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EV charging beyond the grid: Forecasts from a new report

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2024

Mika Takahashi, Technology Analyst at market intelligence firm IDTechEx reviews highlights from a new report on an emerging sector Electric vehicles are no longer a niche oddity but fully mainstream, with many automotive manufacturers announcing targets to phase out ICE construction in favor of BEVs (battery electric vehicles).

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Comment: Pay-as-you-throw can drive the circular economy

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

This in turn delivers better visibility, more effective reporting and more efficient operational and financial efficiency across the organisation.” Extracting raw materials has an impact on climate, as do the manufacturing processes that we use to make products.

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NAACP Report: Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Deception to Conceal Damage to BIPOC Communities

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 2, 2021

That’s the top finding of a newly released NAACP report titled “Fossil Fuel Foolery.” The report identifies 10 tactics that polluters, industry lobbyists, and politicians often deploy to deflect accountability for the impacts of fossil fuel production and pollution on the environment and human health.

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U.S. Public Facing Huge Bill to Clean Up After Oil and Gas Industry

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2020

million unplugged oil and gas wells, according to Billion Dollar Orphans, a new report from London-based think tank Carbon Tracker. Tags: orphan wells abandoned oil wells Carbon orphaned well Read time: 7 mins The American public is facing a potential bill of $280 billion for the cleanup of 2.6

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Circular pallets scheme gears up for May rollout

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 18, 2024

Pallets are being produced at three sites – York, Burton, and Peterborough – and fitted with RFID tags, which will enable pallet tracking. The system also provides information about the amount of carbon saved and trees repurposed, which can be used in sustainability reporting.

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How the climate crisis will crash the economy

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a report addressing climate risks to the U.S. But the report didn’t pussyfoot around the issues: “Climate change poses a major risk to the stability of the U.S. It placed the price tag at up to 10.5 The CTFC report did not overlook the role of companies in all this.

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Big Banks Pull Financing, Prepare To Seize Assets From Collapsing Oil and Gas Industry

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 13, 2020

Reuters reported that banks are exploring the option of seizing oil company assets because the more traditional route of bankruptcy will result in huge losses for the banks — while seizing assets and holding them until oil prices increase would likely minimize those losses. Tags: fracking finance Big Banks

Understanding the Fossil Fuel Industry's Legacy of White Supremacy

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 29, 2021

ExxonMobil, which didn’t speak with Times reporter (and my former coworker) Hiroko Tabuchi for the story, responded by trying to smear the messenger. “We Tags: racism ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) FTI Consulting We refused to work with the author,” ExxonMobil tweeted , “because of her obvious bias against the oil and gas industry.”.

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'Disaster Capitalism at its Worst': Report Details Big Oil's Efforts to Cash in on Coronavirus

DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2020

So declares a report released Tuesday, May 12 by Friends of the Earth ( FOE ) showing how Big Oil is working to make sure the legislative response to the coronavirus crisis is beneficial to the industry. Recent lobby filings from major oil and gas paint a picture of “disaster capitalism at its worst.”.

EVs with sodium-ion batteries are rolling off production lines in China

Charged

JANUARY 5, 2024

Battery maker Farasis Energy reports that JMEV, an EV brand owned by Jiangling Motors Group, began producing sodium-powered EVs in December. kWh) and a shorter range (251 km), but it sports a lower price tag: RMB 58,800 ($8,300) compared to RMB 62,800-66,800. kWh and a range of 301 km (CLTC). kWh and a range of 301 km (CLTC).

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State Backers of Anti-Protest Bills Received Campaign Funding from Oil and Gas Industry, Report Finds

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Read time: 9 mins Politicians responsible for drafting laws criminalizing pipeline protests in Louisiana, West Virginia, and Minnesota did so after receiving significant funding from the fossil fuel industry, according to a new report by the Institute for Policy Studies , a progressive think tank based in Washington, D.C.

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Fossil Fuel Industry Engaging in 'Pervasive Fraud' that Threatens Global Economy, Report Warns

DeSmogBlog

JULY 31, 2020

Read time: 5 mins Warning of an impending financial implosion driven largely by fossil fuel industry deception, a recent report calls on fossil fuel insiders and other potential whistleblowers to help expose and prosecute this fraud. Tags: fossil fuel industry ExxonMobil Fraud climate risks National Whistleblower Center

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Automakers Show 'Concerning' Lack of Engagement on Human Rights and Climate, Analyses Reveal

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Read time: 8 mins The world’s leading automakers are not doing enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with international climate targets and are failing to address or even report on human rights issues, according to new assessments released by the World Benchmarking Alliance ( WBA ).

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Public Ownership of Fossil Fuels a Potential Solution to Multiple Crises, Says New Report

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 17, 2020

Read time: 6 mins At a time of overlapping crises, putting fossil fuel assets into public ownership offers a way to slash carbon emissions and pave the way for a just transition for oil and gas workers who find themselves without a job, according to a new report. Tags: COVID-19 oil bailout fracking finances

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Regulators Discuss LNG-by-Rail Safety Concerns — After Approving New Rule To Allow Transporting LNG by Rail

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2021

That same month, PHMSA released the interim report for its LNG -by-rail task force. Tags: LNG By Rail Liquefied Natural Gas PHMSA Read time: 12 mins New regulations were announced by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ( PHMSA ) in July 2020 allowing the transportation of liquefied natural gas ( LNG ) by rail.

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Game on: New study shows which sports teams have the greenest fans

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 22, 2020

A new report by Recipric, powered by Zoomph’s technology, helps us understand the answer. Together, they co-published Sustainability in Sports , a report that ranks teams from various professional leagues — including baseball, football, basketball and soccer — according to which teams have the most "sustainability-minded" fans.

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Whistleblower Claims Dangerous Defects in Pipeline for Shell’s Pennsylvania Plastics Plant

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 18, 2021

That's according to public records obtained by the nonprofit FracTracker Alliance and which reveal that state regulators complained last year that federal authorities had failed to adequately investigate the reports of defects. Tags: FracTracker Alliance pennsylvania falcon pipeline Shell Pipeline Co.

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Pandemic Lockdowns Caused 'Just a Tiny Blip' in Climate-Polluting Emissions, WMO Finds

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

But, according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ) , this year's sudden drop off in travel — and transportation fuel consumption — didn't lead to sizable declines in planet-heating emissions. Tags: COVID-19 World Meteorological Organization methane emissions Robert Howarth Permian Basin

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Big Oil Foresaw Extreme Flooding Now Predicted to Hit US Coasts Almost Daily

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 17, 2020

From a scientist who warned executives in 1959 that New York could be submerged, to a confidential 1988 Shell report that raised the possibility of abandoning inundated low-lying areas, the industry has shown clear internal acknowledgement of the potential consequences of unabated fossil fuel burning.

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Exposé Shows Rise of Heartland Institute’s Climate Denial Efforts Overseas, Using Dark Money and a YouTuber

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Read time: 9 mins A recent German news report has shed light on the inner workings of the Heartland Institute’ s international efforts to sow doubts about climate science using the dark money group Donors Trust. Tags: Heartland Institute james taylor Greta Thunberg Naomi Seibt Germany Donors Trust

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‘Uninsurable and Unhedgeable’: Central Banks Warn of Financial Crisis from Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 31, 2020

Read time: 6 mins A future climate disaster, or “green swan” event, could bring down the global financial system, according to a new report from the Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ), an international financial organization that serves as a bank for central banks around the world.

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Report Attacks Industry Campaign to Fix Natural Gas’s Climate PR Problem

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Read time: 10 mins A new report from advocacy group Food and Water Watch argues that fracking and continued reliance on natural gas is detrimental to addressing climate change. Tags: American Petroleum Institute American Gas Association Natural Gas Bridge Fuel green new deal Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Analysis: How Exxon Is Being Forced To Accept The Reality Of Bad Fossil Fuel Investments

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

On February 24 , Exxon reported that it would actually remove over 30 percent of its proved reserves from its books — essentially wiping out the value of its Canadian tar sands holdings from its books. . Tags: exxon Fraud reserves debt U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Canadian tar sands oil

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Ford’s surprise news: it’s developing a new platform for low-priced EVs

Charged

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

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. This week, they’re saying yes, but they have a long history of changing their minds from one quarterly earnings report to the next. Sources: InsideEVs , Electrek

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Carbon Capture Will Require Large Public Subsidies to Support Coal and Gas Power

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2020

Read time: 9 mins In April, the Center for Global Energy Policy ( CGEP ) at Columbia University released a report concluding that, without major new subsidies from the American public, technologies for capturing heat-trapping carbon dioxide from coal and natural gas-fired power plants will remain uneconomical.

Carbon

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Report: Global Climate Lawsuits Against Governments and Polluters on the Rise

DeSmogBlog

JULY 7, 2020

Lawsuits demanding accountability and action on the existential threat of climate change continue to take hold across the world with some significant new developments and new cases emerging over the past year, according to a new report on trends in global climate change litigation.

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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

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. In its Global Risks Report for 2021 , the World Economic Forum ranks biodiversity loss as the world’s No. 5 risk by likelihood and No.

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Advocates Call on EPA to Expand Air Pollution Monitoring of Refineries After 10 Found Emitting High Benzene Levels

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

The data, which raise health concerns about the communities adjoining these refineries, were released in a February 6 report by the Environmental Integrity Project, a nonprofit group of former EPA enforcement attorneys, public interest lawyers, and community organizers.

Energy Monitor

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Top Law Firms Called Out for Serving Fossil Fuel Industry Clients in New Climate 'Scorecard'

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Read time: 4 mins With lawsuits against major fossil fuel producers over climate damages on the rise , a new report and initiative examines how prestigious law firms are enabling climate breakdown. Tags: climate accountability law firms #DropExxon Paul Weiss climate crisis fossil fuel industry Sen. Whitehouse

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'Like Handing Out Blankets Affected With Smallpox': US Called to End Oil Exports to Thwart Climate Crisis

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 28, 2020

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

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Louisiana Activists Charged with Felonies After Delivering Box of Formosa Plastic Pollution to Lobbyists

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 25, 2020

The women are accused of terrorizing oil and gas lobbyists by giving them a file box full of plastic pellets found in Texas bays near a plastic manufacturing facility owned by Formosa Plastics,” NOLA.com reports. Tags: Louisiana Bucket Brigade Formosa St. The two posted bond and were released later the same day. “

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Under Rising Pressure on Climate, JPMorgan Rejects Shareholder Calls to Disclose Full Carbon Footprint

DeSmogBlog

MAY 14, 2020

environmental groups recently claimed is the world’s largest financer of fossil fuels, has instructed its shareholders to vote down a proposal for the bank to report the emissions of its lending activities at its upcoming annual general meeting ( AGM ) on May 19. JPM organ Chase, which a coalition of U.S.

Fossil fuels

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Texas Regulators Failing to Act on Pollution Complaints in Permian Oilfields, New Report Finds

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 21, 2020

During those trips, Earthworks found and documented emissions from the oil industry's equipment, and on 141 separate occasions, they reported what they found to the state’s environmental regulators. Tags: TExas Commission on Environmental Quality flaring Earthworks Sharon Wilson

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Following Lawsuit, Formosa Agrees to Hold Major Construction on One of Largest Planned US Plastics Plants Until 2021

DeSmogBlog

JULY 24, 2020

Major construction activities at the site will not move forward until February 2021 under the terms of today’s agreement, with the company required to provide monthly status reports including photographs of work underway and completed. Tags: Formosa RISE St. James Sharon Lavigne petrochemical development

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After Calling for Climate Action, US Chamber of Commerce Pushes Pro-Fossil Fuel Agenda

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Chamber of Commerce over its lobbying on climate change issues published a report today criticizing the pro-business lobbying and advocacy group for continuing to push for pro-fossil fuel policies despite recognizing that climate change is real. Tags: chamber of commerce Dan Brouillette James Danly Cory Gardner Paris Agreement

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Shell's Latest Annual Report: More Greenwashing?

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 19, 2020

Read time: 8 mins Two years after internal documents surfaced showing that Royal Dutch Shell, like ExxonMobil, knew about climate dangers decades ago, the oil giant released its latest annual report outlining its business strategy and approach to addressing climate change.

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Report: Push for Renewable Natural Gas Is More Gas Industry 'Greenwashing'

DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2020

According to a new report from Earthjustice and Sierra Club, however, these fuels pitched as “renewable ” and environmentally friendly alternatives to fossil gas amount to a PR campaign meant to distract from efforts to convert the building sector to all electric power.

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Massachusetts Sues ExxonMobil For Climate Disinformation, Greenwashing

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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Fire at Oil and Gas Waste Site Raises Safety Concerns Around Possible Radioactive Accidents

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Initial news reports described the facility — located in Dallas Pike, 50 miles southwest of Pittsburgh — as a truck stop cleaning station. Tags: Petta Enterprises West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection oil and gas waste radioactive fracking waste

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Oil, Gas, Petrochemical Financial Woes Predate Pandemic — And Will Continue After, Despite Bailouts, Report Finds

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 16, 2020

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

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New Satellite Data Reveals Dangerous Methane Emissions in Permian Region

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 25, 2020

In December DeSmog reported on the work of Robert Howarth, a biogeochemist at Cornell University , who has been studying the methane emissions of the oil and gas industry. Tags: Bridge Fuel methane natural gas emissions Permian percent of the total methane produced by the oil and gas industry there.

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Replacing Coal with Renewables Could Save Energy Customers $8 Billion a Year, Financial Analysts Find

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 14, 2020

In a research report last month titled “The Second Wave of Clean Energy,” analysts at Morgan Stanley explained how “the surprisingly low cost of renewables” will drive utilities to close most of the remaining U.S. coal plants over the next decade. coal plants over the next decade.

Energy

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Recurrent and Black Book aim to make used EV values more precise

Charged

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Seattle-based startup Recurrent aims to change that, by providing independent reports on the condition of used EV batteries. We founded Recurrent with the mission to give confidence to used EV buyers, and a lot of that starts with the price tag,” said Scott Case, CEO and co-founder of Recurrent.

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Fossil Fuel Investments Cost California and Colorado Pension Funds Over $19 Billion, Report Finds

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Read time: 7 mins California and Colorado’s public pension funds together lost out on over $19 billion over the past decade by investing in fossil fuel stocks, according to a report released on Tuesday. Tags: pension funds fossil fuel investments CalPERS CalSTRS

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EV charging beyond the grid: Forecasts from a new report

Comment: Pay-as-you-throw can drive the circular economy

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NAACP Report: Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Deception to Conceal Damage to BIPOC Communities

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U.S. Public Facing Huge Bill to Clean Up After Oil and Gas Industry

Circular pallets scheme gears up for May rollout

How the climate crisis will crash the economy

Big Banks Pull Financing, Prepare To Seize Assets From Collapsing Oil and Gas Industry

Understanding the Fossil Fuel Industry's Legacy of White Supremacy

'Disaster Capitalism at its Worst': Report Details Big Oil's Efforts to Cash in on Coronavirus

EVs with sodium-ion batteries are rolling off production lines in China

State Backers of Anti-Protest Bills Received Campaign Funding from Oil and Gas Industry, Report Finds

Fossil Fuel Industry Engaging in 'Pervasive Fraud' that Threatens Global Economy, Report Warns

Automakers Show 'Concerning' Lack of Engagement on Human Rights and Climate, Analyses Reveal

Public Ownership of Fossil Fuels a Potential Solution to Multiple Crises, Says New Report

Regulators Discuss LNG-by-Rail Safety Concerns — After Approving New Rule To Allow Transporting LNG by Rail

Game on: New study shows which sports teams have the greenest fans

Whistleblower Claims Dangerous Defects in Pipeline for Shell’s Pennsylvania Plastics Plant

Pandemic Lockdowns Caused 'Just a Tiny Blip' in Climate-Polluting Emissions, WMO Finds

Big Oil Foresaw Extreme Flooding Now Predicted to Hit US Coasts Almost Daily

Exposé Shows Rise of Heartland Institute’s Climate Denial Efforts Overseas, Using Dark Money and a YouTuber

‘Uninsurable and Unhedgeable’: Central Banks Warn of Financial Crisis from Climate Change

Report Attacks Industry Campaign to Fix Natural Gas’s Climate PR Problem

Analysis: How Exxon Is Being Forced To Accept The Reality Of Bad Fossil Fuel Investments

Ford’s surprise news: it’s developing a new platform for low-priced EVs

Carbon Capture Will Require Large Public Subsidies to Support Coal and Gas Power

Report: Global Climate Lawsuits Against Governments and Polluters on the Rise

Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

Advocates Call on EPA to Expand Air Pollution Monitoring of Refineries After 10 Found Emitting High Benzene Levels

Top Law Firms Called Out for Serving Fossil Fuel Industry Clients in New Climate 'Scorecard'

'Like Handing Out Blankets Affected With Smallpox': US Called to End Oil Exports to Thwart Climate Crisis

Louisiana Activists Charged with Felonies After Delivering Box of Formosa Plastic Pollution to Lobbyists

Under Rising Pressure on Climate, JPMorgan Rejects Shareholder Calls to Disclose Full Carbon Footprint

Texas Regulators Failing to Act on Pollution Complaints in Permian Oilfields, New Report Finds

Following Lawsuit, Formosa Agrees to Hold Major Construction on One of Largest Planned US Plastics Plants Until 2021

After Calling for Climate Action, US Chamber of Commerce Pushes Pro-Fossil Fuel Agenda

Shell's Latest Annual Report: More Greenwashing?

Report: Push for Renewable Natural Gas Is More Gas Industry 'Greenwashing'

Massachusetts Sues ExxonMobil For Climate Disinformation, Greenwashing

Fire at Oil and Gas Waste Site Raises Safety Concerns Around Possible Radioactive Accidents

Oil, Gas, Petrochemical Financial Woes Predate Pandemic — And Will Continue After, Despite Bailouts, Report Finds

New Satellite Data Reveals Dangerous Methane Emissions in Permian Region

Replacing Coal with Renewables Could Save Energy Customers $8 Billion a Year, Financial Analysts Find

Recurrent and Black Book aim to make used EV values more precise

Fossil Fuel Investments Cost California and Colorado Pension Funds Over $19 Billion, Report Finds

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