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May 11 2023
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EPA Power Plant Rule Could Force Fossil Fuel Companies to Walk the Talk on Carbon Capture
certain irony has threaded its way through the endless rulemaking filings, legal challenges, and political vicissitudes of the decades-long fight to stop U.S. fossil fuel power plants from spewing carbon dioxide emissions into the air. A recent example is last year’s Supreme Court West Virginia v E.P.A. ruling. At the time, it was widely seen as a serious blow to the Biden Administration’s
Time MagazineApr 09 2022
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Fight Climate Emergency by Nationalizing US Fossil Fuel Industry, Says Top Economist
In the wake of a United Nations report that activists said showed the "bleak and brutal truth" about the climate emergency, a leading economist on Friday highlighted a step that supporters argue could be incredibly effective at combating the global crisis: nationalizing the U.S. fossil fuel industry.
Writing for The American Prospect, Robert Pollin, an economics professor and co-
Common DreamsMay 12 2024
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Community banks fuel local economies. Here’s what new leadership means for Utah’s oldest.
The window office in Zions Bank’s downtown Salt Lake City headquarters looks different than it did a month ago: A single, solid wood desk in the middle of the room has been replaced by a U-shaped workstation by the door, complete with a standing desk. The oil paintings on display — most borrowed from the institution’s massive art collection — have shifted from warm, desert oranges and sage
The Salt Lake TribuneApr 02 2020
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Can a town go fossil fuel-free? Takoma Park is about to see.
In the fight against global warming, how far should governments go in forcing residents to change? One Maryland suburb is testing the limits. This story is part of an occasional series on “Climate Realities.”
Gina Mathias has what many would consider a dream job.
A lifelong environmentalist, Ms. Mathias is the sustainability manager of Takoma Park. The leafy Maryland suburb is
Christian Science MonitorApr 23 2024
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Mississippi man finds fossilized remains of saber-toothed tiger dating back 10,000 years
Mississippi resident Eddie Templeton recently discovered a bone that once belonged to a saber-tooth tiger. Now he wants to find one of the prehistoric creature's teeth. It’s not every day you dig up the fossilized remains of an apex predator. Unless your name is Eddie Templeton, who recently discovered the crystallized toe bone of a saber-toothed tiger in a creek bed in Yazoo County,
"USA Today" ContributorMay 14 2024
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Plaintiffs suing Navy for jet fuel leak into drinking water in Hawaii seek $225K to $1.25M
A lawyer representing U.S. military families suing over a 2021 jet fuel leak into a Navy drinking water system in Hawaii asked a judge Monday to award plaintiffs a range of about $225,000 to about $1.25 million each in damages. In a closing argument at the end of a two-week trial in federal court in Honolulu, the plaintiffs' attorney, Kristina Baehr, said she is not asking for millions of
Fox News DigitalMay 08 2024
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Growing controversy over Biden's Gaza pier fuels concerns over cost, security
The rising costs of a floating pier off the coast of the embattled Gaza Strip – said to be aimed at enabling shipments of humanitarian aid to reach the civilian population trapped in the central and northern parts of the Palestinian enclave – has stoked controversy after it was revealed this week that the project will cost the U.S. upward of $320 million.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Central
Fox News DigitalFeb 05 2022
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Groups Give Biden 10 Executive Actions to Put 'People Over Fossil Fuels'
A coalition of progressive advocacy groups on Thursday released a checklist of 10 executive actions that U.S. President Joe Biden can take to put "people over fossil fuels."
The Build Back Fossil Free coalition—composed of hundreds of social and environmental justice organizations—detailed several steps that Biden can take immediately to confront the climate crisis.
In a
Common DreamsNov 21 2022
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COP27 summit agrees to help climate victims. But it does nothing to stop fossil fuels
The world has failed to reach an agreement to phase out fossil fuels after marathon UN climate talks were “stonewalled” by a number of oil-producing nations.
Negotiators from nearly 200 countries at the COP27 UN climate summit in Egypt took the historic step of agreeing to set up a “loss and damage” fund meant to help vulnerable countries cope with climate disasters and agreed the globe
CNN DigitalApr 24 2024
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Surging car insurance rates are squeezing drivers — and fueling inflation
Auto insurance rates rose 2.6% in March and are up 22% from a year ago. Premium costs have been marching steadily higher since 2022, even as inflation at the consumer level steadily cooled from its 9.1% peak in the middle of that year. Consumers have had some relief as the rate of cost increases for food and energy, two key components of most budgets, has eased greatly. But auto insurance and
New York Post (News)