It is said that Big Oil has entered its “Big Tobacco” phase, meaning that it needs to go to ever more obscene lengths to sew doubt into the public’s mind re: the damage its products cause. It seems that the …
Category: Climate Change
Australia and Climate Change: Not a Pretty Picture
If you don’t have a problem with obscene language, but you do have a sense of humor—and you also have at least a passing interest in what Australia is (not) doing about climate change, you’ll want to watch the video …
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From CNBC: 14 GOP State Attorneys General Sue Biden Administration over Oil and Gas Leasing Moratorium
Key points from their article: • Fourteen states including Louisiana and Wyoming filed suit on Wednesday against President Joe Biden’s moratorium on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands and waters. • Biden’s order on Jan. 27 to …
Tagged with: dial back and eventually phase out the consumption of fossil fuels, executive actions to address climate change and curb planet-warming carbon emissions, Interior Department review existing permits for fossil fuel development, President Joe Biden’s moratorium on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands and waters, the effort to save the planet from incineration is getting more difficult and more expensive with each passing year
Effects of Climate Change
The man is an idiot, to be sure, but he’s obviously correct here. There are places on Earth at extreme latitudes that already have longer growing seasons, and use less energy to provide heat in winter. There will also be …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Halloween Costumes Can Be Environmentally Inspired
Question: While we’re on the subject of environmentally inspired Halloween costumes, how do you interpret this one? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: Note: Young people care deeply about this stuff.
From Guest Blogger Sonya Harris: Three Things You Didn’t Know About Recycling (But You Should)
Did you realize that nearly 90% of American businesses participate in some form of recycling? For most business owners, recycling is something they do to reduce the carbon footprint their business has. The key to having success with a companywide …
New York State Says No To Expansion of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants
From this piece in the New York Times: In a major win for climate advocates and supporters of wind and solar energy, New York State environmental regulators refused on Wednesday to allow two companies to upgrade their gas-fueled power plants …
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Slight Uptick in U.S. Coal-Fired Electricity Generation
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports the first projected rise in the generation of coal-fired electricity since 2014. It’s small, but it shows that the U.S. Congress has been unable to get anywhere with respect to the transition from fossil …
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ExxonMobil Requesting Fewer Regulations–Imagine That
Here’s a Facebook ad “Paid for by EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION” that reads: The oil and gas industry supports millions of jobs across the nation. But unnecessary regulations can stand in the way. Sign the petition and support local jobs! Of course, …
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ExxonMobil, Environmental Stewards
Out of one side of its mouth, ExxonMobil is all about the extraordinary role its playing in the development of alternative fuels and CCS (carbon capture and sequestration). Out of the other side is the meme here, about which they …
