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LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg was acquitted Friday of refusing to follow a police order to leave a protest blocking the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year. “The conditions imposed on the protest were unclear, uncertain and unlawful,” defense lawyer Raj Chada said outside court. Thunberg and other climate protesters have accused fossil fuel companies of deliberately slowing the global energy transition to renewables in order to make more profit. Thunberg rose to prominence after staging weekly protests outside the Swedish Parliament starting in 2018. Last summer, she was fined by a Swedish court for disobeying police and blocking traffic during an environmental protest at an oil facility.

Persons: Greta Thunberg, John Law, Thunberg, Law, Raj Chada's, Raj Chada, Matthew Cox, ” Cox, “, ” Thunberg, Luke Staton Organizations: —, ’, Energy Intelligence Forum, Metropolitan Police, Swedish Locations: London, Swedish, Westminster, North, Scotland, Sweden

☆ Climate activist Greta Thunberg cleared of public order offense during London oil protest
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday was cleared of a public order offense over a protest at an oil and gas conference in October. Oil executives had been meeting inside the hotel on the first day of the Energy Intelligence Forum, formerly known as the Oil and Money conference. Thunberg appeared at London's Westminster Magistrates' Court this week alongside two Fossil Free London protesters and two Greenpeace protesters. All five defendants pleaded not guilty after being accused of breaching Section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 by failing to move their protest to a designated area. The judge in the London court ruled she had no case to answer, and also acquitted the other defendants.

Persons: Greta Thunberg, Thunberg, John Law Organizations: LONDON, InterContinental, Lane, Fossil Free, Greenpeace . Oil, Energy Intelligence Forum, Westminster, Greenpeace, Reuters Locations: Fossil Free London, London

LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg went on trial Thursday for refusing to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year. She and four Fossil Free London protesters have pleaded not guilty. Thunberg and other climate protesters have accused fossil fuel companies of deliberately slowing the global energy transition to renewables in order to make more profit. They also oppose the U.K. government’s recent approval of drilling for oil in the North Sea, off the coast of Scotland. Last summer, she was fined by a Swedish court for disobeying police and blocking traffic during an environmental protest at an oil facility.

Persons: Greta Thunberg, Thunberg, Matthew Cox, ” Cox, Cox, Luke Staton, ” Organizations: —, Energy Intelligence Forum, ’, Free, InterContinental, Swedish Locations: London, Swedish, Westminster, North, Scotland, Sweden

LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined a march in southern England on Saturday to protest the use of private jets and the expansion of an airport. Hundreds of local residents and activists holding banners and placards that read “Ban Private Jets" marched to Farnborough Airport, which mostly serves private aircraft. Groups working to fight climate change, including the organizer of Saturday's protest, Extinction Rebellion, say private jets are much more polluting than commercial passenger airliners. “It is clear that private jets are incompatible with ensuring present and future living conditions on this planet," Thunberg said in a video that Extinction Rebellion posted on social media. ___Follow AP's coverage of climate change at https://apnews.com/climate-and-environment.

Persons: Greta Thunberg, Thunberg, We're Organizations: —, Jets, Farnborough Airport, Farnborough, Energy Intelligence Locations: England, Hampshire County, London, Swedish

☆ A showdown is brewing over money, oil and carbon. Here's what's at stake at the COP28 climate summit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions continue to break records, with no continent left untouched by more frequent and intense extreme weather events. MoneyClimate finance is always a hotly debated talking point at the U.N. summit and COP28 promises to be no different. She anticipated three main debates around the use of oil, gas and coal — the burning of which is the chief driver of the climate crisis. "So, one is this 'phase out' or 'phase down' [of fossil fuels]. There is no credible scenario where CCS will allow continued use of fossil fuels, let alone expanding oil and gas.

Persons: Sean Gallup, HENRY NICHOLLS, Henry Nicholls, COP28, Alex Scott, Rich, Sultan al, Jaber, LUIS TATO, Luis Tato, Melanie Robinson, Robinson, Sultan Al Jaber, Francois Walschaerts Organizations: AG, Getty, United Arab Emirates, InterContinental, Fossil, Energy Intelligence, Afp, Organization for Economic Cooperation, Development, Getty Images, Abu, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Climate, World Resources Institute, CNBC, CCS Locations: Salzgitter, Germany, Dubai, Bonn, COP28, London, AFP, E3G, Egypt, COP27, UAE, Garissa, Africa, El Nino, Abu Dhabi, WRI, Brussels

SummaryCompanies Shell to cut 200 jobs, or 15%, of low-carbon solutions unitA further 130 jobs under reviewShell scraps hydrogen light mobility unitLONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Shell (SHEL.L) will cut around 15% of the workforce at its low-carbon solutions division and scale back its hydrogen business as part of CEO Wael Sawan's drive to boost profits, it said on Wednesday. Shell plans to sharply scale back its hydrogen light mobility operations, which develop technologies for light passenger vehicles, the company said. It will also merge two of four general manager roles in the hydrogen business, Shell said. The retreat from the light mobility sector follows the departure of the business's manager Oliver Bishop several months ago. Bishop today leads rival BP's (BP.L) global hydrogen mobility business.

Persons: Wael Sawan's, Sawan, Shell, Oliver Bishop, BP's, London . Sawan, Ron Bousso, Jason Neely, Jan Harvey Organizations: Shell, Reuters, Solutions, Sawan, Energy Intelligence, BP, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Thomson Locations: Shell, Britain, Netherlands, Europe's, Louisiana, London ., U.S

☆ UK police charge climate activist Greta Thunberg after protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg is detained during an Oily Money Out and Fossil Free London protest in London, Britain, October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Climate activist Greta Thunberg was charged by British police on Wednesday after she and others were arrested at a protest outside a London hotel where an oil and gas conference was taking place. Twenty-five other individuals were also charged in relation to Tuesday's protest, police added. Thunberg became the face of young climate activists worldwide after staging weekly protests in front of the Swedish parliament in 2018. Video footage from Tuesday showed Thunberg, wearing a badge with the slogan 'Oily Money Out' standing calmly as two police officers spoke to her and still images showed her being placed in the back of a police van.

Persons: Greta Thunberg, Clodagh, Thunberg, Farouq Suleiman, Sachin Ravikumar Organizations: REUTERS, British, Intercontinental, Energy Intelligence, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Sweden, Norway, Germany

☆ Some demand for energy in Europe could be 'lost forever' after a terrible year for oil and gas, exec says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Some of the lost demand for energy in Europe may be gone for good, the CEO of Vitol said. Global gas prices soared in 2022 after Russia cut off its gas supply to Europe, disrupting the energy sector. "We can expect some of that lost demand to stay lost forever." AdvertisementAdvertisementTurmoil and soaring prices in the energy sector have crimped demand in Europe, and the chief executive of Vitol warned that some of that demand may never return. Hardy, speaking at the Energy Intelligence Forum, added: "We can expect some of that lost demand to stay lost forever."

Persons: Vitol, —, Russel Hardy, Hardy, Fatih Birol, Birol Organizations: Global, Service, Reuters, Energy Intelligence, International Energy Agency, Financial Times Locations: Europe, Russia, London, Ukraine, Moscow, Israel

☆ Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrested at London protest after disrupting major oil conference
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Henry Nicholls | Afp | Getty ImagesLONDON — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday was detained by police after joining hundreds of protesters to disrupt a major energy conference in London. Thunberg was arrested outside the InterContinental London Park Lane hotel during the "Oily Money Out" protest organized by Fossil Free London and Greenpeace. Their only plan is to profit at our expense," Nuri Syed Corser, an organizer with Fossil Free London, said in a statement. Fossil Free London said 27 people have been arrested so far and protests would continue outside the conference through to Thursday. Climate activists protest outside the InterContinental London Park Lane during the "Oily Money Out" demonstration organised by Fossil Free London on the sidelines of the opening day of the Energy Intelligence Forum 2023 in London on October 17, 2023.

Persons: Greta Thunberg, Henry Nicholls, Thunberg, Nuri Syed Corser, Corser, Vicki Hollub, Amin Nasser, Wael Sawan, We've, Tengku Muhammad Taufik, I'm, Taufik Organizations: InterContinental, Fossil Free, Greenpeace, Energy Intelligence, Afp, Getty, LONDON, Lane, Government, Energy Intelligence Forum, Money, Occidental Petroleum, Shell, The Met Police, Amnesty, Petronas, CNBC, Fossil Locations: Swedish, Fossil Free London, London, Saudi Aramco, Abu Dhabi

CNN —Greta Thunberg was arrested at a protest outside an oil and gas conference – formerly known as the “Oil and Money” conference – at a luxury five-star hotel in London on Tuesday, eyewitnesses told CNN. But it wouldn’t confirm to CNN that Thunberg was among those arrested. Thunberg and other protestors blocked entrances at the hotel, trying to prevent delegates from entering. We are choking from their fumes.”Greta Thunberg joined protesters during the demonstration which used the slogan: "Oily Money Out." Tuesday’s protest marks the first of three days of action aimed at shutting down the conference, Greenpeace said

Persons: Greta Thunberg, Thunberg, Henry Nicholls, “, ” Organizations: CNN, Money, London’s Metropolitan Police, Intercontinental, Energy Intelligence Forum, Aramco, Free, Getty, Greenpeace Locations: London, London’s Park, Shell, Free London, greenwashing, AFP, Swedish, Malmö, Sweden

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