Renewable Energy World

MARCH 29, 2021

For the past decade and a half, China became the dominant player in the PV manufacturing field, after the sector received critical help from government subsidies back in 2004. As prices declined, solar power became competitive with fossil fuels, even reaching grid parity in some places including China, Italy and California.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Choosing reclaimed wood reduces the fossil fuel use and pollution that comes from clearing and processing trees into lumber. The Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC) , a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, develops and implements credible methods for rating the radiative properties of roofing and exterior wall products. INTERIOR PAINT.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

Working closely with the community, Cole represented the residents in lawsuits fighting against major mining and fossil fuel companies, including the groundbreaking case Kivalina v. This philosophy led Cole to structure CRPE so that community organizers were in the lead and lawyers would be accountable to the organizers.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A volatile organic compound (VOC), it was included as one of the 188 hazardous air pollutants recognized in the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, alongside notorious carcinogens like asbestos and benzene. Organizers at the Laredo community meeting called for similar monitoring in their neighborhoods. “We Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Grist

JANUARY 12, 2023

Rising emissions posed a threat to Exxon’s business — selling fossil fuels — so the oil giant took the lead on understanding what was called the “CO2 problem.”. At the time, Exxon was pouring $900,000 a year into researching the effects of burning fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The hearing comes alongside a new report by Greenpeace Italy and ReCommon, which describes how Eni’s technical consultants in the case have deep ties to the fossil fuel industry and climate deniers. Campaigners in Italy and across Africa have criticized the plan, saying it will promote fossil fuel exploitation and “false solutions.”

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Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

No one foresaw that this very bounty — soil rich with organic material — would, over time, become a curse of sorts. River and marsh bottoms typically have low oxygen levels, which slows the decomposition of organic material that collects there. That organic material contains copious amounts of carbon.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In 2004, the UN and International Corporate Finance worked together to develop a system that would integrate environmental, social, and governance concerns into capital markets. Organizations with a good ESG score are considered proactive businesses with lower investment risks. Every company, as a legal entity, requires governance.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2021

In 2004, Margie Richard of Norco, Louisiana, co-founder of the environmental watchdog Louisiana Bucket Brigade, was the first Black American to be awarded the Goldman Prize for her efforts to force Shell to pay to relocate residents living nearest the company’s heavily polluting Norco chemical plant. Her parents organized in St.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“There’s a lot of beautiful things that happen out of [Richmond],” says Khamphanthong, a community organizer with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network whose family emigrated from Laos in the 1980s. And they have suffered collateral damage from the harmful pollutants produced by using fossil fuels. As the U.S.

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Eco-Business

APRIL 14, 2020

This year during the Budget 2020, Singapore also announced plans to halve 2030 peak greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and phase out all fossil fuel vehicles within the next two decades. Ricoh Asia Pacific's office has been Eco-Office Certified since 2004 in recognition of its environmentally-friendly practices.

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Grist

JUNE 21, 2021

The 9-year-old girl’s fatal asthma attack might have passed without public notice except for the fact that, after a long legal fight, it became the first British death officially attributed to fossil fuel-caused air pollution. When she died in 2013, no doctors mentioned environmental causes. In the U.S.,

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

More carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use is released into the environment, increasing from ~25 GtCO2 in 1999 to ~37 GtCO2 in 2019. political arena as president, a period said to have a concerted assault on many green organizations. “ We’re eating more meat with the world’s total meat consumption rising from 27.01

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 18, 2022

More carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use is released into the environment, increasing from ~25 GtCO2 in 1999 to ~37 GtCO2 in 2019. political arena as president, a period said to have a concerted assault on many green organizations. “ We’re eating more meat with the world’s total meat consumption rising from 27.01

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2021

All four have been roundly panned by government agencies, environmental groups, tribal governments, Native American organizations and the public at large. By keeping Chaco from being destroyed by the fossil fuel industry, future generations will have access to this special place,” she said at the time. * * *.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 18, 2022

In recent years, while fracking’s supporters were shouting “drill baby drill” the oil industry began lobbying behind the scenes to undercut programs designed to make vehicles more fuel efficient or less reliant on fossil fuels. Average fuel economy rose again, by 29 percent between 2005 and 2020, the Energy Department added.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 8, 2023

Modern Braking Systems: Deny the Science Even After Supporting It We now know that the oil industry was well aware of the impacts of fossil fuels on the climate and then actively worked to sow doubt surrounding the validity of that science. We therefore are not the right organization to take on the task of performing the testing.”

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