Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Appointing the former CEO of an oil and gas company to the head role at Albertas energy regulator should be seen as an obvious conflict of interest, said Phillip Meintzer, conservation specialist with Alberta Wilderness Association. Phillip Meintzer, Conservation Specialist, Alberta Wilderness Association , pmeintzer@abwild.ca

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

At the same time, those governments all want to maximise fossil fuel production. According to the recent Production Gap report, the total planned production of fossil fuels between now and 2050 is twice the limit set to keep warming to 1.5 A planned ending to fossil fuels is becoming more normal every day,” she writes.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 22, 2023

For years, fossil fuel companies have socialized the costs of their pollution while privatizing the benefits. Since local and state governments are on the frontlines of paying for worsening wildfires, they should also be on the leading edge of holding fossil fuel companies accountable. Source: YouTube.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Often, it’s a chance for a franchise to promote the recycling or energy conservation that goes on at its stadium. But it also includes deals with lesser-known utility companies that generate electricity predominantly from fossil fuel-burning power plants and that sell fossil gas directly to consumers. Impact Community.”

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Having gained its status as an autonomous region, the fledgling Bangsamoro government has invited investors to drill under the Liguasan Marsh for fossil fuels. Now, having gained its status as an autonomous region, the fledgling Bangsamoro government has invited investors to drill under the marsh for fossil fuels. .

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

According to the Energy Information Agency , South Korea’s power sector is heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Two thirds of generation capacity is based on fossil fuels, split evenly between coal and natural gas, with 17% nuclear, and 14% hydro and other renewables. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear.

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Edouard Stenger

JUNE 20, 2023

During the month of May, solar and wind power generated more electricity (30.6%) than fossil fuels (27.3%) in the European Union for the first time in history. In the meantime, fossil fuels went from 40-50 percent to less than 30 percent. Now here is the latest piece of evidence, from Ember. This is equally impressive.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

A big shift to renewables could leave stranded assets — existing fossil fuel plants that the utility will no longer get paid for using. Moreover, EPA will have to trim its sails to avoid having its regulations sunk by the conservative Supreme Court. There are other possible sticks. That brings us to carrots.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

Some events last week sent a strong signal that the tide is turning against fossil fuels. To paraphrase Churchill, this may not be beginning of the end for fossil fuels, but at least it is the end of the beginning of the campaign against them. Each of the events standing alone would have been noteworthy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2022

Now the reports driven by these resolutions are beginning to roll in, and while they certainly provide some insight into the fossil fuel industry’s investment in political influence, a sleight of hand is preventing investors from seeing the companies’ full strategy.

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Ocean Conservancy

JANUARY 16, 2025

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Offshore wind is a vital component of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels in order to clean up our air, land and ocean from pollution. This data can be complex and nuanced, making it difficult to communicate.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

As the California Air Resources Board noted in the 2022 scoping plan appendix, even with a goal to have only zero-emission vehicles sold in the state by 2035, approximately 30 percent of light-duty vehicles on the road in 2045 will still burn fossil fuels. The less of that we burn through reduced driving, the better.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2024

However, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority saw this as an opportunity to dismantle the doctrine altogether. Fossil fuel companies and their attorneys will have the incentives and funding to file such briefs aggressively. Lower courts upheld the rule, citing Chevron deference.

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Real Climate

APRIL 6, 2023

The term “fossil fuels”, however, is mentioned 16 times. It’s indeed true that emissions must go down, but we also must explicitly acknowledge that we need to reduce our dependence on coal, oil and gas (“fossil fuels”). Coal, on the other hand, is only mentioned once in connection with methane emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2024

In early 2024, García authored an analysis in partnership with local environmental justice groups GreenRoots , Alternatives for Communities and Environment ( ACE ), and legal group Conservation Law Foundation , looking at the historical burden energy infrastructure has placed on low-income communities and communities of color in Massachusetts.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

That’s a really good thing given the central role we expect and need solar to play in a just transition away from fossil fuels. Climate, conservation, community Working on this project has powerfully reminded me how much has changed since I started in the solar energy field more than three decades ago.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2024

The Conservative Party accepted £225,000 in donations from firms and individuals with financial interests in oil and gas during the first week of the general election campaign, DeSmog and Democracy for Sale can reveal. The Conservative Party has been approached for comment. Photo credit: Number 10 , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2023

By Dave Jenkins, Conservatives For Responsible Stewardshi p The following goest essay first appeared in the Erie Times on March 27, 2023 -- We are at an inflection point on energy: 2022 was the first year when global investment in carbon-free sources of energy matched investment in fossil fuels. Energy is energy.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2023

That statute authorizes the state’s oil and gas supervisor–rebranded in recent years as the Department of Conservation’s more benign-sounding Geologic Energy Management Division–to permit drilling of new oil and gas wells and to use fracking technology in the operation of existing wells.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Critical minerals are key components of clean-energy technologies, which are essential to replacing fossil fuels and stabilizing the climate. This situation raises a red flag for Ocean Conservancy as we strive to protect our ocean forever and for everyone. Take action with Ocean Conservancy to halt seabed mining in its tracks.

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Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2022

The Liberal Party — conservative in everything but name — lost control of the federal government to Labor. Teal” independent candidates running on platforms of government integrity and climate action also picked up seats at the expense of the Liberals, i.e. conservatives. Australia has had a change of government. of total GDP.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

What are the physical limitations of this fossil fuel resource that make it vulnerable during, say, summer droughts , or the types of extreme heat waves the world has been experiencing for months now? But what does extreme weather actually do to cause gas plants to run into trouble? A new weekend peak of 85.1

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Nearly all of these plastics are made from fossil fuels including crude oil, natural gas liquids and coal. Also, both fossil fuel and plastic production create significant air and water pollution with severe health consequences for local communities.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Gone are the net-zero promises and focus on a rapid clean energy transition, and in its place is a new narrative that more fossil fuels will solve the country’s energy crisis. The government believes that opening up new fossil fuel areas for production will boost energy security. Energy Security.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 12, 2021

With just weeks to go before COP26 kicks off, all eyes are on the British hosts and the Conservative government and its leader Boris Johnson. This is directly related to the Conservative’s problem with onshore wind which many MP’s and voters are opposed to for the simple fact that wind turbines are seen as an eyesore.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 6, 2022

Rated for 1,320 megawatts — roughly the size of a large fossil fuel plant — the dam is now capable of only 800 megawatts. Less hydropower will force utilities to look elsewhere for replacement supplies, including from fossil fuel sources. That means we continue to advocate for water conservation,” Neese said.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2022

Burning fossil fuels, cutting down forests, raising livestock, making cement, and using synthetic fertilizers are among the actions that have increased the amount of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere to the point that the planet’s basic functions are coming undone.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

Since 2019, more than seventy local and state jurisdictions have followed Berkeley’s lead in requiring or strongly incentivizing all-electric or fossil-fuel-free new buildings, with more considering similar approaches. can be fueled by natural gas), and must base these options on a defensible “one-for-one” basis.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Federal government releases new policy aimed at ending international public financing for fossil fuels, next step is ending domestic financing . This new policy will end a significant portion of EDC’s support for fossil fuels and redirect those funds to support the clean energy transition.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

As the water in hydropower reservoirs drops, hydropower production is reduced, possibly increasing energy prices, or forcing some utilities to compensate for energy demands by using more fossil fuels for power generation. Water conservation. Higher water and energy prices disproportionately affect low-income families.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed standards on carbon pollution from fossil-fuel-fired power plants ( Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0072-0001 ).

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A Greener Life

JUNE 19, 2024

Since then, the Conservative government has made a series of U-turns on its own net zero policies, attacked Labour’s green spending plans, and doubled down on its support for new fossil fuel projects, approving more than 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences. This comes as DeSmog and Democracy for Sale reveal that £6.8

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Artificial trees on the other hand, create more carbon pollution because of the energy needed to produce and transport them, and are often made of plastic (fossil fuels). The Nature Conservancy and the Kiwanis Club of Cle Elum are taking the sustainability of real trees one step further with benefits for conservation and the community.

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Corp Watch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Fossil Fuel Firms Flock to Conservative Party Conference DeSmog PaulaR Fri, 09/22/2023 - 20:37 Friday, September 22, 2023 Read more Joey Grostern & Sam Bright Influential right-wing groups are set to host events featuring major polluters, days after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak watered down green targets.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 29, 2022

When I first came to Ocean Conservancy, someone asked me what my favorite animal was. Learning about—and then witnessing firsthand—the changes and destruction that were really happening under the surface in the Bay inspired me to pursue a lifelong career in environmental conservation. The giant oceanic manta ray ( Mobula birostris ).

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Removing carbon from the air or growing crops as a fuel stock — two options that will be necessary unless fossil fuel use declines steeply and swiftly — come with significant tradeoffs for water supply and water quality. We’ve taken the conservation benefit and put that secondary,” Muruven explained.

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