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Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho Took Donation From Climate Science Denial Funder

DeSmogBlog

The GWPF’s director Benny Peiser has suggested it would be “extraordinary anyone should think there is a climate crisis”, while the group has also expressed the view that carbon dioxide has been mis-characterised as pollution, when in fact it is a “benefit to the planet”. DeSmog has previously revealed that the Conservative Party received £3.5

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

Charged

As regular Charged readers know, California, which suffers from some of the worst air pollution in the US, has an alphabet soup of incentive and grant programs intended to promote adoption of zero-emission or low-emission commercial vehicles. marine, construction and agricultural vehicles) doesn’t have a widely available electric alternative.

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Meat Industry Using ‘Misinformation’ to Block Dietary Change, Report Finds

DeSmogBlog

We call for robust legislation, an end to greenwashing, and strict accountability for these major polluters.” Between 2002 and 2021 Mitloehner and the CLEAR Center received close to $12.5 Major changes in law, education and academic institutions could strengthen media and scientific literacy and promote transparency around emissions.

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Clean Energy Group announces retirement of Lewis Milford as President; Seth Mullendore named successor

Renewable Energy World

Lew Milford founded CEG in 1998, after working over several years on clean energy and utility restructuring dockets in New England while with the Conservation Law Foundation. That effort led to the creation of another national nonprofit in 2002, the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA).

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GB News Owner Hires Tory Kingpin’s Oil and Gas Linked Lobbying Firm 

DeSmogBlog

One of the major backers of broadcaster GB News is now employing a leading right-wing lobbying company that has ties to polluting interests. CT Group was founded by political consultant and lobbyist Lynton Crosby in 2002. This raises a number of interesting political questions.”

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Hydrogen Hype Bubbles Over At German Gas Lobby Conference

DeSmogBlog

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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Reducing The Risk Of Investing In Electric Vehicles For Low-Income Consumers

Energy Innovation

Subsidies and policies that facilitate the transition to cleaner heavy-duty vehicles are especially beneficial to EJ communities, as the link between diesel emissions and higher asthma rates for Black and Latino children in communities overburdened by pollution is well-established (AAFA 2005; Weir 2002).