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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 27 2024
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US military drains fuel from tank facility that leaked fuel into Pearl Harbor's drinking water
HONOLULU — The U.S. military said it’s finished draining million of gallons of fuel from an underground fuel tank complex in Hawaii that poisoned 6,000 people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor’s drinking water in 2021. Joint Task Force Red Hill began defueling the tanks in October after completing months of repairs to an aging network of pipes to prevent the World War II-era facility
Washington PostAug 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!Feb 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 GuardianApr 16 2024
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Shein Deliveries Fuel Startup UniUni’s $50 Million Funding Round
Uni Express Inc., a delivery startup used by Chinese e-commerce players Shein and Temu, raised $50 million to fund its expansion across North America.
The company, which does business as UniUni, closed a Series C round for $50 million led by venture capital firm DCM, according to a statement Tuesday. That brings its total funding to more than $100 million. The company declined to share
BloombergDec 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
SlateApr 06 2024
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Zenith likely to expand, continue to store volatile fuels in Portland even as it cuts crude oil
The fight over Zenith Energy’s future in Portland is about to heat up – again. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality soon will launch the public review of an air quality draft permit for Zenith that, if approved, would cement the fossil fuel storage company’s future in Northwest Portland – as long as it stops storing crude oil in its tanks in the city within the next 3 ½ years. The
The OregonianApr 15 2024
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US Retail Sales Top Forecasts as Consumers Keep Fueling Growth
US retail sales rose by more than forecast in March and the prior month was revised higher, showcasing resilient consumer demand that keeps fueling a surprisingly strong economy.
BloombergJun 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.comJul 06 2020
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Pipeline’s Demise Hints at ‘New Era’ for Fossil Fuel Projects
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline – a multibillion-dollar proposed pipeline that would bring natural gas from the West Virginia mountains to the North Carolina coast – is no more, the project's backers have announced.
The leaders of Dominion Energy and Duke Energy, two of the country's largest energy utilities, said the project, which has been underway since 2014, was now "too uncertain to
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