Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

Ebel, the CEO of Enbridge, to our list of infamous Climate Villains – powerful people with fossil fuel interests holding Canada back from effective climate action. The executives behind the fossil fuel industry often avoid public scrutiny, which is why we’re shining the spotlight on their activities.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In August, the oil and gas industry had 64 lobby meetings with the federal government, with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) being the most active fossil fuel lobbyist once again. It lobbied the government 10 times in August and 65 times throughout 2023 so far. and Imperial Oil Ltd.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 20, 2023

This methodology is similar to my own work combining climate science, political science, and history to reconstruct how UN climate negotiations have played out and what that implies for climate justice. 2023 ) 2) ExxonMobil produced quality science internally, but cast doubt on it publicly ExxonMobil was producing quality science.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

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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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2024

This is despite the expense of CCS , its record of failures and underperformance , and recognition from climate and energy experts that we need to phase out fossil fuels to avoid climate disasters. Both were eventually rejected by governments. In his final year as CEO, Pourbaix received $12.84

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

“The state failed to show that the MEPA limitation serves a compelling government interest,” the decision reads. ” Prioritizing fossil fuels over renewable energy in 2023 for insubstantial reasons does not pass strict scrutiny. That’s not unique to Montana , even though this case focused on state laws.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 15, 2023

Climate change needs government scale intervention. That’s clear and it’s why we work to hold the government accountable. We have the technology and know-how to embrace the solutions at our fingertips and start urgently scaling-up their implementation, so what’s holding the government back? What were they able to achieve?

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 15, 2024

In 2023, in the middle of the most devastating fire season in Alberta on record, there was near radio silence on the subject of climate change, and what our political leaders were, or were not doing, to address the calamity. We all hope that 2024 is far less destructive than 2023. At least it hasn’t been so far.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 27, 2023

This blog is co-authored with Alienor Rougeot, Climate and Energy Program Manager Two prominent figures of Canada’s oil and gas industry were recently on Global TV’s politics show, The West Block with Mercedes Stephenson, where they spread a bunch of misinformation and half truths. But does CCUS work? have ended in failure.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 1, 2023

The certainty that GHG reduction is the environmental issue of 2023 is more than a Magic 8 Ball prediction, although we do regularly consult one of the 1960s era plastic spheres I keep on my desk.”. And that was in advance of proposed future mandates of government even going into effect. Stuart Kaplow.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. Sounding Green” has not only become politically correct, but also a possible finance-generating mechanism. Climate is a global issue and when complex political systems around the world are brought together, solutions cannot be straightforward.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

WEDNESDAY 10:00: House Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 31 (Struzzi-R-Indiana) authorize boroughs and cities to adopt stormwater management fees; House Bill 32 (Struzzi-R-Indiana) authorize Townships of the First Class adopt stormwater management fees. Room 205 Ryan Building. Click Here to watch online. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Climate Envoy Kerry: No Rolling Back Clean Energy Transition PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Inquirer: 100 Days: A Look At Shapiro’s ‘Common Ground’ Approach To Governing One Of The Nation’s Most Politically Divided States -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s House Takeover - A Tale Of Two Speakers - By Fmr Rep.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In my last post I discussed the Commission’s remarkably radical – and challenging – headline recommendation on mitigation, a global phaseout of fossil fuels. Since the specific knowledge and governance conditions that would meet this standard cannot be codified in advance, this is about as good as you can get.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 2, 2022

This week’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading climate scientists, paints a terrifying picture of the future if Canada and the world don’t tackle fossil fuels with urgency. This cap must therefore be strict enough that the industry can no longer expand.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

High ambition When William Ruto became president of Kenya in 2023, he pledged to address climate change and end the use of fossil fuels in Kenya’s electricity production by 2030. Despite ongoing incidents of political unrest, Kenya is one of the most promising renewable energy markets in Africa.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 11, 2023

What are the current and future costs of cleaning up the damages left behind by fossil fuel companies? A “Fair Share” scenario, with Canada’s oil and gas production ending almost immediately, by the end of 2023. How much profit will oil and gas companies generate? There is no time to waste. The full report is available here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

Getting this right is important, both for California and to ensure the LCFS remains a workable model for other states and the federal government. Moreover, absent reform, the LCFS is not a replicable model for other states or the federal government. Reality is running well ahead of CARB projections.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A Loss & Damage fund was agreed upon at COP27 to support the countries most vulnerable to climate damage, and countries such as Canada committed to end subsidies to international fossil fuel projects. The world’s largest banks have funded over $4-trillion into fossil fuel projects since the Paris Agreement.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It was originally published in the blog STAT on November 10, 2023. But given that the area is home to Superfund sites , fossil fuel fired power plants, and other petrochemical hubs, this wasn’t ordinary rainwater. After four torrential days, 75 people had died, and Houston — America’s fourth largest city — was deep under water.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 4, 2023

April 4, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. Following meetings between President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau, Canada’s government pledges increased spending on the Great Lakes.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 11, 2023

A new report by Environmental Defence – Past Due: Tallying the costs of oil and gas clean up in Canada – finds that oil and gas companies’ profits could pay for the full cost of cleaning up the damage they have caused to the environment, but must be forced by governments to do so. How much profit will oil and gas companies generate?

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Issued on: 02/10/2023 - 14:20Modified: 02/10/2023 - 14:19 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Issued on: 17/11/2023 - 12:13 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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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

News that the Pakistan government plans to secure financing and start construction on a long-stalled 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant in the port city of Gwadar has triggered a debate on the direction of the country’s energy sector. “We Pakistan’s energy sector is dominated by fossil fuels.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa Global Witness PaulaR Thu, 12/14/2023 - 13:39 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Political Influence OpenSecrets.org Profile of BP (British Petroleum) Image Similar Companies Related Gulliver Profiles Repsol SA Royal Dutch Shell Total SA Federal Contractor Misconduct Database Project On Government Oversight's list of U.S. Federal Government (via USA SPENDING). complaints from 1995-present day.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Two weeks ago, the Zambezi River Authority ordered the operators of Kariba Dam to halt hydropower generation through at least January 2023, worsening electricity shortages in Zimbabwe and Zambia. But bad economic, managerial, and political choices serve to sharpen the teeth and deepen the bite.

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HumanNature

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Guest Post by Sam Leuthold , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at Colorado State University Over the course of the last two decades, there has been a shift in the general popularity of agricultural soils. Not so in the modern day, however.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

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. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

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. In the U.S.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

For two or three weeks, climate politics gets intense worldwide news coverage. The middle ring is the space of informal, improvised action by diverse actors, including national governments, international organizations, private business and industry, and environmental and other civil-society groups. Then things move on.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

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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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

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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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For decades the fossil fuel lobby has masterfully weakened, derailed, and outright blocked government climate policy. The fossil fuel lobby meddles with Canadian politics and inserts itself into international climate change politics and diplomacy. We need governments to regulate industry.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 17, 2023

C mark, because of decades of inaction on the part of policymakers and decades of deception and obstruction on the part of fossil fuel companies. To secure the livable future that children around the world deserve, we must double down, ratchet up pressure on governments, and break the power of the fossil fuel industry.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Here are 68 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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