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Big Oil talks ‘transition’

December 9, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Big Oil talks ‘transition’ but perpetuates petroleum, House documents say A House committee, accusing oil companies of deception, releases a trove of internal documents revealing how these firms view the ‘energy transition’ By Steven Mufson and Timothy Puko December 9, 2022 Some of the world’s major oil companies remain internally skeptical about the “energy transition” … [Read more…]

Posted in: Environment, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Future of Work, Politics, the Anthropocene Tagged: 2022, BP, Canadian oil sands, carbon, carbon capture, carbon footprints, climate science, economy, energy transition, ExxonMobil, House Committee, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, low-carbon, low-carbon economy, oil company, oversight, Politico, Reform, Shell, the American Petroleum Institute, TotalEnergies, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

PFAS – Trump administration threatens to give forever chemicals another reprieve

January 11, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Over at the website for the Union of Concerned Scientists, Kathleen Rest posted this “Profiles in Cowardice: Chemicals, Climate, and a Toxic Disregard by the Trump Administration” which is worth the time to read.

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, IT Failures, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: climate change, climate science, EPA, forever chemicals, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS, Trump, UCS, Union of Concerned Scientists

Opinion: How Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong

November 9, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Few thought it would arrive so quickly. Now we’re facing consequences once viewed as fringe scenarios. New York Times By Eugene Linden Nov. 8, 2019 So far, the costs of underestimation have been enormous. New York City’s subway system did not flood in its first 108 years, but Hurricane Sandy’s 2012 storm surge caused nearly … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Politics, Science, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: climate change, climate science, glaciers, Hurricanes, permafrost, Wallace Broecker, Younger Dryas

The climate whistleblowers muzzled by Trump

September 19, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Guardian, 17 September, 2019: Six whistleblowers and ex-government scientists describe how the Trump administration made them bury climate science – and why they won’t stay quiet by Oliver Milman From weakening vehicle emissions to blocking warnings about how coastal parks could flood or the impact on the Arctic, the Trump administration is accused of muzzling … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Politics, Science, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: climate science, EPA, Trump administration, whistleblower, whistleblowers

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