October 12, 2020

Poll shows broad support for Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in PA

70% of those polled said they supported regulations to reduce CO2 pollution from power plants in PA
By Richard W. Jones, Centre Daily Times, October 11, 2020

The bill to block PA from regulating carbon – and thus block PA

June 27, 2020

Irish Draft Programme for Government Includes a Green New Deal and a Ban on Fracked Gas Imports

Download the draft Irish Programme for Government as a pdf
Read more in the
Irish Times


Excerpt from the draft Irish Programme for Government:

Mission: A Green New Deal

Emissions

We are committed to an average 7% per annum reduction …

June 26, 2020

Goldman Sachs Says Renewable-Energy Spending Will Surpass Oil and Gas for the First Time Ever in 2021

Sees total investment spiking to $16 trillion over the next decade
By Ben Winck, Business Insider, June 17, 2020

Read about the financial troubles of US shale companies in the Financial Times.


  • Green-energy investing will account for 25% of all
May 18, 2020

Solar Panels are More Efficient Than You’ve Heard

This material could make them even better
By Maddie Stone, Grist, May 13, 2020

From the article: Technologies that require less up-front capital investment, like perovskites, might ultimately be necessary to build the amount of solar power the world needs

June 7, 2019

New Jersey Rejects Transco NESE Pipeline Under Raritan Bay

3 key permits are denied for a controversial pipeline that would send natural gas from NJ under Raritan Bay to NYC
By Scott Fallon, North Jersey Record, June 5, 2019

New York regulators rejected the NESE gas pipeline last month

May 22, 2019

New York Rejects Keystone-Like Pipeline in Fierce Battle Over the State’s Energy Future

Regulators denied an application for a $1 billion natural gas pipeline that environmentalists said would set back the fight against climate change
By Vivian Wang and Michael Adno, New York Times, May 15, 2019

Read more by Rob Rains of

January 28, 2019

Youth to Elites: Act As If Our House Is on Fire!

Youth Message to Davos Elites: Act As If Our House Is on Fire. Because It Is!
By Frack Check WV, January 26, 2019

“Either we choose to go on as a civilization or we don’t. That is as black or

January 25, 2019

Climate Benefits of Natural Gas May Be Overstated

by Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica

The United States is poised to bet its energy future on natural gas as a clean, plentiful fuel that can supplant coal and oil. But new research by the Environmental Protection Agency2014and a growing understanding of …

December 19, 2018

New Study: Greenhouse Gas is More Dangerous than Regulators Thought

New evidence not only strengthens the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding, it shows that greenhouse gas impacts could be much worse than expected
Climate & Capitalism, December 14, 2018

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is legally required to regulate air pollutants

December 14, 2018

The Climate Report That Trump Tried to Bury

Summary of major U.S. government report that warns of major threats to human health and safety, quality of life, and economic growth Climate & Capitalism, November 24, 2018

Under the Global Change Research Act of 1990, the U.S. Global

January 16, 2018

NYC Sues Oil Companies Over Climate Change

The lawsuit against Exxon, Chevron, BP, Shell and ConocoPhillips is the latest from a coastal city seeking to hold fossil fuel producers accountable
By Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News, January 11, 2018

New York City is suing five of the

January 15, 2018

NYC Will Divest Pension Funds from Fossil Fuel Companies

New York City is taking historic steps to address the very real dangers of climate change
By Justin Mikulka, DeSmogBlog, January 10, 2018

Today New York Mayor Bill De Blasio announced a goal to divest New York City’s pension funds …

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