Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 01:25:42 +0000
As I write this, it’s 83 degrees Fahrenheit in Washington, DC, and I can’t help but long for those years when I was a kid, when spring felt like spring and seasons were demarcated. Each year, summer-like temperatures arrive all too soon during spring, thanks to human-induced climate change. Research finds that even if we halt heat-trapping […]
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 17:32:40 +0000
As mortgage rates rise across the United States, imagine this: someone offers to sell you a brand-new home with a preapproved 30-year mortgage. Here’s the catch: the local government says the home will be demolished in 20 years to make way for a new railway line. Would you put money down and live there for 20 […]
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:00:17 +0000
The new rule is long overdue—the last set of trucks standards were developed over two decades ago. Unfortunately, the agency’s proposal is weaker than existing state action and fails to advance the deployment of zero-emission trucks at the pace needed to address the urgent public health crisis caused by tailpipe exhaust.
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 14:53:14 +0000
An assessment of the dynamics accelerating the global sprint away from fossil fuels in the wake of Putin’s War With his barbaric war on Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has set in motion every outcome he dreaded, including shaking up global energy markets. Now, energy security is at the forefront of the minds of national and regional […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 12:30:41 +0000
2021 was a year of great expectation. It was a year of lofty climate goals in Europe. From the EU’s landmark climate Fit for 55 package to Germany’s first green government and to the COP Summit in Glasgow, European policymakers were more ambitious than ever before. For T&E, July’s Fit for 55 was the crowning moment of years of […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 11:00:37 +0000
Despite five rounds of sanctions, the EU is still sending Putin $285m a day to feed its dependance on imported oil, writes T&E in an open letter.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 03:53:47 +0000
Ryanair and Lufthansa biggest exploiters of “license to pollute for free” in EU carbon market
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 03:20:34 +0000
A funny thing happened just as people started turning off their laptops and gearing up for the long President’s Day weekend last month. At 2 p.m. on Friday, with no news alert, press statement or announcement, ExxonMobil for the first time revealed who received its lobbying money and how much. The world’s largest publicly traded […]
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 13:08:53 +0000
Secretary Pete Buttigieg shared the Department of Transportation (DOT) budget this week, one of the larger pieces of the overall federal budget proposed by President Biden. My colleague Alex Adams framed up that larger bid for investments in fiscal year 2023, and I want to tighten the focus on transportation here. This budget largely fulfills the commitments in the […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2022 01:18:45 +0000
Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy from wind and solar will depend on upgrading the electric power grid, which is currently plagued by planning delays and gridlock. To address such problems, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which supervises utility company and grid operator planning, is in the midst of proposing new transmission planning rules. While […]