Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Our national overreliance on gas is evidently undermining energy access, not strengthening it, as some fossil fuel industry players would want you to believe. These claims just add to the deluge of greenwashing and disinformation from the fossil fuel industry. Don’t believe the industry spin.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 31, 2022

We’ve seen some significant progress on the policies needed to get there, thanks to leadership in the House, which passed 100-percent carbon-free electricity standards in 2019 and 2021, as well as sizeable investments in equitable clean energy in 2022. billion in public health cost savings overall.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

degree warming by the end of the century and to minimise the effects of climate change, cities need to be at net-zero carbon by 2050 (Coalitions for Urban Transition, 2019). So what needs to change: Cities of the future will need to rely less on fossil fuels and invest in renewable energies. Cities and Pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

During the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, it is crucial not only to prevent certain groups from being excluded, but also to guarantee that disadvantaged communities can step into positions of leadership and ownership, and that past injustices are remedied.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

Since 2019, more than seventy local and state jurisdictions have followed Berkeley’s lead in requiring or strongly incentivizing all-electric or fossil-fuel-free new buildings, with more considering similar approaches. can be fueled by natural gas), and must base these options on a defensible “one-for-one” basis.

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

According to the report , average net annual human-caused GHG emissions were at their highest levels in human history between 2010 and 2019, with urban areas responsible for an increasing proportion of the emissions. C increase, the IPCC report states GHG emissions must be cut back by 43% by 2030 and 84% by 2050 (relative to 2019 levels).

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Shell faces lawsuit from climate change activists over fossil fuels Reuters | April 5, 2019 Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels.

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Edouard Stenger

DECEMBER 30, 2020

To make matters even worse, higher and higher temperatures and extreme weather phenomenon remind us each year in a more pressing way the urgency of decreasing our fossil fuels reliance. In 2019, coal use fell by 21.7% Will the local Communist Party increase its efforts on renewables to counter the downturn and the air pollution?

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Shell faces lawsuit from climate change activists over fossil fuels Reuters | April 5, 2019 Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Communities and ecosystems continue to suffer the consequences of human-caused climate change , primarily from the burning of fossil fuels across our economy. The case for phasing out of fossil fuels and making a just and equitable transition to clean energy has never been more clear. comes from burning fossil fuels.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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Environment Blog

JUNE 25, 2021

Portfolios were typically created by just excluding certain types of business such as tobacco, weapons, and fossil fuels and the number of companies available to invest in, that were involved in solving environmental problems, was limited. With more than £1.5

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

Japan’s dependency on fossil fuel s had been slightly declining until 2010. But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. As a result, Japan’s CO 2 emissions increased, peaking in 2013.

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Science & Climate

APRIL 22, 2021

A team of transportation and policy experts from the University of California released a report today to the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) outlining policy options to significantly reduce transportation-related fossil fuel demand and emissions. The state funded the two studies through the 2019 Budget Act.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Only one plant employing the technology exists in the world and that plant opened in 2019. These negative impacts include increased toxic waste from drilling, water contamination, harmful air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and negative economic impacts such as reduced property values.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

Leonard Kirago, a PhD researcher from the University of Nairobi, told me that fossil fuel combustion in the transport sector is a major source of particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution in Nairobi. According to data from Kenya’s Population and Housing Census , in 2019, 6.3% Photo credit: Alamy.

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Greenbuilding Law

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

By imposing a daily fee on cars built before 2006, the LEZ changes behaviors encouraging the use of newer cleaner vehicles, and reducing tailpipe global warning gases which in turn reduces broader air pollution and its associated health risks. really, why?) using 1,175 cameras to monitor which cars enter and exit the zone.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As described previously on this blog , in 2019, Berkeley enacted its so-called “natural gas ban,” setting off a wave of building electrification requirements across the state and, to some extent, the country. Constitution, and most states, including California, delegate some or all aspects of it to local governments within their borders.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

In 2019, Pennsylvania Gov. More young people are being diagnosed with rare cancers in the studied communities, all the while the state continues to grant permits for pollution-emitting fossil fuel projects. We all need to work together to ensure our children grow up free from preventable disease.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Energy Policy & Conservation Act (EPCA), which sets nationwide energy conservation standards for many common appliances and preempts state and local standards, preempts Berkeley’s 2019 ban on natural gas connections to newly-constructed buildings. (A Each of these spheres is regulated at the federal, state, and local levels.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

During the lockdowns, we saw air pollution clear and nature coming out of hiding – from penguins wandering the streets of Cape Town to kangaroos bouncing through Adelaide. Ending fossil fuel subsidies and making renewable energy the future. So, lockdowns are not a silver lining for the environment.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

Several provisions – a few of which are directly available to local governments – can additionally help address local air pollution and other inequitable impacts to vulnerable communities. States, Indian tribes, and air pollution control agencies are also eligible for funding. Second, $11.97

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2012, the company became infamous again when it unsuccessfully sued Ben-Jei Tsuang, a professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering in National Chun Hsing University, who published a paper linking high cancer rates in Mailiao, Taiwan, to toxic dioxin and heavy metals air pollution from the Six Naphtha Cracking plant.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 27, 2023

The explosion at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) refinery in June of 2019 and subsequent bankruptcy and decommissioning marked the end of a refinery whose history goes back 150 years and predates the automobile era. What happens when a refinery closes?

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