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May 26 2020
Top Argument
Can Alternative Energy Effectively Replace Fossil Fuels?
Whether alternative energy sources such as biofuels, hydrogen, solar, geothermal, or nuclear energy can meet energy demands better than finite fossil fuels such as oil and coal remains hotly debated.
Proponents of alternative energy argue that fossil fuels are inefficient, unsustainable, environmentally destructive, and the primary contributor to global climate change. They say
ProCon.orgJun 11 2020
News
Misleading Ad Targets Biden on Fossil Fuels, Fracking
A TV ad from a Republican super PAC uses video of Joe Biden inaccurately explaining his climate plan against him. Biden’s campaign has said he would not completely ban fossil fuels, specifically fracking, as the ad appears to show him saying.
The ad, from America First Action, which supports the reelection of President Donald Trump, shows a clip from a July 2019 CNN debate in which
FactCheck.orgApr 19 2024
News
An 11-year-old unearthed fossils of the largest known marine reptile : Short Wave
An 11-year-old unearthed fossils of the largest known marine reptile When the dinosaurs walked the Earth, massive marine reptiles swam. Among them, a species of Ichthyosaur that measured over 80 feet long. Today, we look into how a chance discovery by a father-daughter duo of fossil hunters furthered paleontologist's understanding of the "giant fish lizard of the Severn sea." Currently, it is
NPR Fact CheckOct 19 2023
News
Eugene City Council wrestles with ban on new gas stations to reduce use of fossil fuels
Eugene is considering restrictions on the building of new gas stations, including an outright ban. But some city councilors are worried about pushback from the fossil fuel industry. On Wednesday, the City Council reviewed three different options to limit gas station construction. The discussion is part of the city’s efforts to reduce the community’s use of fossil fuels. The first path would
Oregon Public BroadcastingFeb 15 2023
News
Montana, oil groups challenge Portland's fossil fuel terminal ban
(Reuters) - The state of Montana and regional fossil fuel industry groups have sued Portland, Oregon, over its ban on building new bulk fossil fuel storage facilities, arguing the city’s prohibition is discriminatory and will cause costly fuel shortages. The lawsuit, filed in Portland federal court on Tuesday seeks to stop the city from enforcing policies the plaintiffs, including the Western
ReutersJun 22 2023
News
Oregon County Sues Fossil Fuel Companies Over 2021 Heat Dome
The county is seeking more than $1.5 billion in damages from the defendants, who also include Peabody Energy, ConocoPhillips and Occidental Petroleum. “This lawsuit is about accountability and fairness, and I believe the people of Multnomah County deserve both,” said Multnomah County chair Jessica Vega Pederson. “These businesses knew their products were unsafe and harmful, and they lied about
New York Times (News)Apr 20 2022
Opinion
Wearing Down Joe Manchin and His Fossil Fuel Allies
"You are wearing people out," complained Senator Joe Manchin at a March 4 hearing of the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which he chairs. The West Virginia senator, who reportedly receives $500,000 a year from the coal company he founded and that’s now run by his son, was reprimanding three commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the little-known, immensely
The NationApr 23 2024
News
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" ContributorMar 13 2022
Analysis
The War In Ukraine Exposes The World's Utter Reliance On Fossil Fuels
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has rocked global energy markets, sending oil and gas prices surging — and exposing the pitfalls of the world’s utter reliance on fossil fuels.
Scientists have spent decades warning about how continued fossil fuel use is driving the worsening climate crisis, most recently in a sweeping Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report published last week. But
BuzzFeed NewsAug 14 2023
News
Judge rules Montana violated youths' rights to clean environment with fossil fuel projects
A Montana state court on Monday in favor who alleged that the state had violated their constitutional right to a “clean and healthful environment” by approving new fossil fuel projects, a landmark ruling that could serve as precedent for similar cases nationwide. In issuing the , the court agreed with plaintiffs that Montana’s Environmental Policy Act, which requires state agencies to weigh
Washington Examiner