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 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.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
GW record from 2021. 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 gigawatts (GW) of planned solar projects expected to come online this year is almost double the previous 13.4 micrometers or less.
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Two-thirds of the G20’s public finance for energy went to fossil fuels in 2019–2020. Subsidies reached new highs in 2021, even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Climate Transparency analysis finds. In total, 63% of the G20’s public finance for energy went to fossil fuels in 2019–2020.
Energy and Climate Law
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
For almost two year now the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is under revision and negotiations shall finish in 2021. The aim of the EU is to try to stop fossil fuel companies suing states over climate action. Then a further round is already planned for February or March 2021.
Enviromental Defense
JULY 24, 2023
As countries around the world grapple with eliminating their own fossil fuel subsidies, Canada has set a strong global precedent. This is alarming given that Canada is one of the largest providers of fossil fuel financing in the G20. Canada ranks among the worst in the G20 for providing fossil fuels public financing.
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Barclays and HSBC are two of the major banks which continue to fund fossil fuel investments. A report by ShareAction has delivered a damning verdict on European banks connection to fossil fuel investments. Major European banks at the heart of continued fossil fuel support. Photo credit: AFP / Getty Images.
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