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Oil Companies Plan to Take the Road Already Traveled

Union of Concerned Scientists

They’re also hoping to circumnavigate efforts to hold them accountable for their contribution to climate change. degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and limiting the worst effects of climate change. Fighting climate disclosure, especially Scope 3 emissions The U.S. billion last week.

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National Clean Energy Week Recap

Cresforum

Decarbonizes The United States’ energy security has changed dramatically since U.S. imports peaked in 2007. biofuels, and fossil fuels. Modeling Pathways to Net Zero: A Case Study on Energy Security as the U.S. As the U.S. need to deploy clean energy technologies to achieve net zero emissions? decarbonizes in a vacuum.

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EPA Announces Proposed RFS for 2023-2025, Will Hold Public Hearing in January

Brag

The RFS “Set” proposal requests public input on required volumes of biofuel for the next one to three years and on a series of modifications intended to strengthen and expand the program. EPA states that this proposal includes steady growth of biofuels for use in the nation’s fuel supply for 2023 , 2024 , and 2025.

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Federal Water Tap, January 9: EPA Delays PFAS Drinking Water Rules

Circle of Blue

An EPA draft report outlines the damage that federal biofuels policy has wrought on land and water. And lastly, the White House issues new climate accounting guidelines for environmental impact statements. Environmental Impact of Biofuels. residents displaced last year by weather disasters. Studies and Reports.

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The Real Cost of Food

Acoel

For example, between 2007 and 2012, 7.8 Less than a quarter of cropland is devoted to food directly eaten by humans, with the rest going to mostly to animal feed and biofuel feedstock, and it takes many pounds of grains to produce a pound of beef. The good news is that this sector is ripe for change.

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Why Ceding Nuclear to China and Russia Threatens National Security: Michael Shellenberger's Congressional Testimony July 28, 2020

Environmental Progress

I am an invited expert reviewer of the next assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a regular contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes , and other publications, and a Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment.” In reality there is a growing amount of good news about climate change.

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Testimony by Michael Shellenberger before the House Agriculture Committee on “Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors”

Environmental Progress

Testimony before the House Agriculture Committee for a Hearing on “Climate Change and the U.S. Technological change and agricultural modernization will significantly outweigh climate change in the U.S. Technological change and agricultural modernization will significantly outweigh climate change in the U.S.