»Heat pumps twice as efficient as fossil fuel systems in cold weather, study finds«
(Guardian)

ja, aber it's bad for the economy

#warmepumpen
#HeatPumps
#Economy
#fossilFuelIndustry

Quite dystopic view on reality:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/31/ecuador-oil-drilling-ban-climate-solution?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Fighting for #democracy and the #environment and against the #fossilFuelIndustry and the #climatecatastrophy is a gigantic challenge, even in countries that claim themselves democracies.

@ClimateNewsNow
Fossil fuel industries are STILL SUBSIDIZED by global governments. They are using taxpayer funds to kill the Earth for greed and profit. We need massive class action suits and taxation against all oil producers/refiners/wholesalers/retailers.

Where do fossil fuel industry investors & employees (and government officials) think they’re going to live once they’ve killed the biome and everything within it?

#ClimateCrisis
#FossilFuelIndustry

a neighbourhood organisation that aims to stop the #pipeline and the #oil port.

Stand in solidarity with the Multisectorial Golfo San Matías and the local communities in Argentina who do not want more destruction from the #FossilFuelIndustry. Add your name to demand that #YPF and the Argentine government drop the pipeline.

#StopYPF #VacaMuertaSur #NoNewPipelines #EndFossilFuels #Argentina #TomorrowIsTooLate 🛢

3/3

https://act.350.org/sign/save-the-gulf-us/?source=em20230824-1-30-us&referring_akid=292284.4606394.uT0Vqr

"The UK’s ruling party and Big Oil locked in a ‘death spiral’ …

Two-thirds of the directors who run the Conservative Party’s multi-million-pound endowment fund have interests in fossil fuel firms or polluting industries, DeSmog can reveal.

The Conservative Party Foundation Limited was founded in 2009 with the purpose of raising and managing 'legacy funds to support the long term finance of the Conservative Party'."

https://www.desmog.com/2023/08/23/two-thirds-conservative-foundation-endowment-fund-directors-linked-fossil-fuels-polluting-industries/

#UK #FossilFuelIndustry #Tories

@georgetakei

#ClimateCrisis
#FossilFuelIndustry

"A recent divestment bill that would have directed managers of California’s public pension and teachers’ retirement funds to stop investing in the 200 largest oil, gas and coal companies failed in the Legislature for the second year in a row."

https://www.desmog.com/2023/08/18/one-person-stopped-californias-divestment-from-fossil-fuels-again/

#California #FossilFinance #PensionFunds #Divestment #FossilFuelIndustry

New York Times exposes colonial fossil fuel biases -https://www.thecanary.co/us/2023/08/14/ny-times-exposes-colonial-fossil-fuel-biases-one-writers-response-hawaiian-wildfires-rolex/ #Hawaii #Colonialism #ColonialBias #SettlerBias #Racism #ClimateDisaster #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #FossilFuelIndustry #MediaBias #NYTimes

“#Renewable energy of all kinds is becoming the cheapest energy on the planet, and though the incumbent #FossilFuelIndustry is politically powerful, the #EnergyTransition has picked up too much momentum to be stopped: global fossil fuel use is expected to peak this decade. We can still choose how much the #ClimateChanges, especially beyond mid-century. But that depends not just on when fossil fuel use hits its apex, but how fast it declines.”

"UK: Top Tory had over £70,000 of shares in oil giant while Environment Secretary"

https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/return-of-el-nino-raises-risk-of-hunger-drought-and-malaria-scientists-warn/#singlebrief4

#GreatBritain #FossilFuelIndustry #ConflictOfInterest #Tory #Tories

"Those who track the growing backlash against renewables see what’s happening in Alberta as the latest victory for an international movement aiming to halt the shift away from fossil fuels."

https://www.desmog.com/2023/08/10/wind-concerns-group-that-calls-co2-gas-of-life-praises-albertas-renewables-moratorium-danielle-smith/

#Disinformation #FossilFuelIndustry #Alberta Canada #Lobbyism

“As we replace #FossilFuels with #RenewableEnergy , we have a big question to answer: will we show respect for #IndigenousNations by honoring their authority to determine what happens to their #SacredLands , or will we permit the same tactics the #FossilFuelIndustry has employed for generations to sully our transition to lithium-based green technology?”

— Lakota Law #StandingRock Organizer Phyllis Young

4/20

"BP 'surprised investors' by increasing the dividend by 10% …

[BP is] positive about the future for fossil fuels, describing demand for oil as 'incredibly strong', with 'constructive' prices expected in the year ahead"

https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/bps-2bn-profits-cause-anger-amid-climate-crisis/#singlebrief0

#BP #BritishPetroleum #FossilFuelIndustry #FossilFinance #ClimateCrisis

"high-level influencing campaign over the UK’s North Sea oil and gas policies while being funded by fossil fuel interests …

The deal focuses on hydrogen and carbon capture technologies, both of which would protect industry profits but do nothing to fix the UK’s broken energy system"

https://www.desmog.com/2023/08/03/leading-think-tank-policy-exchange-north-sea-government-funded-fossil-fuel-interests/

#FossilFuelIndustry #NorthSea #Lobbyism #Corruption #GB #GreatBritain #Sunak #CCS #CCUS

"For 60 years, corporate polluters … derail anti-pollution laws, often using the exact same arguments and wording …

calling for more time to research technofixes; denying or doubting that a problem exists; scaremongering that regulations will hurt the economy, threaten living standards, and limit energy supply; insisting that industry is already making great progress in fixing the problem voluntarily"

https://www.desmog.com/2023/08/01/polluters-rhetoric-block-air-quality-clean-energy-epa-power-plant-climate-action/

#Lobbyism #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuelIndustry #Disinformation

Prof. Mark Z. Jacobson on "X":

"Choice is simple:

Use RE to replace a fossil source->eliminate CO2, air pollution, fuel mining, fossil infrastructure

Use RE to run carbon capture->reduce less CO2, 0 air pollution, 0 fuel mining, 0 fossil infrastructure

Conclusion: Using RE for CC has no benefit at all"

https://twitter.com/mzjacobson/status/1686067047556698112

#CCS #Scam #FossilFuelIndustry #ClimateCrisis #CarbonCaptureStorage

*RE = Renewable Energy

Corporate profits are the main drivers of inflation in the Euro zone IMF finds.

"The increase in nominal profits was largest in sectors benefiting from increasing international commodity prices and those exposed to recent supply-demand mismatches."

Well f*** the #fossilfuelindustry, wrecking the planet while sucking money out of all our wallets.

This industry is holding us all hostage while we are heading full steam into desaster. We need to expropriate it and put it under democratic control immediately to stop the worst!

https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2023/06/23/Euro-Area-Inflation-after-the-Pandemic-and-Energy-Shock-Import-Prices-Profits-and-Wages-534837

#inflation #preissteigerung #fossilfuelindustry #ClimateEmergency #capitalism #greed #gier #Kapitalismus #ölkonzerne #übergewinn #klimaat #socialism #Europa #Europe @dielinke @carorackete @xrgermany @fff @xrnl

"EU must pick up speed on climate action, net-zero watchdog warns

… analysis of the finance sector was 'the most worrying' … moving in the wrong direction.

Fossil fuel investment and subsidies continue to plague the EU’s commitments to emissions reductions. Between 2015 and 2020, … authorities within the EU decreased environmental taxation and increased funding for fossil fuels to approximately €1.5bn per year.

https://www.energymonitor.ai/policy/eu-net-zero-transition-too-slow-ecno-report/

#FossilFuelIndustry #EU #EnergyTransition #FossilFinance

"Germany plans to keep funding new gas projects overseas despite pledge …

Germany plans to support new gas projects overseas until 2025 in a potential breach of its commitment to end international fossil fuel financing"

Let me guess: In 2025 it will be then decided to fund new gas projects till 2027.

"Oil Change International said Germany’s claims to be a climate leader are 'laughable' after the release of this new policy"

https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/07/27/germany-plans-to-keep-funding-new-gas-projects-overseas-despite-pledge/

#Germany #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuelIndustry

@redfrog

Phew.

"gas giant ExxonMobil has been the highest advertising spender on Facebook and Instagram in the last five years, shelling out $23.1 million since June 2018.

“There’s an endless supply of greenwashing adverts on social media"

#FossilFuelIndustry #Shell #BP #Greenwashing