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26 May 2015 Fossil fuel companies should not be demonised for their contribution to climate change, but embraced as part of the solution, the UN's top climate  20 May 2019 Major oil company investors are starting to use their voting rights to Oil giants face shareholder pressure on climate emissions, greenhouse gas targets shareholders do not accept their reluctance to act on climate change. 29 Apr 2019 Since then, concerns about climate change have grown in both intensity The first step for oil and gas companies is to develop an overarching 

The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative is a CEO-led consortium that aims to accelerate the industry response to climate change. OGCI member companies explicitly  curb greenhouse gas emissions. ExxonMobil describes itself as “a science- and technology-based company” (ExxonMobil, 2001),. making decisions on the basis   Formulation and Implementation? •. Ingvild Andreassen Sæverud and Jon Birger Skjærseth. 1. Introduction. A signiªcant share of global greenhouse gas (GHG)  Climate change; oil and gas companies; greenhouse gas emissions; denial. 1. Introduction. Almost 30 years ago, awareness of climate change rocketed into the  

12 Dec 2018 12 December 2018 – Paul Gilding, environmental author and CISL Fellow, questions the future of the oil and gas industry in light of the major 

15 Nov 2019 The analysis shows that carbon emissions from California's oil and gas industry actually rose 3.5% since cap and trade began. Refineries,  10 May 2019 The year before, Cheniere became the first company to receive an LNG The burning of natural gas emits less greenhouse pollution than burning oil, but Fighting climate change must be our priority, whether fossil fuel  14 Aug 2018 Though oil and gas companies have known about global climate change for decades, they've deferred reducing crude and gas production until  26 Oct 2015 This knowledge did not prevent the company (now ExxonMobil and the world's largest oil and gas company) from spending decades refusing to  The article investigates the role the oil and gas industry has played in climate change. Two-thirds of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions over the past 

24 Jan 2020 Making Big Oil Pay for Climate Change May Be Impossible the courts to force energy companies to address the damage done by fossil fuels. state officials that there would be a historic reckoning for the fossil fuel giant.

20 May 2019 Major oil company investors are starting to use their voting rights to Oil giants face shareholder pressure on climate emissions, greenhouse gas targets shareholders do not accept their reluctance to act on climate change. 29 Apr 2019 Since then, concerns about climate change have grown in both intensity The first step for oil and gas companies is to develop an overarching 

22 Sep 2019 “It's something oil-and-gas companies need to take seriously, and they are.” Climate activism is also bringing change to the banking industry.

“Climate change is no longer seen as a fringe issue. It’s a business risk that requires a business response.” Of course, big energy companies continue to drill for oil and gas and are pushing the The trouble is that, according to an assessment by the IPCC, an intergovernmental climate-science body, oil and gas production needs to fall by about 20% by 2030 and by about 55% by 2050, in order to stop the Earth’s temperature rising by more than 1.5°C above its pre-industrial level. Some of the world’s top oil executives plan a call to action at a premier industry conference this week, arguing that companies need to actively address climate change and technology concerns

On climate change Republicans are even more backward than oil companies. Khong called a temperature increase of 2 degrees Celsius “the flu,” leading to heat waves, sea-level rise, and 10 to 20 percent less arable land. “But the worst effects are beyond that limit, when you start to see feedback loops,” he warned.

Texas' Biggest Oil And Gas Industry Group Accepts Role In Climate Change. By Mose Buchele | KUT • Jan 14, 2020. ShareTweetEmail · An oil rig outside  5 Dec 2019 “Oil and gas companies have spent the last five decades lying to the public about the threat of climate change. Now they're trying to sell  18 Jan 2020 Big Oil has a do-or-die decade ahead because of climate change the reinvigorated European utilities left the oil-and-gas industry in the dust. 22 Sep 2019 “It's something oil-and-gas companies need to take seriously, and they are.” Climate activism is also bringing change to the banking industry. 24 May 2019 The fossil fuel industry is pushing lawmakers to implement a tax on carbon emissions, but environmentalists are skeptical of its newfound 

15 Nov 2019 The analysis shows that carbon emissions from California's oil and gas industry actually rose 3.5% since cap and trade began. Refineries,  10 May 2019 The year before, Cheniere became the first company to receive an LNG The burning of natural gas emits less greenhouse pollution than burning oil, but Fighting climate change must be our priority, whether fossil fuel  14 Aug 2018 Though oil and gas companies have known about global climate change for decades, they've deferred reducing crude and gas production until  26 Oct 2015 This knowledge did not prevent the company (now ExxonMobil and the world's largest oil and gas company) from spending decades refusing to