Massachusetts Court Rules Suit Against Exxon Can Move Forward
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 18:51:23 +0000
Exxon keeps taking it on the chin in state courts, this time in Massachusetts.
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Egypt Has Opportunity To Gain Green Infrastructure While Hydrogen Hype Persists
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 15:15:23 +0000
Egypt’s leaders should be able to gain significant green infrastructure investment of value to the country and its citizens, and avoid being trapped into decarbonizing Europe, while remaining high carbon themselves.
Carbureted V8 From the 1970s Gets 40+ MPG. Did Big Oil Really Rob Us For Decades?
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 17:15:07 +0000
Everyone has heard some version of this story: your grandma’s best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid whose dad was a garage genius. He worked some non-technical desk job, but experimented with engines on evenings and weekends. After much trial and error, he invented a special carburetor and […]
European Commission Plans Shift Away From Russian Coal, Oil, & Gas
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 17:05:28 +0000
There’s nothing like the sound of tanks rolling down city streets and bombs dropping from the sky to shake people out of their lethargy. The European Union has been taking baby steps toward a transition away from fossil fuels since the Paris climate accords were agreed to in 2015. But it assumed it would be […]
North Africa Should Keep Green Hydrogen For Itself, Share Renewable Electricity
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 14:53:13 +0000
If Europe continues down the path of making hydrogen a mainstay of heat and transportation, they will invest in highly inefficient and ineffective infrastructure, substantially delay actual climate action, and pressure Morocco, Algeria, and Egypt to waste time and money that could be better spent.
Selling Oil Wells: More Marketing Than Climate Action?
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 17:05:25 +0000
Those wells need to be decommissioned so that they never again spout emissions. But promising climate action and delivering it are two entirely different things.
Fossil Fuel Firms Planning 195 Carbon Bombs
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 15:40:52 +0000
“US fracking boom could tip world to edge of climate disaster.”
Saving The Books, Cooking The Planet
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 02:00:39 +0000
Oil and gas companies are increasingly using mergers and acquisitions to offload emissions from their own balance sheets as a way to meet corporate climate targets without actually reducing emissions, according to a report released Tuesday by the Environmental Defense Fund. Examining mergers and acquisitions between 2017 and 2021, EDF found 155 deals totaling $84.6 billion that […]
Fight Fascists & Save Money: Go Electric
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 23:01:32 +0000
The price of a gallon of gasoline is surging, putting a strain on drivers’ pocketbooks. While prices at the pump seem extreme, we’ve been here before. Adjusted for inflation, gas prices were similarly high in 2006, 2008, and for a while after 2011. The current spike follows Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked and unjustified attack on Ukraine. […]
EU MEPs Opt for Weak Car Targets in Blow to Affordable EVs & the Climate
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 13:22:48 +0000
EU Parliament must support more ambitious 2030 target and interim 2027 goal to drive down electric car prices, and help countries cut their transport emissions. EU lawmakers have backed a 2035 deadline for zero-emissions cars but narrowly voted down plans for ambitious emissions targets for carmakers which are essential to driving down the costs of […]