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Bill McKibben Calls Out Trump & Musk For The “Dumbest” Climate Conversation Ever

August 18, 2024 admin air quality, clean transport, climate change, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, elon musk, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 18:24:31 +0000

Climate activist Bill McKibben wrote with disgust and dismay about the X conversation that owner Elon Musk (“the richest person in the history of money”) shared with former US President Donald Trump (“gave his standard riff”) on Monday evening. McKibben described the Trump and Musk exchange as “spreading the most … [continued]

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Wasted Money & Sunken Assets: Subsidies and Financing for Fossil Fuels

August 12, 2024 admin air quality, Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, divestment, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Europe, fossil fuel subsidies, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, HEALTH, India, india solar power, investment, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Solar energy, subsidies, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 18:23:47 +0000

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. With the … [continued]

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U.S. Fire Departments Spent Over Half a Billion Dollars on Gas Leak Responses in 2018, Study Finds

August 12, 2024 admin air quality, buildings, Fossil Fuels, gas leaks, natural gas, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:14:58 +0000

Gas Leaks Cost U.S. Fire Departments Nearly Half a Billion Dollars Each Year Every three minutes, a fire department responds to a suspected gas leak in the U.S. Now, new research suggests these emergencies place a significant burden on first responders and taxpayers. The new peer-reviewed study from scientists at … [continued]

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Big Oil Continues To Battle Back Against Lawsuits About Their Climate Pollution Culpability

August 10, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, climate change, climate lawsuits, Fossil Fuels, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:25:21 +0000

Big Oil spends a lot of time fighting lawsuits, as dozens of cities and states over the last decade have sued these major climate polluters. Claimants want to hold fossil fuel producers accountable for their role in causing the climate crisis. Companies like Exxon and Chevron, the applicants argue, knowingly … [continued]

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Carbon Pricing Is Coming To Maritime Shipping

August 5, 2024 admin air quality, boats, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, cargo shipping, China, clean power, clean shipping, clean transport, climate change, Coal, container shipping, electric shipping, Fossil Fuels, green economy, India, investment, marine energy, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:05:28 +0000

In my regularly iterated Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work, there’s a big broom: Price Carbon Aggressively. In the maritime shipping world, it would be a big trawler net that scoops up emissions regardless of technology, allowing the market to figure out the cheapest way to achieve decarbonization. … [continued]

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Tracking Progress: Climate Action Under the Biden Administration

August 4, 2024 admin air quality, buildings, clean power, clean transport, climate change, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, policy & politics, Solar energy, us renewable energy, us solar energy, us wind energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 18:26:14 +0000

In 2020, Joe Biden ran for president on the most ambitious climate action platform of any major presidential candidate in U.S. history. As President Biden finishes his term, it’s time to take stock of what his administration accomplished, what is still a work in progress, and what is off track. … [continued]

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Super Plants to Clean Indoor Air … Or Something Like That

July 29, 2024 admin air quality, indoor air pollution, indoor air quality, plants, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:01:34 +0000

Plants already do so many magical things. They are truly wonders of the world — as all life is. However, scientists continue to play with plants in order to reach new frontiers and solve more problems. One new plant is the Neo Px. It is a bioengineered plant that can … [continued]

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Biden–Harris Admin Advances Early Wildfire Detection by Expanding Use of Satellites as Part of Investing in America Agenda

July 27, 2024 admin air quality, bipartisan infrastructure law, deb haaland, Department of the Interior, investing in america, Joe Biden, national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa), NOAA, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE, tom vilsack, us department of agriculture (usda), us wildfires, Wildfire, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:38:24 +0000

A collaborative agreement for use of NOAA satellites will help the Interior and Agriculture Departments detect wildfires early, track wildfires in real time, and provide data for public safety and air quality modeling The Biden–Harris administration yesterday announced it is taking additional steps to safeguard western communities in the face … [continued]

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Can A Vaccine Reduce Methane Emissions From Cow Burps?

July 17, 2024 admin Agriculture, air quality, climate change, cows, investment, methane, methane emissions, Vaccines

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:54:42 +0000

Methane is a very potent greenhouse gas, and rapid and sustained cuts in emissions from the energy sector are imperative to limit global warming to 1.5 °C. Livestock account for about 11%–17% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, more than all the world’s cars and trucks combined. Methane is formed … [continued]

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Be Wary What You Wish For: Trump 2.0 Will Retract Climate Laws

July 15, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, climate change, policy & politics, renewable energy, us election 2024

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:45:10 +0000

Another Trump administration would revise nearly every forward-looking Biden-Harris administration action, including breakthrough legislation to mitigate the effects of the climate crisis. The Sierra Club warns that “everything from rules to curb hazardous air pollutants to programs that help make cleaner and more energy-efficient purchases affordable would be on the … [continued]

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