Sluggish production and falling fossil fuel prices have slashed revenues at Australia’s largest oil and gas producer Woodside by almost a third. The Perth-based company’s revenue for the first quarter fell 31 per cent compared to the previous year to $US2.97 billion ($A4.66 million), it announced on Friday. Over the same period, production dropped by […]
Governments and public financial institutions must own up to their co-responsibility for fossil fuel projects and their impacts, and be consistent with their avowed commitments to combat climate change
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. On Saturday, a crowd gathered on Locke Street to voice their opposition to the Royal Bank of Canada’s funding of fossil fuel projects. The protest is part of the second annual “Fossil Fools Day,” a nationwide effort to raise awareness of RBC’s alleged funding of pollution ahead of the bank’s upcoming annual general meeting on […]
it has been found that 57 fossil fuel companies are responsible for three quarters of global emissions, according to a new report.
Deaths from record temperatures in Mali reportedly led to full morgues turning away bodies this monthThe deadly protracted heatwave that filled hospitals and mortuaries in the Sahel region of Africa earlier this month would have been impossible without human-caused climate disruption, a new analysis has revealed.Mali registered the hottest day in its history on 3 April as temperatures hit 48.5C in the south-western city of Kayes. Intense heat continued across a wide area of the country for more...
Amy Westervelt and Kyle Pope have covered climate disinformation for a combined 20-plus years – here’s their guide on how to decode itIncreasingly sophisticated and better-funded disinformation is making climate coverage trickier both for journalists to produce and for the public to fully understand and trust.But telling the story, and understanding it, has never been more urgent with half of Earth’s population eligible to vote in elections that could decisively impact the world’s ability to act...
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A group of advocates and Democratic senators gathered in Washington, DC, on Tuesday to decry utilities’ practice of spending customers’ money to advance a pro-fossil fuel agenda. “Americans are already paying the price of climate change,” said Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) at […]
G20 countries spent $142bn in three years to expand operations despite a G7 pledge to stop doing so, study findsThe world’s biggest economies have continued to finance the expansion of fossil fuels in poor countries to the tune of billions of dollars, despite their commitments on the climate.The G20 group of developed and developing economies, and the multilateral development banks they fund, put $142bn (£112bn) into fossil fuel developments overseas from 2020 to 2022, according to estimates...
The incident happened on Saturday after Thunberg and a group of marchers blocked a main road in a protest organised by the Extinction Rebellion group.
Opposition issues include who’s going to pay to build additional capacity and should Georgia Power increase its reliance on fossil fuels instead of invest in more renewable energy.
Institute for Wealth Management LLC. cut its stake in shares of SPDR MSCI EAFE Fossil Fuel Reserves Free ETF (NYSEARCA:EFAX – Free Report) by 1.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 43,749 shares of the company’s stock after selling 859 shares during the […]
Without a prolific all-around player like former import Johnathan Williams in its arsenal, Phoenix has to do things by committee in the PBA Philippine Cup.