Remove tags public-transport
article thumbnail

The Bakken Boom Goes Bust With No Money to Clean up the Mess

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 12 mins More than a decade ago, fracking took off in the Bakken shale of North Dakota and Montana, but the oil rush that followed has resulted in major environmental damage , risky oil transportation without regulation , pipeline permitting issues, and failure to produce profits.

article thumbnail

Groups Funded by Oil Industry Bash Plan to Reduce Northeast's Dependence on Oil

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 9 mins Last month New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu announced the state would not be participating in the Transportation and Climate Initiative ( TCI ), a regional cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing carbon emissions from vehicles.

Policy 115
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

EV charging beyond the grid: Forecasts from a new report

Envirotec Magazine

Medium and heavy-duty haulage, construction, agriculture, and mining are all under pressure to reduce transport-related greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), and going electric is an increasingly attractive solution. Passenger cars are not the only sectors where electrification is taking off.

article thumbnail

Longtime Climate Science Foe David Schnare Uses "Scare Tactics" to Bash Transportation Climate Initiative for Koch-Tied Think Tank

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 6 mins Opponents of a regional proposal to curb transportation sector emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are using a number of deceptive tactics to attack and criticize the Transportation and Climate Initiative.

article thumbnail

Phoenix Voters 'Say Yes to the Future,' Rejecting Koch-Backed Effort to Ban Light Rail Expansion in Least Sustainable US City

DeSmogBlog

Tags: Phoenix David Koch Koch brothers americans for prosperity (AFP) public transportation The city of Phoenix dealt a decisive blow to a Koch Brothers-backed measure on Tuesday when voters rejected a proposition that would have banned any expansion of the city's light rail system.

article thumbnail

Workers and Climate Must Be Priority in Aviation Industry Bailouts, Campaigners Say

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 5 mins Any public money used to bailout airlines must ensure that workers and the climate are put first, says an open letter backed by over 250 organisations in 25 countries. Tags: International Air Transport Association (IATA) emirates

article thumbnail

A Panacea for Biomedical Waste Management?

The Environmental Blog

Smart Waste Management can succor us in combating against the COVID-19 pandemic to minimize the infection risk and contribute public health. At a preordained timetable, municipal department trucks accumulate the waste and transport it to the recycling centers. It permits exchange of information between several stakeholders involved. [4]

Waste 195