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Climate Policy Is Health Policy: Understanding Policy Effects On Health, Climate, And Jobs With A Powerful Online Modeling Tool

Energy Innovation

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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Reducing The Risk Of Investing In Electric Vehicles For Low-Income Consumers

Energy Innovation

By Rebecca Rasch , Social Scientist at Aspen Global Change Institute Electric vehicle charging by Zaptec via Unsplash. While electric vehicles (EVs) are not a panacea for reducing emissions from the transportation sector, widespread adoption can be a significant step toward meeting CO2 reduction targets. Klein et al.’s

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How Should California Wind Down Its Fossil Fuel Industry?

GreenTechMedia

At the same time, California leads the nation in solar rooftops and electric vehicles on the road by a wide margin and ranking fifth in installed wind capacity. Clean energy is the state’s future. California, alone among major oil-producing states, does not have an oil severance tax.).

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New Oregon Energy Policy Simulator Modeling Shows Major Benefits Of Accelerating Climate Policies

Energy Innovation

This week, Energy Innovation launched the Oregon Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our newest state-specific, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies. By Shelley Wenzel.

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Prioritise tackling toxic emissions from tyres, urge experts

Envirotec Magazine

Compiled by a multidisciplinary group of experts – including engineers, ecologists, medics, and air quality analysts – the document provides a detailed rundown on topics such as what happens to tyres when we drive, what kind of particles are produced, where they end up, and the implications for health and the environment.

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The Future(s) of Fossil Fuels - 2020

Mr. Sustainability

The time is therefore now to plan an orderly wind-down of fossil fuel assets and manage the impact on the global economy rather than try to sustain the unsustainable. The worst year for oil ever Oil fueled the 20th century. Many of us now believe it is not a matter of if, but when we will transition away from fossil fuels.

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7 days in May: The climate finance week when everything changed

GreenBiz

Banks always backed fossil fuels over green projects — until this year," reported Bloomberg. trillion into fossil fuel projects — almost three times more than total bonds and loans backing green projects since COP21 in 2015. The fossil-fuel industry just may be seeing the writing on the wall.