Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 14, 2025

As the climate crisis deepens, so does the urgency to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for decades of deception. As the fossil fuel industry spares no expense to obscure these truths, the work of scientists who engage with climate litigation is increasingly vital.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Special session takes on big oil and wins The transition to clean transportation and away from fossil fuels is here. Policies like this will be critical to ensure that the fossil fuels phaseout is equitable and Big Oil doesn’t squeeze every dollar out of California consumers on the way out the door.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 14, 2025

Even where the grid still has significant fossil fuel-powered generation, EVs are a cleaner choice. In the grid region that serves most of Texas, driving the average EV produces emissions equal to an 83 mpg gasoline car, despite over 60% of electricity generation coming from fossil fuels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Policy drivers State leadership has been important in driving the development and adoption of clean energy for decades, and remains key to accelerating the move toward clean energy and away from fossil fuels.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 20, 2025

In April 2025, Environmental Defence conducted organizational wide polling with Abacus Data. Currently, Bay Street financial institutions finance enough fossil fuel projects to be equivalent to the fifth largest climate polluter in the world, providing more than $1.43 trillion CAD of financing for fossil fuels in 2022.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 20, 2025

In the first three months of 2025 weve already seen Big Oil come out swinging at climate policy and government decision makers. The fossil fuel industry used the election to flex their political influence and try to make gains during this period of change at the federal level. Who is the oil and gas industry targeting in 2025?

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

After 30 years of international negotiations failing to mention the root cause of the climate crisis, the acknowledgement that we must phase out all fossil fuels and massively scale up renewable energy in order to effectively tackle the climate crisis, was both long overdue and extremely significant. Unsurprisingly, trust was broken.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2025

To underscore the negative impacts of fossil fuels on our grid, I also pointed to key research around resilience. With a robust climate plan, Wisconsin utilities would have to look beyond their legacy preference for fossil fuels and consider cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable alternatives.

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A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2025

By Amber Brady Ahead of the pivotal 2025 COP30 summit, which will take place in November and December, Amber Brady provides an updated version of our 2014 piece on Brazil’s environmental facts. COP30 in Belém The COP30 summit is set to take place in Belém, Pará, Brazil, from November 30 to December 12, 2025.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 21, 2025

By Shadia Haq Earth Day 2025 focuses on the theme Our Power, Our Planet and urges a global shift to renewable energy. 2025 The theme “Our Power, Our Planet” calls for tripling renewable energy by 2030. 2025 The theme “Our Power, Our Planet” calls for tripling renewable energy by 2030.

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Law Columbia

MAY 23, 2025

State of Norway (EFTA Court Advisory Opinion) could have sweeping consequences for fossil fuel development across Europe, especially in Norway, a major oil producer outside the European Union but deeply integrated into its legal framework through the EEA. The opinion in Freningen Greenpeace Norden and Natur og Ungdom v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 19, 2025

In the 1960s, it started to become clear, with the help of climate models and theory, that fossil fuel use would warm the planet. government, that the planet would warm due to fossil fuel emissions (though the U.S. government was warned about global warming as early as 1965 ).

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 19, 2024

By Jiang Mengnan Chinas oil demand is projected to peak at approximately 770 million tonnes in 2025, according to a forecast by the China National Petroleum Corporations Economic and Technological Research Institute (ETRI), reports Caixin. Image generated by AI. First published in Dialogue Earth.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 22, 2025

Ajona, C., & Saravanakumar, A. A comprehensive review of recent innovations in transforming bio-oil into bioplastics for sustainable product development within a circular economy. Biomass and Bioenergy, 200, 108028.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

As of February 2025, there are two pending climate cases in Japan, namely, Youth Climate Case Japan for Tomorrow and Citizens Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Background Japan has heavily relied on the use of fossil fuels for its power generation. See another blog post for the overview of the older cases.)

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Our experts will be able to provide insight on the negotiations at COP29 – including on issues related to climate finance, the energy transition and fossil fuel subsidies. The next round is due in February 2025. At least $1 trillion per year is required to meet the immediate climate needs of developing countries.

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Scientific American

JULY 4, 2025

Skip to main content Scientific American Opinion July 4, 2025 5 min read A Thought Experiment Reveals the Fingerprints of Climate Change Came Early Climate change left its signature on the atmosphere early in the industrial revolution, reveals a thought experiment investigation By Ben Santer , Susan Solomon , David W. It is all too real.

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Nature

JULY 17, 2025

Nature, Published online: 18 July 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02226-1 Pollution emitted by fossil-fuel usage in Asia influences sea-ice coverage in Antarctica.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Statement by Stephen Legault, Senior Manager, Alberta Energy Transition The Alberta governments 2025 budget threatens the future economic prosperity of the province by failing to take action to transition from a fossil fuel based economy to a renewable energy economy.

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A Greener Life

JULY 27, 2025

United Nations: The fossil fuel industry is engaging in disinformation campaigns to slow the transition to clean energy What does the Paris Agreement say? Even fossil-fuel subsidies can be illegal. And it singled out the failure of governments to curb fossil fuel production and consumption as a wrongful act”, she said.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

At last year’s COP, world leaders collectively agreed to transition away from fossil fuels – an indication they are ready to stop fueling the fire. Without sufficient climate finance for developing countries, the Paris Agreement’s goals of a safer planet will be out of reach.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Statement by Stephen Legault, Senior Manager, Alberta Energy Transition The Alberta governments 2025 budget threatens the future economic prosperity of the province by failing to take action to transition from a fossil fuel based economy to a renewable energy economy.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

On November 11, Energy Justice Advocates announced PECO has agreed to contract for 25 MW of solar energy as part of its default power procurement for electric customers from June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2029 as a result of a settlement recently approved by the Public Utility Commission. PECO serves nearly 1.7

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2025

Substantive action to address our over-reliance on fossil fuels and meet our need for clean, renewable energy is long overdue. Community Energy is just one of many policies we can enact at the state level to modernize Pennsylvania’s energy agenda and ensure we protect our environment for future generations.”

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2025

data centers risks deepening Americas reliance on fossil fuels and can put consumers and communities at risk, according to the report. Rising electricity demand from U.S. In many cases, much of that demand is for data centers.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 19, 2025

On May 28, 2025, the Higher Regional Court of Hamm issued its ruling in what has become Germany’s most high-profile climate lawsuit — Lliuya v. A judicial site visit to Huaraz took place in 2022, and evidentiary hearings were held in 2025. A plaintiff from the Global South. A carbon giant from the Global North.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

By harnessing the power of the sun, we can significantly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, which have long been a staple of our energy production. Steelton, PA, with its rich industrial history, is now embracing a cleaner, greener future," stated Kathy McCool, Steelton Manager. Solar energy is a key part of this transformation.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2025

Plastics are made from fossil fuels and over 16,000 different chemicals. Because plastics are produced from fossil fuels the lifecycle of plastics has a huge carbon dioxide footprint and is a driver of climate change.

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Nature

JUNE 22, 2025

Advertisement View all journals Search Log in Explore content About the journal Publish with us Subscribe Sign up for alerts RSS feed nature news article NEWS 23 June 2025 Everyday painkiller made from plastic — by E. link] (2025). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Eliminating fossil fuel-powered vehicles from the road is necessary to fight climate change and save thousands of lives at risk due to poor air quality. In 2025 we will work with project partners to facilitate action plan development at the city and county level and expand the map tool to states beyond California.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2025

On May 29, 2025, the U.S. For example, the agencies that are responsible for managing public lands and approving fossil fuel development on those lands operate under much broader mandates than the STB, including mandates related to multiple use, sustainable use, conservation, and environmental protection. Eagle County (No.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2025

Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: June 13, 2025] PA Environment Digest Data Center Infrastructure; Amazon Told PUC It Has Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Goal By 2040 [PaEN] DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For 72 - 2.5 PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues. Click Here for a Calendar of Upcoming Events.

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New Scientist

JULY 22, 2025

Read more The jet stream may be starting to shift in response to climate change Aerosol pollution, which mainly comes from burning fossil fuels, typically has an opposite effect to greenhouse gases. But we need to recognise that this is going to reveal these unique risks that are going to be amplified where people live.”

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New Scientist

JULY 4, 2025

Buffer pools are especially an issue when forest-based carbon credits are sold to offset carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels , which remain in the atmosphere for centuries to millennia. “If Well also keep you up to date with New Scientist events and special offers.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

On April 22, 2025, DEP was notified of a well plugging incident at the Brown 1447 conventional well site in Morris Township, Greene County that resulted in contaminating a livestock water supply, two springs and a small stream. DEP approved a notice of intent to proceed with plugging the well on April 1, 2025.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

By Matthew Carroll, Penn State News Moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar will require better ways to store energy for use when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. Posted: March 19, 2025] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

With Nuclear Energy - By Carol Browner, Fmr EPA Administrator -- Financial Times: Is Giving Old Reactors New Life The Future Of Nuclear Energy?

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