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China Curbed Oligarchs, Made Education & Housing Cheaper for 90% — Meanwhile, In USA…

January 23, 2025 admin 0 Comments air quality, byd, carbon emissions, China, china carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, HEALTH, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 01:24:59 +0000

I have a habit of picking up books on China, as it’s the biggest country in the world that doesn’t tell everyone everything it’s doing all the time, unlike my southern neighbor, the United States. I’ve read books by Chinese authors, global diplomats, historians, and youth influencers about the country. … [continued]

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Fossil Fuels Advertising Banned In The Hague, Netherlands

January 22, 2025 admin 0 Comments air quality, climate change, Fossil Fuels, INTERVIEWS, netherlands, The Hague

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:52:39 +0000

A ban on fossil advertising in the Hague went into effect in January 2025. The city council approved the ban in September 2024. The Hague is the first city in the world to implement such a ban, which covers fossil fuel advertising in public spaces. A city council is by … [continued]

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California’s Battery Storage Fire: Precursor Or Outlier?

January 21, 2025 admin 0 Comments air quality, batteries, battery storage, bess, California, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, demand response, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, grid batteries, grid storage, HEALTH, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, Oil, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:27:08 +0000

A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Power Plant, not too far from San Francisco, on January 16, 2025, prompting the evacuation of approximately 1,500 residents and the temporary closure of Highway 1. No one was harmed in the incident. Given the massive growth in grid storage battery systems, … [continued]

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Poland’s Hydrogen Bus Plans Run Into High Hydrogen Prices

January 14, 2025 admin 0 Comments air quality, buses, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel, investment, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, Poland, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, subsidies

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:31:28 +0000

Recently 21 municipalities in Poland sent a joint letter to the federal government begging for big subsidies for hydrogen for energy. Reports indicate that the cities that had already contracted for hydrogen buses hadn’t bothered to include realistic costs of hydrogen in their cost cases. The ones that have them … [continued]

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Is Your State Making Big Oil Polluters Pay For Their Toxic Waste?

January 14, 2025 admin 0 Comments air quality, climate change, Fossil Fuels, new york superfund law, policy & politics, superfund

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 23:16:10 +0000

Last year may have been record-shattering for clean energy applications in the US, but not a whole lot was accomplished for emissions reductions. Demand for electricity and transport fuels rose fast enough to erase most of the benefits of new renewables and EVs. Yet the state of New York is … [continued]

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Los Angeles’ $150 Billion Fires Have Lessons For All Urban Planners

January 13, 2025 admin 0 Comments air quality, buildings, California, California wildfires, carbon emissions, climate change, managed retreat, policy & politics, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:04:28 +0000

The United States, and indeed much of the rest of the world, has been transfixed by the devastation in Los Angeles over the past week. As of January 12, 2025, multiple wildfires are still burning across the Los Angeles area, consuming around 40,000 acres or 62.5 square miles. At least … [continued]

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Florida Wants To Cram A Trash Incinerator Down The Throats Of Communities Of Color

January 13, 2025 admin 0 Comments air quality, civil rights act, miami-dade, policy & politics, trash incinerator

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:50:37 +0000

Florida’s governor loves a trash incinerator, as long as it is in a community of color. One thing you can say for Ron DeSantis, he’s consistent. He never fails to bend the power of the state to favor white residents and create disadvantages for everyone else. In addition to mounting … [continued]

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UK Engine Manufacturers Report Hydrogen Engines Essential For Solving Climate Change

January 2, 2025 admin Agriculture, air quality, buildings, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green hydrogen, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, policy research, united kingdom (uk)

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 02:33:55 +0000

The hydrogen for transportation community is all abuzz about a late-year report from a working group of the UK’s Hydrogen Delivery Council and the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero. The working group, made up almost entirely of professionals whose entire career, livelihood, and indeed the future of the … [continued]

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In The New Year, Climate Activists Must Resolve To Appeal To Emotional Intelligence And Local Contexts

January 2, 2025 admin activism, air quality, Bill McKibben, climate activism, climate change, climate science, HEALTH, social networking

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 04:47:44 +0000

The new year is usually a time for us to resolve to do better, to make decisions that are healthy and lead to personal and collective satisfaction and growth. This year is a bit different, though, with an oligarchy ready to pursue anti-climate goals once it’s ensconced in the US … [continued]

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