President Biden will make tackling America’s persistent racial and economic disparities a central part of his plan to combat climate change, prioritizing environmental justice for the first time in a generation. As part of an unprecedented push to cut the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions and create new jobs as the United States shifts toward cleaner... Continue Reading →
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Over 400 companies across some of the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitting industries – from shipping to steelmaking - have agreed to work together on plans to decarbonize by 2050, according to a coalition of climate advocacy groups that set up the partnership. The agreement, to be announced at the virtual Davos... Continue Reading →
Heavy industry, transport sectors to align on net-zero climate plans
MADISON - Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes said an acknowledgement that this land was stolen from Indigenous peoples in the recently released state Climate Change Report was the first time he’s seen such a statement to start an official government report. The report was published last month and was produced by the governor’s 32-member Task... Continue Reading →
Native American traditional knowledge played key role in Wisconsin’s Climate Change Report
The oil industry spent much of Joe Biden’s first week in office publicly squawking in protest. The American Petroleum Institute called his decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline a “significant step backwards both for environmental progress and our economic recovery.” And in response to Biden issuing a 60-day halt on new leases and permits for drilling on... Continue Reading →
The Fossil Fuel Industry Thinks It Will Have a Good Year Under Biden
In June, as 15 million people nationwide marched in Black Lives Matter protests and employees at tech companies called on their bosses to cancel company contracts with law enforcement, Microsoft announced that it would temporarily restrict sales of its facial recognition software to police departments. In July, as temperatures in the far north climbed to... Continue Reading →
Big Oil, Big Profits, Big Brother
Despite all the attention on the new Biden Administration’s efforts to combat climate change, one state, California, is reshaping the world’s oil markets through its progressive climate policies. Most dramatic has been the state’s shift to renewable diesel (RD). Unlike its green cousin, biodiesel, RD is molecularly identical to conventional ultra-low-sulfur-diesel (ULSD), making it a... Continue Reading →
The renewable diesel revolution: How California is reshaping world oil markets
As the climate crisis looms large, the cannabis and hemp industries have begun to take a look at their collective plastic footprint. The “plastic problem” for cannabis has many factors at play. The majority of legal marketplaces require extra packaging in order to meet child-proof standards. Other issues include compliance, as each individual package is... Continue Reading →
Becoming ‘Plastic Negative’: How Cannabis And Hemp Can Lead The Way In Regenerative Farming
Human beings have forgotten their fate remains intertwined with that of the planet, Indigenous representatives reminded world leaders on Monday at a virtual event involving Canada and Mexico. The two governments have taken up the work of examining “nature-based solutions” meant to help countries become more resilient in the face of a worsening climate crisis... Continue Reading →
Humanity inseparable from nature, Indigenous leaders remind Canada-Mexico climate forum
Now Make It 'Permanent': Environmental Groups Applaud Biden's Plan to Pause New Oil and Gas Leasing on Public Lands "The simple truth is that we need to stop drilling and fracking everywhere, as soon as possible." As President Joe Biden prepares to enact a temporary moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands... Continue Reading →
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