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Progress Possible at COP 28 Despite Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

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.

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Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game

Corp Watch

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.

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Local Government Associations File Brief to the Supreme Court in Support of EPA’s Clean Air Act Authority

Law Columbia

The case concerns the scope of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). In January 2021, the D.C. Read the brief here.

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The Willow Project Heads to Court: Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiffs Challenging BLM’s Approval of the Project

Law Columbia

BLM can restrict the scope of the Willow Project in order to mitigate adverse effects on surface resources, including adverse effects attributable to the project’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Our brief also emphasizes the importance of the federal government adopting a rational approach to its assessment of new fossil fuel infrastructure.

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Opinion: Unrest underlines need to reform Kazakhstan’s energy sector

A Greener Life

With most energy investments still in fossil fuels, significant reform is needed to modernise the sector and meet Kazakhstan’s pledge to become net-zero by 2060. The government had abruptly stopped subsidies, dramatically increasing the price for consumers. Chinese investments fuel Kazakhstan’s energy economy.

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Debunking five myths that oil and gas executives want you to believe

Enviromental Defense

The other was Kendall Dilling, CEO of the Pathways Alliance, a new group made up of oil sands producers like Cenovus, with the intention to push carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) to perpetuate fossil fuel production. Every government dollar spent on CCUS is a dollar that doesn’t go to reliable solutions.

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Capping Oil and Gas Emissions: We Have the Framework, Now Where Do We Go From Here? 

Enviromental Defense

Two years after Prime Minister Trudeau first promised to limit and reduce Canada’s oil and gas emissions, the federal government finally released a regulatory framework at COP 28, in December 2023. Of course this means that the federal government has to fast track the development of the cap. The framework is by no means perfect.

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