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09 09 2021 | 14:25

Unprecedented Crime: Climate Science Denial and Game Changers for Survival Paperback – October 14, 2017

In 2017, the heat waves, extreme wild fires, and flooding around the worldconfirmed beyond doubt that climate disruption is now a full-blown emergency.We have entered Churchill’s “period of…

03 09 2021 | 15:57

DNV: Fossil fuels to still make up half of energy mix by 2050

Fossil fuels are not going anywhere fast and will account for half of the primary energy mix in 2050, according to DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook 2021, published on Wednesday. Natural gas will…

03 09 2021 | 14:42

‘Biden may as well personally light more wildfires’: Backlash after White House calls for more oil production

UN’s authoritative climate report, published on Monday, urges drastic emissions cuts which means dialing back rapidly on use of fossil fuels The Biden administration is being slammed by both…

03 09 2021 | 13:45

How the World's First CO2 Pipeline Explosion Turned a Mississippi Town Into 'a Zombie Movie'

In February of last year, a CO2 pipeline exploded, engulfing Satartia, Mississippi in a noxious green fog that left residents confused, convulsing, foaming at the mouth and even unconscious — an…

03 09 2021 | 13:06

‘Abolish these companies, get rid of them’: what would it take to break up big oil?

Communities on the frontline of the climate crisis say radical solutions must be on the table – before it’s too late Ayisha Siddiqa doesn’t want fossil fuel companies to determine her future…

30 08 2021 | 12:03

Denmark,Costa Rica Build International Alliance to Speed Fossil Phaseout

Denmark and Costa Rica are working to build a Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) of countries willing to stop issuing new permits for fossil exploration and set a deadline to phase out oil and gas…

27 08 2021 | 12:22

Santos sued by shareholders over fossil expansion despite claims

A shareholder activist group is taking Australian oil company Santos to court over its claims it produces “clean fuel” and plans to reach net zero emissions by 2040. Papers were filed against Santos…

26 08 2021 | 07:55

Victoria consents to gas production from well near Twelve Apostles

Greens says government’s support for fossil fuel expansion is ‘bonkers’ and no one will visit the tourist site ‘if it’s surrounded by gas drilling rigs’. The Victorian government has given consent…

26 08 2021 | 07:54

How can Britain commit to net zero and still drill for millions more barrels of oil?

Hypocrisy rules as we prepare to host Cop26 and Boris Johnson prepares to approve a new oilfield off Shetland

24 08 2021 | 15:49

Unused Tools: How Central Banks are Fueling the Climate Crisis

Oil Change International August 2021 In collaboration with 350.org, Alliance Climatique Suisse, BankTrack, Campax, CIEL, Democracy Collaborative, E3G, Earthworks, Environmental Defense, Fossil Free…

23 08 2021 | 14:18

How to Sell ‘Carbon Neutral’ Fossil Fuel That Doesn’t Exist

The junior trader at TotalEnergies SE was essentially winging it by orchestrating the French energy giant’s first shipment of “carbon-neutral” natural gas last September. It’s the greenest-possible…

23 08 2021 | 12:34

Biden eying 2050 as deadline for fossil-free aircraft fuel requirement

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is quietly discussing a target date of 2050 for weaning aircraft off fossil fuels as part of the White House’s broader push to fight climate change, sources…

16 08 2021 | 08:50

Climate change’s trillion dollar problem just got more urgent for investors

The money tied up in fossil fuels is everyone’s problem, writes Anna Isaac There’s a £16 trillion problem that’s been keeping central bankers past and present up at night: “stranded assets”. It’s…

16 08 2021 | 08:00

Fossil CEO Wants $50B from Taxpayers to Decarbonize Tar Sands / Oil Sands

Less than a day before the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest, most dire assessment of the global climate emergency, Cenovus Energy CEO Alex Pourbaix let it be known—…

12 08 2021 | 08:44

Facebook let fossil-fuel industry push climate misinformation, report finds

Thinktank InfluenceMap accuses petroleum giants of gaming Facebook to promote oil and gas as part of climate-crisis solution. Facebook failed to enforce its own rules to curb an oil and gas industry…

12 08 2021 | 08:32

25,000 Ads, 431 Million Views as Facebook Lets Fossils Spread Climate Misinformation.

Online behemoth Facebook turned its back in its own commitments to climate action and truth in advertising by allowing 25 fossil industry organizations in the United States to mount a $9.5-million…

10 08 2021 | 11:25

Latest IPCC report ‘must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels’

Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, with some of the changes now inevitable and “irreversible”, climate scientists…

30 07 2021 | 10:10

Washington county becomes first in US to ban new fossil fuel projects

A county in Washington state has become the first such jurisdiction in the US to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure, following a lengthy battle over the impact of oil refineries on the local…

29 07 2021 | 10:34

G20 Fails on Coal Phaseout,Delays Decisions on Climate Finance,Fossil Subsidies

Environment and energy ministers from the world’s 20 wealthiest countries have failed to agree on a 2025 coal phaseout, made no progress on international climate finance, and refused to set a…

26 07 2021 | 10:33

‘Reckless’: G20 states subsidised fossil fuels by $3tn since 2015, says report

Support for coal, oil and gas remains high despite pledges to tackle climate crisis. The G20 countries have provided more than $3.3tn (£2.4tn) in subsidies for fossil fuels since the Paris climate…