DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Tags: American Institute for Economic Research oregon petition COVID-19 COVID Denial This think tank, funded in part through a corporate investment firm with holdings in major oil and petrochemical companies, operates a network for the international business community that partners with other institutions backed by Koch and fossil fuel cash.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 6, 2020

Tags: COVID-19 New Mexico Permian Basin fracking industry fracking health impacts coronavirus They have wondered what effect the industrial pollution might have on them and their son and daughter — even more so now with the COVID -19 pandemic — but with no money to pick up and relocate, they have remained in their home. .

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 12, 2020

With markets currently in turmoil due to the coronavirus pandemic, experts testified Thursday that there is high risk for an even larger economic crisis absent urgent climate policy. Tags: financial impacts of climate change Senator Sheldon Whitehouse green swan events subprime mortgage scandal

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 18, 2020

Read time: 11 mins The head of a federal committee tasked with advising the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) on air quality science recently disparaged a new Harvard study examining the link between air pollution and coronavirus fatalities across the country.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 18, 2020

Read time: 7 mins Earlier this spring, while much of the nation’s attention focused on the coronavirus crisis, the U.S. Tags: transportation fairness alliance electric vehicles FTI Consulting American Petroleum Institute American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2020

Chamber of Commerce remained silent when asked whether they supported the lobbying group’s controversial opposition to using the Defense Production Act to address a shortage of medical supplies and equipment crucial to fighting the coronavirus. .

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 22, 2020

Besides loving life on the island, he believes its remoteness has kept him and the remaining island residents safe from the coronavirus. . Tags: Isle de Jean Charles Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe Isle de Jean Charles Louisiana COVID-19

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Sea level rise Climate change 101

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 16, 2020

Tags: petrochemical development COVID-19 Center for International Environmental Law fracking finances oil bailout

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 19, 2020

Tags: COVID-19 coronavirus Covering Climate Now climate crisis Naomi Klein Nationalism But in both cases, pulling away from each other, at least in spirit, may be our collective undoing. .

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2020

During that same time, vast numbers of other businesses in both states — including the Shell plastics plant itself — were forced to slow or stop activities in efforts to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Tags: falcon pipeline Shell Oil Company COVID-19 NWP 12 Permit Keystone XL Shell Pipeline Co. FracTracker Alliance

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2020

The industry is actually looking to fill rail tank cars with oil and then just park them as a form of additional storage as the current oil glut, combined with the huge drop in demand due to the coronavirus, is likely to fill all available storage in the next 2-3 months. Tags: oil by rail Bomb Trains Canadian oil by rail BNSF

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Demand 65

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The film, produced by CFACT , the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow , and starring Climate Depot’s Marc Morano , was originally set to be released on April 21, before the coronavirus pandemic shut down theaters and much of American life. . Tags: climate hustle marc morano CFACT

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 25, 2020

With the coronavirus pandemic now stalling energy demand, coal production has dropped about 26 percent in the past 12 months alone, perhaps ringing the death knell for coal as an energy source in America. “

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2020

Tags: coronavirus COVID-19 oil and gas pipelines Dakota Access Pipeline energy transfer TigerSwan Mariner East Keystone XL

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GreenBiz

MARCH 4, 2021

Most investors and companies still don’t put a price tag on natural capital, or the cost of losing it, and biodiversity becoming a top "theme" only means people have begun talking about it. Still, progress in this area could move faster than we’ve typically seen in ESG-land, for a few reasons: .

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 24, 2020

Tags: Ryan Sitton Texas Railroad Commission oil and gas industry texas COVID-19 coronavirus

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Government Policy Demand Energy 71

Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

More than 20,000 units of the fully electric Porsche Taycan were shipped last year, the newspaper reported - with a starting price tag of €80,000. Porsche has previously said it expects about half of the cars it sells by 2025 to be electric.

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Investment Electric vehicle Electricity Batteries 94

Business Green

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The average price tag on an electric vehicle (EV) could shoot up by £2,800 in the UK in the event of a 'no-deal' Brexit, with resulting tariffs imposed on battery imports likely to effectively cancel out consumer savings from the government's plug-in car grants scheme, Britain's car industry has warned.

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Electric vehicle Automotive Transportation Government 92

Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The plates will feature a green tag or 'flash' on the left hand side of the plate to make it easy to identify zero emission models. Only fully zero emission electric and fuel cell cars will be eligible for the green plates, with hybrids and plug in hybrids deemed ineligible. per cent of all sales this year, up from 1.5

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Electric vehicle Transportation Government Electricity 101

Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In the shorter term, meanwhile, Wood Mackenzie predicts EV sales in China, Europe and the US will hit seven million a year by 2025, before doubling to 15 million a year by 2030 as price tags drop due to economies of scale, cheaper battery technology, and impending bans on fossil fuel vehicle sales.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 24, 2020

The need for greater grid flexibility has become apparent as coronavirus-related lockdowns have dampened energy demand and forced grids to cope with relatively higher levels of renewable generation. That’s where companies such as Vodafone come in, since mobile SIM cards can act as device-specific identity tags. In the U.K.,

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

However, reports over the weekend suggested the Treasury is concerned at the likely price tag of some of the new initiatives, especially given the spiralling economic impact from the coronavirus crisis.

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EDF + Business

JULY 10, 2020

As coronavirus shut down the economy, some regions saw a drop in air pollution. In fact, Amazon’s carbon emissions climbed 15% in the last year alone — even before coronavirus — due to increased sales. Getting a finished product from the factory to your door, has costs beyond the price tag.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Pollution Investment 52

GreenTechMedia

APRIL 7, 2020

California already throws away gigawatt-hours' worth of renewable generation monthly when production outstrips demand (and changes in consumption stemming from the coronavirus pandemic only exacerbated that trend ). Sacramento isn’t Tallahassee, though, and the narrowly tailored handout didn’t fly.

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Energy Energy Natural gas Batteries 130

Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Food production has a hefty environmental price tag, accounting for 26 per cent of global emissions, 70 per cent of freshwater withdrawals, and using half of habitable land. As the UK economy recovers from coronavirus, we should be examining which technologies have real potential and accelerate their deployment.

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Technology Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 67

Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

Boris Johnson will today deliver a major speech on the government's imminent economic stimulus package, promising to engineer a Roosevelt-style 'New Deal' that will see the UK "build build build" in pursuit of a rapid economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2020

An essay collection published late last week by centre right think tank Bright Blue and professional services firm WSP argued the government should prioritise market-based reforms over vast public spending programmes as it works toward delivering on its net zero goal in the wake of the coronavirus crisis that has devastated the economy.

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Policy Government Packaging Transportation 74

Clean Energy Canada

JUNE 26, 2020

As battery costs continue to fall and electric buses are produced on a larger scale, their price tags will become increasingly competitive. Buses have lifespans of 10 to 20 years, meaning the investments we make in the wake of the coronavirus will have repercussions for decades.

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Electricity Pollution North America Investment 52

Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

That is why the Treasury is currently working on a crucial assessment of the fiscal requirements of decarbonisation in the form of its long-awaited Net Zero Review, which is expected to emerge later this year. And crucially, the OBR used the report to try and put a figure on the costs and savings associated with the UK's net zero transition.

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Climate change Government Policy Carbon 81

AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2021

Most investors and companies still don’t put a price tag on natural capital, or the cost of losing it, and biodiversity becoming a top “theme” only means people have begun talking about it.

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Biodiversity Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 36

The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has only accelerated the trend for online shopping, and even committed high-street shoppers are now shifting towards ecommerce. One example is the US-based company Japanese Greentea Co. ( [link] ), which sells premium Japanese green tea online and gives 10% of its profits to One Child Matters ( [link] ).

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

APRIL 14, 2020

<< As Earth Day turns 50, societies across the globe are responding to the acute danger of the novel coronavirus COVD-19. Tag your posts with #WCSEarthDay so we can share with each other. Not a members, but want to be? Find out how you can be a WCS member here. << But what about the chronic condition of climate change?

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Earth Day Climate change Resilience Transportation 52

Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

Inevitably, the coronavirus crisis that has gripped the world over the past year fed into a number of the innovations on show at this year's event, with a major focus on healthcare and face masks, but there were also clear signals of the growing importance of green consumer technologies in the home, on the go, on the plate, and even in the skies.

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Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 48

Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

Inevitably, the coronavirus crisis that has gripped the world over the past year fed into a number of the innovations show at this year's event, with a major focus on healthcare and face masks, but there were also clear signals of the growing importance of green consumer technologies in the home, on the go, on the plate and even in the skies.

Energy Monitor 46

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 46

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Bills had been set to soar to £3,500 from next month, driven by the on-going impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on energy markets and Russia's war in Ukraine. The huge price-tag for this unprecedented intervention lays bare the cost of our reliance on volatile and expensive gas," he said.

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Energy Energy Fossil fuels Packaging 68

Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2021

Only one model - the Tesla Model S, with a price tag of £73,990 - offers a range of 375 miles and upwards on a single charge. Meanwhile, demand for EVs continues to grow rapidly amongst consumers and corporate customers. As such sales of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) made up 4.2

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Electric vehicle Electricity Government Batteries 81

Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Previous unconfirmed reports have estimated a price tag for the Sizewell project of between £16-20bn. In the shorter term, the White Paper estimates the policies it proposes will create 220,000 new green jobs over the decade, providing a huge boost for an economy desperate to recover from the ravages of the coronavirus.

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