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House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Climate Change Playbook: Deny the Science, Take the Funding

Union of Concerned Scientists

It stops the government from factoring in the social cost of greenhouse gases in budgets and environmental reviews. 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? He holds that climate change is due to “natural cycles.”

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Ontario is building new gas plants; the Feds need to step in now

Enviromental Defense

This is outrageous, especially given that Ontario successfully phased out coal-fired power plants between 2005 and 2017 and brought down greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector by 93 per cent. There is also abundant hydroelectricity on offer from Hydro Quebec.

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Ontario: Now is the time to increase renewable energy, not fossil gas

Enviromental Defense

Ontario has a successful track record when it comes to building renewable power. Between 2005 and 2017 Ontario phased-out coal plants, reducing greenhouse gas pollution from our electricity system by 93 per cent. And between 2009 and 2016, Ontario built over 2000 MW of solar power and about 3000 MW of wind power.

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Latest UN, IEA, WMO Climate Reports Show Global Emissions Dangerously High, Emergency Action Required

Union of Concerned Scientists

The World Meteorological Organization Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. Energy investments, which accounted for just over 2% of global GDP annually between 2017 and 2021, rise to nearly 4% by 2030. The only way to bridge this gap is through rapid, transformational changes across the global economy in every sector within this decade.

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

Under the LCFS each fuel pathway gets a unique carbon intensity (CI) based on a lifecycle analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and use of the fuel. The CI of an electric vehicle charged with solar power is zero, and most of the biofuels fall somewhere in the middle [i].

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France’s next president could ban wind turbines?

A Greener Life

Celebration when Emmanuel Macron was elected President of France in 2017. Photo credit: By Lorie Shaull CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen. France could be at a crossroads, and it could be a worrying one if you care about the climate crisis.

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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-- -- Stroud Water Research Center Hosts 4 Workshop Series On Becoming A PA Certified Meaningful Watershed Education Experience Ambassador Starting April 19 [PaEN] -- Ohio Research Confirms Health, Environmental Hazards In Conventional Oil (..)