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- China to cut fossil fuel use to below 20% by 2060 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/25/china-to-cut-fossil-fuel-use-to-below-20-by-2060 400 comments worldnews
- Anyone here use Fossil as their source control? Any thoughts? https://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki 10 comments programming
- Sanders: 'Duh' I would use DOJ to go after fossil fuel companies https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/462203-bernie-duh-i-would-use-doj-to-go-after-fossil-fuel-companies 6 comments politics
- Why aren't we using hydrogen instead of fossil fuels? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7boe7x/why_arent_we_using_hydrogen_instead_of_fossil/ 34 comments askscience
- What methods do scientists use to reconstruct dinosaur postures from discovered fossils? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/a211f7/what_methods_do_scientists_use_to_reconstruct/ 5 comments askscience
- G7 leaders agree to phase out fossil fuel use by end of century http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/08/g7-leaders-agree-phase-out-fossil-fuel-use-end-of-century 3 comments science
- Fossil fuel use, emissions hit records in 2023, report says https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/fossil-fuel-use-emissions-hit-records-2023-report-says-2024-06-19/ 10 comments worldnews
- UN Chief accuses fossil fuel lobby of using Ukrainian conflict in own interest https://www.aninews.in/news/world/europe/un-chief-accuses-fossil-fuel-lobby-of-using-ukrainian-conflict-in-own-interest20220430233427/ 33 comments worldnews
- Global fossil fuel use similar to decade ago in energy mix, report says https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/global-fossil-fuel-use-similar-decade-ago-energy-mix-report-says-2021-06-14/ 18 comments energy
- Mathieu Flamini will build a biorefinery in the U.S. to make plastics and solvents in a way that avoids using fossil fuels. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-24/footballer-s-green-chemical-company-signs-deal-for-biorefinery 250 comments soccer
- Visualizing America’s Energy Use, in One Giant Chart - We love to look at all the emissions from fossil fuels, but the answer to reducing emissions lies in examining it's uses and coming up with substitutions for them or transitioning away from those activities. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-americas-energy-use-in-one-giant-chart/ 39 comments environment
- Biden and Manchin speak different languages on hydrogen. Biden’s version of hydrogen is made using renewable energy and would replace fossil fuels. Manchin envisions relying on fossil fuels to produce hydrogen. Manchin wants the administration to put one of its four new hydrogen hubs in his backyard https://www.eenews.net/articles/biden-and-manchin-speak-different-languages-on-hydrogen/ 108 comments energy
- Misinformation Funded By Canada’s Oil Industry. Industry groups used an “extractive populism” message in their social media campaigns: The fossil fuel industry is integral to the economic well being of everyday Canadians but is under attack by various “elites” and thus in need of popular defense. https://pressprogress.ca/misinformation-funded-by-canadas-oil-industry-is-a-growing-concern-for-climate-scientists/ 5 comments environment
- The Oil Industry Is Terrified of College Kids | Students helped crush Apartheid. Now they’re using the same tactics against fossil fuels. https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/01/harvard-yale-fossil-fuel-divestment-protests-oil-gas-alec/ 28 comments environment
- Could Fossil Fuel Companies Ever Be Tried for Crimes Against Humanity? | "Isn’t there some all-powerful hammer—the proverbial silver bullet—that we can use to bring this spiraling problem under control?" https://gizmodo.com/could-fossil-fuel-companies-ever-be-tried-for-crimes-ag-1847791785 5 comments climate
- Sweden has delivered the world’s first shipment of steel produced without the use of fossil fuels, a major milestone on the road towards cutting carbon emissions from industry https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2021/08/19/how-sweden-delivered-the-worlds-first-fossil-fuel-free-steel/ 2 comments upliftingnews
- Oil producers used Facebook to counter President Biden’s clean energy message, a study shows. Overnight 25 of the biggest oil and gas producers, industry lobby groups and advocacy organizations unleashed a surge in ads promoting fossil fuels. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/climate/oil-facebook-ads-biden.html 22 comments energy
- Scientists have discovered that certain bacteria produce ethylene gas without using oxygen – a finding that could lead to new ways to produce plastics without using fossil fuels. https://news.osu.edu/a-new-method-for-making-a-key-component-of-plastics/ 30 comments science
- EU’s ‘Clean Hydrogen Alliance’ must focus on renewables, greens insist. "Fossil fuel-based hydrogen coupled to carbon capture and storage is a distraction from this important goal and should not receive public support.” The coalition also argued against using hydrogen for heating and private cars. https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/eus-clean-hydrogen-alliance-must-focus-on-renewables-greens-insist/ 3 comments energy
- In the search to find an environmentally friendly alternative for fossil fuels, scientists from the Tokyo University of Science developed a new technique for safely and efficiently producing 25 times more hydrogen fuel by using a specific type of rust and light source. https://www.popularmechanics.co.za/science/hydrogen-made-using-rust/ 529 comments science
- New research has designed an 'artificial leaf' that is capable of converting CO2 into methanol gas using only water, light and a catalyst. This non-electric approach could help industries like aviation ween their dependence on fossil fuels. https://www.inverse.com/article/60644-artificial-leaf-methanol 7 comments science
- Jane Fonda Spends Night in Jail After Demonstration Arrest — The actress and political activist has said she plans to get arrested every Friday as she advocates for reducing the use of fossil fuels. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jane-fonda-spends-night-jail-demonstration-arrest-1251888 274 comments politics
- UK renewables generate more electricity than fossil fuels for the first time - UK renewables have generated more electricity than fossil fuels for the first time, according to an analysis of energy use for the third quarter of this year. https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/uk-renewables-electricity-energy-fossil-fuels-a9152586.html 5 comments worldnews
- Solar energy can become biofuel without solar cells, reports scientists, who have successfully produced microorganisms that can efficiently produce the alcohol butanol using carbon dioxide and solar energy, without needing to use solar cells, to replace fossil fuels with a carbon-neutral product. http://www.uu.se/en/news-media/news/article/?id=12902&area=2,5,10,16,34,38&typ=artikel&lang=en 728 comments science
- Germany Inches Toward Carbon Tax With Merkel Panel Proposals: 'The panel recommended a carbon price of between 25 and 50 euros per ton under the trading system to discourage fossil-fuel use.' https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-12/germany-inches-toward-carbon-tax-with-merkel-panel-proposals 33 comments worldnews
- Senators introduce bipartisan carbon capture bill | A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill Thursday to increase federal funding toward developing carbon capture technology while also committing to fossil fuel use. https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/438534-senators-introduce-bipartisan-carbon-capture-bill 10 comments politics
- Environmental groups to sue Shell over fossil fuel use | The groups, including Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Netherlands, handed over a court summons to Shell at its headquarters in The Hague, demanding it stop extracting oil and gas and cut its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050 https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/05/environmental-groups-to-sue-shell-over-fossil-fuel-use.html 13 comments worldnews
- Last time CO2 levels were this high, there were trees at the South Pole - Using sedimentary records and plant fossils, researchers have found that temperatures near the South Pole were about 20C higher than now in the Pliocene epoch, from 5.3m to 2.6m years ago. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/03/south-pole-tree-fossils-indicate-impact-of-climate-change?cmp=fb_gu 7 comments science
- Last time CO2 levels were this high, there were trees at the South Pole | Using sedimentary records and plant fossils, researchers have found that temperatures near the South Pole were about 20C higher than now during the Pliocene epoch https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/03/south-pole-tree-fossils-indicate-impact-of-climate-change 58 comments worldnews
- Edinburgh inventor creates biodegradable water bottle to fight plastic problem - It is made from sustainable plant-based materials, uses no fossil fuels in its production and decomposes within about three weeks in seawater, compared with hundreds, even thousands, of years for its plastic equivalent. https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/edinburgh-inventor-creates-biodegradable-water-bottle-to-fight-plastic-problem-1-4731899 911 comments worldnews
- Finland will ban the use of coal in energy generation in 2029. The government is also looking into a large-scale subsidy scheme that will reward energy firms for ditching the fossil fuel ahead of time. https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/finland-confirms-coal-exit-ahead-of-schedule-in-2029/ 10 comments worldnews
- Norway will be the first country in the world to prohibit the use of fossil-based oil to heat buildings. The ban will cover both new and old buildings including private homes and businesses as well as publicly owned facilities. http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/norway-to-ban-use-of-heating-oil-in-buildings/article/495354 331 comments worldnews
- Exxon Using Tobacco’s Failed Free Speech Defense for Decades of Deception on Climate Change | claiming that the investigations infringe on fossil fuels companies’ right to free speech while steadfastly ignoring the fact that ExxonMobil funded climate denial to protect their business model. http://ecowatch.com/2016/04/26/exxon-free-speech-defense/ 29 comments politics
- Analysis of fossil corals and mollusk shells from the Pacific Ocean reveals there is no link between the strength of seasonal differences and El Niño. This contradicts the top 9 climate models in use today, which associate exceptionally hot summers and cold winters with weak El Niños, and vice versa http://news.usc.edu/89793/current-climate-models-misrepresent-el-nino/ 4 comments science
- Environmental activist and billionaire Tom Steyer served notice on Monday that he will use his wealth to try to bring climate change into the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, vowing to target Republican hopefuls who deny the connection between burning fossil fuels and rising global temperatures. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/06/us-climatechange-election-donor-iduskbn0mx1j120150406 687 comments politics
- A new study shows that the teeth of early hominins grew unlike those of either modern humans or apes, suggesting that neither can serve as a useful proxy for estimating the age or developmental progression of juvenile fossils. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/03/the-teeth-tell-a-tale/ 3 comments science
- Analysis of 30,000 year old human and animal fossil bones from a prehistoric site in the Czech Republic shows that the Gravettian people consumed large quantities of mammoth meat, in addition to using their bones to build structures and carve ivory sculptures. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141124074841.htm 10 comments science
- U.N. Panel Issues Its Starkest Warning Yet on Global Warming. Meeting 2°C goal would require leaving the vast majority of the world’s reserves of fossil fuels in the ground or, alternatively, developing methods to capture and bury the emissions resulting from their use, the group said. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/03/world/europe/global-warming-un-intergovernmental-panel-on-climate-change.html 9 comments science
- Prehistoric man ate panda, claims scientist. Excavated panda fossils show early humans used the bears as food in what is now south-west China, says Chinese scientist http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/14/prehistoric-man-ate-panda-claim 24 comments worldnews