Avainsana: fossil fuel
Asian banks are the biggest backers of the coal industry—and their support for the dirtiest fossil fuel is growing
Asian financial institutions are the world’s biggest funders and insurers of the coal industry, and have increased their support for the sector over the last…
Unilever Seeks to Eliminate Fossil Fuel from Cleaning Products
Unilever announced plans to eliminate fossil fuels from its cleaning products by 2030. The company anticipates moving to sourcing renewable or recycled carbon for cleaning…
Greenpeace urges Denmark to end fossil fuel production
Greenpeace activists are peacefully occupying the Dan Bravo oil rig to demand a complete phase out of fossil fuel production in Denmark and a “massive…
Risk of COVID-19 plastic trash pile-up worries Europe
Concerns are rising across Europe that the coronavirus-induced slump in oil prices could knock demand for recycled plastics but data is still patchy on how…
Japan’s climate change efforts hindered by biased business lobby -study
Japan’s powerful business lobby Keidanren is dominated by energy-intensive sectors that represent less than 10% of the economy, resulting in national policies that favour coal…
Global new clean energy investment totaled $282 billion last year: research
Global investment in new clean energy capacity rose 1% last year to $282.2 billion, research by UNEP, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and the Frankfurt School-UNEP…
EU recovery fund has ’green strings’ but no ban on fossil fuels
The European Commission pledged on Thursday to attach climate conditions to its massive funding package to save Europe’s coronavirus-battered economies, but stopped short of banning…
EU pledges 40 billion euros for ’just transition’ from fossil fuels
The European Commission has increased five-fold its proposed European Union fund to wean carbon-intensive regions off fossil fuels, with fresh cash from a new recovery…
Spain to join group of first movers off oil and gas
On May 19, 2020, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved a Draft Bill on Climate Change and Energy Transition which sets out the country’s overarching…
Covid-19 crisis will wipe out demand for fossil fuels, says IEA
Renewable electricity may be only source to withstand biggest shock in 70 years. Renewable electricity will be the only source resilient to the biggest global…
Fossil fuel use not closely linked to longer life expectancy, study suggests
The rise of primary energy use and CO2 emissions over four decades across 70 countries is not closely correlated with increases in life expectancy, a…
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