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Industry’s Tactics to Expose You to More Soot Pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

The largest contributors to this deadly type of pollution come from human-made emission sources that burn fossil fuels, such as coal-fired power plants and vehicular emissions of diesel and gasoline. pollution, half of the deaths are attributable to the burning of fossil fuels. EPA’s PM 2.5 American Trucking Associations.

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RePlanet Nederland’s review of the draft Delegated Regulation on nuclear energy and gaseous fossil fuels in the sustainable finance taxonomy

Environmental Progress

Notably, in the same proposal, the Commission has also included screening criteria for gaseous fossil fuels. The Regulation sets a time limit on the inclusion of nuclear energy but not on fossil fuels and grants the Commission special powers to rule on nuclear taxonomy compliance.

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Olympic heat

A Greener Life

For instance in Tokyo and Seoul, the first hot day of the year (30°C or higher) arrived on average 11 days earlier during the period 2001-2020 compared to the previous two decades. Dangerous temperatures will only become more frequent unless governments switch from polluting fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources, including wind and solar.”.

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Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill

Corp Watch

Website Summary Repsol is a fossil fuel exploration company that evolved from a Spanish state venture that was set up in the 1920s. Repsol: Another Petroleum Company in Ancestral U'wa Land Published by Amazon Watch | October 10, 2001 We are calling the attention of groups that support the U'wa people. Corporation Repsol S.A.

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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

Boom In GDP Data show that from 2008 to 2020, Pennsylvania’s “natural gas” counties saw a boom in economic output as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), tallying a 50% increase in GDP as compared to 2001 levels, a rate more than double the growth of the state’s and four times that of the “control” counties.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- We Remember Sept. 28 [PaEN] Help Wanted -- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Agricultural Technician [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- Our Pocono Waters Hosts Sept.

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Climate change horror stories from around the world

Edouard Stenger

Systemic solution such as ending fossil fuels subsidies , taxing carbon and investing massively in sustainable infrastructures is required. “ Its surface area was 25 000 sq km in the early 1960s, compared with 1350 sq km in 2001″ Time is running out… Image credits: European Space Agency, Lake Chad, 2007.