Tag: Air Quality
$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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Renewables And Fossil Fuels In Times Of War
The US/Israel war against Iran is upending energy and financial markets. The escalating attacks have reignited a longstanding debate: Is the combination of renewables and fossil fuels pragmatic as a broad national energy mix, or is it, more clearly, a threat to national security? Last fall, President Xi Jinping announced … [continued]
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House Passes Bills That Would Worsen Energy Affordability & Reliability
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republicans passed a pair of bills this week that would undercut energy affordability and decrease energy reliability. Passed yesterday, H.R. 4626, the Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act, would make it easier to weaken or revoke federal appliance efficiency standards and harder to update them, locking families … [continued]
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Advocates Call on California Attorney General, LA District Attorney to Investigate AI Astroturf Campaign
LOS ANGELES — Environmental and public health advocates are calling on California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman to investigate an AI-powered campaign that allegedly submitted public comments attributed to residents without their consent to oppose Southern California clean air standards. The extent of the AI … [continued]
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Donald Trump Tears Down Another Key Public Health Safeguard
Washington, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium. Rolling back the new and more protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards will allow coal- and oil-fired power … [continued]
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