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COP30: Twelve environmental facts about Brazil in 2025

A Greener Life

While the expansion of wind and solar power is seen as essential to reducing reliance on fossil fuels, large-scale projects have sometimes sparked local opposition due to their environmental impact. Ethanol accounts for over 40% of fuel used in Brazil’s vehicles, making it a key component of the country’s renewable energy strategy.

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Lisa Baiton: Big Oil’s Climate Misinformation Maestro

Enviromental Defense

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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Electric Vehicle Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Enviromental Defense

Question: Some people claim EVs are worse for the environment than gasoline cars Answer: Battery-Electric vehicles (BEVs) have on average two thirds lower lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline cars today, and this will improve as electricity grids get cleaner by cutting out fossil fuels.

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Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce 2021 Texas Grid Failure

Environmental Progress

Few people realize that Germany has actually increased its fossil fuel combustion capacity over the 20 years of its landmark renewable energy program from 2001 to the present. We can see the same impact of variable energies in Germany. 23] CAISO, “Wind and Solar Curtailment March 21, 2021”, caiso.com, accessed 3/22/2021.

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns. The 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) provided smaller but significant air quality improvements following its implementation in 2010. Posted on June 29, 2022 by Eugene M.

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Ohio River Valley Institute: 6% Population Loss, 3.3% Job Loss In PA's 'Natural Gas' Counties Show Misplaced Faith In Economic Benefits Of Oil & Gas Development By Policymakers

PA Environment Daily

While urban and suburban counties grew by 8% from 2010 to 2020, rural counties lost half a percent of their residents. A recent analysis by the Pew Charitable Foundation paints a stark picture of population decline in non-metropolitan counties, a key indicator of economic decay.

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Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits

Corp Watch

France: Paris Is Covered In Fake Ads That Mock the Climate Talks' Corporate Sponsors George Dvorsky | Gizmodo | December 1, 2015 Brandalism says the 600 fake ads critique “the corporate takeover of the COP21 climate talks,” while exposing “the links between advertising, consumerism, fossil fuel dependency and climate change.”

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