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If you want a heat pump, these states are trying to make you do it
Nine US states and the city of New Jersey have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a climate action plan to discourage the use of fossil fuel-powered heating systems in residential buildings. Fossil-fueled heating equipment across the states creates more than 138,000 tons of nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution and 6,000 tons of fine particulate…
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Thousands of people are predicted to march in New York to demand an end to fossil fuels
Princess Daazhraii Johnson participated in the ‘March to End Fossil Fuels’ in US’ New York City on Sunday. “When fossil fuel stop flowing, the American economy will crash,” she said. The march was attended by thousands of people, who demanded US Vice President Joe Biden to stop approving new fossil fuel projects and declare a…
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The Great Carbon Con is coming to an end
Melissa Aronczyk, an economics professor at Rutgers University, has said that when the fossil fuel industry comes up with solutions, it is the “greatest potential for conflict of interest”. She added that reducing the burning of fossil fuels is one way to address climate change. “It’s important to think about…what they say the problem is,”…
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There are things you can do about microplastics.
A study by the World Economic Forum (WEF) said the fossil fuel industry hasn’t just doubled down on making plastics from oil and gas but has tripled production from 2016. “If we were able to reduce our production of plastics as a country and as a global society, we’d be taking a bite out of…
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The warning from COP 27 about carbon emissions has hit a new high.
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said that it needs to cut the world’s carbon emissions by at least 42% from their 2019 levels by 2030. It added that there should be no investment in new fossil fuel supplies to reach the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.