DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Photos I shot last year in South Louisiana illustrate the Gulf Coast’s rapidly expanding fossil fuel industry, and the groundswell of frontline community members, environmental advocates, and activists fighting to stop it. While “green” hydrogen fuel can be produced with renewable energy, that process is cost prohibitive for now.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Clean energy for Native American communities. Decarbonized buildings. And that’s his hope for the apparel and footwear industry as a whole. Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30. Deonna Anderson.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Richmond, a diverse, industrial city where housing prices and incomes have lagged behind its Bay Area neighbors, has poor air quality and some of the highest rates of respiratory and cardiovascular disease in California. Now, when Khamphanthong explains the sound to his young nieces, he sees the fear in their eyes. "I As the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Many of these arguments have been around for decades,” said Cóilín Nunan, a policy and scientific adviser to Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics, a coalition of health, sustainable farming, and civil society organisations. drug makers Elanco Animal Health Inc., Phibro Animal Health Corp., Phibro Animal Health Corp.,

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2020

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced it was suspending its enforcement of environmental laws in response to the crisis, informing companies they would not be pursued for environmental infractions during the outbreak. The government said the policy was temporary, but provided no end date.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As the surge in renewable energy initiatives continues to redefine the landscape of energy production, solar farming has emerged as a beacon of sustainable income and environmental stewardship. This exploration seeks to illuminate the path toward a greener future and a prosperous venture in the realm of solar energy.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 18, 2022

Last week Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which now heads to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Let’s discuss the energy provisions in the bill. Before reading through the bill, I like to get a feel for the kinds of energy programs it addresses. “Biofuel” appears 11 times.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In June, Public Health Watch, the Investigative Reporting Workshop and Grist published a year-long investigation about pollution, power, and politics in the Texas petrochemical industry. And those in power, especially at the state level, need to know.”. But the data from the monitors confirmed her worst fears.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Companies need to be informed as new policies are enacted across the globe and ensure their practices abide by these changes. Many businesses have faced instability and uncertainty over the last few years from the combined impact of shifts in power, the U.K.’s just below health, the economy and Brexit. In the U.S.,

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

That sends a clear political message that the industry “is less powerful and trusted than before,” Nick Caleb, a climate and energy attorney with Breach Collective, told DeSmog. It may signal that fossil fuel companies do not have much of a future powering the state’s economy, Caleb said.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Some of these facilities supply British and European seafood wholesalers, who in turn sell to supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Morrisons and other retailers; caterers supplying pubs, hotels and restaurants, schools and universities; and the National Health Service, the four-year investigation found.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 2, 2024

As millions of voters across the EU prepare to head to the polls from 6-9 June, conspiracy theories and misinformation on food and farming could pull voters towards the far right and parties opposing climate-friendly laws. In the eyes of its critics , green reforms agreed in the last EU term would destroy farming.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Queen attributes the issues that north Minneapolis faces today — the vacant homes, the poor access to medicine and food, the proximity to industrial pollution — to a lack of Black ownership and the political power that accompanies wealth. By the time he was a young man, the petrochemical industry was moving in.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Hannah Polikov is managing director at Advanced Energy Economy, a trade association for the clean energy sectors. Back in March, when the public health lockdowns were just beginning, AEE wrote a COVID-inspired acrostic poem giving a quick overview of the way the virus was starting to rear its head in PUC dockets around the country.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2023

Though the storm didn’t devastate the city, 11 of the deaths attributed to Ida were residents who remained in the city and had no way out after power failed. Many were without power for over a week. Venture Global stated via email that it plans to raise the ramp if need be and that it has a separate power source for it.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2020

COVID-19, says the group, is at least the sixth global health pandemic since the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918, and although it is believed to have its origins in microbes carried by animals, like all pandemics its emergence has been entirely driven by human activities, says the report released on 29 October. .

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Examples include energy engineers, environmental attorneys, urban planners, water resource engineers, wildlife conservationists and environmental researchers. Those questions are often at the heart of many students and professionals trying to build a career that is more purpose driven. Energy Manager.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

companies, including Walmart, Amazon, and Microsoft, employ lobbyists that also do work for the oil and gas industry, according to new research into state lobbying data. The behavior is rampant across the insurance, health care, retail, and tech industries. Many of the largest U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Read more about the industry’s climate lobbying at DeSmog’s agribusiness database.

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EDF + Business

AUGUST 1, 2023

Private-sector investment in clean energy is soaring , driven by the Inflation Reduction Act. 2030 target by 43%, by enacting policies that cut GHG emissions at scale. One year in, the Inflation Reduction Act is having its intended effect of boosting private-sector investment in the energy transition. Don’t miss out!

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

An organization run by former Obama-era Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, with the backing of the AFL-CIO, a federation of 56 labor unions, has created a policy “blueprint” to build a nationwide pipeline network capable of carrying a gigaton of captured carbon dioxide (CO2).

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Borrego is seeking a Business Development Manager – Energy Storage. We are driven by a culture of teamwork, fearless thinking, safety, and adaptability as we pursue our mission to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy. Experience working with utility customers procuring energy projects. Description. About the Role.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Only 3 percent of the Wyoming project’s CO2 has been geologically stored in the same formation from which the original gas was extracted, according to estimates from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). C and with the net-zero energy transition. Credit: SaskPower , CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The circumstances surrounding his termination are documented among thousands of pages of public records and internal company documents that provide a penetrating look into the multi-billion dollar stakes of negotiations between governments and state-sanctioned monopolies that are shaping the future of energy systems in Oregon and beyond.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 4, 2021

Director of Energy Storage, Procurement | Borrego Solar | Remote. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a fast-growing energy storage business and be a part of change which our company is making by accelerating the adoption of renewable energy. Job Details. Description. The Director will report to President of the company.

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Front And Centered

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Again, funding directed to a heavy polluter and an extremely energy-intensive industry. million, $91 million in electrification, to build two 144-car hybrid electric ferries and to convert a regular ferry to a hybrid electric model. There’s also $ 323.9 There’s a climate workforce account with $24.8

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

The complex contains a circuit board of pipes and steel tanks that cough out steam, flames and toxic substances as it creates the building blocks for plastic from natural gas liquids. The plant is the first joint venture in the Americas between Saudi Basic Industries Corp.,

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

For a 2050 net-zero future, we’ll need an electricity grid large enough that its untangled cables would be long enough to stretch all the way to the sun. As electricity demand rises to meet population growth and the electrification transition, so does the need to expand and strengthen the grid.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

Examples include energy engineers, environmental attorneys, urban planners, water resource engineers, wildlife conservationists and environmental researchers. Those questions are often at the heart of many students and professionals trying to build a career that is more purpose driven. Energy Manager.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Worried about the climate crisis?

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

per cent in 2019, largely thanks to the ongoing decarbonisation of the heat and power industry through the bloc's emissions trading system (ETS), European Environment Agency (EEA) shows. Greenhouse gas emissions across the European Union's 27 member states fell by an average of 3.8 EU carbon border import tax plans take shape.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 12, 2020

Donald Trump is the world's most powerful advocate of the industry that is at the heart of the climate crisis. The fossil fuel industry has known this for decades. They buy politicians and political outcomes and Trump is by far the most powerful politician the industry has ever owned.

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

Not to mention President Biden also signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 , putting about $67 billion toward zero-carbon industries and climate research. Analysis firm Rhodium Group estimates that it will reduce CO2 emissions by 31–44% below 2005 levels in 2030, as compared to 24–35% under current policy. Vibrant Planet ).

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

PV Service Technician | Sun Light & Power | Berkeley, CA. Sun Light & Power drives the total adoption of clean energy by designing, building, maintaining, and advocating for clean energy solutions so future generations inherit a healthy planet. Setting up, upgrading and trouble-shooting monitoring systems.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Manager of Market Risk | Clean Power Alliance | Southern California. Clean Power Alliance (CPA) is Southern California’s locally operated non-profit default electricity provider for 32 communities within Los Angeles and Ventura counties and the 5 th largest electricity company in the State of California. Who We Are .

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Front And Centered

JANUARY 14, 2022

Our legislative priorities aim to transform our energy and transportation systems to provide equitable access to affordable and renewable power and transportation on our path toward a Just Transition. . Energy Justice for All – HB 1490. Energy for All ( HB 1490 ), championed by Rep.

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 28, 2020

His attacks on the Clean Air Act, the Clean Power Plan and cleaner cars increase climate change causing greenhouse gas emissions and are directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans. The same report indicated that these health costs amount to $886 billion a year. percent between 2016 and 2018.

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