Grist

MAY 20, 2020

In his first State of the State address , a little over a year ago, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine took time out to recognize his “amazing” health and human services team, asking them to stand in the House Chamber of the Statehouse for applause. Good news: Americans can freak out about coronavirus and climate change at the same time.

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Michael Grossman

AUGUST 9, 2019

Every year, more and more Americans tell pollsters they believe in climate change, yet insufficient action has been taken by business and government to solve the problem. Great strides on critical climate change issues like reduced consumption from energy efficiency and higher gas mileage standards are welcome news.

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Grist

MARCH 6, 2021

The racial and social disparities exposed by the September fire are emblematic of a broader picture: Communities of color, low-income people, and other marginalized groups are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change, according to community activists across Cascadia. And one of the most polluted.

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EDF + Business

APRIL 30, 2021

If you watched any major televised sporting events this year, from the NCAA Final Four to the Super Bowl, you saw ad after ad showcasing American auto companies’ new electric cars. It’s proof that electric vehicles (EVs) are ready for a mainstream market – you don’t pay Will Ferrell and LeBron James to promote your car just to niche buyers.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 19, 2023

OTTAWA — Joanna Kyriazis, director of public affairs at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s final electric vehicle availability standard : “With record numbers of Canadians choosing an EV over a gas car in recent months, it’s clear that they want electric vehicles.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 26, 2020

In a post-pandemic world, Gore says we have the opportunity to make some dramatic changes in solar and wind electricity generation, moving away from the internal combustion engine to electric vehicles, and retrofitting inefficient buildings. And, it ignores the distribution of incomes and net worths.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 21, 2020

By Sarah Spengeman and Surili Patel, Director, Center for Climate, Health and Equity, American Public Health Association. The vast majority of the pollution that damages human health is produced by burning fossil fuels to power our homes, cars, and businesses. But it doesn’t have to be this way. It’s that simple.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Residents of Jakarta, Indonesia woke up on August 31, 2023, to a thick blanket of haze and news that their city was again ranked the most polluted in the world — one of many times during the last several months when air quality became.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Increased investment in public transport and active travel is needed, in addition to the rapid uptake of electric vehicles (EVs), if the UK is to meet its 2030 emission reductions targets. The government has ramped up investment in supporting the shift to electric vehicles, helping drive record demand for plug-in models.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 30, 2021

Foundations , celebrity philanthropists and tech giants alike have announced plans this year, with grand sums of money attached, to combat climate change. The goal: eliminate the use of the combustion engine in personal vehicles and the trucking industry by 2050. Electric Vehicles. Electricity Grid.

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Defend Our Future

JULY 19, 2021

We want to help in the fight against climate change. That’s exactly why we should get excited about the full jobs, clean energy and climate plan that President Biden proposed this Spring. If enacted, Biden’s full plan would : … Fight Climate Change. 500,000 new electric vehicle chargers could be built in the U.S.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2020

The UK's decarbonisation strategy should pay more attention to the public health benefits of lowering energy demand, the study from Green Alliance in collaboration with the Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) argues. Combatting climate change is a key Government priority. For example, shifting just 1.7

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

I first started working on climate change in the 1990s, advising President Clinton as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the run-up to the 1997 Kyoto Conference of Parties. We understood that the potential cost of climate change was significant. . Yellen’s to the Institute of International Finance.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

Business for Clean Air group debuts today in bid to prevent air pollution levels from soaring as lockdown lifts. Chris Large, senior partner at Global Action Plan, said business leadership on air pollution was "imperative" if the UK is to curb the risk of air pollution worsening in the wake of the recent lockdown conditions.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Raft of new studies underscore the myriad adverse impacts of the UK's chronic air pollution, but also make clear that the solutions - including shifting away from fossil fuel cars - are quickly ramping up. and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) on the development of working memory.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

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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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 29, 2024

Howard Cox , director of the FairFuelUK lobby group against charges on motorists, attended Saturday’s protest in Trafalgar Square against London’s ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) expansion, which has been seized on by opponents of climate action. This is also true with climate change”, he added.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The UK government should increase tax on things we want less of - such as pollution - and reduce tax on things we want more of - such as jobs - explains Eunomia's Chris Sherrington. But to my mind, this is not an argument for not increasing taxes on polluting activity. This is not a new idea, but it is one whose time has come.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The Paris Agreement on climate change, signed into life in 2015, may not be perfect. COP talks each year are often fraught and progress remains far too slow, as today's IPCC report on escalating climate impacts will testify. If designed well and properly adhered to, global treaties have a lot going for them.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

To avoid the worst consequences of climate change, companies must reduce their reliance on diesel-powered trucks to move goods – and they must act quickly. An innovative new financing mechanism uses private and public finance to enable companies to accelerate electric vehicles adoption for non-owned vehicles in their supply chain.

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E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

AUGUST 31, 2022

By E2/NRDC interns Niaz Jamshidi & Arely Ortiz This blog discusses findings from a new independent analysis by ERM, California Clean Trucks Program , analyzing the impacts of cleaner medium- and heavy-duty trucks on the environment, public health, industry, and the economy. like the ACF?—?that

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As much as climate change is reshaping life on Earth as we know it — the solutions posed are also going to change everyday life. The Biden administration thinks it can clean up that pollution with controversial carbon capture technology. Trucks right now run on diesel, and those create pollution, obviously.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It details some of the major upgrades needed to combat the climate crisis and meet environmental targets, to develop new economic landscapes post-Covid, enhance the wellbeing and health of citizens and to overcome energy and water conservation challenges.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

Griffith was introducing a dramatic approach to slowing climate change and creating tens of millions of new jobs on U.S. Same size homes, same size cars, the same American Dreams, just without the pollution and with much higher efficiency. trillion, climate-and-infrastructure-packed American Jobs Plan. CO2 emissions.

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The Verge: Energy

DECEMBER 21, 2023

That has broader health and environmental consequences, too. Supersized passenger vehicles burn through more gas than smaller cars, which also means that they create more tailpipe pollution that worsens air quality and causes climate change.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Every day, millions of people turn on their gas stoves without considering the deadly pollution they’re breathing in by burning fossil fuels inside their home – with serious consequences for their health. emissions – and accelerate climate change. The toxic pollution in our homes no one is talking about.

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Charged

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We were inspired by the need to electrify our planet’s transport systems to combat climate change and air pollution—hence the company name.”. We were impressed by the unique ‘health-adaptive charging’ technology approach, the deep battery expertise of the team, and the growing market demand.”.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 28, 2023

A well-connected motorcycle lobby group is denying climate science and telling bikers that climate change is an “eco-fraud” that will “cost you your freedom”, DeSmog can reveal. MAG’s campaign comes as opponents of climate action are increasingly spreading false information about traffic control policies.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

The UK is the latest country whose government environmental groups have sued for failing to take sufficient action on climate change. Offsets shouldn't be used to allow pollution to continue unabated. Climate action can have multiple additional benefits, for biodiversity, public health, and food security.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 31, 2020

OTTAWA — Joanna Kyriazis, senior policy advisor at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement regarding the implications of President Trump’s weakening of shared vehicle emission regulations: “President Trump’s decision to dramatically weaken regulations for vehicle efficiency and pollution is reckless and misguided.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The United States doesn’t have any federal laws that say electric utilities have to switch to carbon-free power. We don’t yet have any national rules mandating the sale of electric vehicles or plans to phase out oil and gas drilling. Carleton is part of another team assessing the costs of climate change.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Pollution from delivery trucks is often concentrated in urban areas, or, centered around high truck-trafficked areas, like distribution centers and port facilities. Both of these are frequently cited in low-wealth neighborhoods and communities of color, leading to disproportionate health burdens for residents and their children.

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The Verge: Energy

MAY 18, 2024

BHRRC has documented 631 allegations of human rights abuses since 2010 for seven key minerals used in electric vehicles, rechargeable batteries, and renewable energy technologies. An electric vehicle requires about six times as many minerals as a typical gas-guzzling car. Things are not improving.” “The

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I An entrepreneurial spirit led him to become the theoretical "they" to address the climate crisis, starting with studying sustainable and renewable energy engineering. while mitigating impacts of climate change," Buckles says.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

“London will no longer procure new diesel or hybrid buses, and will only procure zero-emission buses,” the Mayor announced, adding that London’s chronic air pollution is “a shameful health crisis.”. The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) will be held in Glasgow beginning in October.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Elemental’s 12th cohort focuses on a range of societal challenges, including sustainable urbanization, building decarbonization, electric vehicle charging, last-mile logistics, recycling optimization and regenerative food production. This year, record heat and climate-fueled disasters have devastated our communities. Of the $12.5M

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

150 million Americans regularly breathe unhealthy, polluted air. But recently announced targets to achieve 100 percent clean power by the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis and Joe Biden’s presidential campaign would eliminate all air pollution from power plants. million workdays to poor health.

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