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Ask a Scientist: The US Has to Do More to Meet Its Carbon Emissions Reduction Goals

Union of Concerned Scientists

It also will save US consumers money because they will spend less on fossil fuels. First, decarbonizing the electricity sector mainly with wind and solar to replace coal and fossil gas. Second, replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity in the transportation, building, and industrial sectors. Your thoughts?

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The Profound Climate Implications of Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Decision

Union of Concerned Scientists

First and foremost, despite some fossil fuel interests swinging for the fossil fuel-favored fences, the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. While this authority—itself rooted in a prior Supreme Court decision , the 2007 Massachusetts v. What the Supreme Court decided in West Virginia v.

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Public Concern for a Cleaner Energy Grid vs. Corporate Interests: Who Will Win?

Union of Concerned Scientists

PJM directs the revenues and operation of the largest fossil fuel power plant fleet (124 gigawatts), making it the largest utility in the US. To protect its markets, PJM’s governance , their way of doing business in other words, is hostile to the involvement of state governments and state policies.

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Oil Companies Plan to Take the Road Already Traveled

Union of Concerned Scientists

The key word here is “ intensity :” Fossil fuel companies often focus on emissions intensity, meaning emissions per barrel of oil, rather than absolute emissions, which is a set number measured in metric tons. That means Exxon still plans to spend the vast majority of its funds on fossil fuel exploration and production.

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Climate Change and Indian Country

Legal Planet

Up in western Washington State, the Swinomosh have been focused on the issue since 2007. They generally weren’t located to areas with oil and gas resources, so they haven’t benefited much from the fossil fuel industry. The federal government is supporting tribal efforts. Renewable energy is much more available.

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Release: Nearly all COP27 sponsors are either major polluters or enablers of fossil fuel industry

Corp Watch

Other Key Sources Business and Human Rights Resource Centre's profile on Coca-Cola - UK-based Business and Human Rights Resource Centre is an NGO that employs researchers on five continents who work with activists, companies and governments alike to advance human rights in business by eradicating abuse.

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We should not sugarcoat the reality of climate impacts

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen The former Chief Scientist for the UK Government, Sir David King did not hold back the scientific reality of years of climate inaction when he addressed the audience at the Net Zero Festival in London, organised by Business Green, a clean energy publication.

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