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GM to End Petroleum Vehicle Production by 2035
The New York Times reports: General Motors said Thursday that it would phase out petroleum-powered cars and trucks and sell only vehicles that have zero tailpipe emissions by 2035, a seismic shift by one of the world’s largest automakers that … Continue reading
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Tagged electric vehicles, End of Fossil Fuel, EVs, fossil fuels decline, GM, greenhouse gases, Joe Biden, transportation
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Trump and Other Bad News for the Environment
We must keep pressing on even in spit of these rather depressing headlines from Inside Climate News: Besieged by Protesters Demanding Racial Justice, Trump Signs Order Waiving Environmental Safeguards As protests for racial justice roiled the nation, President Trump on … Continue reading
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Tagged EPA, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, greenhouse gases, Trump
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Covid-19: Greenhouse Gases Down 17%, But…
The Washington Post reports the Covid-19 world shut down led to a startling decline of more than 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions. That includes a peak drop in daily emissions of 17 percent in early April, according to … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, greenhouse gases, Paris Accord
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Inspiration, Part II: The Drawdown Project
The Drawdown Project helped SCCC steering committee members Katherine Thorndike and Leonard Witt visualize the possibilities for attacking global warming on individual and societal levels. Its vision statement inspires us most: Stopping global warming is possible, with solutions that exist … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 global warming solutions, Drawdown Agenda, Drawdown Project, greenhouse gases
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