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The Carbon Footprint Of Live Music Is A Savage Beast — Is There Any Hope For Improvement?

October 3, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, climate change, music, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:25:05 +0000

The quest to understand live music’s carbon footprint began in 2019, when a rep from the band Massive Attack became curious and contacted Carly McLachlan. The director of the Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research soon had quite a challenge: to assess the UK band’s touring practices and then design … [continued]

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Is The USA Becoming A Free Rider On Other Countries’ Climate Action?

October 2, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, crude oil, Diesel, electric trucks, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuels, gasoline, green economy, grid, India, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy, subsidies, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:41:50 +0000

The free rider problem in climate action arises when some countries or actors benefit from the efforts of others to mitigate climate change without contributing their fair share. Since the atmosphere is a global common good, actions taken by one country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions benefit the entire world, … [continued]

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Hong Kong’s Climate & Hydrogen Plans Were Captured By Its TownGas Utility

September 27, 2024 admin air quality, buildings, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Energy, Fossil Fuels, government policy, green economy, Hong Kong, hydrogen, investment, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, waste reduction, waste to energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:15:41 +0000

Recently John Haffner, responsible for sustainability at Hong Kong’s US$1.4 billion annual revenue Hang Lung Property Group, reached out to me. ReThink HK, which bills itself as Hong Kong’s best-attended and most ambitious business event for sustainable development, was hosting a debate he would be part of in front of … [continued]

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Carbon Capture Is Mostly An Oil & Gas Industry Shell Game — Masala Flavored

September 19, 2024 admin air quality, Carbon Capture, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Coal, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, India, investment, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Solar energy, waste reduction, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 21:45:36 +0000

The latest installment of the ongoing seminar series on global decarbonization that I’m leading for India’s utility professionals under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum was on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). It’s an overly hyped, overly hoped for solution that isn’t and won’t scale remotely economically. When … [continued]

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EVs Already Reduce Electricity Rates — & They Can Do Even More

September 15, 2024 admin air quality, California, clean transport, electric car benefits, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev benefits, ev charging, ev charging stations, green economy, HEALTH, research

Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 01:58:33 +0000

EVs reduce electricity rates for all utility customers, and recent legislation accelerates a cycle of more EVs, better climate, better health, and lower rates. In addition to their myriad health and direct economic benefits compared to polluting gasoline vehicles, electric vehicles (EVs) also help reduce electricity rates for all utility customers. They’ve already been … [continued]

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Racism In The Oil & Gas Industry?

September 14, 2024 admin air quality, climate change, Electric vehicles, Fossil Fuels, HEALTH, louisana, RACISM, texas

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:55:35 +0000

Texas oil tycoon H.L. Hunt was one of the richest men in America. According to some online sources, he was allegedly a white supremacist or supported white supremacy. H.L. Hunt is one of the Texas oil billionaires mentioned here. “On a scale not always appreciated, the Texas oil billionaires nurtured the … [continued]

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Greenlane Receives $15 Million Grant for Western U.S. EV Charging Corridor

September 12, 2024 admin air quality, charging, charging corridor, climate change, Distributed Generation, Electric vehicles, electrification, Energy Storage, ev, greenlane, news

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 17:37:20 +0000

An electric vehicle charging infrastructure group has received a $15 million grant from a Southern California air quality agency to support development of a commercial charging corridor along Interstate 15. […]

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US Election 2024: Democratic Climate Platform Is Okay For 2020, But It’s 2024

August 24, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Democratic Party, democratic platform, dnc, Energy, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, events, Fossil Fuels, green economy, HEALTH, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, kamala harris, policy & politics, renewable energy, tim walz, us election 2024, US Elections, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:56:40 +0000

With the release of the 2024 Democratic platform is a great opportunity to more finely determine how the Democratic party is considering climate action compared to other agenda items.

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International Court of Justice Needs Global Support To Protect The Climate

August 22, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, climate change, climate litigation, HEALTH, ipcc

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 20:16:03 +0000

All of us want to protect the climate. Why wouldn’t we? It’s the mechanism by which human life flourishes. The impacts of climate pollution, though, are affecting us all. The consequences include warming temperatures, changes in precipitation, increases in the frequency or intensity of some extreme weather events, and rising … [continued]

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Only One Country Is Making Progress On Electrifying Everything

August 22, 2024 admin air quality, boats, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric bikes, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, electrification, Energy, energy efficiency, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, HEALTH, India, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy, Shipping, Solar energy, trains / rail, us department of energy (doe), usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:45:06 +0000

For close to twenty years, it’s been clear that electrifying everything is a key climate change wedge. Mark Z. Jacobson’s work in the USA and then internationally with his 100% Renewables by 2050 modeling laid much of the groundwork for this. Luminaries from around the world, such as Saul Griffith, … [continued]

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