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Politicians Try to Rally Support for Coal Despite Economics and Biden Presidential Win

DeSmogBlog

However, in the days since the results were announced November 7, two senators from both parties are finding common ground in a familiar space: opposition to the Green New Deal and support for a dying coal industry. Tags: coal Bankruptcy Peabody Joe Manchin mitt romney joe biden green new deal

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Labor Helps Obama Energy Secretary Push and Profit from 'Net Zero' Fossil Fuels

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 16 mins Progressive activists have called for a Green New Deal, a linking of the U.S. Unlike those calling for a Green New Deal, though, this alliance supports increased fracking for oil and gas, as well as other controversial technologies that critics say prop up fossil fuels.

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Report Attacks Industry Campaign to Fix Natural Gas’s Climate PR Problem

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 10 mins A new report from advocacy group Food and Water Watch argues that fracking and continued reliance on natural gas is detrimental to addressing climate change. Tags: American Petroleum Institute American Gas Association Natural Gas Bridge Fuel green new deal Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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EU Digital Product Passports aim to track items through the product life-cycle

Envirotec Magazine

The unprecedented quantity of Extended Producer Responsibility legislation that has been greenlighted so far this year – across Europe – no doubt signals a new level of environmental awareness on a governmental, rather than merely social level. Green Deal legislation has proven most adaptable to the times.

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Mulling Run Against Green New Deal Sponsor Ed Markey, Joe Kennedy Is Heavily Invested in Fossil Fuels

DeSmogBlog

one of the Senate’s most progressive members and the chief sponsor of the Senate version of the Green New Deal resolution. Tags: Covering Climate Now 2019 Joe Kennedy III Ed Markey green new deal Kennedy, has filed paperwork to challenge Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.),

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As Aerial Footage of Devastated Bahamas Emerges, Campaigners Ask How Much Destruction and Death Before Global Climate Action Taken?

DeSmogBlog

coast, footage of the storm's devastation flooded the internet alongside calls for governments and the news media to recognize the here-and-now destruction of the climate emergency. Tags: hurricanes and global warming extreme weather Caribbean green new deal

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Game on: New study shows which sports teams have the greenest fans

GreenBiz

Game on: New study shows which sports teams have the greenest fans. For the green sports movement, the answers may be the key to solidifying the importance of integrating sustainability into sports. . A new report by Recipric, powered by Zoomph’s technology, helps us understand the answer. New England Patriots (NFL).