Tag: fossil fuel industry
First draft of COP26 decision text slammed as ‘love letter’ to...
“To keep 1.5 alive,” said the head of Greenpeace, “fossil fuels phase-out” must be added, and “countries must come back next year to close the gap.”
Fossil fuel companies push emissions to pre-pandemic levels
“Emissions snapped back like a rubber band.”
The divestment movement’s big month
The pressure and devolving social license have even started to influence business leaders’ decisions.
Majority of directors of world’s top insurance companies tied to polluting...
Analysis found links to Exxon, Koch Industries, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, raising concerns about a potential “revolving door,” one campaigner said, between the insurance and fossil fuel industries.
As subsidies roll in, the fossil fuel industry is winning efforts...
From the U.S. to Japan, governments are quickly putting money behind oil and gas industry efforts selling blue hydrogen produced by natural gas with carbon capture as a clean fuel for the energy transition. But new research finds blue hydrogen may be no cleaner than burning natural gas.
Government defends praising tar sands industry figures as COP26 ‘climate champions’
Five of the individuals praised at COP26 event hold senior roles at fossil fuel companies and investors, including the Royal Bank of Canada and Suncor.
The Greenwashing Files: Fossil fuel giants accused of ‘deceptive’ advertising
A major new catalogue of fossil fuel company adverts based on DeSmog’s research shows the gap between their public image and the reality of their operations.
End Polluter Welfare Act introduced to Senate
“Providing corporate giveaways during a time of widespread suffering to fossil-fuel companies is unconscionable.”
The fossil fuel industry is lining up behind far-right authoritarians
As climate change intensifies and countries turn to clean energies, Big Oil will take increasingly desperate measures to survive.
Shell’s ‘delusional’ net zero strategy commits $8 billion to fossil fuels
“Shell’s 'comprehensive carbon management approach’ is yet another proof of the little interest that this polluting company has to reduce its emissions.”