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EU warns firms over profiteering

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EU finance ministers and senior officials urged the EU to deploy targeted, temporary, fiscally compatible measures to shield consumers from rising oil and gas prices, warning against corporate profiteering.

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Exxon's director of economics and energy announced that the company is anticipating 2.5 - 3C of global heating by 2050.

Let me repeat that: by 2050.

Who’s alarmist now?

www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Exxon raises 2050 global emissions forecast, sees slower coal decline
The world is at risk of falling behind in efforts to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, ExxonMobil said in its annual energy outlook published on Thursday, as ​the burning of coal could decline at a slo...
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September 19, 2026 at 12:14 AM

Reposted by Gernot Wagner

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Europe was the ‘most unusually hot place on the planet’ this summer. Can renewables cool us down?

“The human and economic costs of fossil fuels are playing out in real time, and the urgency to shift away from them has never been clearer”...

www.euronews.com/2026/09/17/e...
Europe named most 'unusually hot place’ on Earth after sizzling summer
“These past three months are a warning sign we cannot afford to ignore – the human and economic costs of fossil fuels are playing out in real time.”
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September 18, 2026 at 9:50 AM