From the Wall Street Journal: The Biden administration enacted the strictest-ever rules for tailpipe emissions but also handed the auto industry a significant concession by giving them more time to comply, a recognition that the transition to electric cars will …
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From Democracy Now: Planet for Sale? Record 2,500 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Descend on COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai
The Democracy Now! article begins: This year, there are at least 2,456 lobbyists at COP28, the U.N. climate summit in Dubai — nearly four times as many as last year — from companies like Shell, Total and ExxonMobil. The lobbyists …
Saving the Planet from the Ravages of Climate Change Will Not Be Easy
At left is an ad whose copy reads: In addition to the damage to local communities, solar “farms” can cause deforestation, destruction of wildlife habitats and disruption of ecosystems. Think for a moment of the places you’ve seen where utility-scale …
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As More People Are Starting to Recognize, Human-Caused Climate Change Is Real
As time passes and temperature records continue to be broken, we will see fewer and fewer people speaking like the frog in this cartoon. Some will realize that they have been conned by the lies of Big Oil, but most …
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Big Oil Loves Climate Denier Memes
It would be interesting to know where this meme came from. An ultra-right-wing think tank? Some random QAnoner? In any case, the fossil fuel industry loves crazy s*** like this. They may not be creating it themselves, but they certainly …
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Margaret Thatcher Got This Completely Wrong
What Margaret Thatcher said here is completely untrue. There are numerous government investments that add jobs (thus adding to the tax base) and make our country more competitive on the global stage. This why it’s such a disaster that the United …
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Celebrating the Defeat of a Bill that Would Have Accelerated the Consumption of Fossil Fuels
Dozens of grassroots environmental groups exerted enough pressure in Congress such that West Virginia senator Joe Manchin was forced to abandon his bill that would have propped up Big Oil for another decade or so. From this: Manchin’s bill would …
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Carbon Dioxide Capture
A reader asked for my feedback on this concept in CO2 capture. I really don’t have the background to evaluate this, but I can say that the capturing of CO2 at point sources, e.g., coal plants and concrete manufacturing, is …
Windfall Tax on Big Oil
As previously mentioned, ExxonMobil reported a net profit of $5.5 billion in Q1 this year, more than doubling its earnings from the first quarter of 2021. The UK appears to have dealt with this fairly and effectively. They don’t have …
Who Cleans Up the Mess Left By the Fossil Fuel Industry?
What Noam Chomsky says here is, of course, true. It’s a broader, more generalized statement than what we say when we talk about the externalities of the fossil fuel world. They keep the profits, we all pay the price of …
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