2022 Fossil Fuels Politics 
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 17, 2024
Last year, I wrote that fossil fuel companies made billions of dollars in profit during 2022 as people around the world suffered billions of dollars in damage from climate and weather related disasters. The history of colonization that still shapes the land to this day also played a role.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Yet, driven by vested interests in the fossil fuel industry , misleading narratives aim to distort and hinder meaningful climate commitments. Fossil fuels are the problem It’s pretty simple: the burning of fossil fuels is the main driver of climate change. What’s lacking is political will.
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Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 4, 2022
October 4, 2022. The move represents a lifeline for fossil fuel use in a decarbonizing energy grid. October 11-13, 2022: Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting – register. October 18, 2022: EPA’s Debra Shore at the Great Lakes Conference — register. October 28, 2022: Great Lakes Water Conference — register.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
And fossil fuel power plants may not stick to their retirement schedules for a variety of reasons. Note: this is adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars and is based on the amount those plants emitted in 2021, the EIA’s most recent year of finalized data. A bit more on those reasons later. What can be done?
Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 13, 2022
The Year in Water, 2022. Sharpening the Shark’s Teeth By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 13, 2022. The strength of the shark’s teeth and the breadth of the bite were on full display in 2022. Though vivid, the shark metaphor is an inadequate frame for some of 2022’s defining water stories. Brett Walton.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 19, 2022
The shift from fossil fuels in the 100% RES scenario reduces the amount of harmful air pollution from power plants much more than in our “No New Policy”/business-as-usual scenario. Similarly, communities now tied to fossil fuels need support in moving beyond that dependence. And our modeling shows renewables’ power.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
That means we’ll need to quickly add additional clean energy policies and policies to phase out fossil fuels just to meet our 2030 goals. That goal was finally met in 2022, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. For the next round of NDCs, the U.S.
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