"According to the authors, a global economic model focused on wealth accumulation and profit, rather than true sustainability, is a major impediment to #decarbonization, conserving natural resources, and ensuring #SocialEquity. Therefore, the authors argue, governments should enforce radical, immediate cuts in #FossilFuel use, eliminate environmentally harmful #subsidies, and restrict trade that generates pollution or unsustainable consumption."
These subsidies cost Canadian taxpayers at least $6.03 billion, or roughly $214 per taxpayer every year. And unlike the federal #CarbonTax, Canadians don’t get a rebate on this tax. (1/3)
"[#Shell's] Energy Transition report is actually a full-throated defense of the #FossilFuel industry.
– First, management is bullish on #LNG production;
– Second, they foresee a continued significant role for #oil in the transportation sector;
– Third, [there is] an expectation for more #hydrogen.
– Fourth, new carbon abatement and removal technologies “will be needed.” [This refers to] technologies or operating efficiencies that presently do not exist."
How federal tax dollars meant to fight #ClimateChange could end up boosting #Louisiana’s fossil fuel production
"On the surface, these projects seem beneficial. Keeping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere prevents the greenhouse gas from fueling climate change. In practice, however, this may lead to a net increase in #FossilFuel production and more emissions.
Louisiana has taken advantage of disasters to boost the fossil fuel industry before."
Scientists say recent east coast whale deaths were most often caused by fishing gear, ship strikes or disease.
These findings haven’t stopped opponents of renewable energy projects and fossil fuel front groups from spreading misinformation about the whale deaths as part of their work to obstruct clean energy projects.
When I was younger I always looked forward to the day when I’d be making enough money to drive a cool modified car. I love JDM cars and driving fast.
I’m older now (and still not really making money 😅) and seeing those same cars just make me sad. I can’t really see myself just burning fossil fuels for fun anymore. I just realized there’s other, less selfish ways to go fast.
Surge of new #US-led #oil and #gas activity threatens to wreck Paris #climate goals
World’s #fossilfuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end
There can be no new oil and gas infrastructure if the planet is to avoid careering past 1.5C (2.7F) of global heating, above pre-industrial times. Last year, at least 20 oil and gas fields were readied for extraction following discovery, producing of 8bn barrels of oil equivalent https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/28/oil-and-gas-fossil-fuels-report
"MIT chemical engineers have devised an efficient way to convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide, a chemical precursor that can be used to generate useful compounds such as ethanol and other fuels."
@davemark a useful form of carbon dioxide removal that helps replace fossil fuels but will it help reduce the excessive amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere? #co2#CO#cdr#fossilfuel#climatechange
Climate villains have no intention to stop the pollution
"Despite splashy climate pledges, firms including BP and Saudi Aramco plan to expand #FossilFuel production.
The analysis from the thinktank Carbon Tracker assessed the production and transition plans of 25 of the world’s largest oil and gas companies. None align with the central goal of the 2015 Paris climate agreement to keep global warming “well under” 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels."
#BigOil is already being sued in civil court for hiding information about the dangers of fossil fuels, which they've known about for decades.
A new proposal soon to be published in the Harvard Law Review argues we should up the ante and take these companies to criminal court as well. Everything from racketeering, reckless endangerment and even homicide may be on the table.
#Emissions from burning #oilandgas produced by the world’s leading #FossilFuel companies could cause millions of excess heat deaths before the end of the century, according to a new Global Witness analysis https://buff.ly/3VvM3x9
#Emissions from burning #oilandgas produced by the world’s leading #FossilFuel companies could cause millions of excess heat deaths before the end of the century, according to a new @Global_Witness analysis https://buff.ly/3VvM3x9
The world’s largest #FossilFuel firms are still planning increases in production & continue to sanction new projects, according to the Carbon Tracker Initiative https://buff.ly/3IIasYV
"Prosecutors said #JBS continued making deceptive marketing claims even after a consumer watchdog group recommended the company stop advertising because it didn’t have a strategy to achieve its #climate target."
"Livestock accounts for more than 14 percent of all global emissions.
By denying, derailing, delaying, and deflecting meaningful discussions around the sector’s key issues, the [#meat and #dairy] industry is using the same tactics as the #tobacco and #FossilFuel lobbies.
The report outlines coordinated social media attacks on nutritional science, and the portrayal of the industry as targets of “anti-meat militancy.”
Block it!
Europäische Gaskonferenz blockieren!
26.-29. März in #Wien
"Der kapitalistische Staat orientiert sich nicht an den Interessen der Vielen. Er hat sich noch nie dafür interessiert, ob Menschen unter kapitalistischer Ausbeutung leiden und zeitgleich an andere massive Gewinne ausgeschüttet werden. Während alle Preise erhöht werden, bleiben Löhne und Sozialleistungen niedrig. Gewinner*innen sind einmal mehr Unternehmen. Solche wollen sich vom 26. bis 29. März zur "European Gas Conference" in Wien versammeln. Der Wirtschaftsstandort Europa soll gesichert werden, wodurch gleichzeitig neokoloniale Ausbeutungsverhältnisse und die weitere fossile Energiegewinnung zementiert werden."
"Mit einem alternativen Gipfel protestierten Aktivistinnen gegen den fossilen #Kapitalismus
Als für den 27. März eine Demonstration gegen die European Gas Conference angekündigt wurde, sagten die Veranstalter ihre Konferenz kurzerhand ab. Sie sei auf »unbestimmte Zeit verschoben«, wie Phill Hirons, Managing Director des Energy Council auf nd-Nachfrage mitteilte. Es habe zu starke Sicherheitsbedenken gegeben....."