Charged

MAY 8, 2023

Charged : Does the bill refer to both of those options or does it leave it open? That means we can bring the meter negative. FERC [the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission] is the federal organization that regulates the independent system operators. Charged : Do you think SB 233 has a good chance of being signed into law?

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

What we were looking at was how do we look at carbon in this circular economy? How do we look at carbon itself as an element, which is both an energy source and a material? In other words, a building that is organized instead of chaotic. And I just thought a building as an organism operated by children would be so much fun.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

We sat down with Rebecca John, the researcher and author of CIC’s report, to talk through the key documents that informed the investigation; all of the documents referred to in the report are publicly available on DocumentCloud. The documents, however, suggest otherwise. The following conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

It’s a recurring theme that somehow the livestock sector and eating meat is detrimental to the environment, that it is a serious negative in terms of the climate change discussions,” Hsin Huang, Secretary General of the International Meat Secretariat (IMS) , told his audience. She adds: “They’re paid to comfort us.

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Grist

JUNE 15, 2021

Coastal armoring refers to the construction of hard structures like seawalls along coasts, and nearly 14 percent of American coastline is already armored. Nichols says the goal of living shorelines is to create organic structures to protect coasts, “instead of using boulders and rocks.”. Alexandria Herr / Grist.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

Instead, they are required to contract with “ industry-governed organizations ” — private trade associations — to promote products. Meyer is referring to the “ Big 4 ” meatpackers — JBS, Tyson Foods, Cargill, and Marfrig — all of which are members of NCBA. Although they are run by the U.S. In 2022, the Beef Checkoff granted $8.1

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

Project Canary offers to place devices it calls “ canaries ” — sensors that can monitor for methane and other pollutants like volatile organic compounds (VOC) — at the corners of a well site, so that buyers aren’t reliant on self-reported data from oil and gas drillers.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This new report focuses not just on how bad things could get if we don’t take decisive action to reduce carbon emissions, but on how bad things already have gotten, with climate impacts hitting every part of the country and threatening the things Americans hold most dear. Then] there’s federal policies such as the Robert T.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 1, 2022

For example, New York law requires a 60 percent reduction in emissions in just eight years. Meanwhile, at the national level, the Biden administration has set a bold goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Participation refers to who is included, when they are engaged in the process, and how the process is structured.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Subsequently, two independent reports suggested that the funds would “face high potential risk for economic disruption from the transition to a low carbon global economy” if they continued to invest in fossil fuel. The oil and gas industry seems to be acknowledging the movement’s potential to affect both its brand image and its bottom line.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Nor does it refer to a topic that was of unequivocal scientific concern at the time: The “greenhouse effect,” or what is now known as climate change. Harmful Wastes” Shell’s knowledge of the risks posed by the build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels can be traced to at least the early 1960s.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This documentary was created in reaction to the Trump administration’s slashing of the laws protecting these public lands. The approach focuses on topsoil regeneration to increase biodiversity, improve water recycling, and support carbon capture by biosequestration. In this documentary, we see how Greta has grown from here.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Today K-Solv is legally allowed to release almost 20 times more volatile organic compounds — a class of chemicals that includes benzene — into the air each year than it did back then. Randy asked, referring to TCEQ officials who have known about the area’s benzene problem for years. How can you just … turn a blind eye to it all?”

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Experts argue this makes Peterson a key organizer at the global level for efforts to oppose and delay action on climate change. “I They include climate crisis deniers like Judith Curry , Steven Koonin , Richard Lindzen , Alex Epstein and Bjorn Lomborg. Read DeSmog’s in-depth report on ARC’s U.K. links here.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Fighting Public Utilities, Child Labor Laws One of the first campaigns in that spirit occurred within the electricity utility industry via an organization which eventually became known as the Edison Electric Institute. But it also had a textbook answer: putting a price on carbon. kilowatt output,” according to the book.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

She has the backing of the local chapters of the Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate justice organization, as well as other progressive groups in the state. Within hours of DeFazio making his retirement public, Val Hoyle announced her intention to seek his seat. Joe Manchin III (D-WV). “So, She went on. “We November, 2019.

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