Delta Airlines’ Claim Of Becoming Carbon Neutral In March Is Disingenuous At Best

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 03:00:04 +0000

The Delta CEO said that the company isn’t going to decarbonize, it isn’t going to buy offsets, and they are going to spend about $100 million a year moving chairs around on the deck of the Hindenburg

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The Exxon Plant Near My House Caught Fire

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 06:16:51 +0000

Exxon PlantThe Exxon plant here in Baton Rouge has caught fire this — and even though officials say there wasn’t an explosion, several witnesses reported hearing one. I also heard one and I live just 5 miles away

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Shell & Greenlots Install First Heavy Duty EV Charging Hub In Fontana

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 22:54:21 +0000

Shell’s Greenlots has partnered with Volvo as part of its LIGHTS electric trucking program to install the first of four planned heavy duty fleet charging stations

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Trump Wants To Plant 1 Trillion Trees — After Destroying Clean Air, Clean Water, & Human Health Protections

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:15:45 +0000

President Trump wants to plant one trillion trees to protect the environment. In his State of the Union Address, he announced that the United States would join the One Trillion Trees Initiative

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A Gas Station!

Credit to Author: Barry A.F.| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 06:17:01 +0000

There was a building on a relatively busy corner leading out of town that could never stay in business. From the time I was a kid, it kept changing and opening as something else — a restaurant, a trading post, an antique store, a restaurant several times, and probably a few other businesses over the years that I can’t even remember

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Update: Help CleanTechnica Create A New Section — Key Renewable Energy Articles

Credit to Author: Barry A.F.| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 22:30:17 +0000

Last week we asked for your help in creating our new Key Articles section, and you delivered. There were many comments with excellent suggestions, and plenty of helpful commentary. In addition, an unexpected dynamic came along — good suggestions reminded me of other articles that also needed to be included

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In-Depth Renewable Energy 101 & Climate Change 101 — Thorough Beginner’s Guide

Credit to Author: Barry A.F.| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 22:00:44 +0000

climate changeThis section is meant as a primer to the world of climate change and renewable energy. CleanTechnica has posted over 40,000 articles since its inception in 2008, however, reading all of them would take months, so the following is a distillation of the key pieces of the puzzle

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Malmö, Sweden Goes Electric With An Order For 60 Fully Electric Buses From Volvo

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 23:00:56 +0000

Volvo electric busVolvo is making a significant dent in transit emissions in its home country of Sweden with the announcement that it has received an order for 60 fully electric articulated buses from the transit operator in Malmö, Sweden

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Fecal Dust From Cattle Feedlots Are Choking Texas Communities

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 16:29:38 +0000

The Texas Observer reports that fecal dust is choking the communities living in the Texas Panhandle, and the state’s regulatory agency isn’t helping the issue. The Texas Panhandle produces a fifth of the U.S. beef supply

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“A Nationwide Fracking Ban Would Be Invaluable For Human Health” — Physicians For Social Responsibility Applauds First Proposed Nationwide Ban On Fracking

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 01:40:29 +0000

Washington, D.C.—Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) applauded the first legislative proposal for a nationwide ban on fracking for natural gas and related operations, including extraction, processing, transport and export

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