Tag: business
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New Auto Emissions Standards Could Save $19 Billion in Health Care Costs
By Peter Lehner [caption id="attachment_324216" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] When I worked for the City of New York, I often asked people what they felt was the worst environmental problem. Many said tailpipe pollution. Emissions from the tailpipes of cars and trucks seemed particularly insulting because—as we all walked our kids to school—the tailpipes seemed…
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Massachusetts Approves New England’s Largest-Ever Renewable Energy Procurement
[caption id="attachment_324213" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] While projects in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine are all vying to make the New England the home of the nation’s first offshore wind farm, one of those states recently amped up its on-land renewable energy in a major way. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said the state’s Department of…
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Study Shows Oil and Gas Industry Can Reduce Methane Emissions By 40 Percent
After analyzing data and commentary from producers, pipeline operators, equipment vendors, service providers and more, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and ICF International conclude that the onshore oil and gas industry could collectively reduce methane emissions by at least 40 percent below 2018 projections. According to a report released Monday, the organizations say that could be…
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Apple CEO to Climate-Denying Shareholders: ‘Get Out of Stock’
The world’s largest tech company has no use for shareholders who lack concern for the world around us. Apple CEO Tim said as much Friday in a blunt advisory to investors who question the company’s decisions to invest in renewable energy and establish environmentally conscious mandates. “Get out of stock,” he said Friday in response…
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How Texas Became Wind Energy’s King
By Mike Jacobs Press reports of Texas completing new transmission lines for wind describe an energy boom with a difference—this is carbon-free wind energy. The grid operator in Texas, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), says agreements are already done for 7,500 megawatts (MW) of new wind power, most of which will be using the new…