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Ocean oil pollution is growing — and not from oil spills

Grist

Oil spills may be dramatic and devastating, but they’re not the biggest contributor to ocean oil pollution — not by a long shot. According to the report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, “ Oil in the Sea ,” these sources are by far the largest and fastest-growing contributor to ocean oil pollution.

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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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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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20-year research project reveals “devastating loss of British & Irish flora“

Envirotec Magazine

Also, protection for Local Wildlife Sites needs to be increased, and the promise made by the Government at the recent UN biodiversity summit to halve nutrient pollution by 2030 must be honoured.” The Government’s new farm environment schemes must do what was originally promised and reverse the decline of nature in our agricultural landscape.

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Slow fleet turnover means ICE vehicles could be on the roads for decades

Charged

years in 2002. If electrification is to have the desired effect on air pollution, it may not be enough to encourage the sale of EVs—policymakers need to consider strategies proactively scrap older vehicles, and/or to reduce Americans’ dependence on the automobile by expanding public transit options.

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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 Misleading Ads The report pointed to widespread advertising campaigns that downplay the impacts of the animal agriculture industry.

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UN hails end of leaded petrol as 'huge milestone for global health and our environment'

Business Green

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) yesterday confirmed service stations in Algeria ceased selling leaded petrol last month - the final country in the world where Tetraethyllead had still been available - officially drawing an end to the use of the highly toxic and polluting petrol additive worldwide.

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