Dropping at COP28 December 10, 2023 – Media Advisory
Today is International Human Rights Day, as well as Food, Agriculture, and Water at COP28. Negotiators will likely have a new draft of the GST by the afternoon/evening.
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COP28 President points again to 1.5ºC “North Star”, but UAE expansion plans still on the table
“Since COP28 in Dubai, both producers and importers of fossil fuels have a responsibility to accelerate the transition away from them. While COP28 President Al Jaber is right to point out that fossil fuel demand needs to decline rapidly, this...
UN climate talks “failed to align ambitions with science”
“My biggest concern is that the UN talks failed to align ambitions with science. We continue to follow a path that will take us to a very dangerous 3-4C warmer world within this century."
Pipeline delays will cost ETP $750M this year
Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) just made a remarkable confession that vindicates investors who abandoned the company over its shameful behavior at Standing Rock. During its quarterly earnings call with analysts last week, ETP announced that spending for 2018 would increase...
Climate Change: Deadly Heatwaves Will Become More Common
Nearly half the world’s population will suffer periods of deadly heat by the end of the century, even if we radically start to cut greenhouse gas emissions. This will rise to nearly 75 per cent if we do nothing.
US Secretly Approves Hundreds of Offshore Fracking Wells
As the US shale industry comes under increasing scrutiny for its environmental and health impact, it has emerged that the US has secretly approved fracking offshore leading to billions of gallons of waste-water to be dumped at sea.
UK Government Bails Out North Sea; Gives “Nothing to Solar”
Last week, the British Prime Minster, David Cameron, flew to Aberdeen, the oil capital of the UK to announce £250 million emergency funding to “prop up the North Sea oil industry”; which is reeling badly from the low oil price.
Oil Spill on Sakhalin Island “Systematic” of Wider Problem
The leading Russian oil company, Rosneft, is currently under investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office on the Russian island of Sakhalin for a large oil spill which occurred last week.
UK Fracking Task Force Calls For Improved Safety Standards
A report by the UK Task Force on Shale Gas has called for greater safety and transparency measures to be implemented before widespread fracking occurs across the country.
More Evidence Tar Sands “Linked to Cancer”
Later today, a scientific study which has examined the health impacts of the toxic tar sands on the health of Canada’s First Nations at Fort Chipewyan in Alberta, will be released.