Tag: emissions
Cleaning up methane pollution from Permian super emitters is ‘low hanging...
Experts shine a spotlight on the worst offenders in the Permian basin. The technological fixes are obvious, they say, but state regulators are so far unwilling to act.
Biden vows to cut emissions, but US continues to subsidize fossil...
President Joe Biden said the U.S. would cut its emissions by at least 50% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade.
Half of global methane emissions come from aquatic ecosystems – much...
We can effectively reduce methane emissions and help mitigate climate change with the right land use and management choices.
Electric semi trucks are actually cheaper per mile than diesel trucks,...
Electric semis could cost 13 percent less per mile than a comparable diesel-powered truck.
‘Grossly insufficient’: ExxonMobil lambasted over emissions reduction plan that pledges no...
“Any company that fails to keep pace with what science demands threatens its future while endangering the rest of us with escalating climate impacts and systemic risks to the global economy.”
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.
Methane emissions soar 32% despite lockdowns and green pledges
“It is clearly time to reduce these emissions. They are easy to fix. We have the technology to fix them.”
Covid-19 lockdown demonstrates how economy-wide transformation can halt climate change
The blip in emissions will not have a longterm impact unless we invest in sustainable solutions on a grand scale.
In break with Trump’s EPA, Nevada announces plan to cut tailpipe...
“Clean car standards will provide Nevadans with more transportation options and much-needed relief from volatile gas prices and dirty air.”
Oil industry front group launches latest attack on electric vehicle tax...
The oil and gas industry uses groups like AEA to advocate for its interests, and the incumbent industry that fuels conventional vehicles would benefit from slowing the transition to electric vehicles.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
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Women leaders and Trump 2.0.