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A Window into Louisiana’s Continued Embrace of the Fossil Fuel Industry

DeSmogBlog

I live in South Louisiana on the front lines of the climate crisis and cover the fossil fuel industry and impacts related to the warming planet, so facing gaslighting is a regular occurrence for me. Cristen Jenkins used the frisbee she got from Shell’s float as a fan to cool off. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Fossil Fuel Firms Use Permitting Loopholes to Fast-Track LNG Export Projects Near Black Communities

DeSmogBlog

Because the LNG would be trucked a quarter of a mile to a port for export, the facility does not fall under FERC’s jurisdiction, which only applies to terminals where natural gas is cooled to a liquid and directly loaded onto ships, according to the commission’s decision. But more than three-fourths of the U.S-produced That’s for sure.”

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New BU academic tower will be 100% free from fossil fuels

AGreenLiving

To meet net-zero energy standards, the Center will depend on a ground-source heat exchange system with 31 1,500-foot-deep geothermal wells for heating and cooling. The tower will also be built 5 feet above the city for Boston’s suggested level for sea level rise. KPMB Architects Images via KPMB Architects.

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Tory members back stronger green energy policies, as Sunak cools on heat pumps

Business Green

That is despite sky high global gas prices being overwhelmingly responsible for the looming crisis, driven by lingering pandemic disruption and Russia's war in Ukraine, all of which has underscored the huge risk and volatility associated with fossil fuels, and the benefits of cheaper, green energy sources.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

Along with the publication of the 50-state plans in 2015 was an additional paper that documented how the 100% WWS model could be applied to keep the electric grid stable when all energy needs (not just electricity generation), including transportation, heating and cooling, manufacturing and power storage, were powered by WWS.

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Clear and present danger: Why business leaders must take a more active stance on the climate crisis

Business Green

A threat that was still in the future, with consequences happening somewhere else, with melting poles, small island communities affected by sea level rise or drought in the global south, far away from our robust, modern societies. Create more national parks and reserves, fossil free towns and cities.

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Want to prevent California’s looming flood disaster? Grow a marsh.

Grist

But as sea levels rise and the islands continue to subside, the costs of fortifying and maintaining the structures may exceed the value of the land and agricultural production behind them, says Alf Brandt, counsel to the State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon. Fossil fuels, you might say, are an aged form of blue carbon.

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