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Some of the news from December 9, 2019
Peter Burgess
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| Over a barrel Joel Makower Unsubscribe 9:02 AM (7 minutes ago) to me ForwardForward Over a barrel These aren’t the happiest of times for the fossil fuel industry, and the petroleum majors in particular. The world’s largest oil and gas companies are facing strong headwinds from activists, investors and some governments, pitting the companies’ relentless growth ambitions against the worsening signs of climate change. Nothing new there: Fossil fuel companies have long had a special place in the hearts and minds of climate activists, in large part because of the industry’s dithering and obfuscating on acknowledging and addressing its substantial climate impacts. And those impacts aren’t getting any smaller. Consider: Greenhouse gas emissions hit a record high in 2019, due in large part to the growth of oil (up 0.9 percent) and gas (up 2.6 percent) during the year, offsetting declining emissions from coal (down 0.9 percent), according to data released last week by the Global Carbon Project. This, at a time when emissions need to be plummeting in order to meet the increasingly elusive goals of the Paris Agreement. This month’s COP25 climate conference in Madrid has shined an ever-brighter light on the oil sector’s past and future: its decades-old efforts to suppress concerns about climate change, its ambitious growth plans, the investors who fund the sector, and the impacts of the sector on the lives and livelihoods of indigenous communities around the world. My column this week focuses on the growing concern over the growth projections of oil and gas. To read on, click here. Electrify the Future! Sponsored by EDF Innovation Lab EDF Innovation Lab is on a mission to develop and test new markets, innovative technologies and solutions to help accelerate the transition to a more decentralized, low-carbon and data-driven energy world. We partner with academic, business, financial and start-up ecosystems. Learn more at the link below. LEARN MORE HERE #Trending Now Fuels rush in As the climate crisis grows, Big Oil finds itself over a barrel Good COP 5 takeaways from COP25's first week 10Q for everything Investor interest fuels SASB adoption, inspires new GRI tax disclosure standard Seeds of change From coffee to cosmetics, companies are looking for ways to protect the plants their products are made from LEARN MORE HERE Insight and Inspiration Package deal After Cyber Monday, here comes a new spotlight on e-commerce shipping Sea change New shipping rules are on the horizon. Is your supply chain ready? Field notes The promise of sustainable agriculture: A report from a townie GreenBiz 350 podcast Episode 199: Home Depot's circular blueprint, IBM CEO lines up behind carbon 'dividend' Tackling the Decarbonization of Transportation Sponsored by 3Degrees The transportation sector is now the largest emitter of greenhouse gasses in the U.S. The transition to low-carbon transportation fuels will have the biggest impact on these emissions. Learn about the role that incentive programs like LCFS and other tools, such as carbon offsets, play in accelerating this transition. LEARN MORE ABOUT DECARBONIZING TRANSPORTATION Research GreenBiz Report GreenBiz Insights: Corporate Clean Energy Strategy GreenBiz Report GreenBiz Insights: Carbon Removal “In some ways, we are overcomplicating the issue. ESG risks are like every other risk. … There’s no need to call it a climate risk. It is just a financial risk.” Quote arrow SASB CEO, Janine Guillot ForwardForward View in BrowserView in Browser EnvelopeSubscribe Copyright © GreenBiz Group Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: GreenBiz Group Inc. 350 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza Suite 800 Oakland, California 94612 This email was sent to peterbnyc@gmail.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails you may unsubscribe at any time. | |||||||||