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World Is ‘Doubling Down’ On Fossil Fuels Despite Climate Crisis – UN Report

12/07/2020 Don Wallace

Production must fall by 6% a year to avoid ‘severe climate disruption’ but Covid-19 funding is supporting increases. The researchers…

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Posted in: Climate Filed under: fossil fuels, National Policy, Oil Industry

Emissions Are Surging Back As Countries And States Reopen

06/17/2020 Don Wallace

After a drastic decline this spring, global greenhouse gas emissions are now rebounding sharply, scientists reported, as countries relax their coronavirus…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy Filed under: fossil fuels, GHG Emissions

A Crash Course On Climate Change, 50 Years After The First Earth Day

04/22/2020 Don Wallace

A Crash Course On Climate Change, 50 Years After The First Earth Day The science is clear: The world is…

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Posted in: Climate Filed under: Environmental IMpact, fossil fuels, Science

Demand For Oil Has Plummeted, But Industry Keeps Building New Infrastructure Anyway

Don Wallace

Instead of retreating, the American oil and gas sector has plowed ahead at full speed during one of the worst…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy Filed under: fossil fuels, Oil Industry

Oil Companies Are Collapsing, But Wind And Solar Energy Keep Growing

04/08/2020 Don Wallace

The renewable-energy business is expected to keep growing, though more slowly, in contrast to fossil fuel companies, which have been…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy Filed under: Energy Alternatives, fossil fuels, Oil Industry, Solar

Constitution Pipeline Project Ended As Builder Cites ‘Diminished’ Return On Investment

03/05/2020 Don Wallace

A pipeline builder has dropped a controversial project that would have routed fracked natural gas from Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale into…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy Filed under: fossil fuels, Fracking

JP Morgan Economists Warn Climate Crisis Is Threat To Human Race

02/22/2020 Don Wallace

The world’s largest financier of fossil fuels has warned clients that the climate crisis threatens the survival of humanity and…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy, Policy Filed under: Banks, Finance, fossil fuels

Young Activists Tell Davos Leaders To Dump Fossil Fuels

01/11/2020 Don Wallace

Climate crisis activist Greta Thunberg and 20 other young activists from around the world have written an op-ed ahead of…

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Posted in: Climate Filed under: Davos, Finance, fossil fuels, Greta Thunberg

Bank Of England Chief Mark Carney Issues Climate Change Warning

12/30/2019 Don Wallace

The world will face irreversible heating unless firms shift their priorities soon, the outgoing head of the Bank of England…

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Posted in: Climate Filed under: Finance, fossil fuels

Exxon Found Not Guilty Of Fraud In Climate-Change Accounting Case

12/10/2019 Don Wallace

A New York state judge found Exxon Mobil Corp. not guilty of fraud, saying Tuesday that the New York state attorney general had…

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Posted in: Climate, Energy Filed under: fossil fuels, Litigation

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