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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The conservative ‘plan’ to dismantle public schools is entering the home stretch
The Republican Party’s crusade to cap or abolish local property taxes is the latest tactic in their effort to drain funding from public education.
The roots of the US-Russia rivalry
Russia-U.S. relations became most visible during their Cold War confrontation and are now dangerously dysfunctional. Long-established suspicion and overlapping interests have shaped periods of cooperation and competition for centuries, a cycle that risks repeating itself indefinitely.
The White House intervened to get a $620 million deal for a company tied...
About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.
The ripple effects of organizing against data centers
One city’s success in stopping a data center grew into a regional movement that’s notching wins across the San Gabriel Valley.
As Americans struggle, Trump’s wealth soars
Trump is flouting regulations to reap billions for himself, as ordinary Americans teeter on the edge of economic ruin.