Fossil Fuels
'Stranded': Total writes down $8bn of fossil fuel assets
French oil giant concedes oil sands projects are becoming too expensive and warns that 'beyond 2030' peak oil demand beckons
'Symbolic moment': Renewables speed past fossil fuels as EU's biggest source of electricity
Clean energy generated a historic 40 per cent of the bloc's electricity in the first half of 2020, according to green think tank Ember
'Doubling down on fossil fuels': Is the green recovery opportunity being squandered?
New Energy Policy Tracker reveals support for fossil fuel industries has outstripped support for clean energy across the G20, but is there time to change course?
Oil and Gas UK maps out 'Pathway to Net Zero'
Industry commits to halving operational emissions within the next decade, as it seeks to deliver net zero emissions from UK basin by 2050
Legal challenge launched against government's 'outdated' energy planning policies
Campaigners hope precedent set by high profile Heathrow ruling could force government into a rethink over continued support for new fossil fuel projects
Divestment: Psychiatrists and Jesuits become latest bodies to ditch fossil fuel investments
Royal College of Psychiatrists and Jesuits in Britain become latest groups joining growing movement to remove their financial interests in fossil fuels
Shareholders pressure Barclays to roll back fossil fuel financing
Shareholders worth more than £100bn are calling on Barclays to phase out the provision of financial services to energy firms that remain unaligned with the Paris Agreement
Mayors and physicians latest to join fossil fuel divestment drive
The Royal College of Physicians is joining a growing number of UK health organisations that are divesting from fossil fuel companies
Challenging decade ahead as low carbon energy progress stalled in 2019, new analysis shows
2019 set another record high for green energy generation in the UK but according to a new Carbon Brief analysis low-carbon electricity output rose by just 1 per cent
'Truly historic moment': UK zero carbon electricity outstrips fossil fuels in 2019
National Grid data for whole of 2019 reveals combination of wind, solar, nuclear and subsea cables delivered more power than fossil fuels for first time
As the climate crisis grows, Big Oil finds itself over a barrel
The sector is facing strong headwinds from activists, investors and governments, pitting the companies' relentless growth ambitions against the worsening signs of climate change
Gas powered: Report warns 'policies can make a difference' as global carbon emissions keep climbing
Fossil fuel emissions have increased four per cent since the Paris Agreement was reached in 2015, according to a major international research project
'Deeply irresponsible': Fossil fuel production set to far exceed climate thresholds, report warns
Research led by UN Environment Programme calls for end to coal, oil, and gas subsidy support and increase in climate policy ambition
European Investment Bank: 'We will stop financing fossil fuels'
Multilateral bank says world's 'most ambitious climate investment strategy' will unlock €1tr of climate action and environmental sustainable investment through to 2030
IEA: Rapid pivot to clean technologies essential to meet global climate goals
Alignment with Paris Agreement remains long way off but investment in energy efficiency, offshore wind, and battery storage could yet place countries on a sustainable course, IEA declares in World Energy Outlook 2019
'Significant financial risk': 9 in 10 of world's energy companies have no plan to reach net zero
Only 13 of the world's 132 biggest energy firms have net zero commitments in place, study finds
Banks accused of fuelling climate change as high-carbon investments continue to climb
Investor report finds that financing for fossil fuels totaled nearly $2tr between 2016 and 2018, despite wider adoption of climate disclosure policies
'Freeze out fossil fuels' to combat climate breakdown, study urges
Research has found only a tiny proportion of people are making the most effective lifestyle changes to shrink their carbon footprint
Carbon Tracker: Oil majors must cut output by a third to meet Paris Agreement goals
New report warns none of the oil and gas majors are on track to be aligned with the Paris Agreement by 2040, with some firms needing to cut production by as much as 85 per cent
Crunch vote on EIB fossil fuel funding postponed
Rumours Germany pushed for delay with decision now promised on November 14
Government sketches out blueprint for Future Homes Standard
Consultation sets out plans to reform building regulations and pave way for energy efficiency improvements and ban on fossil fuel heating systems in new homes from 2025
SDG10: Why should the business community care about carbon inequality?
When the 'House is on Fire' consumers are going to increasingly question business actions, argues Dario Kenner of Anglia Ruskin University
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