Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: fossil fuel

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According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), fossil fuel subsidies surged in 2022 to an all-time high of $1 trillion, doubling the subsidies from the previous year, and five times that of 2020.

Source: https://qz.com/want-to-cut-global-emissions-by-10-stop-fossil-fuel-s-1850252198

Additionally, green hydrogen can integrate easily with fossil fuels and with the entire fossil fuel ecosystem.

Source: https://investorplace.com/smartmoney/2023/03/all-about-green-hydrogen/

After giving millions of dollars to Senate Republicans this year, fossil fuel companies lobbied for cuts to the Energy Department’s renewables office and reductions in energy efficiency standards.

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/08/27/insight-one-thing-we-know-about-the-maui-wildfires-those-most-responsible-wont-pay-a-cent/

All three of the world’s fossil fuel powerhouses – China, the United States, and the 27-nation European Union – have been rolling out massive new subsidies to encourage investment in green power and technology.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2023/0302/How-Russian-war-machine-sparked-a-clean-energy-drive-in-the-West?icid=rss

“Amnesty International is calling for a fast and fair phase out of all fossil fuels and for an immediate halt to the development of new fossil fuel resources.

Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/09/global-climate-protests-to-call-for-an-end-to-the-use-of-fossil-fuels/

Analysts said it could soon facilitate as much as $80 billion a year in transactions that drive investments in technologies meant to reduce fossil fuel emissions and fight climate change.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/23/business/economy/climate-law-biden-tax-credits.html

And lastly, we should consider how things will work once we trade the old boss (fossil fuel companies) for the new boss (electric utilities).

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/03/17/robert-zeidler-the-headlong-rush-to-something-anything-by-yesterday-is-naive/

An earlier tweet said: "Activists pour fake oil and scale Labour Party headquarters demanding future Labour Government takes urgent action to cancel new fossil fuel licenses, fund the transition to renewables and end Drax sponsorship."

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1813986/extinction-rebellion-labour-party-hq

Anti-Pollution Law: Mayor Eric Adams has released proposed guidelines for Local Law 97, trailblazing climate legislation that limits fossil fuel emissions from large buildings.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/16/nyregion/airbnb-nyc-housing-rentals.html

A rapid reduction in fossil fuel emissions could halve this risk, analysts have found.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2023/12/02/more-than-16000-hospitals-at-risk-by-2100-due-to-extreme-weather/

As opposed to conventional fossil fuel energy sources, solar output can be affected by environmental conditions such as dust, cloud cover or snow.

Source: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/09/20/campus/ramamoorthy-ramesh-talks-energy-efficiency-at-10th-annual-achenbach-lecture/

As we cannot simply end fossil fuel production in seven years, ramping up carbon capture as quickly as possible is the only way to reduce emissions in this time frame.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/29/we-have-to-get-behind-cop28-its-the-most-ambitious-climate-plan-in-history

As well as being a carbon sink, the seaweed could also be grown and sold as feedstocks for industrial processes which would be an alternative to fossil fuel resources, Mr Auckland said.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2023/04/05/sargassum-farming-company-given-government-grant/

As wind and solar expand, we expect resulting lower power costs to help produced in Colombia become economically competitive with current forms of hydrogen production and some fossil fuel sources by the 2030s.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/woodmackenzie/2023/05/22/colombia-could-lead-latin-america-through-the-energy-transition/

A U.S. Appeals Court on Friday, Aug. 18, struck down a critical approval for a railroad project that would have allowed oil businesses in eastern Utah to significantly expand fossil fuel production and exports.

Source: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/08/19/appeals-court-strikes-down-utah/

Australia has so many natural resources that even if you go the fossil fuel route, electricity should be very cheap.’

Source: https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/05/elon-musks-confusing-green-logic/

Barrister Zarah Burgess, representing Disrupt Burrup Hub, it as “a transparent and extraordinary attempt to gag climate campaigners from speaking about Woodside’s fossil fuel expansion.”

Source: https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/09/criminalising-activism-woodside-protest-and-climate-change/

Biden has earned every drop of that distrust with his egregious actions to eradicate domestic fossil fuel production beginning the day he was inaugurated.

Source: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/athena-thorne/2023/02/08/did-you-catch-bidens-shocking-admission-during-his-sotu-address-n1668972

But as climate change is increasingly making its mark in the present, many of the plaintiffs suing fossil fuel companies are testing another approach — suing for compensation for damages already caused or for the costs to prevent future ones.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/the-challenges-and-promises-of-climate-lawsuits/article66845875.ece

But its helpful to have some perspective here; lithium mining is a drop in the bucket compared to fossil fuel mining: https://t.

Source: https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41058650.html