DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

With two months until Inauguration Day and President Donald Trump apparently hellbent on lighting more figurative fires on his way out of office, progressive groups on Friday launched the “No Corporate Cabinet” campaign, increasing pressure on President-elect Joe Biden to keep business insiders and industry lobbyists out of his administration.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

With Democrats anxious about the probability that President-elect Joe Biden will be forced to grapple with a Republican-led Senate after taking office in January, a coalition of more than a dozen climate action groups are calling on Biden to take every possible step he can to help solve the planetary emergency without the approval of Congress.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 27, 2021

After Biden’s victory, a coalition of nearly 600 organizations from western states wrote a letter in December to the president-elect, urging him to follow through on his promise. Tags: Biden administration American Petroleum Institute us chamber of commerce New Mexico Oil and Gas Association The executive order begins that process.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Capitol, former coal mining executive Don Blankenship , who ran against Donald Trump as a third-party candidate in the 2020 election, began an all-caps Twitter thread. “ Capitol, former coal mining executive Don Blankenship , who ran against Donald Trump as a third-party candidate in the 2020 election, began an all-caps Twitter thread. “

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Yesterday, as most of the nation turned its focus to the presidential election, a coalition of environmental and community organizations wrote to Pennsylvania’s environmental regulators, asking them to either reject those permits or allow more time for public review of the proposed changes, which were disclosed in state filings in early October.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

presidential election. Tags: Paris Climate Agreement Donald Trump UNFCCC Vice President Joe Biden Reposted with permission from EcoWatch. has officially left the Paris climate agreement. However, the permanence of its departure hangs on the still-uncertain outcome of Tuesday's U.S. Either way, the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 3, 2020

org released a new guide Thursday to assess how likely President-elect Joe Biden's possible picks for top roles will be “to stand up to the fossil fuel industry to take on the climate crisis.”. Tags: joe biden Ernest Moniz 350.org Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY - SA 3.0 Advocacy group 350.org

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2020

If Biden’s elected, he will wipe out your energy industry.”. Tags: Donald Trump Vice President Joe Biden fracking pennsylvania COVID-19 Read time: 8 mins “ To all the people of Pennsylvania, hear this warning,” President Trump said at a campaign rally last week in Erie, Pennsylvania. “If

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 26, 2019

Tags: Democratic National Committee Beto O'Rourke 2020 presidential election Sunrise Movement The Democratic National Committee ( DNC ) will not let 2020 primary candidates share the stage in a debate devoted to the climate crisis , the party voted Saturday during its summer meeting in San Francisco.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Tags: 2020 presidential election Democratic Party Greenpeace said the rappellers plan to stay in place for 24 hours, through tonight’s Democratic debates.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 1, 2020

A group of environmentalists and climate scientists, including Professor of Atmospheric Sciences Michael Mann, who was this week elected to the National Academy of Sciences, has described the documentary as “shockingly misleading” and called for it to be withdrawn.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Read time: 8 mins Following a disputed presidential election at the end of 2007, violence broke out in Kenya that saw thousands of people displaced from their homes and left more than 1,000 dead. Tags: Tullow Oil

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

presidential election. Tags: Rachel Maddow Donald Trump Impeachment russia oil and gas industry Indeed, the host of MSNBC ’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” said her initial inclination was to look into why Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. That path inevitably led to the industry at the heart of Russia’s stunted economy.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

The other trend has been the surge of right-wing nationalist politics across Western nations , which includes Donald Trump’s election in the U.S., Tags: Nationalism climate science denial extreme weather climate change Donald Trump Marine biologists warned that coral reefs in the U.S. could disappear entirely by the 2040s.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Tags: Isle de Jean Charles Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe Democratic Party 2020 presidential election joe biden Bernie Sanders The questions were often nuanced and detailed — and drew on understandings shaped by both personal experience and professional expertise.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

But in Virginia, where Dominion Energy is by far the largest investor-owned utility, the company’s target may soon be supplanted by even more aggressive goals being debated by a state legislature that switched from Republican to Democratic party control in last year’s election. Pressure from the legislature.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Organic catnip During the recent election results, was Tigger showing signs of great cat interest — such as opening her eyes, or even blinking — when state measures on recreational marijuana passed? These tags are handmade in Palo Alto, California and promise to be “water/drool and tear resistant.”

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

To get a better understanding of the city’s legacy, DeSmog tagged along to an activist-led tour organised by Brussels based advocacy group, Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and local activists at Glasgow Calls Out Polluters.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Facebook, which has been plagued by criticism for its part in the spread of climate denial talking points and other forms of fake news and hate speech, contends that the policies are in place prevent election interference and the spread of misinformation. "To

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

There are conflicting reports as to the potential price tag attached to such a policy, with various commentators putting the cost at between £90bn and potentially as high as £200bn, depending on various factors such as the on-going price of gas and how long the cap remains in place.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Shocked that the British public elected the Labor Party in their first post-war election, Fisher decided he must make sure people voted the right way next time around. In this way the IEA was able to rapidly spread the sort of free-market ideology that helped elect Margaret Thatcher, and spread her particular form of conservatism.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2022

Such plans never materialised; the increased spending on efficiency blocked by Rishi Sunak's Treasury and its desire to keep funds back for pre-election tax cuts, and the onshore renewables plans blocked by various Cabinet members grumbles to the press that wind farms are "eyesores".

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 7, 2023

Since then, the price tag for the project has since more than doubled and the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office had to step in to provide additional financing. Leading up to the 2024 election, political leanings set up an economy vs climate divide that could affect climate funding.

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Low Impact

JUNE 7, 2020

Whereas some other OPD projects have amazing houses, with price tags I’d shudder to have a guess at. So if someone else wants to buy that smallholding, to become an organic smallholder, they’re going to have a huge price tag, because someone wanted to build a massive house. That’s a problem isn’t it?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The huge price-tag for this unprecedented intervention lays bare the cost of our reliance on volatile and expensive gas. Avinav Nigam, co-founder at residential investment platform IMMO, said: "With a price tag of £130bn, today's measures to help consumers and businesses deal with sky high energy prices have come at an important time.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Labour's Party Conference kicked off yesterday, with the new tag line 'A Fairer, Greener Future' on prominent display, and the opening policy announcement coming in the form of a commitment to deliver a net zero emissions power system by 2030, a full five years earlier than the government's current 2035 target date. "The

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 17, 2022

Coastal GasLink has the support of elected band leaders of the Wet’suwet’en, a system created in the 19th century by the Canadian settler government. Earlier this year, Trans Mountain said the price tag could reach C$21.4 Since then, costs have exploded to new heights.

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Green Market Oracle

MARCH 17, 2020

The price tag for your climate plan is about $1.7 Joe Biden : (16:30) Yes, it is ambitious enough to tackle the crisis, because what… Go to joebiden.com, I lay out the first 13 things I would do immediately upon being elected. Jake Tapper: (16:17) … they told you at the Pentagon. Is your plan ambitious enough to tackle this crisis?

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Prior to the 2020 election, Moniz’s name was rumored to be among those that Joe Biden considered for Energy Secretary — but, under pressure from green groups, Biden ultimately passed him over, opting instead for Granholm, a former Michigan governor. “The

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Mearth

JANUARY 30, 2021

The brand doesn’t carry the“BetWatchWin”tag for no objective, as they attempt to cover as many events as potential. This type of all-inclusive overview is on the market for all sports events, not simply an elect few, which might be a unusual sight even for some high sportbooks.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

As the price tags on electric vehicles remain out of reach for many consumers, some have elected to buy used Teslas to save money. The price of a used Tesla can vary significantly, depending on which of the automaker’s four vehicles you’re looking at buying. News recently took a detailed look at how much a used […].

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