* CONSEIL FEDERAL * Comment Albert Rösti et l’UDC sapent la parole des scientifiques
Albert Rösti et l’UDC ont-ils une dent contre les scientifiques – ou contre les sciences du climat? En public, il s’en défend: «Il est faux de dire que nous sommes climatosceptiques», affirmait-il par exemple en 2019. Mais en privé, selon les informations de Heidi.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Schweiz (Bund) Klimaleugnung* CONSEIL FEDERAL * Les votes anti-écologiques d’Albert Rösti en 2022
Le nouveau conseiller fédéral UDC Albert Rösti prétend dernièrement vouloir sortir des énergies fossiles. Mais tous ses votes au Parlement hurlent le contraire. Albert Rösti a accédé au Conseil fédéral, ce mercredi matin, dès le premier tour.
Schweiz (Bund) Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas* COP27 – FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYING * Die 636 Lobbyisten der Fossilindustrie wurden unterschätzt
Die neueste Klimakonferenz in Ägypten ging ohne Fortschritte für den Klimaschutz zu Ende. In seiner Spiegel-Kolumne «Im Hintergrund agieren die Saboteure» spürt Kolumnist Christian Stöcker die Verantwortlichen auf.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas COP27 Uno* COP27 – FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYING * ‘False solutions’: scepticism over Saudi carbon capture plan
Saudi Arabia is bolstering years of negotiation tactics designed to stymie vital climate negotiations with a focus on carbon capture technologies that experts say risk delaying a meaningful transition from fossil fuels.
Anti-Klima-Lobby COP27 Negativemissionen Uno* 1.5° LIMIT * Giving up on 1.5C climate target would be gift to carbon boosters, says IEA head
The world can still limit global heating to 1.5C, and to claim that the target is now out of reach is to play into the hands of fossil fuel proponents, the world’s leading energy economist has warned.
1,5°-Limite Anti-Klima-Lobby EnergiepolitikBig polluters given almost €100bn in free carbon permits by EU
Big polluting industries have been given almost €100bn (£86bn) in free carbon permits by the EU in the last nine years, according to an analysis by the WWF. The free allowances are “in direct contradiction with the polluter pays principle”, the group said. Free pollution permits worth €98.
Anti-Klima-Lobby EU & EU Mitgl.The fossil fuel industry’s deceptive campaign to kill offshore wind
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Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas Energiepolitik USA Windenergie* COP27 – ANTI CLIM. LOBBYING * Ernüchternde Klimakonferenz COP27 Im Hintergrund agieren die Saboteure
Die Klimakonferenz von Scharm al-Scheich endet mit einer Enttäuschung – und das hat seine Gründe. Es wird Zeit, die Saboteure klar zu benennen. Zumal nachweisbar ist, wie sie agieren. Die Klimakonferenz in Ägypten ist zu Ende, und das Ergebnis ist durchwachsen.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas COP27 Uno* COP28 * Fears over oil producers’ influence with UAE as next host of Cop climate talks
Fears are growing among climate experts and campaigners over the influence of fossil fuel producers on global climate talks, as a key Gulf petro-state gears up to take control of the negotiations.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas COP28 foss. Energie UnoLoi sur le climat: l'UDC sème la confusion avec des chiffres confus
L'UDC veut faire échouer le contre-projet indirect à l'initiative sur les glaciers. Pour récolter des signatures en vue d'un référendum, le parti utilise actuellement l'argument des coûts élevés. L'UDC cite à cet égard une somme imposante et étonnamment précise.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Gletscher-Ini. & Gegenvorschl. Schweiz (Bund)* COP27 – VENEZUELA * ‘Asking an arsonist to put out a fire’: climate offender Maduro makes Cop27 comeback
It is unclear whether Cop27 will have any real impact on efforts to halt climate change but one leader is likely to return from the international summit feeling that the trip to Egypt was well worth it: Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.
Amerikas Anti-Klima-Lobby COP27 UnoDes mots dans le gaz? Quand le lobby des énergies fossiles biaise le langage de la recherche
Les centres universitaires financés par l'industrie fossile se montrent-ils plus favorables au gaz qu'aux énergies renouvelables dans les documents qu'ils produisent? Oui, selon une vaste analyse lexicale menée par trois chercheurs de l'Université Colombia.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas* COP27 – LOBBYING * ‘Explosion’ in number of fossil fuel lobbyists at Cop27 climate summit
There are more than 600 fossil fuel lobbyists at the Cop27 climate conference, a rise of more than 25% from last year and outnumbering any one frontline community affected by the climate crisis.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas COP27 Uno* COP27 – LOBBYING * Russian oligarchs and companies under sanctions are among lobbyists at Cop27
Russian oligarchs and executives from multiple companies under international sanctions are among the lobbyists currently attending Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Attenders at the pivotal climate talks include billionaire and former aluminium magnate Oleg Deripaska, who is currently under UK sanctions.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Konflikte COP27 Russland UnoKlimaschutzgesetz: die SVP und die Milliardenzahl
Die SVP will den indirekten Gegenvorschlag zur Gletscher-Initiative zu Fall bringen. Eines der Argumente, mit denen sie derzeit Unterschriften für das Referendum sammelt, sind die hohen Kosten. Dabei nennt die SVP eine stattliche und erstaunlich präzise Summe.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Gletscher-Ini. & Gegenvorschl. Schweiz (Bund)* COP27 – ANTI CLIM. LOBBY * How Putin and Friends Stalled Climate Progress
Vladimir V. Putin has long used Russia’s oil and gas as instruments of power at home and abroad. With the invasion of Ukraine in February, he has made them a weapon of war. But he has not acted alone.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Brasilien China COP27 Indien Russland Uno USAGastbeitrag von Marco Chiesa – Die Klimajugend und die Steinzeit-Grünen
Der SVP-Präsident schreibt mit viel Polemik und wenig Sachkenntnis über das neue Klimaschutzgesetz, gegen das seine Partei das Referendum ergriffen hat.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Energiepolitik Gletscher-Ini. & Gegenvorschl. Schweiz (Bund)** EMPFOHLEN ** Die Story im Ersten: Kampf ums Klima
Rekordhitze, Waldbrände und Überschwemmungen – die Folgen des Klimawandels sind längst spürbar. Doch während Wissenschaftler:innen immer lauter Alarm schlagen, kommt die Energiewende in Deutschland praktisch nicht voran.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Klimaleugnung DeutschlandHow a Republican Congress could imperil Biden’s climate agenda
Environmental justice programs are one target for GOP attacks. If Republicans take control of the House, Senate, or both in the midterms, they have every incentive to turn the rollout of Democrats’ singular achievements into a political disaster.
Anti-Klima-Lobby USAFear of farmer protests hampers methane-cutting ambition
Around the world, the fear of farmers’ protests is deterring governments from reducing methane emissions from cows and sheep. At Cop26 last year, over 100 governments said they would collectively reduce emissions of methane, a particularly damaging greenhouse gas, by 30% between 2020 and 2030.
Landw. & Ernährung Anti-Klima-Lobby MethanAhead of the Midterms, Energy Lobbyists Plan for a Republican House
The oil and gas industry is already setting priorities for at least partial G.O.P. control in Congress, with a particular focus on undercutting a Biden administration program to shift away from gas for home heating.
Anti-Klima-Lobby USAL'UDC s'oppose au contre-projet à l'initiative pour les glaciers
Le contre-projet indirect est "un poison pour notre économie, pour notre prospérité et un fléau pour tous les habitants de la Suisse", a indiqué le président de l'UDC Marco Chiesa devant les médias à Berne.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Gletscher-Ini. & Gegenvorschl. Schweiz (Bund)Referendum lanciert – SVP sammelt Unterschriften gegen Gesetz über Klimaschutz-Ziele
Die SVP hat das angekündigte Referendum gegen das Gesetz über die Ziele im Klimaschutz lanciert. Sie hat bis zum 19. Januar 2023 Zeit, die für das Zustandekommen nötigen 50'000 Unterschriften zusammenzubringen. Die Frist wurde am Dienstag im Bundesblatt veröffentlicht.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Gletscher-Ini. & Gegenvorschl. Schweiz (Bund)Die SVP lanciert ihr Referendum gegen das neue Klimagesetz mit Lügen
An den «Argumenten» der #SVP auf dem Referendumsbogen zum Klimagesetz ist praktisch alles falsch. Besonders aufschlussreich für die Arbeitsweise der SVP: die Behauptung, das Gesetz verursache «347 Milliarden Kosten – mindestens!»
Anti-Klima-Lobby Gletscher-Ini. & Gegenvorschl. Schweiz (Bund)** RECOMMENDED READING ** Environmental destruction is part of Liz Truss’s plan
The ecological destruction Liz Truss plans to unleash on this country is not collateral damage. It is not a byproduct of her economic programme. It’s a mark of true faith, a sign that she is following her ideology to the letter.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Grossbrit.World Bank ‘has given nearly $15bn to fossil fuel projects since Paris deal’
The World Bank has provided nearly $15bn of finance directly to fossil fuel projects since the Paris agreement was signed in 2015, and is likely to have spurred far greater investment indirectly, new research has found.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Finanzmarkt Weltbank* INITIATIVE POUR LES GLACIERS * Le contre-projet quasiment bouclé, l’UDC veut un référendum
Le Parlement privilégie la méthode douce pour atteindre la neutralité carbone. Le contre-projet à l’initiative pour les glaciers, quasiment bouclé mardi, fait la part belle aux programmes d’encouragement. Initiative et contre-projet ont le même objectif.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Gletscher-Ini. & Gegenvorschl. Schweiz (Bund)* GLETSCHER-INITIATIVE * SVP ergreift Referendum gegen «Stromfresser-Gesetz»
Für die Köpfe hinter der Gletscher-Initiative war der Entscheid ein Meilenstein. Das Parlament hat einen indirekten Gegenvorschlag zur Initiative beschlossen, die das Netto-Null-Ziel bis 2050 in die Verfassung schreiben will.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Gletscher-Ini. & Gegenvorschl. Schweiz (Bund)* GLETSCHER-INITIATIVE * Links-grüne Umerziehungskeule
Die Weltwoche-Klimaignoranten finden: Der indirekte Gegenvorschlag zur Gletscher-Initiative will mehr Elektrizität für E-Autos, während wir auf Atom-Strom verzichten. Wie soll das aufgehen?
Anti-Klima-Lobby Gletscher-Ini. & Gegenvorschl. Schweiz (Bund)Fossil Fuel Industry Seeks to Expand Free Speech for Corporations and Limit It for Citizens
Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Katie Porter, D-Calif., probably didn’t plan for their committee hearings to run at the exact same time this week, but the hearings sure were talking to each other.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas foss. Energie USAKanareninsel La Palma – Der Traum von der eigenen Stromversorgung ist gescheitert
Kanareninsel La Palma Der Traum von der eigenen Stromversorgung ist gescheitert La Palma hat alles, was man sich wünschen kann: 2800 Sonnenstunden pro Jahr, Wasserfälle, die zig Meter in die Tiefe stürzen, und an den meisten Tagen weht ein kräftiger Wind über die grünste der Kanarischen Insel
Anti-Klima-Lobby Energiewende EU & EU Mitgl. foss. Energie Erneuerbare* ENERGIEKRISE * Appenzell: Öllobby vs. Energiegesetz
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Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas Energiepolitik Kantone & GemeindenBig Agriculture and the Farm Bureau Help Lead a Charge Against SEC Rules Aimed at Corporate Climate Transparency
As drought continued to grip huge stretches of American farmland last week, decimating some crops and forcing farmers to plow under others or sell off livestock, a small, but critically related bureaucratic step advanced in Washington.
Landw. & Ernährung Anti-Klima-Lobby USABritish company forces Italy to pay €190m for offshore oil ban
After tens of thousands of Italians protested against the Ombrina Mare oil drilling project in 2015, the Italian government banned oil drilling within 12 miles of Italy’s shoreline. This prevented the project going ahead.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas Energiecharta-Vertrag foss. Energie ItalienCarbon Offsets: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver explains what carbon offsets are, what they claim to do, how they might be making climate change even worse, and, of course, how Oscar Isaac is getting hotter. Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almos
Anti-Klima-Lobby CO2-«Kompensation» Greenwashing* U.S. CLIMATE BILL * Here’s How Democrats’ Big Domestic Agenda Bill Has Shrunk
Aug. 7, 2022, 2:40 p.m. ETAug. 7, 2022, 2:40 p.m. ETSenator Joe Manchin III, a centrist Democrat protective of his state’s oil and gas industries, forced his party to set aside many of its climate proposals.Credit...
Anti-Klima-Lobby Inflation Reduction Act USA* U.S. CLIMATE BILL * Landmark US climate bill will do more harm than good, groups say
The landmark climate legislation passed by the Senate after months of wrangling and weakening by fossil-fuel friendly Democrats will lead to more harm than good, according to frontline community groups who are calling on Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Inflation Reduction Act USA* U.S. CLIMATE BILL * Democrats Got a Climate Bill. Joe Manchin Got Drilling, and More.
Along the way to the $369 billion package, the West Virginia senator secured an array of concessions for his state and for the fossil fuel industry.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas foss. Energie USA Inflation Reduction ActGreenwashing is driving our descent into climate catastrophe. But we can stop it
Gondola trips are a traditional part of visiting Venice for those who can afford the steep tourist prices, but I went a little off-script on a recent visit and chose a different, but equally iconic, vessel.
Anti-Klima-Lobby GreenwashingKommentar zur Energiekrise: Von Gasknappheit zu Panikmache Rechtsaußen
Aktuell machen sich viele Sorgen um die drohende Gasknappheit und die damit einhergehenden Kosten – zu Recht. Viele Menschen wissen nicht, wie sie kommende Gasrechnungen bezahlen sollen, die Angst vor einem Gasmangel bestimmt Talkshows und Titelseiten von Zeitungen.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Konflikte Energiepolitik DeutschlandHow One Senator Doomed the Democrats’ Climate Plan
Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia led his party and his president through months of tortured talks, with nothing to show for it as the planet dangerously heats up. WASHINGTON — First, he killed a plan that would have forced power plants to clean up their climate-warming pollution.
Anti-Klima-Lobby USAUS proposes up to 11 new offshore oil leases, under industry pressure
The US government has proposed auctioning off up to 11 oil leases in federal waters, after president Joe Biden’s campaign pledge to end new drilling was frustrated by the courts. On Friday, the US Interior Department opened the leasing programme for 2023-28 to a 90-day consultation.
Anti-Klima-Lobby foss. Energie USANorth Carolina Looks to Remove Public EV Chargers, Probably to the Trash
Politicians have to run on some kind of platform, and Ben Moss—my incoming state House representative here in North Carolina's District 52—decided that his animating principle is Being Mad at Electricity.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Verkehr USA** RECOMMENDED READING ** | * US SUPREME COURT RULING * The Supreme Court Sabotages Efforts to Protect Public Health and Safety
The editorial board is a group of Opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. On Thursday, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority, with its 6-3 ruling in the case of West Virginia v.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Emissionsreduktion USAClimat, une hypocrisie suisse? A Berne, les fossiles font de la résistance
Je parle ici du traité sur la charte de l’énergie (TCE), né en 1994 dans la foulée de l’effondrement du bloc soviétique pour défendre les investissements occidentaux dans les pays de l’Est.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Energiecharta-Vertrag Energiepolitik Schweiz (Bund)* ENTSCHEID DES SUPREME COURT DER USA * Supreme Court schränkt Befugnisse von US-Umweltschutzbehörde ein
Bisher legte in den USA die Umweltschutzagentur EPA die CO₂-Grenzwerte fest. Das oberste Gericht entschied nun, dass dies die Kompetenzen der Behörde überschreite.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Emissionsreduktion USA* US SUPREME COURT RULING * Court Decision Leaves Biden With Few Tools to Combat Climate Change
President Biden met with governors, labor leaders, and private companies last week to discuss a federal and state partnership to develop more offshore wind energy. Credit...
Anti-Klima-Lobby Emissionsreduktion USASubverting Climate Science in the Classroom
In a drab hearing room in Austin, Tex., members of the State Board of Education, seated at small desks arranged in a broad, socially distanced circle, debated whether eighth grade science students should be required to “describe efforts to mitigate climate change.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas Klimaleugnung Bildung USA* GEGENVORSCHLAG ZUR GLETSCHER-INITIATIVE * Droht das klimapolitische Déjà-vu?
Ruedi Noser ist Zürcher FDP-Ständerat und vieles mehr. Ein gelernter Maschinenmechaniker, der Chef wurde von 500 Leuten, zum Beispiel. So, als Unternehmer, war Noser für den Zürcher Gewerbeverband bei den Wahlen von 2019 «die gute Wahl für das Gewerbe».
Anti-Klima-Lobby Gletscher-Ini. & Gegenvorschl. Schweiz (Bund)* GEGENVORSCHLAG ZUR GLETSCHER-INITIATIVE * Christian Wasserfallen: «Es hilft dem Klima nichts, wenn man Geld verpulvert», Ep. 58
Nächste Woche kommt der indirekte Gegenvorschlag zur «Gletscherinitiative» in den Nationalrat. «Ich habe den Eindruck, dass man die Begehrlichkeiten aus dem abgelehnten CO₂-Gesetz nun wieder durchboxen will», findet Christian Wasserfallen.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Gletscher-Ini. & Gegenvorschl. Schweiz (Bund)Why activists fear little-known treaty could slow fossil fuel phase-out
The energy charter treaty (ECT) was signed in 1994 to protect the interests of western investors pouring money into the oil- and gas-rich nations of the former Soviet Union. Entering into force in 1998, the treaty generated few cases and even less attention.
Anti-Klima-LobbyWas a British Journalist the Latest Victim of Bolsonaro’s War on the Amazon?
Ms. Brum is a journalist and a documentary filmmaker who covers environmental issues and lives in the Amazon rainforest. Monday began, for me, with a call that became a horror story.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Brasilien Konflikte Abholzung JournalismusDeny, Deceive, Delay: Documenting and Responding to Climate Disinformation at COP26 and Beyond
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Anti-Klima-Lobby UnoEU-Parlament weist Klima-Paket teilweise zurück
Eklat bei der Abstimmung zur Reform des Europäischen Emissionshandelssystem ETS: Das EU-Parlament hat wegen Meinungsverschiedenheiten über das Gesamtpaket gegen die Vorlage zum ETS votiert. 340 Abgeordnete stimmten dagegen, nur 265 dafür, 34 Abgeordnete enthielten sich.
Anti-Klima-Lobby EU & EU Mitgl.Climate policy dragged into culture wars as a ‘delay’ tactic, finds study
Climate policy is being dragged into the culture wars with misinformation and junk science being spread across the internet by a relatively small group of individuals and groups, according to a new study.
Anti-Klima-Lobby KlimaleugnungSouthern Company Knew
How a “clean coal” utility was warned about climate change risks years before it funded climate disinformation, 1964-2022 Download the full report as a PDF (Click here) TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PART 1: EARLY WARNINGS PART 2: DECADES OF DISINFORMATION REFERENCES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In it
Anti-Klima-Lobby KohleAt Global Energy Conference, Oil and Gas Industry Leaders Argue For Fossil Fuels’ Future in the Energy Transition
Participants attend the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas on March 7, 2022. CERAWeek is one of the largest and most influential global energy forums. Credit: Photo by Yi-Chin Lee/Xinhua via Getty Images
Big Oil & Gas Energiepolitik Energiewende foss. Energie Anti-Klima-LobbyYamal LNG : comment les intérêts de l’industrie pétrolière continuent à primer sur la sauvegarde du climat... et même sur les sanctions commerciales
Le complexe Yamal LNG, dédié à l’exploitation des vastes gisements de gaz du grand nord russe, a réussi à voir le jour malgré les difficultés techniques et surtout malgré les sanctions commerciales imposées suite à la crise ukrainienne.
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