Links tagged “russia”

Protesters in China shout “Down with Xi” and “Free Xinjiang” in reference to the province where 10 people were killed by a fire, and where solar panels are made by oppressed Uyghur Muslims.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine urged global support for his cause in the interests of “global climate safety."

Yuliia Solovei, a spokesman for United 24, the official fundraising platform of Ukraine:  "Green energy is something which Putin fears a lot." - "First time in the world’s history, country can measure the effect of the war in numbers like what’s the cost of these attacks for atmosphere? How many CO2 is in the air because of the missiles attacks?"

Reuters: Ukraine’s participation in COP27 is the evidence that it remains committed to its climate goals.

Economist Jeff Currie of Goldman Sachs (Global Head of Commodities Research in the Global Investment Research Division): "Here’s a stat for you, as of January of this year. At the end of last year, overall, fossil fuels represented 81 percent of overall energy consumption. Ten years ago, they were at 82. So though, all of that investment in renewables, you’re talking about 3.8 trillion, let me repeat that $3.8 trillion of investment in renewables moved fossil fuel consumption from 82 to 81 percent, of the overall energy consumption. But you know, given the recent events and what’s happened with the loss of gas and replacing it with coal, that number is likely above 82." ... The net of it is clearly we haven’t made any progress."

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Reality check: In 1908, fossil fuels accounted for 85% of U.S. energy consumption. In 2015, more or less the same

Putin ranked Number 1 out of 28 'power players behind Europe's green agenda" in POLITICO's annual ranking.

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POLITICO EU: A POLITICO survey of data on clean energy, energy savings and policies shows that the first signs of that green surge are appearing. Analysts are in little doubt that the change is structural, permanent and historic. “We will look back at this situation in 10 years time and see, OK, that was the moment where we really got serious about the green transition and we really had the big green acceleration,” said Simone Tagliapietra, a research fellow at the Brussels-based think tank Bruegel. ...

“Gas will probably be around in some form at least until 2050, but the notion of it being a transition fuel … certainly has weakened pretty strongly over the last 12 months,” said Glenn Rickson, the head of European power analysis at S&P Global.

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UN: Putin a Climate Hero?! UN Weather chief: ‘From climate perspective, the war in Ukraine may be seen as a blessing’

Marc Morano: "Putin is the UN's new Climate Hero. Will Vladimir Putin now get a Nobel Peace Prize like Al Gore did in 2007 in service of the climate?"

AP: The head of the U.N. weather agency says the war in Ukraine “may be seen as a blessing” from a climate perspective because it is accelerating the development of and investment in green energies over the longer term — even though fossil fuels are being used at a time of high demand now. ...

Petteri Taalas, secretary-general of the UN's World Meteorological Organization: “From the five- to 10-year timescale, it’s clear that this war in Ukraine will speed up our consumption of fossil energy, and it’s speeding up this green transition." “So we are going to invest much more in renewable energy, energy-saving solutions...“So from climate perspective, the war in Ukraine may be seen as a blessing,” Taalas added.

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Climate Depot's Morano's comment: "So the head of the UN's World Meteorological Org. said the quiet part out loud --- that he believes Russia's invasion of Ukraine is helping save the Planet! Putin is the UN's new Climate Hero. Will Vladimir Putin now get a Nobel Peace Prize like Al Gore did in 2007 in service of the climate? The UN joins many other climate campaigners in cheering on the chaos, calamity, and hardship that wars, shortages, and disruption cause the world. See: Former Obama U.S. Treasury official Mark Mazur says quiet part out loud: ‘We don’t want lower prices for fossil-fuel buyers, we prefer higher prices’ to achieve ‘climate change goals’

As the UN now openly admits, high energy prices and shortages are NOT the unintended consequences of the Green New Deal-style policies, they are the INTENDED consequences. In short, there is no better way to increase the politicians' and bureaucrats' power than by exploiting war, tragedy and chaos. Skyrocketing energy prices are exactly what the climate and environmental agenda demand and has demanded for the past 50-plus years. From President Obama to President Biden, higher energy costs have been the plan to soften up Americans and the economy to prepare them for accepting less in order to impose the progressive energy-restricted vision on society. Endless wars, high energy prices and shortages will condition Americans and Europeans to accept a 'new normal' in energy that is entirely due to following the climate agenda." See: Collapse of energy, food, transportation systems prompt calls for government nationalization of industries – Echoes 1930s push for Great Reset style reforms

Flashback: The Atlantic: ‘On Top of Everything Else, Nuclear War Would Be a Climate Problem’ – Laments even ‘nuclear winter…would not reverse the effect’ of man-made warming

Yahoo News: Europe is turning to firewood to offset the loss of Russian natural gas supplies.

A report from the Washington Post says soaring energy costs are pushing Europe to burn coal, trash, and wood.

"Firewood is the new gold," sources told the Washington Post.

Sources cited by the Washington Post told the paper that "firewood is the new gold." The report added that consumers are rushing to purchase old-school heaters for their homes, which could pose more problems if not installed properly. Another source said the rush to switch methods of heat in homes leads him to believe that "we're going to have to carry some people out horizontally this winter."

Energy prices in Europe have climbed as much as 1,000% above pre-war levels

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Marc Morano comment: "How is that Green Energy transformation coming along?"