USPS announces increase on electric mail truck procurement
The USPS announces it will make 40 percent of its new mail trucks battery electric, up from the agency’s plans for 10 percent earlier this year.
Rise of the machines: Fracking execs plan profits by using automation to shrink workforce
The oil and gas industry appears primed to follow in the footsteps of the coal industry, where automation has been eating away jobs for decades.
Koch academic influence returns to Massachusetts with new Tufts University think tank
A network of free-market think tanks around the country tied to Koch funding that tend to oppose climate action and clean energy.
The Doubt Machine: documentary explores Koch Brothers’ war on climate science
The Doubt Machine definitely adds some useful personal context and also draws the clear connections from the denial-sphere to the Koch brothers.
Global freshwater demand will exceed supply 40% by 2030, experts warn
“The scientific evidence is that we have a water crisis. We are misusing water, polluting water, and changing the whole global hydrological cycle, through what we are doing to the climate. It’s a triple crisis.”
Utilities knew: Documenting electric utilities’ early knowledge and ongoing deception on climate change from...
Nearly 50 years after scientists began to warn the electric utility industry about climate change, some utilities continue to stand in the way of real progress in addressing the problem.
Billions in fossil fuel subsidies worsen global health threats amid record-breaking climate crisis
2024 Lancet Countdown Report calls for redirection of $1 trillion in subsidies to combat health impacts of climate change.
Hurricane wars
Wake up folks and understand why many of us suffer unnecessarily.
New Jersey to become largest offshore wind procurement in the country
“With this procurement, New Jersey has continued to establish itself as a national leader in offshore wind."
California assemblyman kills fossil fuel divestment bill
The bill would have required the state’s two enormous public pension funds to divest from fossil fuels, but it was squashed by a Democrat who has taken money from oil and gas companies.