Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 19, 2023

Uber founded in 2009; Lyft in 2012), public micromobility systems such as scooters and bikeshares, electrification, shared automated vehicles : all came with the promise of “ faster, smarter, greener ” cities that would be “ connected, heterogenous, intelligent and personalized.” New ride hailing services (e.g.,

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2022

For countries that continue to have a strong reliance on fossil fuel extraction, how can policies help the shift towards renewable energy while assisting workers and communities, which have been reliant on fossil fuel extraction, to diversify their economies? The keynote speaker will be: Jim Skea (Ph.D.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Martin, Sen. Regan Sponsored Bills In PA ] -- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Spill Of Plastic Pellets In MD, PA Streams Reveals The Polluting Potential Of ‘Nurdles’ [Posted: October 27, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

But the distribution system will be even more important when making a rapid clean energy transition, particularly considering the role distributed energy resources, such as rooftop solar, battery storage and electric vehicles, can play in helping Illinoisans dump fossil fuels. Illinois utilities contributed to that trend.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

A New Muhlenberg College Pennsylvania Climate and Energy Survey found 77 percent of Pennsylvanians believe climate change is a serious or very serious problem 55 percent believe human activity-- such as burning fossil fuels-- is the reason for the earth getting warmer.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Rooftop solar reduces dependence on fossil fuels, eases strain on the electricity grid during periods of high demand, and increases resilience to threats like extreme weather, all at a steadily falling cost. Solar energy stands as an abundant and affordable solution crucial to America's transition to renewable sources.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Kriegers Flak stands as a strong contribution to the green transition, which is why we are proud that the wind farm is now ready to provide fossil-free power to Danish homes and industry” Completed despite the pandemic. Since then, the remaining turbines have been continuously installed and put into operation.

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Acoel

JANUARY 16, 2024

For example, between 2007 and 2012, 7.8 Not only is it land inefficient, but industrial agriculture is also closely tied to the petrochemical industry because of its dependence on fossil fuel-based fertilizers and pesticides, chemicals that are themselves highly detrimental to public health and the environment.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

CARB’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) seeks to incentivize the production and sale of alternative, lower emissions transportation fuels in order to displace conventional fossil fuels. To identify which fuels should be promoted, CARB calculates the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Canada also announced regulations to achieve a substantial reduction in methane emissions within the upstream oil and gas sector, targeting at least a 75% decrease below 2012 levels by the year 2030. Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter Fossil fuels are the main reason for CO2 emissions and, therefore, the main driver of climate change.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Website Summary Repsol is a fossil fuel exploration company that evolved from a Spanish state venture that was set up in the 1920s. The company sued the government of Argentina in 2012 for $10 billion after the country nationalized YPF with the backing of 80 percent of legislators of parliament. Corporation Repsol S.A.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Martin, Sen. Regan Sponsored Bills In PA ] -- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Spill Of Plastic Pellets In MD, PA Streams Reveals The Polluting Potential Of ‘Nurdles’ [Posted: October 28, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

California Sues Fossil Fuel Polluters California’s climate accountability lawsuit is groundbreaking in several ways: California is the first major fossil fuel-producing state to file a climate accountability lawsuit. California Gov.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 11, 2023

That is equivalent to what half a million fossil-fueled cars emit annually. Yet, Teviston needed drought relief because of the 2012-2016 drought and their wells failed again in 2021. Yet, Teviston needed drought relief due to the 2012-2016 drought. million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. miles away from a canal.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The site was acquired by Fairmont Brine Processing in 2012 and has been inactive since 2017. 2022 Natural Gas House Explosion In Dauphin County [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: My Hometown Shows The Benefits Of The Fossil Fuel Industry Come At A Tremendous Cost - Gov.

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Natural Gas 2017 Fossil Fuels Environmental Protection 86

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2022

Related Articles This Week: -- Environmental Health Project: Setback Distances And The Regulations We Need To Protect Public Health From Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN] -- Public Source: Explainer: Western PA’s Bid To Be A ‘Clean Hydrogen Hub’ Relies On Fossil Fuel And Capturing Climate-Warming Carbon [Posted: August 8, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JULY 11, 2021

And this change comes in part from increasing diffusion of fossil fuels. Here is 2012 video where I elaborate. John is optimistic about our future; "The share of the world population in extreme poverty is plummeting. No plausible estimate of climate damage comes close to this kind of change.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Since 2012, Congress has enacted legislation on four separate occasions to overhaul the infrastructure permitting process and address industry concerns (MAP-21, the FAST Act, FAST-41 and IIJA). It is a bill forged in the backrooms of Washington by the fossil fuel industry and their congressional allies.

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Ocean 2016 Fossil Fuels Law 69

Legal Planet

MARCH 21, 2024

The distinction between renewables and fossil fuel generation is stark, and EPA had not previously tried to dictate a utility’s energy source. version of the rule] Thus, while the Clean Power Plan directly managed the fuel mix of utilities, the connection between the rule and automotive power sources is much more flexible.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Though Texas hasn’t officially recorded a heat-related prison death since 2012, analysis by the Texas Tribune suggests there have been at least 40 such deaths in this year’s heat alone, including more than a dozen prisoners in their 20s and 30s. And indeed, in today’s climate it’s turning deadly.

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Cooling 2023 Climate Change Fossil Fuels 245

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For decades the fossil fuel lobby has masterfully weakened, derailed, and outright blocked government climate policy. The fossil fuel lobby meddles with Canadian politics and inserts itself into international climate change politics and diplomacy. The biggest barrier to climate action in Canada is the oil and gas lobby.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. SEC Charges Total S.A.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. SEC Charges Total S.A.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In an urban setting, land uses such as industrial, residential, and transportation are associated with different stormwater contaminants, including toxicants (fossil fuels, plastics, pesticides, metals), bacteria, and nutrients. Qualitative Network Model. Where can additional information about the tool be found?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. SEC Charges Total S.A.

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2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government 52

Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. SEC Charges Total S.A.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. SEC Charges Total S.A.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. SEC Charges Total S.A.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. SEC Charges Total S.A.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Many are oil refineries being converted from fossil fuel production to renewable fuel production. Imported bio-based diesel fuel consumed another 1.0 MMT of feedstock for fuel production abroad, so total US bio-based diesel consumption in 2022 required 12 MMT of feedstock, half of it to supply fuel to California.

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Biofuels 2016 2022 Deforestation 289

Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. Private Empire: Exxon Mobil and American Power by Steve Coll (Penguin Press, 2012). It was founded in the 1870s as part of the Standard Oil group. Out of the Channel: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Prince William Sound by John Keeble.

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Real Climate

APRIL 6, 2023

The term “fossil fuels”, however, is mentioned 16 times. It’s indeed true that emissions must go down, but we also must explicitly acknowledge that we need to reduce our dependence on coal, oil and gas (“fossil fuels”). 775-779, 2012. C or 2°C since preindustrial times (p. Solomon, and A.S.

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Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 2012 259

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. Private Empire: Exxon Mobil and American Power by Steve Coll (Penguin Press, 2012). Corporation ExxonMobil Image Image Products Crude oil, Oil products, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Power generation Exxon Knew Protest - Photo credit 350.org

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2021

Buried two-thirds of the way through a dense tax code bill, nestled between tax breaks for entertainment venues and expansion criteria for Keystone Opportunity Zones, was a major $320 million giveaway for a new fossil fuel facility. In 2012, the Legislature passed the largest corporate subsidy in its history—a 25-year, $1.65

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Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Carbon Emissions 2012 98

Vermont Law

APRIL 19, 2019

in 2012 was around 20TW/h. So would be a renewable energy mandate, such as requiring grow operations to put up a certain number of solar panels to offset energy generated with fossil fuels. Based on this figure, the same study estimated that the total amount of energy used in cannabis production in the U.S.

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns. For example, EPA projected a total of just 4,700 MW of coal capacity retirements under the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule. Posted on June 29, 2022 by Eugene M.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

This rule required reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from a number of large sources including suppliers of fossil fuels or industrial greenhouse gases, manufacturers of vehicles and engines, and certain facilities that emit 25,000 metric tons or more per year of greenhouse gas emissions. and April 20, 2010 in Washington, D.C.

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