Op-Ed: 4 Reasons to Boycott “How to Blow Up a Pipeline”

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 23:55:07 +0000

ExxonMobil and big polluters delight in anything that equates those trying to solve the global climate crisis with criminality. That’s why I’m boycotting the movie How to Blow Up a Pipeline. And if you’re climate-concerned, I’m making a case here for you to join me. The movie is based on a manifesto by Andreas Malm, […]

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An A to Z Of Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 17:55:23 +0000

This year has brought new evidence of what major fossil fuel companies knew and when about the role their products play in climate change, as well as what they did in spite of what they knew. The evidence builds on revelations from the US House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s investigation during the last Congress […]

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Australia’s New Net Zero Report Is A Study In Bad Assumptions & Wishful Thinking

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 11:05:30 +0000

DALL·E generated image of Australian energy fantasies, digital artPretending that energy exports are going to double does Australia and Australians exactly zero favors.

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Is Green Hydrogen Always Green?

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 19:01:31 +0000

DALL·E generated image of a green hydrogen industrial facility beside a coal generation plan, digital artGovernments shouldn’t be rewarding firms that are actually emitting more CO2e just because they are making hydrogen.

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How Much Steel Will All Those Wind Turbines & Solar Panels Need, & Can We Make It?

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:35:13 +0000

DALL·E generated image of a stack of steel ingots in a field of wind turbines and solar panels, digital artSteel will not remotely be a constraint for global transformation of energy over the coming decades. We make vastly more of it per year than annual requirements, and there’s an increasing amount of scrap being created.

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US Pipelines Contain 4 Years Of US Steel Demand, & Will Be Scrapped For It

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:05:36 +0000

DALL·E generated image of a rusting pipeline in America, digital artWe’ve mined enormous amounts of iron and coal in order to build infrastructure to extract, process, refine, and distribute fossil fuels, and we’re going to have lots of scrap steel to work with.

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Kenya Signs Deals To Import Fossil Fuels On Credit For 6 Months To Relieve Pressure On Demand For Foreign Currency

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:20:02 +0000

Kenya recently signed some deals with firms from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to supply diesel, petrol, and jet fuel on credit for the next 6 months to ease mounting  pressure on the demand for foreign currency as well as to try to stem the Kenya shillings slide vs. the US dollar […]

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