A script pulled out the direct fossil
fuel investments using the Carbon Underground 200 that identifies the top 100 public coal companies globally and the top 100 public oil and gas companies globally, ranked by the potential carbon emissions content of their proven reserves.
A script pulled out the direct fossil
fuel investments using
Not exact matches
It's time for fossil
fuel companies to
use their considerable capx budgets to invest in solar pv or wind projects and get a better roi (return on
investment) for investors.
Today the share of fossil
fuels account for 87 % of all energy
use and despite growing
investments in renewable energy, this figure has been constant the last twenty years.
Fossil
fuel company's need to recongnize this, and
use their large cash flows to fund renewable energy
investment to give share holders the best returns available.
The groups say it is imperative that the state immediately halt any
investments in the future
use of fossil
fuels, including natural gas.
«We looked at six different options — including solar, wind and the
use of
fuel cells — and geothermal gave us the highest return on
investment,» said M. Arthur Gensler, Jr., Board Member and Chair of the Buck's Construction Committee.
When we talk about
investment products, we often mean stocks, options and mutual funds, which many people consider
use to
fuel their longer term goals.
The VOF team have also
used last year's rally, and the continued surge this year (
fueled by overseas inflows) to actively recycle funds into new private equity
investments (here's their latest) & cheaper state - sponsored IPOs.
Reducing fossil
fuel use won't «shrink the economy» — quite the opposite — but it will result in the transfer of trillions of dollars in
investments, capital and profits from the fossil
fuel corporations to other sectors of the industrial economy.
And these
investments will help businesses develop new technologies that vehicle makers can
use to meet higher
fuel efficiency standards.
1) Urge to let them
use highly efficient equipment available now to burn fossil
fuel even if it suppresses their economic growth due to their
investment for replacement.
They also recommended prompt
investment in projects aimed at capturing and permanently storing carbon dioxide from power plants on a large scale — something that many energy experts say has to happen because coal will continue being
used as a
fuel for decades.
Over all, Obama's choices reflect his longstanding pattern of charting a pragmatic path reflecting the need for strong regulation, including of greenhouse gases (embodied in McCarthy), and the simultaneous need to advance responsible
use of cleaner fossil
fuels while also
using policies and
investments to advance non-polluting energy technologies for the long haul.
-- Put a sufficiently high price on carbon and deliver the G - 20 commitment to phase out fossil
fuel subsidies,
using these funds to contribute to the several hundred billion US dollars per year needed to scale up
investments in renewable energy.
Use the map and table below to find out about your council's fossil
fuel investments or rank councils against each other.
«Having avoided the embarrassment of announcing a fossil
fuel mega-loan on the anniversary of the Paris climate agreement, the European
Investment Bank is now shamelessly locking Europe into decades of fossil
fuel dependency even as the window for fossil
fuel use is slamming shut.
Fossil
fuel plant needs to transition into the role of backup to low emissions generation and the market emergent de-facto carbon price increasing intermittency brings to a fossil
fuel dominated grid needs to be
used intelligently as the incentive it is to drive time shifting of demand, efficiency and
investment in emerging storage technologies.
All sectors, through: (a) strategic electrification and a shift in
investments to reduce the
use of carbon intensive
fuels in line with recently adopted state energy policy [6]; and (b)
investments in pilots and demonstrations such as connected devices for demand response, energy storage, zero energy homes, and lighting controls for occupancy, vacancy, and dimming.
We are a network of South Africans calling for divestment from fossil
fuels — and restorative reinvestment in sustainable energy — to stigmatise fossil
fuel use, accelerate sustainable system change, help slow climate change, reduce the financial risks of fossil
fuel investments, and so help secure our human rights and common future.
To create this guide we
used an American website called FossilFreeFunds.org, which allows anyone to easily access information on
investment funds» fossil
fuel holdings.
A Pan-Asian Energy Infrastructure would
use fiscal policy (through carbon pricing and eliminating fossil
fuel subsidies) to fund ocordinated infrastructure
investment (through multilateral cooperation) resulting in more open markets (through increased cross-border energy trade) resulting in lower prices (through heightened competition).
In addition, SMUD is reducing its vehicle emissions through the
use of low carbon
fuels as well as
investments in a fleet of electric and hybrid vehicles.
Front page stories at The New York Times and The Washington Post have also highlighted Steyer's past
investments in the fossil
fuel industry and the profits accrued by the hedge fund he
used to lead, noting the apparent inconsistency with his political advocacy.16, 17 Bill McKibben who helped inspire Steyer's opposition to the Keystone pipeline and who consults with the billionaire activist, offers an opposing perspective: «After years of watching rich people manipulate and wreck our political system for selfish personal interests, it's great to watch a rich person
use his money and his talents in the public interest.»
The IEA's roadmap «New Policies Scenario» (NPS), the foremost guide to decisions on energy policies and
investments, steers those decisions towards levels of fossil
fuel use that would cause severe climate change:
More importantly, I would urge you to
use this moment to remind your governments that every
investment in fossil
fuels is an
investment in death and destruction.
The new report details a range of funding options from
using 35 per cent of carbon tax revenue to 95 per cent and how this could cut
fuel poverty by 75 per cent to 87 per cent depending on the level of
investment.
When developing low ‐ carbon transport systems, behavioural change and infrastructure
investments are often as important as developing more efficient vehicle technologies and
using lower ‐ carbon
fuels.
Although solar power is seen as a key way to avoid the
use of climate - changing fossil
fuels, US solar companies are cutting
investments and laying off workers.
But consider this: if the cost of PV / electrolytic or cyanobacterial
fuel (
using environmental CO2) becomes competitive with current natural gas, an
investment in such a plant is completely hedged, in terms of being «green».
His
investments in fossil
fuels undermines his public pledge to
use his money to eliminate the oil, gas and coal industries, claiming they threaten the planet by accelerating climate change...
The TPP
investment chapter could also be
used to protect the fossil
fuel industry from climate regulations.
They will lock Europe into fossil
fuel use, jeopardise emissions reduction targets and prevent
investments in genuine solutions — like the development of community renewable energy resources, and energy savings projects.
As an added bonus, each state will have flexibility in how it meets its goal, and will be able to make separate
investments in renewable energy,
fuel switching / retrofitting, or energy efficiency to ensure the reductions are met
using the most cost - effective measures available.
Indeed, corn is not the optimal basis for providing all the ethanol
fuel we will need, but, as the President says, biofuels are needed to reduce our addiction to oil and to slow climate change — and the emerging biofuels market is spurring major
investments in
using biomass other than corn to make ethanol.
International Energy Agency provides an analysis of fossil
fuel subsidies, which disproportionately go to the rich and middle class, drain state budgets, increase pollution, distort markets, encourage waste, and discourage
investment in methods to reduce energy
use.
Annual supply - side
investment to 2030 remains relatively flat from today's levels, although a substantial shift occurs away from fossil -
fuel supply and fossil -
fuel power generation, for which
investment falls by USD 2.8 trillion through 2030, moving towards toward low - carbon power supply and improving the energy efficiency of end -
use sectors.
Together with heads of state and leaders from the public and finance sectors, he'll
use it as an opportunity to prop up France's climate champion image, despite its continued
investment in fossil
fuel infrastructure.
Roome refused to rule out fossil
fuel investments in the future, but said they would be subject to strict criteria, to do with their necessity, ensuring the most efficient technology was
used, and investigation of alternatives.
The resulting savings on energy bills from reductions in electricity and
fuel use more than offset the costs of these additional
investments.
The availability of a given
fuel is of little global consequence if its energy return on
investment is less than unity, though there may be specific reasons to
use it in particular situations.
Indirectly, it was meant to reduce the
use of fossil
fuels and increase
investment in solar, wind, and other renewables.
Here's how this could happen: Without Renewable Alternatives, Liquid Coal Could Win the Day As world oil reserves begin critically depleting and the necessary
investments aren't made to electrify the world's transportation fleet and a larger switch to renewable energy made, then it is likely that
use of coal - to - liquids
fuels (which have 40 % higher emissions than oil) will rise.
Consider that we start to
use lower - grades of oil and other fossil
fuels that require greater
investment in energy to extract and process the
fuel (for example, tar sands and oil shale).
We also look at how people can
use direct
investments or peer to peer lending to fund the clean energy infrastructure that needs to replace fossil
fuels.
A study by Delta says that shaving system «peaks» reduces the need for peaking plants which are often less efficient and / or
use more polluting
fuels, to run; it can also enable delay or prevention of the need for
investment in new network capacity.
«Themes involve cash optimization
investments and
using capital to
fuel expanded growth that includes adding store locations, extending their brands into other product categories and into new geographic markets, often overseas.»
The acquisition
fuels the company's
investment strategy, initiated by the development of an $ 825 million mixed -
use project situated across the building.
The proceeds from the sale of Property Coin are intended to
fuel the growth of Aperture's existing technology and real estate
investment business, which
uses a combination of proprietary technologies and human expertise to spot otherwise hidden opportunities to invest in undervalued properties in metropolitan areas throughout the United States.