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EPA Can’t Let “Off-Cycle” Credits Become Off-Ramp For Automakers

August 4, 2021 admin 0 Comments air quality, clean car standards, clean cars, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, EPA, Fossil Fuels, fuel economy, fuel economy standards, HEALTH, policy & politics, policy research, research, SCIENCE, us fuel economy standards

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2021 16:07:07 +0000

Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By Dave Cooke, Senior Vehicles Analyst The Biden administration is getting ready to propose new fuel economy and emissions rules in the next couple weeks. It’s critical that the administration sets standards which result in real-world emissions reductions. The regulations are only as good as their real-world benefits, no […]

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Australia’s Response to “Duty of Care” Judgement: We Have A Fossil-Fuel Heart

August 4, 2021 admin 0 Comments Australia, australia fossil fuels, australia politics, climate change, Coal, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2021 02:30:11 +0000

The big polluters down under are trying to work out how to make as much money as possible before time runs out for fossil fuels. In a recent judgement, High Court Judge Mordecai Bromberg determined that the Federal Environment Minister has a duty of care for the future of the children of this country. It […]

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Rainless days taking a toll on Vancouver's public trees

August 3, 2021 admin 0 Comments climate change, drought, environment, local news, news, summer, trees, vancouver

Credit to Author: Gordon McIntyre| Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2021 18:37:09 +0000

City urges citizens to water trees out front of their homes with a slow trickle, away from the trunk under the outer edge of the canopy

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Taean IGCC: Continued Operation, Continued Achievement

August 3, 2021 admin 0 Comments Business, climate change, Coal, coal gasification, DOE, engineering, Environmental, Fuel, hydrogen, igcc, International, Renewables, South korea, synfuel, taean igcc, top plant, Water

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 04:14:00 +0000

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Korea Western Power’s Taean Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Power Plant this year marked 4,000 hours of consecutive accident-free operations, setting a new world record for IGCC power plants

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Taean IGCC: Continued Operation, Continued Achievement

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 04:14:00 +0000

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Taean IGCC: Continued Operation, Continued Achievement

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 04:14:00 +0000

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SEC Chief Suggests Mandatory Climate Disclosure Rule

August 2, 2021 admin 0 Comments climate change, gary gensler, green economy, investment, policy & politics, sec

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 02:00:25 +0000

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler said Wednesday that he was asking staff to consider making companies disclose climate risks in their annual reports, noting that investors want more information on climate change and directing the SEC to develop a carbon-disclosure rule by the end of the year. This would open companies to fraud […]

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Infrastructure Deal Includes Billions For EV Charging Stations & Electric School Buses

August 2, 2021 admin 0 Comments clean transport, climate change, Congress, Democrats, electric school buses, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, infrastructure deal, Joe Biden, policy & politics, policy research, research, senate environment and public works committee, subsidies, tom carper

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 01:35:52 +0000

The Senate voted (67–32) to begin debate on a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill yesterday, with about half of it dedicated to new federal funding that contains a significant chunk for “climate resilience.” The latest iteration is largely similar to a previous version on energy and climate spending, albeit significantly lower than the $2 […]

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June heat wave killed 569 people in B.C., coroners service

July 31, 2021 admin 0 Comments climate change, environment, local news, metro vancouver, news, Surrey, vancouver, victoria

Credit to Author: Nathan Griffiths| Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2021 00:39:28 +0000

“The number of deaths reported is a 300 per cent increase over the number of deaths that had been reported to the B.C. Coroners Service during the same period in previous years.” — Lisa Lapointe, B.C.’s chief coroner

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