DeSmogBlog

MARCH 25, 2020

Many of us have cancer and weakened immune systems from the chemical onslaught we endure everyday. This could be a death sentence for many of us,” Taylor said. Tags: cancer alley COVID-19 Denka

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Tags: fossil fuel industry climate finance big tobacco fossil fuel divestment Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY - SA 3.0 Climate campaigners drew attention to CNBC 's Jim Cramer's comments on Friday, January 31 that he's “done with fossil fuels” because they're “in the death knell phase.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

The programme, funded by the Scottish government funded advisory group Zero Waste Scotland and delivered in partnership with North Lanarkshire Council, involves the use of RFID tags. These have already been used in Europe and in some other parts of the UK.

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Charged

MAY 13, 2024

The GMC Sierra EV will make its debut in a “premium, limited-edition version” called the Denali Edition 1 , with a price tag just under 100 grand. The latter uses mapping to improve its performance, and “is expected to be available on about 750,000 miles of compatible roads in the US and Canada by the end of 2025.”

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Charged

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Have GM and Ford given up on EVs , as many would have us believe? The more imminent threat is coming from China, where automakers have gone beyond the talking stage, and are producing and exporting EVs with eye-catching price tags. Well, not this week.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 28, 2020

Tags: oil change international greenpeace crude oil export ban Crude Oil Exports Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY - SA 3.0 A new report released Tuesday by Oil Change International and Greenpeace USA found that reinstating the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Read time: 3 mins Organisations promoting climate science denial and anti-environmentalism in Europe share the same rhetoric, narratives and right-wing links as their US counterparts, new research has found.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 17, 2020

This is a victory not only for us but for all landowners,” said Theda Larson Wright, one of the three Louisiana landowners who sued Bayou Bridge Pipeline Company ( BBP ) in September 2018. Tags: Bayou Bridge pipeline Louisiana landowners eminent domain Atchafalaya Basin energy transfer Well, we did.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Tags: joe biden Ernest Moniz 350.org Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY - SA 3.0 Advocacy group 350.org 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.”.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Attorney General Maura Healey told reporters in a press conference today that “Exxon has fought us every step of the way,” and was “completely uncooperative,” noting that the company failed to comply with requests for documents and depositions. Tags: Maura Healey #ExxonKnew climate liability climate change lawsuit Exxon Mobil

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The ongoing US - UK trade talks have been seen by some lobby groups as an opportunity to strip back environmental and food safety regulations to allow them to sell products – pesticides, hormone-fed meat, genetically modified crops ( GMO s), and chemicals – that have been previously banned under EU law.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 1, 2020

Read time: 12 mins Anglo American has undermined its plans for a controversial US $3 billion copper mine expansion beneath a Chilean nature sanctuary, 52 kilometres (32 miles) above Santiago in the Andean foothills. Tags: Anglo American Los Bronces mine Chile glacier

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Tags: pennsylvania air pollution petrochemical development Ohio River Valley steel Royal Dutch Shell Plc Residents and activists from the greater Pittsburgh area fear that worsening air quality will lower the value of homes, deter new clean business development, and sicken people. “It There is a certain degree of sick irony about that.”.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Over the years of us doing this, as analysts, we’ve learned that you really have to do it well by well,” Shattuck explained of analyzing well performance. Tags: fracking frack finances child wells Permian Basin Aubrey McClendon Wood Mackenzie Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) David Hughes You cannot take anything for granted.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 23, 2021

The fact Volvo allowed us to field-test the truck in our more challenging locations sealed the deal. Both use Volvo’s automated I-Shift 12-speed gearbox, making driving easier, safer and more comfortable as well as helping to optimise fuel efficiency. The demonstrator performed exceptionally and ticked all the boxes.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2020

Simultaneously surviving climate disruption and this pandemic — because they cannot be separated — will require us to grapple with two major challenges. Tags: COVID-19 coronavirus Covering Climate Now climate crisis Naomi Klein Nationalism

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 13, 2020

Tags: LNG Wet'suwet'en Coastal GasLink pipeline US LNG Exports American Petroleum Institute While far from British Columbia, the actions spooked investors in Energie Saguenay LNG. Without Berkshire Hathaway’s promised $4 billion investment, the project has stalled.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 22, 2024

The 67 billion in question is the annual price tag Eurelectric has put on investing in Europe’s distribution grids every year between now and 2040. And he concluded: “The green race is on and none of us want to have to admit to our wives, husbands or children that we couldn’t deliver.” Click here for more on the Grids for Speed study.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2020

Some of those same energy companies, and their trade associations, have for years lobbied for the use of the Defense Production Act to bail out struggling coal plants. Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 us chamber of commerce american coalition for clean coal electricity (ACCCE) national mining association

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 9, 2020

What they inflicted on us was a slow violence. Tags: environmental racism new orleans George Floyd protests police violence COVID-19 What is happening every day to these Black men on the street every day is violence.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 16, 2020

I think the rest of the country forgot us.”. Tags: Chinese National Offshore Oil Co. Wako Ade, a local motorbike taxi rider nods towards a reunited couple as the dusty vehicle empties its passengers at the bus terminal and says with frustration: “We are tired of this life. The bus is our only connection with Kenya through Isiolo town.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2024

They are also unable to produce power at night or in inclement weather and have a hefty price tag, especially considering the charging rates. Construction and public highway fast charging are also highlighted in the report, with the overall market value expected to reach US$14 billion by 2034.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 4, 2020

Read time: 4 mins It is increasingly unlikely that Ireland will develop new infrastructure to import liquefied natural gas ( LNG ) produced from fracked wells in the US , after the plans suffered a series of potentially fatal legal and political setbacks. Tags: Liquefied Natural Gas Ireland

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 28, 2019

Tags: Phoenix David Koch Koch brothers americans for prosperity (AFP) public transportation Read time: 3 mins By Julia Conley , Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY - SA 3.0

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm recently took an EV road trip from Charlotte, North Carolina to Memphis, Tennessee in order to draw attention to the billions of dollars in funding the White House is making available to promote electric vehicles. Granholm addressed audiences at town hall stops along her road trip.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Tags: British Columbia Coastal GasLink indigenous communities Wet'suwet'en RCMP Read time: 3 mins By Julia Conley , Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY - SA 3.0

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Tags: hurricanes and global warming extreme weather Caribbean green new deal Read time: 5 mins Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY - SA 3.0

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 19, 2019

European and US scientists have cleared up a point that has been nagging away at climate science for decades: not only is the planet warming faster than at any time in the last 2,000 years , but this unique climate change really does have neither a historic precedent nor a natural cause. Tags: climate science little ice age

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

With a no-nonsense design, powerful specs and a $125,000 price tag, Bollinger’s B1 Sport Utility Truck and B2 Pickup Truck are clearly not aimed at the mass market, but at truck connoisseurs. Bollinger says it will work with an unnamed manufacturing partner to build the DELIVER-E vans and trucks in the US. Source: Bollinger Motors.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Tags: Argentina Vaca Muerta Shale fracking finances US State Department Vista Oil and Gas YPF For these reasons — a growing energy deficit, a worsening economic situation, and large oil and gas reserves trapped underground — there is enormous political support for kick-starting an American-style fracking boom in Argentina.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

For example, digital links accessible through a unique product identifier will need to be added to the products themselves rather than outer packaging or tags. If you expect to be affected by this law, get in touch with us today to learn more about our exclusive EPR matrix and rigorous consulting services.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 6, 2024

Let’s not do it the winner-takes-all US way. It’s on us to solve. But – and it’s a big ‘but’ – Colle highlighted that according to EY data of predicted battery electric vehicle sales between now and 2030, only 17% will come with a under-30,000-euros price tag, which is classed as the so-called ‘economy’ vehicles.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 22, 2021

The SeaMonitor project – which is supported by eight leading marine research institutions located in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland, the US and Canada – will use innovative marine species tracking technology to better understand and protect vulnerable marine life in our oceans.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 22, 2020

A new report by Recipric, powered by Zoomph’s technology, helps us understand the answer. It developed the sustainability-minded audience by capturing a list of terms that someone interested in sustainability may use in their Twitter bio, or by tagging accounts that a climate activist may follow.

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Charged

OCTOBER 22, 2021

A $30k price tag, just about 5 grand above the current MSRP of the legacy Equinox, would be an eye-opener. “We This Chevy will be a high-volume player when it arrives priced at approximately $30,000.”. We also have a Blazer EV that will be an affordable, high-volume entry,” Reuss continued.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 11, 2024

Data is available via a search function on the Stream platform – there isn’t a category listing so far – with the first use case tags including ‘Domestic tap water quality’, ‘Utility mapping’ and ‘Water quality parameters’.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

PragmatIC says its technology could allow a low-cost inlay (tag) to be incorporated in packaging, allowing consumers to access information about product usage, food storage, cooking instructions and local recycling. Finding the solution through innovative technology.

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