Tag: air pollution
Toxic Coal Pollution Spikes to 25-Year High Under Trump
Washington, D.C. — Pollution from coal-fired power plants has reached a quarter-century high under the Trump administration. This massive spike comes as the Trump administration touts rollbacks of bedrock public health safeguards, exemptions for polluting coal plants from emission standards, and handouts to coal plants across the country. Last month, Donald Trump was crowned the “undisputed champion of … [continued]
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Utilities ramp up tree trimming to address long-standing reliability problems
By Sonja Krohn
DTE and Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest electric utilities, have ramped up tree trimming to improve reliability. Despite improvements, Michigan has the poorest reliability record among the Great Lakes states, the Citizens Utility Board of Michigan says.
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“Energy Security” Makes Us Less Secure. Renewables Are The Answer
Energy dominance doesn’t come from the barrel of a rifle, it comes from harvesting the abundant energy of the sun.
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$500 Million To Be Invested In Mexican EV Chargers & EVs
It was just a little while ago that Canada announced 8,000 new EV chargers will be installed in the nation to the north of the US. Well, maybe it could be called an EV charger sandwich, because Mexico will be getting many new EV chargers too, courtesy of a $500 … [continued]
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Make America Carpool Again (With EVs, Preferably)
Car pools are one way to stop feeding petrodollars into the global economy as Trump’s war on Iran rapidly spreads throughout the Middle East.
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