fossil fuels, researchers warn
2021-05-06 in The GuardianElectrification of cars and home boilers best choice to fight the climate crisis, say scientists
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Hydrogen | Fossil Fuels | Cars
Climate crisis: our children face wars over food and water, EU deputy warns
2021-04-30 in The GuardianExclusive: Frans Timmermans says older people need to make sacrifices to protect the future
Tagged under: Children | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Women and Children
‘Historic’ German ruling says climate goals not tough enough
2021-04-29 in The GuardianJudges order government to strengthen legislation before end of next year to protect future generations
Tagged under: Germany | Fossil Fuels | Legislation
Australian governments spend $19,000 a minute subsidising fossil fuels, report finds
2021-04-25 in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)A new report by progressive think tank The Australia Institute sheds light on how much money Australia pays to subsidise the fossil fuel industry. But exactly what constitutes a "subsidy" remains at the centre of the debate.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
Pipeline tells Black Memphis landowners: sell us the rights to your land or get sued
2021-04-22 in The GuardianThe legal battle over Byhalia pipeline has become a flashpoint in the conversation about environmental justice and the right of energy companies to take private land
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Warren Buffett doesn’t want to disclose his companies’ climate risks
2021-04-22 by in Energy and Policy Institute - Watchdog exposing the attacks on renewable energy and countering misinformation by fossil fuel interestsBerkshire Hathaway directors oppose disclosing the company's climate risks, even as its subsidiaries remain heavily invested in fossil fuels.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Food, Farming, and the Fate of Planet Earth | GlobalEcoGuy.org
2021-04-18 (or before) in GlobalEcoGuy.orgAgriculture is changing this planet more than anything else we do, even burning fossil fuels. A sustainable future depends on recognizing…
Tagged under: Farming | Fossil Fuels
Nuclear Energy
2021-04-13 (or before) in Our World in DataAs the world attempts to transition its energy systems away from fossil fuels towards low-carbon sources of energy, we have a range of energy options: renewable energy technologies such as hydropower, wind and solar, but also nuclear power. Nuclear energy and renewable technologies typically emit very little CO2 per unit of energy production, and are also much better than fossil fuels in limiting levels of local air pollution.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power
Renewable CO2 recycling and synthetic fuel production in a marine environment | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021-04-12 (or before) in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceA massive reduction in CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning is required to limit the extent of global warming. However, carbon-based liquid fuels...
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Fossil Fuels
Total's play for Ugandan oil tests the climate commitment of international banks
2021-03-19 by in Climate Home NewsA final investment decision on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline is expected at the end of March, as campaigners urge financial institutions to avoid fossil fuels
Tagged under: Africa | TotalEnergies | Fossil Fuels
Petro-masculinity: Fossil Fuels and Authoritarian Desire - Cara Daggett, 2018
2021-03-15 (or before) in Sage JournalsAs the planet warms, new authoritarian movements in the West are embracing a toxic combination of climate denial, racism and misogyny. Rather than consider thes...
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
'Kern runs on oil': as California confronts climate crisis, one county is ready to drill
2021-03-12 in The GuardianKern county has approved the drilling of thousands of new wells despite opposition from farmers and activists
Tagged under: Farming | Drought | Fossil Fuels | California
Republicans new favorite study trashes Biden's climate plans – but who's behind it?
2021-03-09 in The GuardianWyoming representative Liz Cheney says the study proves Biden’s policies would destroy state economies. But it has the oil and gas industry’s fingerprints all over it
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
It's unavoidable: we must ban fossil fuels to save our planet. Here's how we do it | Roland Geyer
2021-03-09 in The GuardianTwice before, humanity has mitigated severe global environmental threats. In both cases we did this not with ‘cap and trade’ systems, taxes, or offsets, but with bans
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels
The geopolitical fight to come over green energy
2021-03-05 in Engelsberg IdeasThe struggle for sustainable energy will soon put China, the US and Europe on a geopolitical collision course. But moving away from fossil fuels is a Herculean task, and a greener politics will not transcend tragedy.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | US Politics
With America Back In The Paris Agreement, We Must Be ‘All In’ On Climate
2021-03-05 (or before) by in ForbesThe only way we will get to net zero by mid century is to implement science-based interim targets based on concrete strategies for moving our economy, society and financial system away from fossil fuels.
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
The climate crisis can't be solved by carbon accounting tricks | Simon Lewis
2021-03-03 in The GuardianDisaster looms if big finance is allowed to game the carbon offsetting markets to achieve ‘net zero’ emissions, says climate scientist and writer Simon Lewis
Tagged under: COP26 | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | Finance
Cancel all planned coal projects globally to end ‘deadly addiction’, says UN chief
2021-03-02 in The GuardianCall comes at event hosted by UK government, which is under pressure over planned coalmine in Cumbria
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuel cars make 'hundreds of times' more waste than electric cars
2021-03-01 in The GuardianAnalysis by transport group says battery electric vehicles are superior to their petrol and diesel counterparts
Tagged under: Batteries | Greenhouse Gases | Electric Cars | Fossil Fuels | Cars
Republicans criticizing Haaland's nomination have ties to fossil fuels
2021-02-26 in The GuardianThe congresswoman has faced hostile questioning from senators during her confirmation for interior secretary. Some of them are personally invested in fossil fuels
Tagged under: US Politics | Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels
Australia accused of 'shamefully' holding back global action on climate change
2021-02-26 in The GuardianUnited Nations calls on all countries to have ‘concrete plans to phase out fossil fuels as fast as possible’
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
UK's gas power plans risk derailing climate targets, thinktank says
2021-02-25 in The GuardianHousehold bills also likely to rise if 17 plants proposed are built, according to CarbonTracker report
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
UK councils still invest in fossil fuels despite declaring climate emergency
2021-02-23 in The GuardianNearly £10bn worth of investments including in oil and gas made via pension funds in last financial year
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels
Trinity College Cambridge commits to divest from fossil fuels | Chris Jarvis
2021-02-22 by Chris Jarvis in Bright Green - Independent media for radical, democratic, green movementsAnother victory for the divestment movement
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Human destruction of nature is 'senseless and suicidal', warns UN chief
2021-02-18 in The GuardianUN report offers bedrock for hope for broken planet, says António Guterres
Tagged under: Deforestation | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels
Oil firms should disclose carbon output, says BlackRock
2021-02-17 in The GuardianWorld’s biggest investor wants polluting industries to set targets to cut emissions and reach net zero
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here's why
2021-02-14 (or before) by in The ConversationIn a bid to ditch fossil fuels, some countries are considering carpeting deserts with solar panels.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Fossil Fuels
Australia's electric vehicle policy steers us to a future based on fossil fuels. It needs to be dumped | Simon Holmes à Court
2021-02-08 in The GuardianAustralia is way behind on vehicle electrification, but there are solutions to help us catch up
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Electric Cars | Fossil Fuels | Cars
A 5 Trillion Dollar Subsidy: How We All Pay For Fossil Fuels
2021-02-06 (or before) by in ForbesEach year, fossil fuel producers receive trillions of dollars in subsidies. This reflects an epic market failure. Our atmosphere is a vital shared resource, and current policies allow producers to treat it like a garbage dump. Climate action is key to protect our health and the health of the planet.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Economics | Fossil Fuels | Health
How Biden is reversing Trump's assault on the environment
2021-02-02 in The GuardianThe new president is focusing on seven key areas to reverse a legacy of environmental destruction and climate denialism
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Donald Trump | Fossil Fuels
UK North Sea oil rigs release as much CO2 as coal-fired power station – study
2021-02-01 in The GuardianRigs burn off enough unwanted gas to heat 1m homes, UK regulator said last year
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
UN global climate poll: ‘The people’s voice is clear – they want action’
2021-01-27 in The GuardianBiggest ever climate change survey finds two-thirds of people think climate change is a global emergency
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Farming | Brazil | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Indonesia
Legal bid to stop UK building Europe's biggest gas power plant fails
2021-01-21 in The GuardianPlan has been approved despite environmental objections and criticism over climate leadership
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
American Petroleum Institute Chief Promises to Fight Biden and the Democrats on Drilling, Tax Policy - Inside Climate News
2021-01-14 in Inside Climate NewsIt’s a tough time for the nation’s oil and gas industry. Last year was among its least profitable in memory, and companies are bracing themselves for a new president focused on climate change, a Congress controlled by Democrats who increasingly shun their financial support and a world beginning to look past fossil fuels towards a […]
Tagged under: US Politics | Joe Biden | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Climate crisis: 2020 was joint hottest year ever recorded
2021-01-08 in The GuardianGlobal heating continued unabated despite Covid lockdowns, with record Arctic wildfires and Atlantic tropical storms
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Arctic | Fossil Fuels | El Niño
There’s a simple way to green the economy – and it involves cash prizes for all | Henry D Jacoby
2021-01-05 in The GuardianThe ‘carbon dividend’ is so elegant that it seems too good to be true, says Henry D Jacoby, of MIT’s joint program on the science and policy of global change
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Stop believing in fairytales: Australia’s coal industry doesn’t employ many people or pay its fair share of tax | Richard Denniss
2020-12-23 in The GuardianThe evidence to the contrary comes from the Morrison government’s own data
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
'Zero return': government savaged over taxpayer grants to open up new gas basin in Australia
2020-12-18 in The GuardianCoalition funding for gas exploration in Northern Territory labelled a costly plan ‘for a climate catastrophe’
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
The Pollution Paradox
2020-11-24 (or before) in George MonbiotDirty industries spend more on politics, keeping us in the fossil age. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th January 2017 Make America Wait Again. That’s what Donald Trump’s energy policy amounts to. Stop all the clocks, put the technological revolution on hold, ensure that the transition from fossil fuels to clean power is…
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Burning fossil fuels helped drive Earth’s most massive extinction
2020-11-20 in Deccan HeraldPaleontologists call it the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, but it has another name: “the Great Dying.” It happened about 252 million years ago, and, over the course of just tens of thousands of years, 96% of all life in the oceans and, perhaps, roughly 70% of all land life vanished forever. The smoking gun was ancient volcanism in what is today Siberia, where volcanoes disgorged enough magma and lava over about a million years to cover an amount of land equivalent to a third or even half of the surface area of the United States.
Tagged under: Oceans | Fossil Fuels | Russia
The key areas of Boris Johnson's 'green industrial revolution'
2020-11-17 in The GuardianHow can the objectives of the 10-point plan be achieved?
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power | Trees
Publications - Climate Change Reconsidered II: Fossil Fuels - Summary for Policymakers
2020-11-10 (or before) in The Heartland Institute - To discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems.Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Revealed: Covid recovery plans threaten global climate hopes
2020-11-09 in The GuardianExclusive: analysis finds countries pouring money into fossil fuels to fight recession
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Exxon Spends Millions on Facebook To Keep the Fossil Fuel Industry Alive
2020-10-22 (or before) in In These TimesAided by a right-wing political consulting firm, the company is rallying supporters to fight for oil and gas interests at every level of government.
Tagged under: Exxon | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Rowan Williams urges UK universities to divest from fossil fuels
2020-10-17 in The GuardianFormer archbishop says oil firm holdings not compatible with duty to next generation
Tagged under: Activism | Fossil Fuels
Democrats Fight Rule Making It Harder to Avoid Investing in Fossil Fuels
2020-10-11 (or before) in Cheddar NewsDemocratic lawmakers are speaking out against a proposed Labor Department rule that they argue would make it harder for retirement funds to consider important environmental factors when making investment decisions.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Retirement Plans Push Back on Trump Rule Limiting Fossil Fuel Divestments
2020-10-11 (or before) in Cheddar NewsThe new rule would tweak the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), which regulates the fiduciary duties of private plan managers.
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Defund Fossil Fuels and Stop Funding the Climate Crisis
2020-10-05 (or before) in Stop the Money PipelineJoin the movement to demands the funders and financiers of fossil fuels divest and re-invest in a clean energy future.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
First new deep coalmine in UK for 30 years gets go ahead
2020-10-02 in The GuardianPlanning permission granted to Cumbria project that will extract 2.7m tonnes of coal per year
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
Top Law Firms Called Out for Serving Fossil Fuel Industry Clients in New Climate 'Scorecard'
2020-10-01 by in DeSmogWith lawsuits against major fossil fuel producers over climate damages on the rise, a new report and initiative examines how prestigious law firms are enabling climate breakdown. The student-led initiative, Law Students for Climate Accountability, calls for holding the legal industry accountable for profiting from work defending and lobbying for fossil fuel clients as the world […]
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Emissions goals impossible without plastic reduction, think tank warns
2020-09-21 in Business GreenOverseas Development Institute warns fossil fuel emissions from plastic will rise three-fold by 2050 unless current trends are addressed
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Investors that manage US$47tn demand world’s biggest polluters back plan for net-zero emissions
2020-09-14 in The GuardianClimate Action 100+ group put 161 fossil fuel, mining, transport and other big-emitting companies on notice in latest campaign by shareholders
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
'War on plastic' could strand oil industry's £300bn investment
2020-09-04 in The GuardianMajor oil firms plan to grow plastic supply to counter impact of shift against fossil fuels
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Groups pressure Biden to exclude fossil fuel execs from team
2020-09-01 by in The HillMore than 100 climate and advocacy groups are asking Joe Biden's presidential campaign to commit to blocking fossil fuel representatives from its transition team or administration should the former vice president wi
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
UN secretary general urges India to swiftly turn away from coal
2020-08-28 in The GuardianAntónio Guterres tells country to stop building coal-fired power stations for sake of climate
Tagged under: India | Coal | Fossil Fuels
Insurance giant Suncorp to end coverage and finance for oil and gas industry
2020-08-21 in The GuardianSuncorp’s decision to pull out of industry by 2025 puts it at odds with government push for gas-led recovery
Tagged under: Insurance | Fossil Fuels | Finance
Revealed: how the gas industry is waging war against climate action
2020-08-20 in The GuardianIn a nationwide blitz, gas companies and their allies fight climate efforts that they consider an existential threat to their business
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Trump in final push to open up Alaska's Arctic refuge to oil and gas drilling
2020-08-17 in The GuardianInterior department to reportedly auction leases before year’s end as critics condemn plan to drill in America’s ‘last great wilderness’
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Arctic | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels | Alaska
Tessa Khan: ‘Litigation is a powerful tool in the environmental crisis’
2020-08-16 in The GuardianWhen a court in the Netherlands ruled its government’s actions unlawful, it inspired others to hold big polluters to account
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Litigation
Air pollution is much worse than we thought
2020-08-12 by David Roberts in VoxDitching fossil fuels would pay for itself through clean air alone.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Big oil remembers 'friend' Trump with millions in campaign funds
2020-08-09 in The GuardianDonations to support the president’s re-election have flooded in from a fossil fuel industry that has enjoyed three years of energy deregulation and tax cuts
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
India plans to fell ancient forest to create 40 new coalfields
2020-08-08 in The GuardianNarendra Modi’s dream of a ‘self-reliant India’ comes at a terrible price for its indigenous population
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels | Trees
Methane rises to highest level on record
2020-07-14 in The GuardianLivestock farming and fossil fuels are main causes of rise in gas, which is 28 times more powerful than CO2 at trapping heat
Tagged under: Farming | Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Judge suspends Dakota Access pipeline over environmental concerns
2020-07-06 in The GuardianUS district judge sides with Standing Rock Sioux tribe and says more extensive environmental review is required
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Britain goes coal free as renewables edge out fossil fuels - BBC News
2020-06-09 (or before) in The BBCOn Wednesday, Britain will mark two months without burning any coal to generate power.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Fossil Fuels
UC becomes nation's largest university to divest fully from fossil fuels
2020-05-19 in Los Angeles TimesThe University of California has fully divested from all fossil fuels, the nation's largest university to do so as pressure grows at Harvard, Stanford and other campuses to join the fight against climate change.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | California
The end of plastic? New plant-based bottles will degrade in a year
2020-05-16 in The GuardianCarlsberg and Coca-Cola back pioneering project to make ‘all-plant’ drinks bottles
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Former Archbishop of Canterbury urges churches to reduce ‘lethal dependence’ on fossil fuels - Premier Christian News | Headlines, Breaking News, Comment & Analysis
2020-05-15 (or before) in Premier Christian News | Headlines, Breaking News, Comment & AnalysisThe former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has spoken of the responsibility of churches to fight climate change, following a new report. Christian
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Big Oil's Climate Plans Don't Meet the Paris Agreement
2020-05-13 (or before) in Earther | GizmodoClimate action plans are all the rage for polluting companies. Last month, Shell pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. It’s just the latest example: Other oil giants have recently made similar pledges as well. These pronouncements use pseudo-inspirational marketing speak, promising to “leverage” their…
Tagged under: Shell | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
US fossil fuel giants set for a coronavirus bailout bonanza
2020-05-12 in The GuardianExclusive: oil, coal and fracking companies in line to benefit from $750bn bond scheme
Tagged under: Coal | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Republican Congress members upset banks dropping support for fossil fuels
2020-05-12 (or before) in Ars TechnicaA letter to the president ignores the fact that wind and solar employ people, too.
Tagged under: Solar Energy | US Politics | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power
Fossil fuel firms linked to Trump get millions in coronavirus small business aid
2020-05-01 in The GuardianRevealed: Oil and mining firms – some with ties to Trump officials – taking advantage of funding, review shows
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Fossil Fuels
Covid-19 crisis will wipe out demand for fossil fuels, says IEA
2020-04-30 in The GuardianRenewable electricity may be only source to withstand biggest shock in 70 years
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Electricity
Scientific advice recommending ban on fracking in Lake Eyre basin kept secret and ignored
2020-04-29 in The GuardianExclusive: Queensland government blocked report’s public release after granting gas companies new exploration rights
Tagged under: Rivers | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Don't bail out fossil fuels. Buy them out instead | Opinion
2020-04-26 (or before) in NewsweekTagged under: Fossil Fuels
BlackRock to advise EU on environmental rules for banks
2020-04-12 in The GuardianCampaigners raise concerns over investor’s financial interests in fossil fuel companies
Tagged under: Coal | European Union | Fossil Fuels
Connecticut Insurance Companies Invest $247 Billion in Fossil Fuels According to Report — INSURE OUR FUTURE — end fossil insurance
2020-04-09 (or before) in Insure Our Future - end fossil insuranceConnecticut Citizen Action Group, Sierra Club Connecticut, and 10 other Connecticut organizations, released “Connecticut Insurers: Ensuring the Climate Crisis.” The report spells out how the Connecticut insurance industry is ensuring climate change by continuing to underwrite fossil fuel projects and invest in fossil fuels.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Insurance | Fossil Fuels
Don’t believe the hype – electric cars are not the saviours of humanity | The Independent | The Independent
2020-04-05 (or before) in The IndependentBuying just one electric car would produce more carbon dioxide than 15 and a half years of electricity usage for the average UK family home, writes Donnachadh McCarthy
Tagged under: Climate Change | Electric Cars | Fossil Fuels | Cars | Electricity
Will the coronavirus kill the oil industry and help save the climate?
2020-04-01 in The GuardianAnalysts say the coronavirus and a savage price war means the oil and gas sector will never be the same again
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We need health warning labels on points of sale of fossil fuels - The BMJ
2020-03-30 in BMJ BlogsMike Gill and colleagues explain how the implementation of fossil fuel labelling could have a significant impact on the awareness of climate change. This article is part of The BMJ’s Health [...]More...
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Health
Heating without the hot air: Principles for smart heat electrification
2020-03-18 (or before) in Regulatory Assistance ProjectHeating in buildings is responsible for almost one‑third of total EU energy demand, and around 75% of heat is still produced by burning fossil fuels. The
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Pope urges politicians to take 'drastic measures' on climate change | Reuters
2020-03-10 (or before) in ReutersPope Francis challenged governments on Sunday to take "drastic measures" to combat global warming and reduce the use of fossil fuels, saying the world was experiencing a climate emergency.
Tagged under: Wildfires | Climate Change | Africa | Forest Fires | Fossil Fuels | Pope Francis | Finance
History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin
2020-03-09 (or before) by in The AtlanticIt’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable.
Tagged under: Oceans | Minerals | Papua New Guinea | Fossil Fuels | Namibia | Water Resources
The Current Global Warming Trend Is Directly Related To Human Emissions Of Greenhouse Gases
2020-03-06 (or before) by in ForbesAtmospheric CO2 concentrations have reached 414 ppm because humans are emitting 36.6 gigatons of CO2 a year.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
The government must abandon its fossil fuel power projects. If not, we’ll sue | George Monbiot
2020-03-04 in The GuardianThe Heathrow judgment was a watershed. Now we must target other projects that put profit before life on Earth, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Inside the Fossil-Fuel Industry’s Plan to Profit From Climate Change
2020-03-03 by in New York MagazineI went to one of Shell’s private meetings and took notes.
Tagged under: Shell | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Plan to drain Congo peat bog for oil could release vast amount of carbon
2020-02-28 in The GuardianOil exploration in one of the greatest carbon sinks on the planet could release greenhouse gases equivalent to Japan’s annual emissions
Tagged under: Congo | Greenhouse Gases | Africa | Fossil Fuels
Oil and gas industry rewards US lawmakers who oppose environmental protections – study
2020-02-24 in The GuardianCompanies spent $84m on congressional campaigns in 2018, analysis of votes and political contributions shows
Tagged under: US Politics | Fossil Fuels
EU accused of climate crisis hypocrisy after backing 32 gas projects
2020-02-12 in The GuardianMEPs support €29bn schemes, ‘locking Europe into burning fossil fuels for generations’
Tagged under: European Union | Fossil Fuels
When it comes to climate hypocrisy, Canada's leaders have reached a new low | Bill McKibben
2020-02-05 in The GuardianA territory that has 0.5% of the Earth’s population plans to use up nearly a thid of the planet’s remaining carbon budget
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
UK sued for approving Europe’s biggest gas power station
2020-01-30 in The GuardianBusiness secretary Andrea Leadsom overruled climate objections of government’s own planning authority
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Guardian to ban advertising from fossil fuel firms
2020-01-29 in The GuardianMove follows efforts to reduce carbon footprint and increase reporting on climate crisis
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‘Hypocrisy’: 90% of UK-Africa summit’s energy deals were in fossil fuels
2020-01-24 in The GuardianExclusive: Almost £2bn went to oil and gas despite a UK pledge to support cleaner energy in African countries
Tagged under: Africa | Fossil Fuels
The New Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein
2020-01-24 (or before) in YouTubeFor the last five years, Alex Epstein's 2014 New York Times bestseller, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, has been one of the most important books in the worl...
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Climate Change | Capitalism | Fossil Fuels
Social tipping dynamics for stabilizing Earth’s climate by 2050
2020-01-22 (or before) in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceAchieving a rapid global decarbonization to stabilize the climate critically depends on activating contagious and fast-spreading processes of social and technological change within the next few years. Drawing on expert elicitation, an expert workshop, and a review of literature, which provides a comprehensive analysis on this topic, we propose concrete interventions to induce positive social tipping dynamics and a rapid global transformation to carbon-neutral societies. These social tipping interventions comprise removing fossil-fuel subsidies and incentivizing decentralized energy generation, building carbon-neutral cities, div...
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Tipping Points
The Reason Fossil Fuel Companies Are Finally Reckoning with Climate Change
2020-01-16 (or before) in TIME MagazineProtesters have swarmed Shell's headquarters in recent years
Tagged under: Shell | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Vanguard refuses to sign up to climate crisis commitment
2020-01-13 in The GuardianUS asset manager that built up fossil fuel portfolio fails to join rivals in engaging with climate
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Greta Thunberg tells world leaders to end fossil fuel ‘madness’
2020-01-10 in The GuardianFailure to end investment ‘would be a betrayal against life itself’, say climate activists
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Activism | Fossil Fuels
Banking on Climate Change 2019 - Banking on Climate Chaos
2020-01-10 (or before) in Rainforest Action NetworkFossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2019 - The tenth annual fossil fuel finance report card grades banks on their fossil fuel-related policy commitments and calculates their financing for fossil fuels since the Paris Agreement.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Finance
Greta Thunberg: At Davos we will tell world leaders to abandon the fossil fuel economy
2020-01-10 in The GuardianAverting catastrophe would be the best business decision to emerge from the economic forum in its 50 years of existence, says climate activist Greta Thunberg and others
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Activism | Fossil Fuels
Dirty Power: Big Coal’s network of influence over the coalition government
2020-01-09 (or before) in YouTubeFind out more: https://act.greenpeace.org.au/dirtypowerWe’ve uncovered the web of connections between the world’s biggest coal giants, industry groups, lobby...
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Greenpeace
Renewables beat fossil fuels on 137 days in greenest year for UK energy
2020-01-07 in The GuardianRenewable energy up 9% on 2018 but nuclear outages are limiting progress, report warns
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Nuclear Power | Coal | Wind Power | Fossil Fuels
Firms must justify investment in fossil fuels, warns Mark Carney
2019-12-30 in The GuardianOutgoing Bank of England governor says financial sector cutting back too slowly on investing in oil
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Australia took a match to UN climate talks while back home the country burned | Julie-Anne Richards
2019-12-16 in The GuardianThe gleeful coal lobby stalked the Madrid COP25 meeting halls as the Morrison government threw out compassion and international citizenship
Tagged under: Bushfires | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Carbon dioxide emissions continue to grow amidst slowly emerging climate policies - Nature Climate Change
2019-12-05 (or before) in NatureA failure to recognize the factors behind continued emissions growth could limit the world’s ability to shift to a pathway consistent with 1.5 °C or 2 °C of global warming. Continued support for low-carbon technologies needs to be combined with policies directed at phasing out the use of fossil fuels.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
'Black wall' of redacted pages as UK fracking report finally released
2019-12-02 in The GuardianPeople will wonder why there is so much the government wants to conceal, says Greenpeace
Tagged under: Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Greenpeace
Why We Strike Again | by Greta Thunberg, Luisa Neubauer and Angela Valenzuela - Project Syndicate
2019-11-29 by Greta Thunberg, Luisa Neubauer and Angela Valenzuela in Project SyndicateGreta Thunberg, Luisa Neubauer and Angela Valenzuela vow to do whatever it takes to push world leaders to act, beginning at the UN conference in Madrid.
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Health
Students accuse Cambridge university of 'greenwashing' ties with oil firms
2019-11-23 in The GuardianActivists call Cambridge Zero initiative a ‘PR stunt to divert attention from links to fossil fuel industry’
Tagged under: Activism | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Geoengineering
Fossil fuel production on track for double the safe climate limit
2019-11-20 in The Guardian‘We’re in a deep hole over the climate crisis and we need to stop digging,’ warn experts
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
Methane emissions from coalmines could stoke climate crisis – study
2019-11-15 in The GuardianMillions of tonnes belched into atmosphere as bad as shipping and aviation emissions combined, researchers find
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Coal | Fossil Fuels
Climate change: do more now or risk catastrophe, warns energy agency
2019-11-13 in The GuardianIEA says deep disparity between words and action on climate change risks failing to cap global temperatures
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power
Don’t Call Me a Pessimist on Climate Change. I Am a Realist
2019-11-12 in resilienceCarbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels is the greatest waste by weight produced by industrial economies. Climate change is a waste management problem!
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Climate change deniers’ new battle front attacked
2019-11-09 in The Guardian‘Pernicious’ campaign is unfair on well-meaning people who want to help – expert
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Elected Officials, Community Groups Tell Fire Insurers to Ditch Fossil Fuels in Wake of Rate Hikes and Non-Renewals — INSURE OUR FUTURE — end fossil insurance
2019-11-09 (or before) in Insure Our Future - end fossil insuranceAmidst ongoing wildfires and massive insurance rate hikes and policy non-renewals across California, 44 groups, businesses, and elected representatives released a letter to the three biggest fire insurers in California to stop fueling the climate crisis, which is creating the conditions for longer wildfire seasons and more destructive fires.
Tagged under: Wildfires | Insurance | Fossil Fuels | California
Twitter political ad ban could silence climate activists, warns Warren
2019-11-06 in The GuardianUS presidential hopeful says fossil fuel firms will be free to promote themselves while critics are barred
Tagged under: Activism | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Cambridge accepts £6m Shell donation for oil extraction research
2019-11-05 in The GuardianCambridge Zero Carbon says university has been ‘hijacked’ by fossil fuel industry
Tagged under: Shell | Fossil Fuels
Government under fire for approval of new coalmine in Cumbria
2019-11-03 in The GuardianDecision coincides with net-zero emissions review and is branded ‘backwards step’
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
Why We Need to Keep 80 Percent of Fossil Fuels in the Ground - YES! Magazine
2019-10-30 (or before) in YES! MagazineLife depends on it. Bill McKibben on the big changes we’ve already made in remarkably short order.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Why We Need to Keep 80 Percent of Fossil Fuels in the Ground - YES! Magazine
2019-10-30 (or before) in YES! MagazineLife depends on it. Bill McKibben on the big changes we’ve already made in remarkably short order.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Half a century of dither and denial – a climate crisis timeline
2019-10-26 (or before) by in The GuardianFossil fuel companies have been aware of their impact on the planet since at least the 1950s
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuel big five 'spent €251m lobbying EU' since 2010
2019-10-24 by Sandra Laville in The GuardianReport comes amid calls for set up of firewall to protect politics from industry influence
Tagged under: BP | Lobbying | European Union | Oil Industry | Shell | Exxon | Chevron | Fossil Fuels
Plan for fracking 'years behind schedule' and has cost taxpayer £32m
2019-10-23 in The GuardianSpending watchdog finds that only three wells have been dug, despite aim to have 20 by 2020
Tagged under: Fracking | Fossil Fuels
UK to use finance meant for green energy to support fracking in Argentina
2019-10-22 in The GuardianDocuments show government’s £1bn commitment in 2017 later prioritised support of major oil companies
Tagged under: Argentina | Renewable Energy | BP | Shell | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Finance
UK firm announces plans for first 'liquid to gas' cryogenic battery
2019-10-21 in The GuardianHighview Power claims device will be Europe’s largest energy storage project
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Batteries | Fossil Fuels
Leading Australian engineers turn their backs on new fossil fuel projects
2019-10-20 in The GuardianThe Engineers Declare movement pledges to put climate considerations first in evaluating plans
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Rise of renewables may see off oil firms decades earlier than they think
2019-10-14 by Jillian Ambrose in The GuardianPace of progress raises hope that fossil fuel companies could lose their domination
Tagged under: Solar Energy | Oil Industry | Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Wind Power | Fossil Fuels
Analysis: UK renewables generate more electricity than fossil fuels for first time - Carbon Brief
2019-10-13 in Carbon BriefIn the third quarter of 2019, the UK’s windfarms, solar panels, biomass and hydro plants generated more electricity than coal, oil and gas put together.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | UK | Renewable Energy | Coal | Solar Energy | Wind Power | Electricity
Top investment banks provide billions to expand fossil fuel industry
2019-10-13 in The GuardianExclusive: analysis reveals lenders provided $700bn to expand sector since Paris climate pact
Tagged under: Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Divestment works – and one huge bank can lead the way | Bill McKibben
2019-10-13 in The GuardianOn the 15 October, the board of the EU’s European Investment Bank meets to decide its policy on fossil fuels, says Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Firms ignoring climate crisis will go bankrupt, says Mark Carney
2019-10-13 in The GuardianBank of England governor warns of financial collapse linked to climate emergency
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Economics | Fossil Fuels | Collapse
World's top three asset managers oversee $300bn fossil fuel investments
2019-10-12 in The GuardianData reveals crucial role of BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard in climate crisis
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Political polarisation over climate crisis has surged under Trump
2019-10-11 in The GuardianRevealed: divide exacerbated by fossil fuel industry’s record contribution to Republicans
Tagged under: US Politics | Donald Trump | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels
Oil firms to pour extra 7m barrels per day into markets, data shows
2019-10-10 in The GuardianProjected production surge in next 12 years to be led by Shell despite climate crisis
Tagged under: BP | Shell | Chevron | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Saudi Arabia | Aramco
‘Inspirational': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez applauds mayors’ Global Green New Deal
2019-10-09 in The GuardianMayors of more than 90 of the world’s biggest cities voice support for bold proposal to fight climate change as they lambast ‘failed’ UN climate summit
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions
2019-10-09 in The GuardianNew data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers
Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Africa | Chevron | Fossil Fuels | Middle East | Saudi Arabia | Aramco
Swedish newspaper stops taking adverts from fossil fuel firms
2019-09-26 in The GuardianDagens ETC says ban is crucial for its credibility and urges other media to follow suit
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Countries must triple climate emission cut targets to limit global heating to 2C
2019-09-22 in The GuardianUnited in Science report ahead of UN summit says climate is changing faster than forecast, and current plans would lead to ‘catastrophic’ global temperature rise
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
The climate crisis explained in 10 charts
2019-09-19 in The GuardianFrom the rise and rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to possible solutions
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Arctic | Greenhouse Gases | Antarctic | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels
Greta Thunberg: ‘We are ignoring natural climate solutions’
2019-09-19 in The GuardianFilm by Swedish activist and Guardian journalist George Monbiot says nature must be used to repair broken climate
Tagged under: Deforestation | Greta Thunberg | Activism | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Trees
Government's shift to relax shale gas fracking safeguards condemned
2019-08-15 in The GuardianEnvironment groups fear possibly ‘weakened’ earthquake risk rules after report on Cuadrilla drilling
Tagged under: Activism | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Greenpeace
'Coal is over': the miners rooting for the Green New Deal
2019-08-12 in The GuardianAn area desperately in need of an economic transformation looks to new promise after Trump’s prove empty
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
How the world’s dirtiest industries have learned to pollute our politics | George Monbiot
2019-08-07 in The GuardianThe fossil-fuel lobby is threatened by public concern over the climate crisis. So it’s buying influence, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Just 10% of fossil fuel subsidy cash 'could pay for green transition'
2019-08-01 in The GuardianRedirecting small portion of subsidies would unleash clean energy revolution, says report
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Fossil Fuels
BlackRock lost $90bn investing in fossil fuel companies, report finds
2019-07-31 in The GuardianWorld’s biggest fund manager urged to invest in clean energy for good of the climate and its investors
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Rhode Island Judge Ignores 'Huge Benefits' of Fossil Fuels - EID Climate – A Project of IPAA
2019-07-26 in EID Climate Ð A Project of IPAACompared to his peers who have judged similar climate litigation cases across the country, Judge Smith’s ruling was uncommon.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Litigation
'Biggest compliment yet': Greta Thunberg welcomes oil chief's 'greatest threat' label
2019-07-05 in The GuardianActivists say comments by Opec head prove world opinion is turning against fossil fuels
Tagged under: Greta Thunberg | Activism | Extreme Weather | Fossil Fuels
Trump to claim US is environmental leader in spite of ripping up protections
2019-07-03 in The GuardianExclusive: On Monday president will likely tout America’s clean air and water, even though he’s rescinded rules to cut pollution
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Trump ditches sole climate rule that aimed to reduce coal plant pollution
2019-06-19 in The GuardianAdministration to roll back Obama-era Clean Power Plan as experts say move shows Trump’s ‘determination to avoid action to address climate change’
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Barack Obama
Ireland to unveil bold plan to tackle climate emergency
2019-06-17 in The GuardianVaradkar reveals ideas to curb greenhouse gases and move towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
White House physicist sought aid of rightwing thinktank to challenge climate science
2019-06-14 in The GuardianWilliam Happer contacted Heartland Institute, one of the most prominent groups to dispute that fossil fuels cause global heating
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Carbon emissions from energy industry rise at fastest rate since 2011
2019-06-11 in The GuardianBP report reveals swings in global temperatures are increasing the use of fossil fuels
Tagged under: BP | Fossil Fuels
Ex-BP boss John Browne: ‘It’s going to take a long time to take oil and coal out of the energy system’
2019-06-08 in The GuardianThe energy executive talks about fracking, Huawei and Greta Thunberg
Tagged under: BP | Greta Thunberg | Coal | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Latest data shows steep rises in CO2 for seventh year
2019-06-04 in The GuardianReadings from Hawaii observatory bring threshold of 450ppm closer sooner than had been anticipated
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels
US energy department rebrands fossil fuels as 'molecules of freedom'
2019-05-29 in The GuardianPress release from department said increasing export capacity is ‘critical to spreading freedom gas throughout the world’
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Climate change communicators’ carbon footprints affect their audience’s policy support - Climatic Change
2019-05-24 in Springer VerlagGlobal warming is caused mainly by CO2 emission from burning fossil fuels and is beginning to have large negative impacts on human well-being and ecosystems (IPCC 2014; IPCC 2018). Policies that mitigate CO2 emissions will require public support. Here, we examine how support for several possible decarbonization policies varies as a function of the personal carbon footprint of a researcher who advocates the policy. We find that people are more likely to support policies if the advocate for these policies has a low carbon footprint. Replicating our prior work, we find that the communicators’ carbon footprint massively affect...
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Climate Change Impacts
‘This report will change your life’: what zero emissions means for UK
2019-05-01 in The GuardianCommittee on Climate Change sets out how UK can reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
Fracking tsar quits after six months and blames eco activists
2019-04-27 in The GuardianNatascha Engel says developing the industry would be ‘an impossible task’
Tagged under: Activism | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Greta Thunberg condemns UK's climate stance in speech to MPs
2019-04-23 in The GuardianTeenager who sparked global youth movement hits out at airport expansion and support for fossil fuels
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Greta Thunberg | Fossil Fuels
We are not yet doomed: the carbon cutters determined to save the world
2019-04-18 in The GuardianAn orchestra, a village, an entire country: the movement to rein in greenhouse gas emissions is growing
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Fossil Fuels
Barclays funds climate breakdown. We are determined to make it stop | Seema Syeda
2019-03-30 in The GuardianThe bank is a huge backer of the fossil fuel industry and attendant climate catastrophe. Direct action is vital, says Momentum activist Seema Syeda
Tagged under: Activism | Fossil Fuels
Global coal use up as greenhouse gas emissions rise
2019-03-26 in The GuardianYounger coal-fired power plants in Asia account for increase, says energy agency
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
Banks Funneled $1.9 Trillion Into Fossil Fuels Since Paris Agreement
2019-03-22 in Cleantech News Ñ #1 In EV, Solar, Wind, Tesla NewsA new report published this week shows that 33 global banks provided $1.9 trillion to fossil fuel companies since the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement at the end of 2015 and that the amount of fossil fuel financing has increased in each of the past two years.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Top oil firms spending millions lobbying to block climate change policies, says report
2019-03-22 in The GuardianAd campaigns hide investment in a huge expansion of oil and gas extraction, says InfluenceMap
Tagged under: BP | Exxon | Climate Change | Chevron | Fossil Fuels
Deep coal mine gets go ahead in Cumbria despite protests
2019-03-19 in The GuardianEnvironmental campaigners say backing for Woodhouse colliery cannot be justified
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
Revealed: Glencore bankrolled covert campaign to prop up coal
2019-03-06 in The GuardianThe mining company engaged Sir Lynton Crosby’s firm to push anti-renewables message and counter anti-coal activists
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Activism
UK's initial progress on carbon cutting starts to slow
2019-03-04 in The GuardianEmissions fell for sixth year running in 2018, but reductions margins have shrunk
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
Immediate fossil fuel phaseout could arrest climate change – study
2019-01-15 in The GuardianScientists say it may still technically be possible to limit warming to 1.5C if drastic action is taken now
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Protesters disrupt US panel's fossil fuels pitch at climate talks
2018-12-10 in The GuardianOfficial event praising coal, oil and gas met with laughter and chants of ‘shame on you’
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Save millions of lives by tackling climate change, says WHO
2018-12-05 in The GuardianGlobal warming and fossil fuel pollution is already killing many, with the cost of action far lower than the benefits, UN climate summit told
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Health
The Guardian view on climate change: too much, too soon | Editorial
2018-12-05 in The GuardianEditorial: We are losing the war against climate change; the use of fossil fuels is driving higher carbon emissions when they need to be coming down
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Bolsonaro | Arctic | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Policies of China, Russia and Canada threaten 5C climate change, study finds
2018-11-16 by Jonathan Watts in The GuardianRanking of countries’ goals shows even EU on course for more than double safe level of warming
Tagged under: China | Canada | Russia | Global Warming | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
New UK gas power station 'would breach climate commitments'
2018-11-11 in The GuardianEnvironmental law group submits objection over proposed 3.6GW Drax plant
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels
Could carbon-capture technology be a silver bullet to stop climate change?
2018-10-17 in The GuardianFew companies specialize in carbon removal and the tools they produce are currently still expensive
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Top climate scientist blasts UK’s fracking plans as 'aping Trump’
2018-10-13 in The GuardianJames Hansen, ‘father of climate science’, accuses Britain of ignoring evidence
Tagged under: Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuel dependence poses 'direct existential threat', warns UN chief
2018-09-11 in The GuardianA rapid global shift to clean energy is needed to prevent runaway climate change, says António Guterres
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
France bans fracking and oil extraction in all of its territories
2017-12-20 in The GuardianFrench parliamentarians have passed a law banning fossil fuel extraction. President Macron says he wants France to lead the world with switch to renewables
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | France | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Koch brothers launch new misinformation campaign against electric cars
2017-06-27 by in ElectrekKoch brothers launch misinformation campaign against EVs
Tagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation | Electric Cars | EVs | Fossil Fuels | Cars
Dakota Access Pipeline Builder Spends Millions To Influence Elections - PopularResistance.Org
2016-09-09 in PopularResistance.OrgBy Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - AUSTIN, Texas — The corporation behind the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline also operates its own political action committee that has a record of donating to the campaigns of candidates who support the company’s pro-corporate, pro-fossil fuels agenda in Congress. However, the political war chest of the Energy Transfer Partners PAC amounts to pennies compared to the wealth of Kelcy Warren, the chairman and CEO, who has spent millions becoming one of the most politically powerful oil tycoons in Texas.
Tagged under: US Politics | Texas | Fossil Fuels
World's largest carbon producers face landmark human rights case
2016-07-27 in The GuardianFilipino government body gives 47 ‘carbon majors’ 45 days to respond to allegations of human rights violations resulting from climate change
Tagged under: Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Greenpeace | Activism
Keep fossil fuels in the ground to stop climate change | George Monbiot
2015-03-10 in The GuardianGeorge Monbiot: Once coal, oil and gas are produced, they will be used. And yet, after 23 years of UN negotiations there have been almost no steps taken to stop the production – rather than the use of – fossil fuels
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Engaging with oil companies on climate change is futile, admits leading UK environmentalist
2015-01-15 in The GuardianAfter years working on sustainability projects with BP and Shell, Jonathon Porritt says he came to the conclusion it was ‘impossible’ for today’s oil and gas companies to adapt to the need to exit fossil fuels
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | BP | Shell | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Sustainability
Leave fossil fuels buried to prevent climate change, study urges
2015-01-07 in The GuardianNew research is first to identify which reserves must not be burned to keep global temperature rise under 2C, including over 90% of US and Australian coal and almost all Canadian tar sands
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
We fought apartheid. Now climate change is our global enemy | Desmond Tutu
2014-09-20 in The GuardianOn the eve of the UN Climate Summit, Desmond Tutu argues that tactics used against firms who did business with South Africa must now be applied to fossil fuels to prevent human suffering
Tagged under: South Africa | Africa | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Water shortages may make fracking impractical, industry says
2013-11-27 in The GuardianQuantities required for the fracking process may make it problematic in areas of the UK where resources are scarce
Tagged under: Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Water Resources
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