Enviromental Defense

MARCH 27, 2024

In fact, new analysis we released today finds that in 2023, the federal government provided the fossil fuel Industry with at least $18.6 billion in public financing for fossil fuel and petrochemical companies through crown corporation Export Development Canada Over $1.3 Fossil fuels are causing the climate crisis.

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Edouard Stenger

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

According to recent research by the prestigious International Energy Agency (IEA) : By 2024, renewables’ share of global electricity generation will exceed one-third. Renewables need to replace fossil fuels. Well, the future is now, and none too soon. To do so, we need to consume much less energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Under the LCFS each fuel pathway gets a unique carbon intensity (CI) based on a lifecycle analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and use of the fuel. This approach holds fuel producers accountable for reducing fossil fuel use and other global warming pollution in their supply chains.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

You can read their insights from their experiences—including being denied the opportunity to take the floor—and their efforts to engage with Dr. Avery in 2017 , 2018 , and 2019. Scientists from a range of disciplines and institutions joined me to ask questions of corporate decision-makers and speak in support of climate action.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 4, 2024

In 2023 the combined activities of fossil fuel production and usage emitted more than 120 million metric tons (mmt) of methane into the atmosphere, which is a slight rise compared with 2022 the report from IEA explained. One super-emitting event, detected by satellites, was a well blowout in Kazakhstan that lasted more than 200 days.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 8, 2024

As in 2019, when the Swiss brought forward a similar draft, the proposals this year were dramatically watered down over a series of negotiations. In 2019 the US argued that any assessment should be located in the IPCC and not UNEP. In 2024 the US argued something remarkably similar. But it wasn’t to be. Business as usual?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Dutch court agreed, ruling in 2019 in favor of Urgenda and requiring the government to reduce global warming emissions. Such cases also play a pivotal role in challenging and diminishing the social license of powerful entities, notably the fossil fuel industry, that have historically operated with limited accountability.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2023

of Agriculture -- DCNR Blog: Red In The Winter Woods -- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Erie Tributaries Saw Big Steelhead This Fall, Winter Packs Plenty Of Promise -- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: PA Anglers Anxious For Colder Weather for Ice Fishing, But Will It Arrive In 2024? Gas Explosions -- WPXI: Major Natural Gas Leak At Ross Twp.,

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Legal Planet

MAY 30, 2024

As you can see below, Trump’s campaign to purge America of environmental regulations — particularly those impacting the fossil fuel industry — was stern and unrelenting. Others may not have been following closely. 2017 February. Easement granted for construction of Dakota Access pipeline. Trump approves Keystone XL pipeline.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 14, 2024

Unlike the backroom machinations of other sectors, most notably the fossil fuel industry, agribusiness’s influence peddling is largely overlooked by the mainstream news media. OG: The agribusiness sector spent more than $793 million on lobbying on a range of issues between 2019 and 2023. million to Rep. Thompson (R-Pa.),

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

However, methane reduction efforts have not received the same financial support as CO 2 actions; in 2019 and 2020, only 2% of climate finance was devoted to methane mitigation. Brazil has declared that its National Council of Energy Policy will formulate guidelines for methane reduction in the oil and gas sector by the end of 2024.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2023

Excluding big hydro and nuclear power, India has 122 GW of renewable energy installed capacity and 175 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity as of the end of February, according to government data. in 2019 to 72.8% This is to be followed by bids for 10 GW in the next two quarters.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill BNN Bloomberg PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:45 Monday, January 15, 2024 Read more Marcelo Rochabrun (Bloomberg) -- Repsol SA is being sued for $1 billion by an English law firm representing around 35,000 alleged victims for its involvement in Peru’s largest oil spill in 2022.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Scientists will probably never be able to say for certain whether or not anthropogenic climate change caused a specific hurricane to form because we don’t have an “alternate Earth” where humans never started burning large amounts of fossil fuels.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta SOMO PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:21 Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Read more Audrey Gaughran Shell cannot be allowed to divest from the onshore oil industry in the Niger Delta before it takes responsibility for its toxic legacy of pollution and the safe decommissioning of abandoned oil infrastructure.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

from 1990–2019. Concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere have risen approximately 47 percent since 1750, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels for energy. Strategies for capturing carbon from fossil fuel power plants, to prevent it from entering the atmosphere, have long lingered on the sidelines.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. Moreover, such bond prices appear to be highly susceptible to oil movements, being more pronounced when demand for fossil fuel is less, for example during the pandemic years. ” Journal of banking & finance 98 (2019): 39-60.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say Follow the Money PaulaR Thu, 01/25/2024 - 16:59 Thursday, January 18, 2024 Read more Matthew Green, Merel de Buck & Birte Schohaus Latest Shell-files show that the company reflected on climate change caused by fossil products as early as the 1970s.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Shell faces lawsuit from climate change activists over fossil fuels Reuters | April 5, 2019 Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 23, 2024

The next step is the release of the draft regulations, by April 2024. As proposed, the oil and gas industry must reduce its emissions by 35-38 per cent from 2019 levels by 2030. It is a scientific fact that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels are causing climate change.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 30, 2023

PV Magazine published at the beginning of the year an article stating that fossil fuels already had peaked. Renewables are indeed on an exponential, as “By 2024, renewable energy capacity is expected to be twice that of the total cumulative installed capacity in 2019.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2023

14, What You’ll Be Able To See From Central PA -- Penn State Extension: PA Forest Webinar Series Schedule [Late 2023 and 2024] -- Penn State Extension: 4-Part Webinar Series: Primer For Forest Management And Birds Thru Oct. Of The Chesapeake Bay Met Water Quality Standards In The 2019-21 Assessment Period, Down From 28.9%

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Circle of Blue

MAY 19, 2022

Construction may start in a few months and the cable could be laid in 2024 as part of a major transmission line called the Champlain Hudson Power Express. The project’s winding path underscores the grinding pace and tough choices of building new energy infrastructure as the state transitions from fossil fuels.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Issued on: 09/01/2024 - 17:26 2 min Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Zabel In 2019 -- PennLive - Jan Murphy: 16 Republican Lawmakers Call On Democratic House Member Accused Of Sexual Harassment To Resign -- AP: Democratic Rep. Senate In 2024 -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Republican Sen. Fetterman ‘Is Alive And Well’ -- Inquirer: Report: Republican Sen. Mastriano Considering Run For U.S.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The willingness of the two potential rivals for the 2024 White House to cooperate in meeting the immediate threat of Ian is admirable. As a result of the “shale revolution,” the US has become a net total energy exporter since 2019, making natural gas more plentiful and cheaper and the US more energy independent.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 23, 2023

DEP’s inspection report (Legion Swab 1) requested a written report by January 12, 2024 on how the operator would bring the wells into compliance. DEP’s inspection report requested the operator submit a written report by January 8, 2024 on how the well will be brought into compliance. and found it to be abandoned and not plugged.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Production capacity grew by 400 percent between 2019 and 2022 and based on announced and planned projects, it could double again by the end of 2024. Two thirds of the capacity planned for 2023 and 2024 is in California, especially two projects in the San Francisco Bay area, the Marathon Martinez and Phillips 66 Rodeo refineries.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa Common Dreams PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:46 Friday, January 12, 2024 Read more Brett Wilkins "As Africans, we need to show TotalEnergies the red card," said one climate campaigner. BRETT WILKINS Jan 12, 2024 4 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. It was founded in the 1870s as part of the Standard Oil group.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2024

Fossil fuel CEOs saw the opportunity to grow their cash cow and exploited it. The latest data from European economic think tank Bruegel shows European Union natural gas demand was actually 19% below the 2019-21 average in 2023 (January-November). Right now, the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This week, summer 2023 comes to a close on our calendars but will be remembered for its record-shattering extremes, notably, heat—until, that is, the next record-shattering summer supplants it, quite possibly in 2024. Farmworkers pick strawberries at Lewis Taylor Farms in Fort Valley, GA, on May 7, 2019.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits Poder360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:37 Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Read more Value corresponds to 34 agreements approved by the Superior Labor Court; another 28 cases are under negotiation Disclosure/Volkswagen POWER360 August 22, 2023 (Tuesday) - 1:30 pm Volkswagen must pay R$10.5

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation Swiss Info PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:38 Sunday, September 10, 2023 Read more Swiss VW drivers come away empty-handed in the so-called Dieselgate scandal.

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