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California grant money going to diesel and natural gas vehicles, not EVs

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You can say we have tougher environmental laws, but we aren’t even hitting federal policy,” said Mark Lopez of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, a community organizer group. The California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership was established in late 2002 by Norma Glover, South Coast’s chairperson at the time.

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Hydrogen Hype Bubbles Over At German Gas Lobby Conference

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It’s quite simple,” said Andreae, who served as a Green Party member of parliament from 2002-2019. Unlike natural gas, which is comprised mostly of methane, a powerful climate pollutant, hydrogen does not emit planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) when burned. But we’ll need molecules, and that is the deciding factor. “In

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Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits

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million from 2002-2004. Based on gas cost data in company SEC filings from 2002-2004, if NW Natural reported 1 percent unaccounted-for gas to the OPUC during this period, it would be overestimating its gas costs by $4.3 Exactly how much such an overvaluation might inflate final shareholder profits is unclear.

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New Shell Files Could Aid Climate Cases, Attorneys Say 

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Some of these cases have been brought under consumer fraud or protection laws that penalise companies for misrepresenting their products to the public. “The increase in CO2 and methane has corresponded with increasing industrialisation, use of fossil fuels, intensification of agriculture and deforestation. The Washington D.C.-based