“Big Oil Reality Check,” was released 24th May 2022 by Washington, DC-based Oil Change International
in collaboration with over 35 global organizations. The report, which
updates a 2020 study, analyzes the latest climate pledges of
BP, Chevron, Eni, Equinor, ExxonMobil, Repsol, Shell, and TotalEnergies
against alignment with the 1.5C temperature
goal in the Paris Agreement. The report lists over 200 expansion projects by the majors over the next 3 years that could create an additional 8.6 billion tonnes (Gt) of emissions. All eight companies’ climate pledges were judged as grossly insufficient! Time to change direction?https://electrek.co/2022/05/24/heres-where-big-oil-stands-on-climate-plans-and-its-not-good/
Minderoo Foundation's Global Plastic Watch is live today!GPW is a digital platform that maps the world's pollution in real time.This will help to identify which sites are legal or illegal and whether they are adjacent to water ways that lead to the ocean. This is cutting edge technology that combines satellite technology with machine learning and will drive better plastic waste management and reduce the estimated 10 million tonnes of plastic entering our oceans annually. https://globalplasticwatch.org
While plastic usually takes hundreds of years to decompose,
Scientists have developed an enzyme that could shorten that time to mere
hours.
Engineers at the University of Texas in Austin have been working on solutions to the polyethylene terephthalate
problem, which currently accounts for 12 per cent of the Earth's global
waste. The polymer is found in bottles, packaging and textiles.
Now, they may have found the solution.https://www.joe.co.uk/environment/engineers-develop-an-enzyme-that-can-break-down-plastic-in-hours-not-centuries-333198?
In a bold stroke to help Germany replace Russian gas, Twiggy Forrest & Fortescue (FFI) have signed a contract with European energy giant EON. The goal is to produce hydrogen in Australia using renewable energy
and ship to Europe for distribution through EON’s
pipelines. Deliveries would begin in 2024 and increase to 5 million tonnes of hydrogen a year by 2030 - equal to about a third
of the energy Germany currently imports from Russia."We are working closely with banks, institutional investors, multilaterals and credit agencies" to support this new green energy investment, stated FFI.https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/eon-australias-ffi-explore-green-hydrogen-transport-europe-