Fuel Cell Trucks Win Big In New $7 Billion US Hydrogen Plan
The new $7 billion Hydrogen Hubs program will bring more green hydrogen to fuel cell truck makers, helping to free long haul truckers from the shackles of diesel and natural gas, too.
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Multnomah County, Oregon Bans “Natural” Gas in New County Buildings
Multnomah County, which encompasses much of the city of Portland, Oregon, unanimously approved a resolution last week that will make all new county buildings — libraries, courthouses and community centers — free of fossil fuels. Basically this means that new county buildings will no longer pipe fossil (aka “natural”) gas … [continued]
Improving The Efficiency Of Your Home: Series 2, Heating, Cooling, (Hot) Water – Part Eight
One of the ways to slow the advance of climate change is to reduce your personal carbon usage. While we can’t efficiency our way to climate neutrality, we can buy ourselves time by slowing the rate of carbon emissions and conservation, as Negawatts are often the cheapest form of clean … [continued]
Improving The Efficiency Of Your Home – Series 2: Heating, Cooling, (Hot) Water – Part…
Reduce your carbon production by improving the efficiency of your heating/cooling appliances and (hot) water
Procter & Gamble’s Diversity Reporting Lacks Full Accounting
If Proctor & Gamble can’t be transparent about its diversity practices, can it be trusted to succeed in its sustainability goals?
Methane: Lying Liars And The Lies They Tell Us
The natural gas industry says publicly that methane emissions are minuscule and under control. But what they say in private is very different.
Last Coal-Fired Generating Plants Closing In UK & New York
Three large coal generating stations — 2 in the UK and 1 in the US — are closing soon as coal power continues to shrink around the world.
Pipelines & Politics In The US: The Latest Developments
Pipelines are in the news. The US Supreme Court will decide whether the Atlantic Coast Pipeline can cross the Appalachian Trail, while a pipeline across upstate New York has been cancelled.
Natural Gas Provided False Promise, Deception — Severe Health Problems From “Natural” Gas
Pleasantly called natural gas and sold to many as a better solution, a good transition fuel, natural gas has been dominating new US electricity capacity alongside renewable energy. Yet, hydraulic fracking absolutely takes the “natural” out of it. Originally, natural gas was successfully sold as a cleaner transition fuel. Who knew there were not even laws on the books to address the hidden pollutants, and that there would be much information lacking about the truth of the acid stimulation, hydraulic fracturing, and other new extraction technologies?
Study Shows Coal Kills People. Imagine That!
Over the past decade, hundreds of coal-fired generating plants have been shut down all across America, many of them replaced by facilities that burn natural gas instead. A new study explores the relationship between coal plant emissions and human mortality both nearby and downstream from those facilities.
