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Princeton Maps Reveal US Plans for Massive CO2 Pipeline Buildout

DeSmogBlog

They are aimed at the cheapest solution, the least-cost, shortest distance between two points the pollution source and the dump. For more on those problems, see CarbonCaptureFacts and the Center for International Environmental Law for starters. The CO2 pipeline buildout is shaping up to be the biggest environmental justice insult ever.

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Virginia advocates seek path forward for electric school buses despite lack of state funds

Renewable Energy World

And that hefty price tag became more daunting when House Bill 2118 , signed into law by Democratic Gov. The bill that became law was stripped of its original funding source, a tax on dyed diesel fuel, which is used in farm machinery and other non-highway vehicles. Ralph Northam, was left unfunded.

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Indigenous Resistance Instrumental in Stopping High-Profile Fossil Fuel Projects, Says Report

DeSmogBlog

and Canadian emissions, which, if opponents have their way, would bring the total carbon pollution avoided due to Indigenous resistance to 1.6 That’s roughly equal to the pollution from 400 new coal-fired power plants or 345 million passenger vehicles. These projects represent another 12 percent of total U.S. Credit: Peg Hunter. (CC

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A quiet revolution: Southwest cities learn to thrive amid drought

Grist

“The [Colorado] river itself is bearing a huge burden for this, in terms of the environmental flows of the river,” said John Fleck, writer-in-residence at the Utton Center at the University of New Mexico School of Law. billion gallons in 2007 to 57 billion gallons in 2020 — a 30 percent decline.

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What Is B Corp? B Corp Certification Guide + Quick Assessment

Green Business Bureau

By 2007 , 82 businesses were certified by B Lab. Supplier codes of conduct are of special importance if your company sources products and services from countries with lax enforcement laws and policies, and poorer labor and human rights laws. Are, and how, are human rights and environmental laws enforced in your country?