fossil fuels

June 21, 2023, 6:09 pm

Evogene subsidiary nabs $9.1m deal for supply of castor seeds for biofuel production

Casterra signs agreement with top 10 oil and gas company to sell its high-yielding castor bean seeds to be cultivated in Africa

By Sharon Wrobel

FILE - A sign reading "fossil fuels out" is displayed during a demonstration at the COP27 UN Climate Summit, on November 12, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

June 13, 2023, 3:21 pm

Investment houses ‘breaking promises’ to shun fossil fuels – report

After Altshuler Shaham and Migdal fall in Clean Money Forum’s quarterly index, Altshuler Shaham says: ‘Better to engage with companies for change them than to boycott them’

By Sue Surkes

Police officers carry Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (C) out of a group of demonstrators and activists in Erkelenz, western Germany, on January 17, 2023, as demonstrations continue against a coal mine extension in the nearby village of Luetzerath (Photo by Christoph Reichwein / dpa / AFP)

January 18, 2023, 10:19 am

Greta Thunberg carried off, briefly detained by police at German coal mine protest

Swedish climate activist supporting protests against demolition of village, in symbol of resistance against fossil fuels

By AFP

This photo provided by the fire brigade of the Gironde region (SDIS 33) shows a wildfire near Landiras, southwestern France, July 14, 2022 (SDIS 33 via AP)

December 7, 2022, 2:29 pm

Year of climate woes ‘just the beginning’ amid failure to cut emissions, experts say

Despite some legislative progress and international aid deal for poorer countries, goal of staying below 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming since pre-industrial era is in peril

By Julien MIVIELLE and Kelly MacNamara

Noam head Avi Maoz speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 28, 2022 (Courtesy Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

December 5, 2022, 1:41 pm

Daily Briefing Dec. 5: What does Netanyahu gain from extremist MK Avi Maoz?

Editor David Horovitz discusses the roles of the Noam party’s sole MK and other coalition issues; environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at pension funds’ investments and bird flu

By ToI Staff

Climate activists protest against offshore drilling, at the beach in Tel Aviv, on August 13, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

December 4, 2022, 5:12 am

At least NIS 57.6 billion of Israelis’ pensions invested in fossil fuels — watchdog

Clean Money Forum’s quarterly ranking shows Altschuler Shaham as cleanest, Yellin Lapidot improving but Migdal increasing fossil fuel holdings, despite policy pledge to cut them

By Sue Surkes

November 23, 2022, 6:49 am

COP27 didn’t slash emissions, but it did give Israeli climate tech a global stage

With first ever pavilion at UN climate meet, Israeli officials, firms and NGOs showcase solutions while signing agreements and commercial deals at an otherwise disappointing confab

By Sue Surkes

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, heads the closing session of the COP27 climate conference, at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, on November 20, 2022. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)

November 20, 2022, 7:21 pm

No way to run a COP: Climate summit host Egypt gets bad marks

Observers allege that Cairo failed to act as a neutral broker in talks, protected petro-states; European official disappointed at weak push for commitments to limit global warming

By Marlowe HOOD

A mother pushes a stroller in front of the Scholven coal-fired power station, owned by Uniper, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, March 28, 2022 (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

November 11, 2022, 1:07 pm

Scientists predict CO2 fossil fuel emissions to reach record high in 2022

Pollution from oil will likely rise more than 2% compared to last year, while emissions from coal to hit a new peak, amid pandemic recovery and energy crisis caused by Ukraine war

By Marlowe HOOD

Just Stop Oil activists throw tomato soup on Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in London’s National Gallery to protest fossil fuel extraction, October 14, 2022. (Screencapture/ Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

October 14, 2022, 5:11 pm

Climate activists throw tomato soup over Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ in London

Just Stop Oil activists protest fossil fuel extraction by dumping two cans of Heinz over one of the Dutch artist’s most iconic works; painting unharmed, frame slightly damaged

By AP

Illustrative photograph of drilling oil on land. (bashta, iStock at Getty Images)

August 7, 2022, 2:58 am

How US Jewish philanthropies sprung from oil fortunes are handling climate change

At least a dozen major dynasties have been involved in the fossil fuel industry, and they follow diverse giving patterns when it comes to environmental causes

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

An aerial view of the Tamar gas-processing rig off the southern coastal city of Ashkelon, June 23, 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

June 14, 2022, 9:41 pm

Sovereign wealth fund rules out pumping gas profits back into fossil fuel industry

Yarom Ariav tells Knesset committee that fund ready to start investing first billion shekels from energy extraction in exchange-traded notes, won’t put money in oil and gas firms

By Sue Surkes

This screenshot from undated footage released by Strategy & Government Communications of Dubai, shows the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, about 50 kilometres south of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Strategy & Government Communications of Dubai via AP)

March 29, 2022, 5:06 am

UAE aims to go green while continuing to produce oil

Kingdom’s climate envoy tells UN confab that fossil fuel phaseout ‘cannot be rushed,’ that oil will still be needed in future, and that UAE can produce it with low carbon emissions

By Sue Surkes

Climate activists march through the streets of Glasgow, Scotland, on November 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

November 15, 2021, 11:41 am

The Glasgow climate conference failed us, and the planet, big time

Without rich nations committing to phase out fossil fuels and without funding to help the developing world, humanity faces a grim future

By Sue Surkes

Little Amal, a 3.5m puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, crosses the Millennium Bridge near the venue of the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, November 9, 2021. (Alberto Pezzali/AP)

November 10, 2021, 1:02 pm

Draft from Glasgow climate talks holds ‘alarm and concern,’ but no specifics

Early version of decision fails to include detailed agreements on 3 specific goals set by United Nations on emission, phasing out fossil fuels, and funding poor nations

By Seth Borenstein and Frank Jordans