Supreme Court Decision Could Defang EPA, Threaten Air & Water

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 04:15:46 +0000

If you care about having clean water and air, then pay close attention to the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing on West Virginia v. EPA later this month. What is at stake is nothing less than the nitty gritty work of turning sweeping laws passed by Congress into enforceable policies and regulations. Federal agencies like the Environmental Protection […]

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A Window Into the Future of Wave Energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:57:46 +0000

Award Helps Move Cost-Effective, Productive, Robust Wave Energy Design a Step Closer to Commercialization and Widespread Use In 1974, Stephen Salter, a professor at the University of Edinburgh, sent his “ducks” into the Scottish seas, launching the world’s first major wave energy project. But the ocean’s rough heaves and surges proved too much for his house-sized, […]

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Misguided EU Sustainability Targets Will Lock In LNG For Decades

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 02:40:29 +0000

EU policies to clean up shipping will lead to replacement of conventional marine fuels with fossil liquid natural gas (LNG), with little benefit to the climate. A quarter of Europe’s shipping will be fossil gas-powered by 2030 as misguided EU sustainability targets encourage an uptake of LNG, a new Transport & Environment study shows. This will […]

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Fracking In Pennsylvania Contaminates Drinking Water & Harms Pregnant Women

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 17:34:04 +0000

New research has shown that fracking in Pennsylvania has contaminated the drinking water where pregnant women live. Dr. Sandra Steingraber shared a thread on Twitter along with the link to the study. The study found evidence that drilling shale gas wells negatively impacts both the drinking water quality and the health of infants, indicating large […]

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An Unspoken Benefit Of EVs: Less Auto Fluids Washed Into Our Waterways

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 22:59:42 +0000

auto fluidsWhen we think of oil spills, we usually envision oil tankers releasing viscous slicks in oceans or seas. However, oil spilled on land often reaches lakes, rivers, and wetlands, where it can also cause damage.

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Eneco Installing 240 EV Charging Connections, Spirit of Ecstasy Redesigned — EV News Today

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 04:30:09 +0000

Eneco eMobilityIt’s the weekend, so news releases aren’t exactly flying left and right. However, we do have some stories for our new daily news roundup. See below for some EV stories you might have missed. EV Charging Eneco to install 240 charging connections this year at Albert Heijn supermarkets in the Netherlands and Belgium Scania supports […]

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Blueprint Underway for Commercial Mine Energy Storage Facility in Sweden 

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 05:13:00 +0000

A blueprint for what could become the world’s first commercial underground mine storage facility has garnered financial backing from Swedish Mining Innovation.

The post Blueprint Underway for Commercial Mine Energy Storage Facility in Sweden  appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Oxfam: Every 2 Seconds Climate Change Forces A Person From Their Home

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 04:14:56 +0000

Every 2 seconds, climate change is forcing someone from their homes, according to data from Oxfam International. These climate-fueled disasters are the number one cause of internal displacement globally. More than 20 million people have lost their homes. This translates to one person every two seconds

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Last Month in Climate Science: More Injury-Related Deaths, Mass Seabird Die-Off, River Ice Disappearing

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 23:54:43 +0000

Common murres experienced a mass die-off in the North Pacific in 2015-2016. Photo by D. Roseneau/U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceEvery month, climate scientists make new discoveries that advance our understanding of climate change’s causes and impacts. The research gives a clearer picture of the threats we already face and explores what’s to come if we don’t reduce emissions at a quicker pace

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