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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. The overall "cap" lowers every year, forcing polluters to reduce their emissions or purchase allowances from others who do. As the U.S.

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As EU Weans Itself From Russian Energy, U.S. Shale Gas Industry Pushes New LNG Export Plant in Pennsylvania

DeSmogBlog

billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in her Pennsylvania hometown, she will be facing off against some of the most powerful fossil fuel interests in the United States. LNG boom threatens to release vast amounts of methane, a powerful climate pollutant that is the main component of natural gas.

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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

AGreenLiving

.” Pollution, poverty and race collide in many other disadvantaged communities across California — and the country — and some argue that the state’s climate policies haven’t helped. The overall “cap” lowers every year, forcing polluters to reduce their emissions or purchase allowances from others who do. As the U.S.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The ride-sharing brand positions this as a radical shift that will benefit communities, partly by reducing pollution. Gutierrez joined NRG from Dynegy in 2004 as an energy portfolio director. Rather than invest capital directly in renewable-energy projects, he wants NRG to provide long-term contracts that improve their financeability.

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Fossil Fuel Advocates Spread Disinfo About Canada’s False Advertising Bill

DeSmogBlog

Angus is a long-serving legislator, having represented his Northern Ontario riding of Timmins-James Bay since 2004. If passed into law, the bill would be a valuable step toward limiting misinformation about fossil fuels and countering greenwashing.” “The

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

Public Health Watch also analyzed more recent TCEQ pollution data and found that Channelview’s benzene problem has only worsened over the years. A Public Health Watch analysis of TCEQ pollution data shows that between 2019 and 2021, annual readings soared as high as 2.1 ppb, exceeding even today’s weakened TCEQ guidelines by 50%.

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Where Does All The Radioactive Fracking Waste Go?

DeSmogBlog

If the industry was not exempt from hazardous waste law,” said Troutman, “the characterization of their waste would be far better, the tracking would be far better, and it would be harder for companies to manipulate the system like this.”. Lotus’s first international shipment was 65.5

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