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Murray Edwards: The Fossil Fuel Fanatic

Enviromental Defense

million homes’ electricity use for a year! In 2013 he organized a fundraising dinner at Calgary’s Petroleum Club to help raise political donations to former BC Premier Christy Clark’s re-election campaign. Under his leadership, CNRL has been linked to staggering annual emissions of 26.34 But Edward’s is not just an owner, he’s a giver.

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COP30: Twelve environmental facts about Brazil in 2025

A Greener Life

Renewable energy expansion Brazil’s renewable energy sector continues to grow, with hydropower providing around 60% of the country’s electricity, making it one of the world’s largest producers of hydropower. Political controversies and deforestation policies Brazil has made progress in reducing deforestation, with a 30.6%

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy Articles - NewsClips: 7.26.25

PA Environment Daily

Billion, 441 Deaths From 2001 to 2021 [ PDF of Article ] -- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Weather Spikes Cause Concern For Our Future [ PDF of Article ] -- LancasterOnline: Penn State Study Shows Lancaster County Well Sampling Found PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ -- Delaware River Basin Commission Holds Aug. 6 Hearing, Sept. 6 Hearing, Sept.

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Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

PA Environment Daily

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Data Center & Energy Summit Missed: Exploding Electricity Demand Already Raising Prices - Ratepayers Need Protection; No Longer An ‘All Of The Above’ Energy Strategy [PaEN] -- What The A.I. Shapiro -- Post-Gazette: Gov. Ohio- $3.10 Ohio- $3.10

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From paralyzing eco-anxiety to hope in six steps

Edouard Stenger

This blog is also full of pragmatic solutions and it’s a matter for all of us to adopt them at scale, such as heat pumps, district heating, renewables, electric buses and bikes, bio-based materials and so on… We have all the tools we need to slash greenhouse gases emissions fast. Eco anxiety is not just for young folks. Because it does.

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

Environmental Progress

Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable. Adding more variable energy sources to electricity grids, all else being equal, might not in itself make electricity less reliable. But all else is not equal. GW of wind produced at a rate of 0.65

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Lead Counsel On Court Cases Striking Down Provisions In Act 13 To Preempt Local Regulation Of Oil & Gas Operations Raises Concerns About Proposed Legislation Establishing A RESET Board To Site Large Energy Projects

PA Environment Daily

The "Reliable Energy Siting and Electric Transition (RESET) ” board , who will judge credibility and evidence and ultimately approve or deny an application, need to not even show up to this undetermined hearing location by appointing an “individual ” to entertain testimony. Harrisburg School District v. Hickok , 781 A.2d 2d 221, 227 ( Pa.