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Murray Edwards: The Fossil Fuel Fanatic

Enviromental Defense

The fossil fuel industry has long been the main driver of climate change, but Big Oil’s CEOs and profiteers would like you to believe that it is a part of the solution. One of the people peddling this idea is the man behind Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) – Murray Edwards, the Fossil Fuel Fanatic.

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FRESH, October 4, 2022: Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Emerges as Political Flashpoint

Circle of Blue

Indiana regulates the underground storage of carbon dioxide. In central Illinois , residents are reluctant to make way for an underground carbon dioxide pipeline. Residents of central Illinois are organizing against a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline, Energy News Network reports.

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Drilling Into the Differences Between Offshore Oil Drilling and Offshore Wind

Ocean Conservancy

Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Addressing climate change is a top priority for Ocean Conservancy now more than ever. Wind energy produces roughly only 11 grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt-hour (g CO2/kWh) of electricity generated.

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Guest Essay: Stop Microplastics Now! Campaign Urges Pennsylvanians To Sign Petition To Monitor Microplastics As A Drinking Water Contaminant

PA Environment Daily

Plastics are made from fossil fuels and over 16,000 different chemicals. Because plastics are produced from fossil fuels the lifecycle of plastics has a huge carbon dioxide footprint and is a driver of climate change.

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Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery 

Union of Concerned Scientists

But a 5-4 conservative majority , led by Justice Samuel Alito, a long-time skeptic of both EPA authority , and what constitutes any kind of pollution, went a fateful extra step. Alito famously said that carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning, a key contributor to global warming, is not a pollutant.

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The summary for policymakers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sixth assessment reports synthesis

Real Climate

The term “oil” is only mentioned twice in this summary, and only in connection with carbon capture and storage and methane emissions. The term “fossil fuels”, however, is mentioned 16 times. I had to look up the acronym “CDR” (Carbon dioxide removal). C or 2°C since preindustrial times (p.

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Ninth Circuit Holds Berkeley’s Gas Ban Preempted by U.S. Energy Policy & Conservation Act

Law Columbia

Since 2019, more than seventy local and state jurisdictions have followed Berkeley’s lead in requiring or strongly incentivizing all-electric or fossil-fuel-free new buildings, with more considering similar approaches. can be fueled by natural gas), and must base these options on a defensible “one-for-one” basis.