The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

So far, the state has purchased 30,000 of them for New York City’s public housing as part of its plan to tackle climate change. This is, in fact, a huge testing ground for an appliance on which many other governments are pinning their climate ambitions. It can sit on a sill and plug into a wall like a window AC unit.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Scotland’s second city has rolled out the green carpet to world leaders and thousands of delegates arriving for climate talks. The city and its leaders have been eager to present a green image of Glasgow over COP26, with advertisements and billboards across town promoting its climate-friendly projects and initiatives.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Dhara Vyas, director of advocacy at Energy UK, said: "Energy UK has been calling for intervention to match the scale of this crisis so we very much welcome the Prime Minister's announcement and immediate focus on energy. The huge price-tag for this unprecedented intervention lays bare the cost of our reliance on volatile and expensive gas.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

At the governmental level, our county was being looked at as a really important county for having a conversation around climate change, because we have so many climate change pressures. Pretty much all our county will feel the impact, or is already feeling the impacts, of climate change. One is that climate change is here.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Meanwhile, advocacy groups and activists ramped up the battle for clean air and water and a livable climate. . Tags: Greta Thunberg Donald Trump petrochemical development Coalition Against Death Alley cancer alley Throughout 2019 the Trump administration continued to roll back environmental standards.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 10, 2020

The 50-year-old bedrock environmental statute requires federal agencies to review the environmental impacts of major actions or projects, and has been a key tool for advocacy groups to challenge harmful infrastructure, from fossil fuel pipelines to chemical plants.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

In March, over 300 climate and environmental justice advocacy groups sent a letter to Congress, arguing that subsidizing carbon capture “could entrench the fossil economy for decades to come.”. There’s also the question of what to do with the carbon after it’s captured. Worries about the risk of geologic CO2 leakage are also common.”.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

However, with the government also planning to lift the ban on fracking and potentially ditch hundreds of environmental regulations, concerns are sure to remain about the the new Downing Street's commitment to the UK's climate obligations. This could have been a win-win for house buyers, energy security and the climate.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Although the oil giant publicly touts carbon capture as a “proven” climate solution, its own early foray reveals just how flimsy of a fix the technology really is — and how expensive, both for taxpayers and the climate. House Oversight Committee’s “historic” investigation into Big Oil and climate disinformation.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 8, 2021

And that hefty price tag became more daunting when House Bill 2118 , signed into law by Democratic Gov. But transitioning from yellow to green is expensive. Ralph Northam, was left unfunded. That exposure puts them at a higher risk of developing cancer. In Virginia, tailpipe pollution accounts for roughly 48% of all greenhouse gas emissions.

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