Energy in Demand News, June 1-2, 2025

Austria and Slovenia are the only European countries whose defence ministries have committed to reaching net zero military emissions, according to an analysis of 30 European countries (EU 27 plus Norway, Switzerland and UK). An article in the Guardian on the analysis added that only about one-third have worked out the size of their carbon … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, June 1-2, 2025 →

What roles do our pensions, investments and banking decisions play in supporting fossil fuel projects?

In an article on the Deutsche Welle website, Holly Young tries to answer that question and to look for green finance alternatives. What role does your money play in the climate crisis? Personal finance is a climate blind spot for many — lagging behind decisions on things like diet, travel or shopping when it … Continue reading What roles do our pensions, investments and banking decisions play in supporting fossil fuel projects? →

EU transmission network risks being ‘systemic handbrake’ in clean energy transition

Over 1,700 gigawatts of renewable energy projects across 16 countries are stuck in the queue to be connected to the electricity grid. Rosie Frost writes on the Euronews website about a new report that analyses many of the challenges facing Europe to maintain the momentum for its clean energy transition. Europe’s electricity grid is … Continue reading EU transmission network risks being ‘systemic handbrake’ in clean energy transition →

South Africa, as G20 president, should push for fossil fuel subsidies to be shifted into funding cleaner energy and climate adaptation

In an article on The Conversation website, Llewellyn Leonard, Professor of Environmental Science, University of South Africa makes the case for South Africa, as this year’s presiden tof the G20, to push to eliminate subsidies for fossil fuels in order to promote cleaner energy. Fossil fuels are still subsidised: G20 could push for the … Continue reading South Africa, as G20 president, should push for fossil fuel subsidies to be shifted into funding cleaner energy and climate adaptation →

From Africa to Southeast Asia, the Trump administration is cancelling US support for projects designed to replace coal, oil and gas with clean energy

The US administration has pulled clean energy and just transition funding in South Africa and is pressuring EXIM and the World Bank to back fossil fuels. In an article on the Climate Home News website, Jo Lo discusses latest developments. Trump shifts US funds from shutting down foreign fossil fuels to expanding them From … Continue reading From Africa to Southeast Asia, the Trump administration is cancelling US support for projects designed to replace coal, oil and gas with clean energy →

Energy in Demand News, April 27-28, 2025

This is the week that many of the world’s institutions received a lecture from the new US administration on changes that should be made. The Financial Times reports: “US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has accused the IMF and World Bank of “mission creep”, calling for them to step back from “their sprawling and unfocused agendas” … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, April 27-28, 2025 →

Energy sector leaders usher in a new era of energy security

The high-level gathering of governments and industry, co-hosted by IEA and UK, concludes with shared understanding of a broader and more resilient approach to energy security. But it also concluded that fossil fuels will continue to play an important role and questions the net zero energy transition objectives. Joe Lo writes on the Climate Home … Continue reading Energy sector leaders usher in a new era of energy security →

Two scientists say they’ve built a tool that can calculate how much damage each oil company’s planet-warming pollution has caused

Nicolás Rivero writes on the Washington Post website about a new tool that two scientists have built to calculate damage from carbon emissions. Climate advocates hope this sort of model could result in court rulings that make polluters pay. The oil and gas industry contests the science. Scientists say they can calculate the cost … Continue reading Two scientists say they’ve built a tool that can calculate how much damage each oil company’s planet-warming pollution has caused →

Energy in Demand News, April 20-21, 2025

What on earth is going on? The Financial Times reports: “US philanthropies and non-profits groups focused on climate change fear that a potential loss of their tax-free status under the Trump administration could imperil their programmes. Concerns have grown that the Trump administration is drafting an executive order on the eve of so-called Earth day … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, April 20-21, 2025 →

Labour unions, and not oil companies, played the leading role in killing a bill that would have let disaster victims in California sue for causing climate change

Ryan Sabalow writes on the CalMatters website about Big Oil’s most influential allies in California, the unions, in killing a measure that had support from nearly every California environmental organisation. How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate change Oil companies had their hackles up this year … Continue reading Labour unions, and not oil companies, played the leading role in killing a bill that would have let disaster victims in California sue for causing climate change →