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Sep 03 2023
News
The Russian fossil fuel Europe can’t get enough of
European countries are buying more liquified natural gas from Russia than they did before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, revealing a weak spot in the energy sanctions targeting Russia that is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon.
In the first six months of 2023, EU countries bought 40% more Russian LNG than they did in 2021, amounting to $5.7 billion in revenue for Russia
SemaforDec 05 2023
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Record Number of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists at COP28, Environmentalists Say
A group representing a coalition of environmental groups combed through the public list of people granted access to the United Nations COP28 climate talks and found at least 2,456 people the group considers fossil fuel lobbyists.
The Kick Big Polluters Out coalition said that means that COP28, underway in Dubai, has the greatest number of participants affiliated with fossil fuel
NewsweekDec 04 2023
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Scientists warn fossil-fuel emissions hit record high this year
This year may have seen the highest levels of carbon emissions since records began, new research has found. Around 36.8 billion tonnes of CO₂ from fossil fuels were released into the atmosphere in 2023, 1.1 percent more than in 2022. This is according to predictions made in the annual Global Carbon Budget report. This is an increased rate of annual growth than the average of 0.5 percent over
NewsweekDec 22 2023
Analysis
2023 brought clean energy and fossil fuels into competition like never before
Fossil fuels are ending 2023 with a bang.
On Wednesday, one week after world governments agreed at COP28 to “transition away from fossil fuels,” oil companies including Shell and Hess bid a collective $382 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico, the most for an auction there since 2015. The auction closely followed the release of data showing that U.S. oil production is now
SemaforNov 15 2023
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U.S. and China Agree to Displace Fossil Fuels by Ramping Up Renewables
The United States and China, the world’s two largest climate polluters, have agreed to jointly tackle global warming by ramping up wind, solar and other renewable energy with the goal of displacing fossil fuels.
The announcement comes as President Biden prepares to meet Wednesday with President Xi Jinping of China for their first face-to-face discussion in a year. The climate agreement
New York Times (News)Dec 14 2023
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COP28 Ends With a Deal on Fossil Fuels. Now Comes the Hard Part
This year’s COP28 started as a fraught climate summited presided over by the chief executive of an oil company — and ended with an agreement among 200 nations to transition away from fossil fuels. It’s an auspicious conclusion that some are already heralding as a “turning point” in the climate fight. Of course, few are 100% happy with the outcome of this year’s conference. Limiting warming to
BloombergSep 18 2023
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California escalates war on fossil fuels as it pursues renewable energy
California is ramping up its efforts against fossil fuel producers, with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signaling on Sunday he will sign legislation requiring major companies to disclose their climate emissions and the state filing a lawsuit against top oil companies last week. The state legislature approved a slew of bills during its final days of the legislative session last week, including
Washington ExaminerDec 13 2023
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"Historic" COP28 calls for a transition away from fossil fuels, at last
It took nearly three decades, but with COP28, the annual United Nations talks on climate change have for the first time called for a transition away from fossil fuels, the root cause of climate change. After an extra day of negotiations in Dubai, delegates at COP28 on Wednesday adopted a final document that "calls on" nations to participate in "transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy
NewsweekDec 13 2023
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Back to reality: COP28 calls for getting fossil fuels out of energy
On Wednesday, the UN's COP28 meeting wrapped up with a major success: Despite a bruising fight with OPEC nations, the closing agreement included a call for a transition away from fossil fuels. There's still plenty here for various parties to dislike, but this is the first agreement that makes the implications of the Paris Treaty explicit: We can't limit climate change and continue to burn
Ars TechnicaDec 13 2023
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Global climate deal calls for ending the fossil fuel era — just not yet
DUBAI — Breaking a deadlock that had hindered climate talks for three decades, nations Wednesday struck a deal that calls for tackling the root cause of the climate crisis: fossil fuels. The final agreement at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Dubai, known as COP28, explicitly recommends “transitioning away from fossil fuels” such as oil, gas and coal that are dangerously heating Earth.
Washington Post