Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The destruction caused by climate change is directly linked to human activity, primarily burning fossil fuels. This dangerous delay in action is largely due to the fossil fuel industry continuing to increase carbon emissions and standing in the way of change. . Tuvalu endorsed the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2025

This verdict is yet another example of the fossil fuel industrys agenda being enacted by multiple levels and branches of government. Here at the Union of Concerned Scientists, were resisting through Protect the Protest anti-SLAPP taskforceand by organizing a climate accountability campaign targeting the fossil fuel industry.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy from wind and solar will depend on upgrading the electric power grid, which is currently plagued by planning delays and gridlock. The 2021 law allows, but does not require, PJM to plan ahead because various fossil fuel plants must reduce and then cease emissions by a specific date.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

This being Black History Month, I thought it would be worthwhile looking at the fossil fuel industry’s racial history. Government statistics show that only 3% of those in the coal mining industry today are black. The post Jim Crow and the Fossil Fuel Industry appeared first on Legal Planet. Oil and gas.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2023

Utility companies, as well as state and federal government regulatory agencies, made a series of questionable decisions that together created the situation we find ourselves in today. The same scenario has played out with the power plants that use fossil fuels, predominantly methane (“natural”) gas, delivered by pipelines.

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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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Legal Planet

APRIL 14, 2025

It makes utilities, like state government, liable for taking or damaging private property. If youre wondering about the terminology, condemnation takes place where the government sures to take property; inverse condemnation is when landowners sue because the government has already taken the property.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 3, 2025

In this case, the bills would allow states to secure funds from fossil fuel companies for the costs of adaptation, mitigation, and cleanup of damages caused by their emissions. This legislation would require the largest fossil fuel companies to pay into a $1 trillion Polluters Pay Climate Fund.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2025

Thats why I believe the Climate Accountability Act is a critical step for Wisconsin, especially given all the ways the federal government is trying to move us backward on addressing climate change. the federal government is trying to move us backwards on addressing climate change. Madison is our home.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Installations of commercial solarsystems on businesses, schools, and government buildings, for examplewere potentially 13% higher in 2024, per Wood Mackenzie. 2024s growth was led by Texas, Florida, and California. And it included MISO’s approval of massive investments in transmission within its territory.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The 2035 target sets a marker to guide the next decade of climate action for all levels of government, industry, and Canadians. This new target represents a failure on the part of the Government of Canada to see that Canada does its global fair share. Provincial governments share the blame.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2024

How often does the fossil fuel industry try to influence the government’s climate policy decisions? The report finds that oil and gas companies and industry associations try to influence the government through persistent lobbying. If any of these questions have ever crossed your mind, then I have great news for you!

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Big Oil had 695 lobby meetings with the federal government between January and September 2024. The fossil fuel lobby meets with public servants and elected officials more than 3.5 The fossil fuel lobbyists had 149 meetings: 63 meetings in July, 43 meetings in August, and another 43 in September. I’m glad you asked!

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 14, 2025

It is unlikely that the government will last long once Parliament resumes. At the top of the list of key climate regulations that need to be finalized before March 24th is the governments cap on pollution from the oil and gas industry. The Government of Canada promised the new rules by the end of 2024, but they missed their deadline.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Dubai, UAE – Fossil fuel lobbyists are swarming COP28 this year, including Canada’s official delegation. According to the UN’s Provisional List of Registered Participants at COP28, 35 people with ties to the fossil fuel sector were given Party badges by Canada.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 14, 2025

There is tremendous uncertainty about what policies the federal government will change that will affect electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing and sales in the US. Even where the grid still has significant fossil fuel-powered generation, EVs are a cleaner choice.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This year, we yet again witnessed the dramatic consequences of the world’s continued burning of fossil fuels, such as hurricane Debby in Quebec, the wildfires in Jasper, and the flooding in southern Ontario. But countries also bring representatives from outside the government to help shape the conversations. Who attends COP?

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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.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

If passed into law, the bill would be a valuable step toward limiting misinformation about fossil fuels and countering greenwashing. The fossil fuel industry has a long and well documented history of denying climate science and funding advertising campaigns to greenwash oil and gas.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2023

On this final day of COP28, just a few hours after countries of the world agreed on the need to move away from fossil fuels, I’m overcome with a mix of emotions. Inspired by the unstoppable momentum to secure a fast, fair, full and financed fossil fuel phaseout. And let’s be real, I’m also exhausted.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Earlier this month at COP28 countries committed to transitioning off of fossil fuels and massively scaling up renewable energy instead. So you’re excused if, like me, you’re baffled by Minister Freeland’s first move in the wake of COP28: a giant new fossil fuel subsidy, via the new Canada Growth Fund.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The fossil fuel industry has known that its products are fueling the climate crisis for decades. Since their launch in 2012, the organisation has dedicated itself to encouraging Canadians to pledge support for the fossil fuel industry.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Officials at the state and federal level have launched a full-court press against what the financial industry calls “environmental, social and governance” (ESG) investing. At last half of the bills are based on a template provided by the fossil fuel industry-funded American Legislative Exchange Council. The short answer is no.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

In 2023 at COP28 , countries agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels” and scale up renewable energy and energy efficiency. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, in a context of mounting climate-disasters and a fossil fuel driven affordability crisis.

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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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2023

The image that comes to mind when I think of fossil fuel villains is Batman’s adversary Two-Face. To be two-faced is to be deceitful, and deception is what the fossil fuel industry executives excel in. What is ESG? ” Kentucky officials are not doing this alone, it is part of a coordinated effort.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 6, 2024

by Bruce Huber, University of Notre Dame Fossil fuels are the leading driver of climate change, yet they are still heavily subsidized by governments around the world. Although many countries have explicitly promised to reduce fossil fuel subsidies to combat climate change, this has proven difficult to accomplish.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

New science has shown that the largest fossil fuel, dairy, and waste methane super-emitters contribute a sizeable fraction of the total methane emissions in the regions the study authors monitored. Corporate high emitters When a methane super-emitter is identified, the company or government who owns that site needs to take action.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 11, 2024

Will the City of Ottawa ban fossil fuel promotion in City facilities? Fossil fuel advertisements indeed contradict the City’s policies on climate. City Council declared a climate emergency in 2019 and committed to a full phase-out of fossil fuels by 2050. It’s possible. And who knows?

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

But this year, 2024, was different – Canadian seniors in 76 locations mobilized 6000 people to call for a better world, free from the destruction caused by burning fossil fuels. We also have to: integrate our support for, and build stronger alliances with, the Indigenous peoples who are leading the resistance to fossil fuel expansion.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 9, 2024

An assessment would have given decision-makers and the public a chance to better understand how this project would impact the climate, environment, and Indigenous rights before the government had to make a final decision on whether or not it could go ahead.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2024

At COP28, countries agreed to transition away from fossil fuels and accelerate action within the decade to achieve our global climate goals. Yet, federal and provincial governments and big polluters are denying the need to prepare workers and our economy for a transition away from the sector. years, and update every 5 years.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Statement from Aly Hyder Ali, Oil and Gas Program Manager, Environmental Defence Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – We welcome the Government of Canada’s Oil and Gas Greenhouse Gas Pollution Cap draft regulation, which aims to curb pollution from the oil and gas industry.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In an unforeseen turn of events, a pivotal climate litigation case unfolded in Montana , where 16 young environmental advocates challenged the state’s fossil fuel policies. Additionally, investment-related litigation gained prominence, shaping governance in the face of climate change.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The newly autonomous Bangsamoro government has invited investors to pursue drilling projects in a marsh critical for both Indigenous peoples and wildlife. Having gained its status as an autonomous region, the fledgling Bangsamoro government has invited investors to drill under the Liguasan Marsh for fossil fuels.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

State of Montana, a Montana trial court ruled that the state Constitution’s guarantee of a healthy and clean environment prevails over Montana’s longstanding fossil-fuel-based state energy system. The first legal challenge mounted by Our Children’s Trust was Juliana v. United States. The August 14th Held v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) research shows that top fossil fuel producers’ emissions are responsible for as much as half of global surface temperature increase. The best solution: Replace fossil fuels with renewable energy. A small number of big corporations are responsible for the climate crisis.

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