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Over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists granted access to Cop29, says report
Fossil fuel-linked lobbyists outnumber delegations of almost every country at climate talks in Baku, analysis finds. Cop summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, say leading climate policy experts ...World - The Guardian - 6 hours ago -
Oil and gas are a 'gift of god', says COP29 host
Azerbaijan's president said countries should not be blamed for having fossil fuel reserves.Top stories - BBC News - 2 days ago -
Cop29 host Azerbaijan set for major fossil gas expansion, report says
Exclusive: Those with ‘interest in keeping world hooked on fossil fuels’ should not oversee climate talks, say report authors. Azerbaijan, the host of the Cop29 global climate summit, will see a ...World - The Guardian - October 23 -
UK made legal error in granting oil and gas licences, companies will admit
Rosebank and Jackdaw projects to be scrutinised in key case for future offshore fossil fuel projectsBusiness - Financial Times - 3 days ago -
COP29 host Azerbaijan hits out at West in defense of oil and gas
The president of Azerbaijan, host of this year’s U.N. climate summit, lashed out at Western critics of his country’s oil and gas industry on Tuesday.Top stories - NBC News - Yesterday -
Odour of oil and return of Trump hang heavy over Cop29 in Baku
Prospects of strong outcome appear dim but there is hope the talks will address pressing issue of climate finance. More than 100 heads of state and government are expected to land in Baku, the ...World - The Guardian - November 8 -
Lower oil and natural gas prices, higher electricity demand expected over next five years: IEA
Natural gas and oil prices are likely to decline in the second half of the decade, but unexpectedly high worldwide demand for electricity will complicate efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ...Politics - The Hill - October 16 -
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Cop29: UK commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions must be ‘starting point, not finish line’, climate advisers say – live updates
Climate scientists and advisers back new UK commitment but warn that there is still work to be done. In the halls of Cop29, activists from Oil Change International gathered around a computer to ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
Meat, oil and pesticide industry lobbyists turned out in record numbers at Cop16
Questions raised over influence after 1,261 business and industry delegates registered for biodiversity summit in Colombia. . Record numbers of business representatives and lobbyists had access to ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
Supreme Court allows limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired plants for now
The Supreme Court rejected requests for emergency relief from more than two dozen states and the energy industry.Top stories - CBS News - October 16 -
Legal challenge to Rosebank oil field begins
Campaigners want to stop the Rosebank oil and Jackdaw gas fields, but oil companies say they are vital.Top stories - BBC News - 2 days ago -
How oil and gas companies disguise their methane emissions
FT analysis shows that firms regularly hide leakages of the deadly greenhouse gas — despite this being one of the easiest climate fixes there isBusiness - Financial Times - 3 days ago -
Cop29 live: solidarity levy on cryptocurrency could raise billions for climate action, says report
Charging $0.045 per kWh for energy used in intensive bitcoin mining could produce $5bn for the climate crisis, says Global Solidarity Levies taskforce. Josh Gabbatiss, from Carbon Brief has ...World - The Guardian - 14 hours ago -
BP Profit Falls, but It Still Sees ‘Potential to Grow’ in Oil and Gas
The energy giant’s chief executive, Murray Auchincloss, has taken a profit-oriented approach and said in an interview that the company’s “principal aim” was increasing earnings.Business - The New York Times - October 29 -
What the presidential election means for gold, oil, natural gas and other commodities
The U.S. election outcome isn’t likely to have a big impact on commodities such as energy, metals and grains in the short run, but oil and natural gas could be influenced in the years to come by ...Business - MarketWatch - October 31 -
Shell Earnings Beat Views as Gas Trading Offsets Low Oil Prices
Shell’s earnings topped market views thanks to its gas and upstream divisions, partly offsetting low oil prices and weak refining margins that have hit energy majors’ results over the third quarter.Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 31 -
The UAE opens its annual oil-and-gas summit, pledging to increase output
The United Arab Emirates has opened its annual oil-and-gas summit as it plans to increase energy output even as global prices have fallenWorld - ABC News - November 4 -
Canada Announces Carbon Emission Caps for Oil and Gas Sectors
The Trudeau government has focused on the oil and gas production industries because the large amounts of energy they use make them the country’s largest source of greenhouse gases.World - The New York Times - November 4 -
Canada Sets Preliminary Rules for Oil-and-Gas Carbon-Emissions Cap
The cap on energy-sector emissions is a longstanding promise from Canada’s Liberal government. The Business Council of Canada said the cap would pose a headwind for an economy struggling to record ...Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 4 -
Trump expected to roll back environmental protections, boost oil and gas
Former President Trump’s electoral victory will likely mean a significant shift in U.S. energy and environmental policy. His return to the White House next year is expected to lead to a rollback of ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Colombia battles to diversify economy away from oil and gas
President Petro has pledged to end investment in fossil fuels but critics say the transition to clean energy is too abruptWorld - Financial Times - 4 days ago -
Trump energy allies anticipate boom times for oil, gas, mining
Former President Trump’s election victory has sent a jolt of enthusiasm through the fossil fuel and mining industries as they anticipate a favorable regulatory environment under his incoming ...Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago -
EPA implements climate law’s methane fee for oil and gas companies
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule Tuesday that implements a charge for oil and gas companies that release too much of the planet-warming gas methane. The fee was passed ...Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago -
Trump's climate policy looms over COP29
A major climate summit kicked off in Azerbaijan on Monday amid uncertainty over U.S. commitments to combatting global warming. President-elect Donald Trump has said he will exit the Paris Climate ...Top stories - CBS News - 3 days ago -
‘I’ve seen the dark, fat grease stuck to the leaves’: oil and gas encroach on Peru’s uncontacted peoples
The government is auctioning off plots of pristine Indigenous reserves for fossil fuel projects, with campaigners warning of a ‘silent genocide’. Above the canopy of the tallest trees that vie for ...World - The Guardian - October 17 -
Falling oil prices may help push gas below $3 a gallon for the first time since 2021
The intensity of oil’s drop Monday showed that many traders were not prepared for what has been described as a “limited” retaliatory attack by Israel against Iran that came nearly four weeks after ...Business - MarketWatch - October 28 -
Our lone oil-and-gas stock strikes 2 smart deals — plus, AMD sharpens its AI focus
Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.Business - CNBC - Yesterday -
Battle over abortion access stretches to state supreme court races
Voters in at least 30 states will decide who will fill 69 state supreme court seats in judicial elections in November.Top stories - CBS News - October 23 -
American Airlines fined $50M over wheelchair access, damage
The Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a $50 million penalty to American Airlines on Wednesday for mistreating passengers with disabilities. The agency alleges the company provided improper ...Politics - The Hill - October 23 -
Police fire tear gas at protest over deadly canopy collapse in Serbia
Protesters have thrown flares and red paint at the City Hall building in the Serbian city of Novi Sad in rage over last week’s collapse of a concrete canopy at the railway station that killed 14 ...World - ABC News - November 5 -
‘Race science’ group say they accessed sensitive UK health data
Exclusive: Fringe network recorded boasting of securing data from UK Biobank trove donated by 500,000 volunteers. Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss ...World - The Guardian - October 17 -
Trump and Germany loom over uncertain COP29 finance talks
Also in this newsletter: Much ado about party politics at European commissioner hearingsWorld - Financial Times - 3 days ago -
Son of Singapore’s First Prime Minister Says He Is Granted Asylum in the U.K.
Lee Hsien Yang accused his brother, a former prime minister, of persecuting him politically, inflaming the feud in Singapore’s first family.World - The New York Times - October 23 -
Von der Leyen’s Cop29 absence sends ‘fatal signal’, say watchers
MEPs express concern for EU climate leadership as commission head confirms she will miss Baku summit. Ursula von der Leyen’s decision to miss the Cop29 climate summit is “a fatal signal” and raises ...World - The Guardian - November 6 -
Critics say approval of ‘climate credits’ rules on day one of Cop29 was rushed
Agreement on rules paving way for rich countries to pay for cheap climate action abroad breaks years-long deadlock. Diplomats have greenlit key rules that govern the trade of “carbon credits”, ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
Turkish cleric accused of planning failed 2016 coup dies
The US-based cleric was the leader of an influential Islamic movement in Turkey and worldwide.Top stories - BBC News - October 21 -
Boy says mom 'ran him over,' left him on roadside and falsely reported kidnapping
A woman has been arrested after leaving her son unattended along a road, allowing him to run off in the night following a tantrum and falsely reporting a kidnapping.Top stories - ABC News - Yesterday
