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Jun 22 2023
News
Oregon County Sues Fossil Fuel Entities and Enablers for Contributing to Deadly 2021 Heatwave
Major fossil fuel entities and trade associations including Koch Industries, the American Petroleum Institute, and the Western States Petroleum Association, as well as consulting behemoth McKinsey & Company, were slapped with the latest climate liability lawsuit today with the filing of a complaint in the Oregon Circuit Court in Multnomah County, Oregon. The northwestern Oregon county is
DeSmogMar 25 2024
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Avelo Airlines Installs Fuel, Emissions-Reducing Finlets On Fleet
Avelo completed its first Finlet installation in September 2023 and expects its entire fleet of 16 Boeing Next-Generation 737-700s and 737-800s to be retrofitted by the end of the year, the airline shared. The airline that serves Tweed New Haven Airport, is the first airline in the world to install the Finlets on 737-800 aircraft and the second airline in the world to utilize the Finlets on
Patch.comSep 08 2022
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More people now work in clean energy than in fossil fuels
Nearly 40 million people worldwide work in jobs related to clean energy, according to a Sept. 8 report from the International Energy Agency. That number represents 56% of total energy sector employment, meaning that, for the first time ever, clean energy jobs outnumber those involved in producing, transporting, and burning fossil fuels.
The clean energy jobs includes those upstream,
QuartzAug 04 2022
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U.N. Secretary-General Condemns “Grotesque Greed” of Fossil Fuel Companies
In Washington, D.C., seven U.S. veterans and their allies were arrested outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as they protested the military’s role in driving the climate crisis. A 2017 study found the Pentagon emits more greenhouse gases than many of the world’s countries, including Sweden and Portugal.
On Wednesday, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres slammed oil and gas company
Democracy Now!Sep 18 2023
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75,000 March to End Fossil Fuels in NYC as Hundreds of Thousands Worldwide Demand Climate Justice
Hundreds of thousands of protesters around the globe took to the streets over the weekend calling for an end to the burning of fossil fuels. Climate actions took place in the Philippines, India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sweden, Germany, the United States and across dozens of other countries and cities worldwide. Here in New York, an estimated 75,000 protesters joined a massive
Democracy Now!Sep 17 2023
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Tens of thousands march in New York to kick off climate summit, demand end to fossil fuels
NEW YORK — Yelling that the future and their lives depend on ending fossil fuels, tens of thousands of protesters on Sunday kicked off a week where leaders will try once again to curb climate change primarily caused by coal, oil and natural gas. But protesters say it's not going to be enough. And they aimed their wrath directly at U.S. President Joe Biden, urging him to stop approving new oil
The Press DemocratFeb 28 2021
Analysis
Republicans criticizing Haaland's nomination have ties to fossil fuels
Republicans appear eager to derail the cabinet nomination of Deb Haaland, a Native American congresswoman who wants to conserve federal lands and slow climate change as secretary of the interior to Joe Biden.
In two days of confirmation hearings before the Senate energy and natural resources committee, Haaland faced hostile questions from a group of GOP senators who attempted to cast
The GuardianDec 28 2020
Analysis
Republicans Propping Up the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Borderline Socialist
Republicans have been remarkably successful in labeling Democrats as socialists. But Democratic proposals that get tagged as “socialism” amount to little more than expanding the safety net, bringing the United States closer to Sweden, Canada, or Germany, all prosperous, democratic, capitalist countries. By contrast, Republicans are the ones that are gumming up the gears of American capitalism
SlateJun 24 2022
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Solar Panels Produced 1.9% as Much Energy as Fossil Fuels in 2021
Solar panels produced only 1.9 percent as much energy in the United States in 2021 as did fossil fuels, according to data published by U.S. Department of Energy.
When the energy produced by windmills is added to the energy produced by solar panels, those two sources combined produced 6.2 percent as much energy as fossil fuels in 2021.
In fact, all renewable energy sources
CNSNews.comMar 22 2024
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Egypt increases fuel prices following depreciation of local currency
CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian government raised fuel prices on Friday in a move that is bound to exacerbate inflationary pressures on an already-struggling population. The new prices were announced on the Cabinet’s Facebook page and came into effect Friday morning. The price of diesel, the main fuel for transport of people and goods, rose from 8.25 Egyptian pounds ($0.18) to 10 pounds ($0.21) per
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