Tag: climate crisis
Court challenge to a permit for Enbridge’s tunnel for Line 5
Tribes and environmental groups are challenging the Michigan Public Service Commission’s decision to grant a permit to tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac for Line 5.
US Building a Better Grid Awards | January 2025
To share how historic levels of federal and private investment are positively impacting communities across the country, this monthly newsletter showcases grid projects that have successfully completed award negotiations and are beginning work. Updates on Finalized GDO Project Awards In 2021, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law made a historic investment to … [continued]
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Is Your State Making Big Oil Polluters Pay For Their Toxic Waste?
Last year may have been record-shattering for clean energy applications in the US, but not a whole lot was accomplished for emissions reductions. Demand for electricity and transport fuels rose fast enough to erase most of the benefits of new renewables and EVs. Yet the state of New York is … [continued]
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$1.67 Billion to Montana Renewables to Significantly Expand US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
Montana Renewables will expand its renewable fuels facility to scale up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production. As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in America agenda, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced today the closing of a $1.67 billion ($1.44 billion of principal and $233 million of … [continued]
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PIK Director Issues A Bleak Forecast For The Environment
The director of PIK, Germany’s premier environmental research institute, thinks controlling global overheating may be possible.
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How Bird Flu, Big Ag, & The Climate Crisis Are Interrelated
Remember how nearly five years ago, Covid-19 was declared a global pandemic? Now bird flu is on the short and serious watch list for health organizations. This is a national situation in the US that could have been avoided, or at least reduced, if the federal government had required Big … [continued]
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Here’s A Hint So Your Company Can Get Climate Federal Funding: Call It “Defense Tech”
An interesting twist of logic is taking place at the highest levels of global governments. You’d think that the need to address the climate issues would stand alone, right? After all, the effects of a warming planet are destroying ecosystems, threatening critical infrastructure, intensifying weather, and creating conditions incompatible with … [continued]
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In The New Year, Climate Activists Must Resolve To Appeal To Emotional Intelligence And Local Contexts
The new year is usually a time for us to resolve to do better, to make decisions that are healthy and lead to personal and collective satisfaction and growth. This year is a bit different, though, with an oligarchy ready to pursue anti-climate goals once it’s ensconced in the US … [continued]
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The Media Has It Wrong: 92% Of Electric Vehicle Owners Worldwide Would Definitely Buy Another EV
To our electric vehicle (EV) owners: If you found yourself with the choice to buy another EV or return to an internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV), which would you do? Well, if you are like most participants in a recent study, you’d replace it with another EV. Those are the … [continued]
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New York Becomes Second State To Pass Superfund Pollution Law
A new Superfund law in New York may require fossil fuel companies to pay up to $75 billion over 25 years for harm to the environment.
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