Tag: carbon emissions
Reversing Trump rollback, Biden’s EPA announces historically ambitious vehicle emissions standards
"Before this presidential term ends, the administration must issue long-term standards strong enough to usher in the age of electric vehicles."
Why the oil industry’s pivot to carbon capture and storage—while it...
The fossil fuel industry is pushing for the U.S. government to support methods to capture its climate pollution. But what are their consequences?
IKEA to sell renewable energy in effort to be climate positive
“At IKEA, we want to become fully circular and climate positive by 2030, built on renewable energy and resources."
Clean Commute for Kids Act invests $25 billion for electric school...
"The Clean Commute for Kids Act will help build a greener, cleaner future for our kids.”
BMW’s Mini Cars to go all electric by 2030
BMW, a German carmaker, will introduce the last gas model of the Mini range in 2025 and go all-electric by 2030 with...
CO2 levels hit record high despite pandemic lockdowns
Scientists calculate that emissions must fall by half by 2030 to give a good chance of limiting global heating.
Unilever to cut fossil fuels from cleaning brands by 2030
“We cannot let ourselves become distracted from the environmental crises that our world—our home—is facing…”
Congress investigates how Marathon Petroleum and Koch Network influenced clean cars...
Marathon “worked with powerful oil-industry groups and a conservative policy network financed by the billionaire industrialist Charles G. Koch to run a stealth campaign to roll back car emissions standards.”
Concentration of CO2 hits record high
“The saddest thing is that this won’t be breaking news. And basically no one understands the full meaning of this.”
House Dems introduce the CLEAN Future Act
This new proposal aims to have the U.S. reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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Thousands rally at Lincoln Memorial to defend voting rights
Civil rights leaders say this is the first march since the Supreme Court gutted a core Voting Rights Act protection.
Networks Were Ordered to Stop Filming Trump—and They Didn’t Protest the Illegal Censorship
"Cameras off the president now": The command was an astonishing call for press censorship on behalf of Trump and a direct violation of the First Amendment.
Syracuse University Seeks to Prevent Campus Rape Victim From Obtaining Police Records
The university, whose 1980s rape crisis figured prominently in a ProPublica article, committed to support survivors at “every step of the process.” Now it’s in court to stop police from sharing many records with a student who was assaulted in 1987.
Nuclear regulator moves to drop 50-year-old radiation safety standard
The rule NRC officials are preparing to eliminate has required the nuclear industry to keep exposure below legal limits, not just under them.
Officer Pleads Guilty to Violating Civil Rights After Leaving Teen in a Coma
Last week, a former Independence police officer pleaded guilty to violating the constitutional rights of a minor in his custody. He faces prison time and a fine for this violation.