Tag: greenhouse gas emissions
Eliminating emissions by 2050 could save 74 million lives
“One key takeaway is that there are a significant number of lives that can be saved by reducing emissions.”
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.
The oil industry says it might support a carbon tax—here’s why...
An industry calling for a tax on the use of its products sounds as bizarre as “man bites dog.” Yet, there’s a reason for the oil industry to consider that shift.
Bank of America commits to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
“Investors applaud Bank of America’s commitment to transition to a more sustainable business model and reduce the growing climate impacts of its financing activities."
Replacing 50% of animal products with plant-based foods could prevent 1.6...
“Moving the American appetite from our burger-heavy diet to plant-based eating is a powerful and necessary part of curbing the climate crisis.”
Greenhouse gas emissions set for record decline due to coronavirus lockdowns
"I hope the striking improvements in air quality we've seen remind us what things could be like if we shifted to green power and electric vehicles."
Eight states and DC commit to electrifying trucks and buses to...
"Zero-emission trucks and buses are better for the environment and health, while reducing fueling and maintenance costs."
Stopping climate change means building a better transportation system
Our transportation system is responsible for nearly a third of all greenhouse gas emissions. Addressing this means building better public transportation and more sustainable communities. Here’s how we can make the shifts.
“Kochland”: How David Koch helped build an empire to shape U.S....
Billionaire conservative donor David Koch died Friday at the age of 79 from prostate cancer. David Koch — who was worth some...
29 states and cities sue to block Trump’s ‘dirty power’ rule
Twenty-nine states and cities sued the Trump administration Tuesday to stop it from weakening the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, which was the first regulation to...
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Garbage in, garbage CEO windfalls out
‘Waste management’ won’t help us confront climate change so long as corporate self-interest rules.
‘Enormous policy failure’: states throw hundreds of thousands—including many children—off Medicaid
"We knew this was coming," wrote one policy expert. "But we still treat these burdens like they're unavoidable natural disasters."
The crowning fiasco: even the king looked embarrassed
The discussion around the British monarchy, which is starting to ignite and will grow and deepen, needs to take in the wider issue of wealth and income inequality and the poisonous economic system that fuels it.
Supreme Court ruling against EPA ‘undoes a half-century of progress’ in protecting waters of...
"It puts our Nation’s wetlands – rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds connected to them – at risk of pollution and destruction, jeopardizing the sources of clean water that millions of American families, farmers, and businesses rely on."
How workers in the South are defying history
The company resisted them. History defied them. Geography worked against them.