emissions reduction
-
New Biden Order to Find Old Trees Falls Short of Protecting Them
In reversal of standard procedure, the federal government will now have to figure out how not to miss the trees for the forest.
-
Newly Released Email Claims Climate-Friendly BlackRock ‘Didn’t Mean’ the Nasty Things It Said About Big Oil
Financial giant BlackRock, which has fashioned itself as a leader in a global transition to cleaner energy, seems more than willing to shrug off its climate commitments and keep investing in dirty fuels behind closed doors, according to an email released this week.
-
Shell’s ‘Carbon Capture’ Plant Emitting As Much Pollution As 1.2 Million Cars Each Year
Massive oil companies will do anything to look like they are cutting emissions, as long as they aren’t actually cutting emissions and they can get taxpayers to pay for the efforts. Enter Royal Dutch Shell’s Quest Carbon Capture facility in Alberta, Canada, which has captured 5 million tonnes of carbon since it started operation in…
-
The U.S Energy Department Blew $2 Billion on Carbon Capture Projects That Were Mostly Failures
The idea of trapping a dirty coal plant’s carbon emissions at the source and storing it underground may sound like the solution to our climate problems. In practice, it’s proven all but completely unfeasible, but that hasn’t stopped the government from plunging money into it.