Could A Bacteria Eat Away At Plastics And Help To Mitigate Our Pollution Problem?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 13:56:35 +0000

We tend to think of wastewater as the disgusting but necessary result of human life and living. Well, it seems as if a bacteria commonly found in wastewater may be able to break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a 2024 study finds. Plastic-eating bacteria could provide … [continued]

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World Moving On Without USA As It Declines

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 19:26:38 +0000

For the past eight years, the United States has been missing in action in climate leadership globally. Biden’s climate policy experiments, aimed as much at attempting to deal with the root causes of working class and middle class grievance as at useful emissions reductions, will persist in some diminished form. … [continued]

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Cash For Clunkers: Modern Electric Vehicle Variant An Obvious Climate Policy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:16:48 +0000

In the 1990s, numerous countries both within and outside Europe launched vehicle scrappage schemes with multiple goals. Greece, Hungary, Denmark, Spain, France, Ireland, Norway, and Italy each implemented programs during this period, aimed at scrapping older cars to promote the purchase of newer, safer, and more efficient vehicles. For example, … [continued]

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Mice Vote To Bell Cat: Climate Terror In Alberta

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 15:32:45 +0000

Headlines out of Canada are making palms meet faces around the world. In Canada, the faces are often red with embarrassment about other Canadian’s actions. Other faces are red with anger. But it’s all theatrics during the inevitable dissolution of the oil sands. What are the headlines? Alberta’s ruling party … [continued]

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Enbridge Renewable Natural Gas A 1% Greenwashing Rounding Error

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 18:50:43 +0000

One of the amusing side notes of my recent foray into the challenges that the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) is having was the tone deaf and counterproductive social media responses of their board member from Enbridge, the biggest natural gas firm in North America. When that … [continued]

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Texas Wind Energy Industry Makes Friends With Oil & Gas Producers

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 22:55:35 +0000

Wind energy investors are finding a friendly home in Texas, partly on account of the rising demand for electricity from oil and gas operations.

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Monitoring Methane Better — Finally

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 02:15:58 +0000

The Biden–Harris administration has dished out a $162.4 million loan guarantee to help address an issue that really doesn’t get enough attention, or solutions. The issue is methane emissions, and specifically not tracking them well enough in this case. The loan guarantee, which is part of the administration’s Investing in … [continued]

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A Deep Dive Into Pirelli’s Journey To A More Sustainable Tire

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:40:02 +0000

Pirelli is perhaps best known for racing tires and the high performance consumer products built using that technology, the P Zero lineup. The company brought CleanTechnica out to Austin, Texas, ahead of the Austin Grand Prix to get a firsthand look at its sustainability efforts as it continues the transition … [continued]

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The Dangerous Consequences Of Fossil Fuels Aren’t Even Part Of The US Presidential Conversation

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 23:05:33 +0000

As the Democratic Party’s nominee for President, US Vice President Kamala Harris can have a much more important role — outlining how the next four years can be a time to heighten climate action at the US federal level. Except she isn’t actually doing much of that, is she? Instead, … [continued]

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New York Officials Consider Criminal Charges Against Big Oil

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:33:46 +0000

A memo circulated by Pubic Citizen is a road map for how the state and city of New York could prosecute Big Oil for their climate crimes.

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