New Battery Center in South Carolina, Athens Wants Electric Taxis, Solar Cleans Up Wine Country in Australia — News Roundup

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:26:10 +0000

The green revolution is accelerating in Athens! By 2026, the city hopes to have ten times as many electric taxis on the road as there currently are. There are currently 13,661 taxis in Athens, and only 100 of them are electric. In solar news, a ramp-up of solar module production … [continued]

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Pyrolysis Is The Latest Climate-Killing Plastics Scam From ExxonMobil

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:09:57 +0000

ExxonMobil is leading the charge for a new technology called pyrolysis that it says can conquer the scourge of plastic waste.

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Trump Promises Oil & Gas Execs Free Rein — If They Contribute $1 Billion To Campaign

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 12:42:17 +0000

Donald Trump has made a prophet out of Bruce Cain, a political scientist at Stanford. Four weeks ago, he told New York Times contributor Thomas Edsall that some of the conservative victories in campaign finance law — particularly Citizens United — have strengthened “the power of elected officials to coerce … [continued]

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In 1971, The Nixon Administration Punted On A Revolutionary Climate Study

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 20:23:27 +0000

Climate advocates argued for a national research program as early as 1971 when Richard Nixon was in office. It never happened.

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Fossil Fuel Fanatics Ramp Up Attacks On Electric Cars While Ignoring The Dangers Of Their Own Products

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:41:08 +0000

Fossil fuel interests are perfectly willing to lie and distort information in order to protect their profits.

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Fossil Fuel Exec Fails To Accept Blame For Climate Crisis, Cites Lack Of Cost Transparency Instead

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:30:41 +0000

Who is to blame that the world is off track to meet its climate goals? A major fossil fuel company … [continued]

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Amazon Ready To Gobble Auto Sales, Hyundai Leading In EV Charging — EV Obsession

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 01:27:33 +0000

In case you haven’t caught wind of the hottest new show on YouTube, it’s Jo Borras and me talking about … [continued]

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ExxonMobil Aims To Be Top Lithium Supplier For Electric Vehicles, Drills 1st Lithium Well

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 20:01:33 +0000

ExxonMobil has just announced that it aims to be a top lithium producer and supplier for the electric vehicle (EV) battery … [continued]

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Op-Ed: 4 Reasons to Boycott “How to Blow Up a Pipeline”

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 23:55:07 +0000

ExxonMobil and big polluters delight in anything that equates those trying to solve the global climate crisis with criminality. That’s why I’m boycotting the movie How to Blow Up a Pipeline. And if you’re climate-concerned, I’m making a case here for you to join me. The movie is based on a manifesto by Andreas Malm, […]

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