2017 Fossil Fuels Politics Solar Power 
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 29, 2024
But in nearly every instance, Rose listened politely, refrained from challenging Tillerson on the facts, and went on to his next question. It was a bogus argument that fossil fuel proponents would repeat ad nauseum over the next 10 years, so when Rose failed to provide some needed context, I jumped in. His reply ?
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 27, 2022
There is still much we can do to bend that emissions curve sharply within this decade—but only if world leaders, especially leaders of richer countries and major emitting nations, take responsibility to act together quickly and fossil fuel companies are held accountable for their decades of obstruction and deception.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
percent of peer-reviewed scientific papers agree that climate change is driven by human burning of fossil fuels, Johnson clings to the lie that there “are facts on both sides.” Despite the United States having spewed a quarter of all the world’s cumulative global warming gases, Johnson blathered at a 2017 town hall: “What about Africa?
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 31, 2022
The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Under the settlement, the company will retire all of its coal-fired power plants by 2025 and install nearly 8,000 megawatts of solar power by 2040. At least 20 cities, counties and states have filed lawsuits against ExxonMobil and other major fossil fuel companies for climate damages. How cool is that?
Enviromental Defense
MAY 31, 2022
To help voters determine which candidates would deliver the needed course correction, Environmental Defence and its allies in the Ontario Priorities Working Group asked each of the province’s major political parties whether – and how – they would deliver the rapid emissions reductions Ontario will need to head off climate catastrophe. .
Vermont Law
OCTOBER 16, 2017
The slow shift from fossils fuels, like oil and coal, to more green sources of energy hasn’t been exactly met with a. Solar power seems promising, but access to solar power as an energy source can be. presently hostile political administration. presently hostile political administration.
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