British Museum ends BP sponsorship deal after 27 years
BP’s sponsorship of the British Museum has ended after 27 years, new disclosures make clear, bringing to a close one of the highest-profile and most controversial of such deals in recent years, and marking the almost complete retreat of the fossil fuel giant from the British arts world.
Big Oil & Gas«Wir tun was!»: Kleines Greenwashing-ABC am Beispiel Shell
Was tun, wenn man sein Geld mit Umweltverschmutzung verdient, aber dringend ein grünes Image braucht? Man legt Klimaziele fest und kommuniziert diese möglichst breit und oft. Wie grün sie tatsächlich sind, tritt dabei in den Hintergrund. Ein Beispiel für diese Art Klimakommunikation ist Shell.
Big Oil & Gas GreenwashingItaly’s Eni Faces Lawsuit Alleging Early Knowledge Of Climate Change
Italian oil major Eni is facing the country’s first climate lawsuit, with environmental groups alleging the company used “greenwashing” to push for more fossil fuels despite knowing of the risks posed by burning its products since 1970.
Big Oil & Gas Klima-Haftung ItalienShell makes record quarterly profits of nearly $10bn
Royal Dutch Shell made record first-quarter profits of more than $9.6bn (£7.6bn) in the first three months of this year, even as oil and gas prices tumbled from last year’s highs. The better-than-expected adjusted earnings topped its previous first-quarter profit record set last year at $9.
Big Oil & Gas foss. EnergiePutting Big Oil’s profits in perspective
Activists from Greenpeace set up a mock-gas station price board showing the true climate cost of fossil fuels. Source: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images The climate crisis just keeps getting worse. And the business of causing it just keeps getting better.
Big Oil & Gas foss. EnergieThey cleaned up BP’s massive oil spill. Now they’re sick – and want justice
After 18 rounds of chemotherapy, Samuel Castleberry is tired. If it were up to him, he’d still be working his trucking job. The 59-year-old was making a decent living and felt fit. But in June 2020, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, which has already spread to his liver.
Big Oil & Gas Ölpest USAShell admits 1.5C climate goal means immediate end to fossil fuel growth
Growth in oil and gas production ends immediately in Shell’s latest pathway for staying below 1.5C, new Carbon Brief analysis reveals. The admission that continued growth in fossil fuel output is incompatible with 1.
Big Oil & Gas* IPCC AR6 SYR * How Meat and Fossil Fuel Producers Watered Down the Latest IPCC Report
Earlier this week, the IPCC released their latest report. According to the intergovernmental body, it represents the current scientific evidence on climate change—everything from its causes to the best opportunities for mitigation and adaptation.
Big Oil & Gas IPCC Viehhaltung & Fleisch Anti-Klima-LobbyConsultants close to industry shaped Austalia’s controversial carbon credit policy
Consultants advising the Australian government on its carbon credit policy were simultaneously working with the carbon credit industry and an unnamed “natural gas producer”, documents obtained by Climate Home News reveal.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Australien & Ozeanien Big Oil & GasExxon’s Climate Opponents Were Infiltrated by Massive Hacking-for-Hire Operation
In the midst of perpetrating what federal prosecutors say was a massive corporate hacking campaign, Israeli private detective Aviram Azari in 2017 received welcome news. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Big Oil & Gas KlimaleugnungRevealed: How Shell cashed in on dubious carbon offsets from Chinese rice paddies
Shell is a partner in a series of contested rice farming offsetting projects in China that could generate millions of worthless carbon credits, Climate Home News has found. The initiatives are meant to slash methane emissions by changing irrigation methods in rice paddies.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & GasSaudi Aramco Reports Record Profit as Fossil Fuels Remain ‘Essential’
Saudi Aramco, the national oil company for Saudi Arabia, reported on Sunday that the company last year had net income of $161.1 billion — a 47 percent increase over 2021 and a record since Aramco started offering shares on the local Tadawuhl stock exchange in 2019.
Big Oil & GasCOP28 boss urges Big Oil to join fight against climate change
Jaber and Kerry, who strode to the stage and shook Jaber’s hand when the speech ended, left the room together. The two held a meeting ahead of the conference on Sunday. Jaber was a controversial pick to lead the COP28 climate summit because his country is an OPEC member and major oil exporter.
Big Oil & Gas COP28 UnoGas industry lobbying hard against EU boiler phaseout, leaked emails suggest
Europe’s gas industry has embarked on an intensive lobbying operation to try to hinder the phaseout of gas boilers under forthcoming changes to EU legislation, leaked emails suggest.
Big Oil & Gas EU & EU Mitgl. foss. Energie** EMPFOHLENE LEKTÜRE ** Öl ins Feuer
«Mr President, dear Wolodimir, do you hear me?» Es war ein emotionaler Auftritt von Ignazio Cassis im vergangenen März an der Anti-Kriegs-Demonstration auf dem Berner Bundesplatz. Der Bundespräsident stand in direkter Videoverbindung mit dem ukrainischen Staatschef Selenski.
Big Oil & Gas Konflikte foss. Energie Russland Schweiz Handel UkrainekriegKlimabericht-Podcast Die schmutzigen Klimalügen der Ölindustrie
Große Konzerne wie Exxon ließen früh den Klimawandel erforschen. Schon in den Siebzigerjahren wussten sie, was ihre fossilen Brennstoffe bewirken. Doch statt Aufklärung folgten Kampagnen, um ihre Profite zu schützen.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas KlimaleugnungSociétés pétrolières: des profits colossaux en 2022 et une fracture atlantique
Les 5 majors du pétrole enregistrent plus de 150 milliards de dollars de bénéfices en 2022. De quoi relancer le débat sur la taxation des superprofits, sur fond de fracture de plus en plus claire entre l'Europe et les Etats-Unis. C’est la danse des dollars.
Big Oil & GasAnalyse zur Erdölwirtschaft – Ölkonzerne machen 6100 Dollar Gewinn – pro Sekunde
Für die grossen Ölkonzerne war 2022 ein traumhaftes Jahr. Die fünf grössten westlichen Unternehmen der Branche haben in diesen Tagen ihre Jahresbilanzen veröffentlicht – und lauter Rekordgewinne präsentiert.
Big Oil & Gas foss. EnergieExxon Retreats From Major Climate Effort to Make Biofuels From Algae
(Bloomberg) -- After advertising its efforts to produce environmentally friendly fuels from algae for over a decade, Exxon Mobil Corp. is now quietly walking away from its most heavily publicized climate solution.Exxon has slashed its support for Viridos Inc.
Big Oil & Gas BiomasseSchweizer Händler umgehen Exportverbot von giftigem Diesel
Es war jahrelang ein gutes Geschäft. Minderwertige Treibstoffe wurden aus Europa in wirtschaftlich schwache afrikanische Staaten exportiert. 2016 zeigte ein Bericht der Nichtregierungsorganisation Public Eye das Ausmass der umstrittenen Deals.
Big Oil & Gas Schweiz HandelWhat Exxon and Chevron Are Doing With Those Big Profits
Exxon Mobil made $56 billion in profit last year, its largest annual haul ever. Chevron earned $36 billion, also a company record. But after a bountiful 2022, the outlook for those companies and other big oil and gas producers is cloudy.
Big Oil & Gas foss. EnergieWie viel Erdöl verträgt die kommende Klimakonferenz?
Kann der Chef einer Erdölfirma ernsthaft daran interessiert sein, den internationalen Klimaschutz voranzubringen? Die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate sagen Ja und wollen es der Welt im kommenden Dezember beweisen. Sie haben deswegen Mitte Januar den 49-jährigen Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber zum Präsidenten der 28. Weltklimakonferenz in Dubai ernannt. Umwelt-NGO schlagen Alarm.
Uno COP28 Asien Big Oil & Gas Energiewende«Putin zerstört mit Gazprom sein Kronjuwel»
Der britische Historiker Simon Pirani ist ausgewiesener Kenner des Energiehandels zwischen Russland und Europa. Er begründet, warum Putin seinen Krieg gegen die Ukraine fern jeder ökonomischen Logik begonnen hat. Und warnt vor dem Begriff Energiekrise.
Big Oil & Gas Konflikte foss. Energie Russland UkrainekriegUAE oil company employees given roles in office hosting Cop28
At least a dozen employees from the United Arab Emirate’s state-owned oil company have apparently taken up roles with the office of the UAE’s climate change special envoy, who will host this year’s Cop28 UN climate summit.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas COP28 Uno** RECOMMENDED ** This is an era of plentiful, cheap, renewable energy, but the fossil fuel dinosaurs can’t admit it
Iremember the first time wind energy emerged as a serious contender in the UK’s energy provision. It was 6 November 2012, and the country’s electricity use from wind hit an all-time high in the middle of the afternoon, at 9.3%.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas Energiewende Erneuerbare SystemwandelExxon and Chevron Made Their Highest-Ever Profits in 2022. What Does It Mean for Clean Energy?
ExxonMobil and Chevron, the nation’s largest oil companies and two of the biggest energy corporations globally, posted a combined profit of $92 billion for 2022, more money than either company has ever made. Exxon’s annual profit for 2022 reached $55.
Big Oil & GasClean energy is taking over the Texas grid. State officials are trying to stop it.
Wind and solar are rapidly growing, but Texas Republicans want to throw a lifeline to natural gas. Clean energy is rapidly rising on the Texas power grid, but regulators in the Lone Star State are now considering a plan that could give fossil fuels a boost.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas Energiewende USA** RECOMMENDED READING ** | * WEF * UN head accuses fossil fuel firms of business models ‘inconsistent with human survival’
The head of the United Nations has accused the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies of refusing to abandon a business model at odds with human survival despite knowingly putting the world on course for a climate meltdown decades ago.
Big Oil & Gas Apokalypse Uno** RECOMMENDED READING ** | * EXXON KNEW * Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s
The oil giant Exxon privately “predicted global warming correctly and skilfully” only to then spend decades publicly rubbishing such science in order to protect its core business, new research has found.
Big Oil & Gas KlimaleugnungAn einer Produktionsanlage von Exxon in New Mexico wird Erdgas abgefackelt.
Die amerikanische Erdölfirma ExxonMobil hat über viele Jahre hinweg die Bedrohung durch den Klimawandel heruntergespielt. Das ist hinlänglich dokumentiert. Ganze Bücher wurden über das Thema bereits geschrieben.
Amerikas Big Oil & Gas foss. Energie* EXXON KNEW * Exxon wusste alles
"Alle diese Beweise zusammen belegen in meinen Augen sehr deutlich, dass der (anthropogene) Treibhauseffekt existiert und unser Klima verändert". Mit diesen Worten schloss James Hansen, Klimaforscher der Nasa, am 23. Juni 1988 seinen Vortrag vor dem US-amerikanischen Senat.
Big Oil & Gas Klimaleugnung* EXXON KNEW * Les projections d'ExxonMobil qui prédisaient la crise climatique dès 1980
Les trajectoires climatiques modélisées par les scientifiques d’ExxonMobil sont devenues de plus en plus précises avec le temps, ce que montrent les trois graphes ci-dessus. Publiquement, le pétrolier américain ExxonMobil a longtemps nié la réalité du changement climatique.
Big Oil & Gas KlimaleugnungÖlkonzern vertreibt Bauern für CO2-Gutschriften
Pulchérie Amboula lebt im Süden des Kongos auf der Batéké-Hochebene. Dort baut die Kongolesin das Grundnahrungsmittel Maniok an. Wenn sie versucht, ihre Felder zu betreten, folgen seit einiger Zeit Männer in Pickups ihrem Traktor, bis sie wieder weg ist.
Big Oil & Gas CO2-«Kompensation» globale Gerechtigkeit GreenwashingBP criticised over plan to spend billions more on fossil fuels than green energy
BP has been accused of prioritising fossil fuels over green energy as it plans to spend as much as double the amount on oil and gas projects than on renewable investments next year. The FTSE 100 company has earmarked up to $7.5bn (£6.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas foss. EnergiePutins Milliarden in Zug
Bum. Bum. Bum. Bum. Der Sprengstoff explodierte am 26. September 2022. Mitten in der Ostsee, 70 Meter unter Meer, die Explosionen rissen riesige Löcher in die beiden Pipelines. Durch die Lecks strömten Unmengen von klimaschädlichem Gas zunächst ins Meer und schliesslich in die Atmosphäre.
Big Oil & Gas Konflikte foss. Energie Pipelines Russland Schweiz UkrainekriegTheir Lives Were Ruined by Oil Pollution, and a Court Awarded Them $9.5 Billion. But Ecuadorians Have Yet to See a Penny From Chevron
One of the victims says “nobody listens to us” while the spotlight has shifted to his American lawyer, whom the oil giant has pursued in U.S. legal proceedings.
Amerikas Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas Klima-HaftungBig oil is behind conspiracy to deceive public, first climate racketeering lawsuit says
The same racketeering legislation used to bring down mob bosses, motorcycle gangs, football executives and international fraudsters is to be tested against oil and coal companies who are accused of conspiring to deceive the public over the climate crisis.
Amerikas Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas Klima-HaftungL'Opep+ décide de maintenir ses quotas dans un contexte incertain
Les représentants des treize membres de l'Organisation des pays exportateurs de pétrole (Opep) conduits par Ryad, et leurs dix alliés emmenés par Moscou, se sont retrouvés par visioconférence peu après 11h00 GMT (12h00 en Suisse) pour des discussions techniques, avant la réunion ministériel
Big Oil & Gas foss. Energie* 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 UnoBig Oil verursacht dreimal mehr Treibhausgase als angegeben
Unser Wissen darüber, wie viel Treibhausgas wo produziert wird, hängt derzeit grösstenteils davon ab, was Länder und deren Industrien freiwillig berichten. Viele geben ihre Emissionen aber zu niedrig an, fand Climate Trace, eine Organisation, die Klimagase überwacht und zuordnet.
Big Oil & Gas Unternehmens-KlimazieleThe 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 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 * ‘Oil and gas trade show’ promotes carbon capture at Cop27
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber every national delegation at the Cop27 climate summit and their influence shows – on the sidelines and in the negotiations. The Egyptian host, a gas exporting nation, has made reducing the industry’s carbon footprint a focus of its carbon-cutting initiatives.
Big Oil & Gas COP27 Negativemissionen UnoTraité sur la charte de l'énergie: la Suisse se ménage une sortie de secours
Le Traité sur la charte de l'énergie protège les investissements étrangers dans les énergies fossiles et coûte des milliards aux Etats. La France, les Pays-Bas, l'Espagne ont récemment annoncé s'en retirer. La Suisse, pour sa part, se ménage enfin une sortie de secours timide.
Big Oil & Gas Energiecharta-Vertrag EU & EU Mitgl. foss. Energie Schweiz (Bund)Shell and Total, Oil Giants, Report Huge Profits on High Energy Prices
The two European companies reported earnings totaling nearly $20 billion, partly on higher energy prices as Russia’s war in Ukraine continues. Gargantuan profits continue to roll in at Europe’s energy giants. London-based Shell reported adjusted earnings of $9.
Big Oil & Gas foss. Energie** EMPFOHLENE LEKTÜRE ** Süchtig nach ‹Russengas›: Wie sich Deutschland in die Fänge von Gazprom begeben hat
Gemeinsam drehten sie am 8. November 2011 am grossen Rad: Der damalige russische Präsident Dmitri Medwedew und die damalige deutsche Kanzlerin Angela Merkel zeigten sich in bester Laune, als sie die Erdgaspipeline Nord Stream an einem Festakt im deutschen Küstenort Lubmin eröffneten.
Big Oil & Gas Konflikte foss. Energie Deutschland Russland UkrainekriegUN chief: Windfall tax on oil and gas can pay for loss and damage
United Nations secretary general António Guterres has called on developed economies to tax the windfall profits of oil and gas companies and redirect some of the revenues to help nations affected by climate disasters recover.
Big Oil & Gas Uno KlimafinanzierungClimat, les gros mensonges des géants du pétrole
Ils savaient, mais ils ont nié et dissimulé la vérité sur le réchauffement climatique : les géants du pétrole, comme ExxonMobil ou Shell, étaient au courant bien avant nous de l'impact de leurs produits, grâce à leurs propres recherches menées il y a plus de 40 ans.
Big Oil & Gas KlimaleugnungFossil 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 USAMoskau verdient immer noch satt an Öl und Gas
Trotz Krieg und Klimakrise hängen Deutschland und andere europäische Länder weiter von fossilen Energielieferungen aus Russland ab. (Foto: Letopisec/Shutterstock) Russland verkauft heute deutlich weniger Erdöl, Erdgas und Kohle als vor Beginn des Angriffskrieges gegen die Ukraine am 24.
Big Oil & Gas Konflikte foss. Energie Russland Ukrainekrieg* ENERGIEKRISE * Kanton AR – Öllobby vs. Energiegesetz
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Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas Energiepolitik Kantone & GemeindenFrench cash, Russian fuel, Ukrainian blood
The Termokarstovoye field in Russia’s far north – owned by Total and the Russian gas company Novatek – produces more than 60,000 tonnes of gas condensate, a liquid similar to crude oil, each month.
Big Oil & Gas Konflikte foss. Energie Frankreich Russland UkrainekriegBritish 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 Italien* 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 ActSubverting 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 USABP Paid Rural Mexicans a “Pittance” for Wall Street’s Favorite Climate Solution
The oil giant has found a climate bargain in some of Mexico’s poorest areas, paying a fraction of market rate for carbon offsets to rural villagers working to protect their forests.
Amerikas Big Oil & Gas CO2-«Kompensation» Greenwashing globale Gerechtigkeit** RECOMMENDED READING ** Fossil fuel firms ‘have humanity by the throat’, says UN head in blistering attack
Fossil fuel companies and the banks that finance them “have humanity by the throat”, the UN secretary general has said, in a “blistering” attack on the industry and its backers, who are pulling in record profits amid energy prices sent soaring by the Ukraine war.
Big Oil & Gas Klimaleugnung UnoAn oil industry consultant explains why she’s had enough
She says Shell “blatantly doesn’t care” about climate change. Caroline Dennett was in her 11th year as an operational safety consultant working with the oil giant Shell when she saw a news clip of a climate protest outside of its UK headquarters.
Big Oil & Gas* UKRAINE WAR * Exxon Mobil and Chevron report big jump in profits because of higher oil and gas prices.
Despite pleas from the Biden administration for more supply, both companies said their global production fell in the first three months of the year. Exxon Mobil and Chevron, the largest U.S.
Big Oil & Gas‘What we now know … they lied’: how big oil companies betrayed us all
There is a moment in the revelatory new PBS Frontline docuseries, The Power of Big Oil, about the industry’s long campaign to stall action on the climate crisis in which the former Republican senator Chuck Hagel reflects on his part in killing US ratification of the Kyoto climate treaty.
Big Oil & Gas KlimaleugnungClimate sceptic thinktank received funding from fossil fuel interests
An influential thinktank that has led the backlash against the government’s net zero policy has received funding from groups with oil and gas interests, according to tax documents seen by the Guardian and OpenDemocracy.
Big Oil & GasRosneft setzt in Genf Milliarden um – Putins Ölhändler in der Schweiz
Der eng mit dem Kreml verbundene Ölgigant Rosneft hat in Genf Milliardenumsätze gemacht. Dabei spielte die Aussenpolitik Russlands eine wichtige Rolle. Eine russische Flagge hinter getönten Scheiben ist das letzte Symbol dessen, was einst das Herz der Ölmacht des Kremls in Genf war.
Big Oil & Gas Konflikte Russland Schweiz Ukrainekrieg* IPCC REPORT * Scientists say IPCC climate report holds back against fossil-fuel interests
The fossil fuel industry and its influence over policy was the major elephant in the room looming over the release of the third and final report, out this week, from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s leading climate authority.
Big Oil & Gas IPCC* GUERRE EN UKRAINE * Genève: Trafigura continue d'exporter du pétrole russe par voie maritime
Trafigura est l'un des plus grands négociants en matières premières au monde. Si le siège juridique de l'entreprise est basé à Singapour, ses opérations sont, elles, dirigées depuis Genève.
Big Oil & Gas Konflikte Russland SchweizPlastics resolution tees up battle over oil industry’s plan B
UN deputy secretary-general Amina Mohammed poses with a plastic art exhibit at the UNEA. (Photo: UNEP/Cyril Villemain) The fossil fuel industry’s attempt to prolong its life through plastic production hit a setback at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) earlier this month.
Big Oil & Gas Kunststoffe Uno*UKRAINE WAR * It’s not too late to free ourselves from this idiotic addiction to Russian gas
As Russia threatens to cut off the fossil gas on which much of Europe depends, the continent’s storage facilities are a crucial line of defence. So you’ll be glad to hear that Germany possesses a massive gas storage reservoir, under the town of Rehden, in Lower Saxony.
Big Oil & Gas Konflikte Energiepolitik foss. Energie Deutschland Russland UkrainekriegAt 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-Lobby* UKRAINE WAR * Suspension de Nord Stream 2: l'Allemagne va-t-elle devoir verser des milliards aux industriels?
La décision allemande de sanctionner la Russie en suspendant l’autorisation du gazoduc Norstream 2 expose l’Allemagne — mais aussi l’Union européenne — à un risque juridique qui pourrait coûter très cher.
Big Oil & Gas Konflikte Deutschland Pipelines Russland UkrainekriegYamal 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.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas*UKRAINE WAR * Putins Strippenzieher in der Schweiz
Wladimir Putins Kumpane bevölkern die Chefetagen von Banken und Rohstoffhäusern in Genf, Zug und Zürich. Russische Oligarchen und Strippenzieher gönnen sich Sportklubs und bunkern ihre astronomischen Vermögen am liebsten in der Schweiz.
Big Oil & Gas Konflikte Russland Schweiz UkrainekriegRevealed: leading climate research publisher helps fuel oil and gas drilling
Scientists working with one of the world’s largest climate research publishers say they’re increasingly alarmed that the company consults with the fossil fuel industry to help increase oil and gas drilling, the Guardian can reveal.
Big Oil & GasPensionskassen-Rating: Darum finanziert dein Geld Kohlestrom
Vielleicht hast du dein Geld in einem nachhaltigen Fonds angelegt. Und du weisst auch, wie deine Ersparnisse das Klima verändern können. Was oft vergessen geht: Die Schweizer Pensionskassen investieren 1200 Milliarden an der Börse.
Big Oil & Gas Finanzmarkt Stranded AssetsFossile Investoren sollen auf Staatskosten geschützt bleiben
Wer derzeit über Energie und Klima berichtet, stolpert früher oder später unweigerlich über die Gaspipeline Nord Stream 2 – das gilt auch für die laufende Reform der Energiecharta, des umstrittenen Investorenschutzabkommens.
Big Oil & Gas Energiepolitik Finanzmarkt foss. Energie GeopolitikNeuer Posten bei Gazprom – «Gerhard Schröder hat leider Halt und Anstand verloren»
Der deutsche Ex-Kanzler soll Aufsichtsrat beim russischen Monopolkonzern Gazprom werden, der eng verbunden ist mit dem Kreml. Das löst scharfe Kritik aus. Übertriebene Sensibilität im Umgang mit seiner eigenen Partei hat Gerhard Schröder selten an den Tag gelegt.
Big Oil & Gas Konflikte Geopolitik Russland UkrainekriegWhy Shell is becoming a softer target for climate campaigners
For the Amadiba community on South Africa’s “wild coast”, the Indian Ocean isn’t just an economic resource which provides fishers with livelihoods. It’s also spiritual. “The oceans are sacred to us,” said Sinegugu Zukulu, an Amadiba environmental activist.
Big Oil & Gas foss. EnergieHow Exxon is leveraging Texas courts to silence its climate critics
ExxonMobil is attempting to use an unusual Texas law to target and intimidate its critics, claiming that lawsuits against the company over its long history of downplaying and denying the climate crisis violate the US constitution’s guarantees of free speech.
Big Oil & Gas USAComment les grands groupes pétroliers manipulent le système pour continuer à gagner
Malgré d’innombrables enquêtes, poursuites judiciaires, humiliations sociales et réglementations datant de plusieurs décennies, l’industrie pétrolière et gazière reste redoutable. Après tout, elle a réussi à faire passer la consommation de ses produits pour une nécessité humaine.
Big Oil & GasAusmaß der Erderhitzung Wie Öl- und Gasfirmen die Öffentlichkeit beim Klimawandel getäuscht haben
Exxon, Chevron, Shell – die weltgrößten Öl- und Gaskonzerne haben den Klimawandel über Jahrzehnte verharmlost und die Wissenschaft unterwandert. Hier spricht Harvard-Professorin Naomi Oreskes über die Tricks der Unternehmen. Jetzt weiterlesen. Mit dem passenden SPIEGEL-Abo.
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