The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the world’s largest multilateral lender, bigger even than the World Bank. As a public bank, it’s tasked with providing finance in the EU public interest, and it has an outsized influence on the EU’s energy system because of the private investment it can “crowd in” and the sheer amount … Read More
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Arctic warming & climate change “should be the number one urgent conversation right now”
“Every year there’s a new temperature record, it’s getting worse and worse and you feel like a broken record saying it. This should be the number one urgent conversation happening right now because it’s not just going to be Alaska, it’s going to be other communities all over the US”
Surprise, Surprise #MobilKnew Too
A document from the early nineties reveals that Mobil was worried about climate change and secondly it was already funding groups with the intention of obfuscating the debate.
As Britain Pledges Climate Action; Canada Heads for Fossil Fuel “Armageddon”
No matter how much spin they put on it, Canada is heading for its Kodak-climate moment.
Of Turmeric and Truth: “Fuel for Thought” and the Struggle in Ogoni
We are struck by some parallels between the Ogoni struggle, the insistent energy of the recent School Strikes and Extinction Rebellion’s actions over the past weeks.
Pressure Grows on EDF to Pioneer “Just Transition” From Oil to Wind in UK
The energy company EDF is coming under intense pressure in Scotland to help pioneer a “just transition” from oil to renewables by investing in wind turbine manufacture in the UK, rather than outsourcing the work to Asia.
IEA ‘New Policy Scenario’ Promotes ‘Business As Usual’ In A Carbon-Constrained World
When it comes to making decisions on expensive and complex energy infrastructure, investors, governments, and companies look decades into the future. Unfortunately for action on climate change, the IEA’s World Energy Outlook has a strong status quo bias.
Irish Government Accused of “Sabotaging” Landmark Climate Bill
The Irish Government has been accused of being a “puppet” of the oil and gas industry, and deliberately trying to “sabotage” a landmark Climate Emergency Measures Bill, just weeks after its Parliament declared a climate emergency.
Breaking! Gas Still Isn’t a Bridge Fuel
Gas is dirty, expensive, and unnecessary – so why is the fossil fuel industry calling it a ‘bridge fuel’? Our new report unpacks and debunks the enduring myth that gas can form a ‘bridge’ to a safe climate.
Climate Denying Trump Administration Rebrands Fossil Fuels as “Freedom Gas”
The Trump Administration is redoubling its assault on the climate. Part of that is trying to redefine fossil fuels as “molecules of U.S. freedom” and “freedom gas.”