Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Last week, I joined my colleagues at COP28 in Dubai , as negotiators and civil society push for a fossil fuel phaseout to meet climate goals. The industry is pushing a narrative that misleadingly calls out emissions , not fossil fuels as the problem. Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions 1990–2019.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 15, 2024
After the hottest summer on record, the world continues to witness extreme weather fueled by the burning of fossil fuels. We need to stop burning fossil fuels immediately. Thankfully, we are in the midst of a much-needed transition away from fossil fuels and towards a future powered by more renewables.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Earlier this year, The Guardian ran a powerful article exposing the ties of Elsevier, one of the world’s largest academic publishing companies, to the fossil fuel industry. The article caught my attention because I’d never considered the ways in which an academic publisher might be perpetuating and enabling a fossil fuel economy.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 27, 2023
Fossil fuel power plant owners are facing increased accountability for their air and water pollution, including from a new round of environmental and public health protections that are being rolled out by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
And fossil fuel power plants may not stick to their retirement schedules for a variety of reasons. In 2019, air pollution more broadly was responsible for about 6.7 A bit more on those reasons later. A recent study found that more than 99 percent of the global population is exposed to unsafe levels of PM 2.5 micrometers or less.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Storage represented 20% of the new US electrical capacity installed in the first three quarters of 2024, up from 14% in 2023 (and 1% in 2019). And for the first time since 2019, the United states is now manufacturing the solar cells that are the building blocks of solar panels. Cumulative US utility-scale battery power capacity.
Energy and Climate Law
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
The aim of the EU is to try to stop fossil fuel companies suing states over climate action. One year ago, in October 2019, the European Commission made its position on the reform of the Energy Charter Treaty, the only multinational energy treaty that is in force since 1994, clear to the Energy Charter Secretariat.
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