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API Statement On IEA Report On Pathway To Net-Zero By 2050 The American Petroleum Institute today issued the following statement from Vice President of Corporate Policy Stephen Comstock in response to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) report on a pathway to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. “As laid out in our Climate Action Framework, the industry shares the goal for a lower carbon future, and its engineers and scientists are partnering with experts across the world on a host of ...

11th Hour Racing release new sustainability report and commits to net positive regenerative campaign by 11th Hour Racing Team 17 May 15:57 BST Emily Nagel on the helm of 11th Hour Racings IMOCA 60 © Image courtesy of 11th Hour Racing/Amory Ross Professional offshore sailing outfit 11th Hour Racing Team has released today its annual 2020 Sustainability Report, announcing their ambition to run a net-positive, regenerative campaign, supported by title sponsor 11th Hour Racing....

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The World Is Waking Up to the Truth That Natural Gas Is Dirty The U.N.’s new Global Methane Report throws cold water on a longtime fossil fuel industry talking point. David McNew/Getty Images Flame emerges from a fracking rig in the Monterey Shale formation, as natural gas is burned off. In the last several years, the fossil fuel industry has tried to paint itself as being on a smooth path toward a clean energy future. Its members are (allegedly) standing by, ready to join the fight for the p...

22 Apr 2021 As President Joe Biden holds a two-day climate change summit with world leaders and vows to put the radical New Green Deal in place, the American people have another view about what should be done to meet environmental challenges. The American Petroleum Institute, a trade group that advocates for the oil and natural gas industry and its stakeholders, wrote about a Morning Consult poll that shows that a vast majority of people see fossil fuels as the future — 73 percent believe nat...

Natural Gas Said ‘Part of the Solution’ as Biden Pledges to Halve US GHG Emissions Energy stakeholders endorsed President Biden’s strengthening of U.S. climate change commitments on Thursday, but they also stressed the importance of natural gas in achieving deep decarbonization of the economy. Biden said Thursday the United States will target a 50-52% reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution by 2030 versus 2005 levels. The announcement, made during the virtually held Leade...

Vital Role Seen for Natural Gas as Biden Doubles U.S. Climate Commitments Energy stakeholders endorsed President Biden’s strengthening of U.S. climate change commitments on Thursday, but they also stressed the importance of natural gas in achieving deep decarbonization of the economy. Biden said Thursday the United States will target a 50-52% reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution by 2030 versus 2005 levels. The announcement, made during the virtually held Leaders Summit on ...

Carbon pricing has had broad business support for over a decade. As a market-based mechanism, this is often the private sector’s preferred approach in addressing climate change. Consequently, carbon pricing is a convenient mechanism to measure trade association support for climate change. Support for this mechanism is not a sufficient commitment to climate action alone, and any support that is tied to displacing other tools essential to necessary emissions reductions should be rejected as bei...

API Underscores Importance Of Federal Oil And Gas Program, Urges DOI To End Federal Leasing Pause The American Petroleum Institute (API) today submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) on the importance of continued natural gas and oil leasing and development on federal lands and waters for U.S. economic growth and climate progress. API Vice President of Upstream Policy Kevin O’Scannlain urged Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to account for the economic and environmental benef...

Football club VfL Wolfsburg is the most environmentally friendly team in the Bundesliga, according to the latest rankings from Sport Positive, an organisation working to rank Europe’s football leagues by environmental commitment. EURACTIV Germany reports. Located in central Germany, VfL Wolfsburg is Germany’s “greenest football club”, having received full marks (21 of 21) for their environmental efforts in the rankings released on Wednesday (7 April). The club has an “exemplary commit...