Tag: fossil fuel
Unilever Seeks to Eliminate Fossil Fuel from Cleaning Products
Unilever announced plans to eliminate fossil fuels from its cleaning products by 2030. The company anticipates moving to sourcing renewable or recycled carbon for cleaning…
Greenpeace urges Denmark to end fossil fuel production
Greenpeace activists are peacefully occupying the Dan Bravo oil rig to demand a complete phase out of fossil fuel production in Denmark and a “massive…
Risk of COVID-19 plastic trash pile-up worries Europe
Concerns are rising across Europe that the coronavirus-induced slump in oil prices could knock demand for recycled plastics but data is still patchy on how…
Japan’s climate change efforts hindered by biased business lobby -study
Japan’s powerful business lobby Keidanren is dominated by energy-intensive sectors that represent less than 10% of the economy, resulting in national policies that favour coal…
Global new clean energy investment totaled $282 billion last year: research
Global investment in new clean energy capacity rose 1% last year to $282.2 billion, research by UNEP, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and the Frankfurt School-UNEP…
EU recovery fund has ‘green strings’ but no ban on fossil fuels
The European Commission pledged on Thursday to attach climate conditions to its massive funding package to save Europe’s coronavirus-battered economies, but stopped short of banning…
EU pledges 40 billion euros for ‘just transition’ from fossil fuels
The European Commission has increased five-fold its proposed European Union fund to wean carbon-intensive regions off fossil fuels, with fresh cash from a new recovery…
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