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$18 billion to fossil fuels: Breaking Down the Numbers

Enviromental Defense

In addition, we already have regulations in place to achieve methane reductions, so we are essentially subsidizing compliance with existing rules. million for other categories of support to fossil fuels. In some cases, these funds even went to paying companies to comply with existing regulations.

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Public Pressure on ExxonMobil Works. Little Else Does.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Three trade associations—the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, Texas Oil and Gas Association, and American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM)—were identified as “partially aligned” for failing to fully support these positions.

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What is sustainable finance and why should the Canadian government regulate it?

Enviromental Defense

But Canada’s largest financial institutions still fund fossil fuel expansion projects and are too slow to invest in climate solutions. But regulations for sustainable finance still lag behind international best practices. We need ambitious regulation for four reasons: . Why is this? .

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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. We need governments to regulate industry.

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Ohio River Valley Institute: Pennsylvania Voters Overwhelmingly Support Stricter Regulations On Fracking, New Poll Finds

PA Environment Daily

On October 7, the Ohio River Valley Institute released the results of a new poll which found 90% of Pennsylvania voters support stricter regulations on the fracking industry, according to the poll conducted by Upswing Research for the Ohio River Valley Institute. Click Here for poll results narrative. Click Here for presentation slides.

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What’s Stalling the Transition to a Modern Electricity Grid?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Smaller, decentralized growth in electric heat pumps for buildings, and electric transportation replacing fossil fuels also require more access to electricity and a modern grid. UCS began pushing for strong planning with new rules as early as 2009. Reform around this is a huge and active policy debate.

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Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Alito famously said that carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning, a key contributor to global warming, is not a pollutant. A report this year by the US Fish and Wildlife Service found between 2009 and 2019, the nation lost enough acreage of forest and scrub wetlands to equal the size of Rhode Island. Photo by Derrick Z.