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By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) Quote of the Week: “By honest I don’t mean that you only tell what’s true. But you make clear the entire situation. You make clear all the information that is required for somebody else who is intelligent to make up their mind.” – Richard Feynman EPA Endangerment Finding: Attorneys for various organizations have petitioned the EPA to overturn its “Endangerment Finding” (2009 Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act), according to which carbon dioxide (CO2) is regarded as a danger …

In this Dec. 18, 2020 photo, pipes to be used for the Keystone XL pipeline are stored in a field near Dorchester, Neb. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his officials have been in frequent contact with President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration making the case for a long disputed oil pipeline that reports say Biden will cancel on his first day in office. (Chris Machian /Omaha World-Herald via AP) AP by Rob Gillies | Jan. 20, 2021 TORONTO (AP) — Construction on the long disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline halted Wednesday as incoming U.S. President Joe Biden revoked its permit …

Wired 1 January 2021 Methane from cattle accounts for a significant amount of global warming – startup Zelp has a comfortable and stylish solution There are 1.6 billion cattle on Earth, and their burps and farts are becoming a big problem. Cows expel methane, a colourless and odourless gas which is approximately 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide when it comes to warming the planet. As a result, according to a recent report by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, the combined greenhouse gas emissions of America’s 13 largest dairy companies are equivalent to those of some major …

Stickers placed on fuel pumps in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photograph: City of Cambridge The Guardian Fri 25 Dec 2020 Bright yellow stickers warn drivers burning of gasoline has ‘major consequences on human health and the environment’ ‘The gas pump stickers will remind drivers to think about climate change and hopefully consider non-polluting options,’ said a City of Cambridge spokesman. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Cambridge, Massachusetts, has become the first US city to mandate the placing of stickers on fuel pumps to warn drivers of the resulting dangers posed by the climate crisis. The final design of the bright yellow stickers, shared with …

Eureka Alert 22-Dec-2020 Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) Scientists from the United States, China, and Russia have described the structure and properties of a novel hydrogen clathrate hydrate that forms at room temperature and relatively low pressure. Hydrogen hydrates are a potential solution for hydrogen storage and transportation, the most environmentally friendly fuel. The research was published in the journal Physical Review Letters. Ice is a highly complex substance with multiple polymorphic modifications that keep growing in number as scientists make discoveries. The physical properties of ice vary greatly, too: for example, hydrogen bonds become symmetric at high …

December 3, 2020 by Kalte Sonne (Translated from German) The decision announced by the Federal Network Agency, according to which the coal-fired power station Moorburg will cease power production after 5 years of operation by the operator Vattenfall, will make the power supply in northern Germany a lot less secure. Because on December 31. In 2021, the Brokdorf nuclear power plant will also be shut down due to the Nuclear Energy Phase-Out Act. After that there are no more large power plants in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein that could compensate for the strong fluctuations in wind and solar energy. That was …

Pipeline by Joan Sammon | Nov 13, 2020 Think Dresden, 1945 As governors in a slew of upper mid-western states are held to account for their inability to correctly manage their state’s election and protect the system from fraud, the oil and gas industry has problems of its own, some of which will assuredly get more complicated under a Biden administration. the year 2020 has already been a fierce year for oil and gas. It’s the kind of year that drives some to drink, some to stop drinking and still others to call their life coaches or therapists. While there …

Democrat Presidential wannabe Joe Biden. By David Lienemann – White House (V011013DL-0556), Public Domain, Link by Eric Worrall | October 29, 2020 h/t Dr. Willie Soon; Joe Biden wants to jail oil executives for causing climate change, though he wants everyone to believe he does not intend to ban fracking, despite what he said in the Presidential Debate. My question – when the police are defunded, who will Biden ask to slap on the handcuffs? Biden Suggested Jailing Fossil Fuel Executives to Fight Climate Change in 2019 Former Vice President Joe Biden suggested last year that, if elected, his administration would seek …

No Tricks Zone By P Gosselin | 6. October 2020 Thanks to the Energiewende (transition to green energies), which is tantamount to a vegan energy diet, Germany’s electricity prices have soared 27% over the past decade to become the most expensive in Europe, if not the world, according to the STROM-REPORT. Source: Infografik “Strompreise in Europa 2020”, STROM-REPORT.de, Creative Commons License CC-BY-ND Taxes, surcharges and a catalogue of other fees make up 53.6% of Germany’s electricity price, only Denmark has a higher share at 67.8%. Only five European countries have seen electricity prices drop over the last 10 years. Soaring …

Gov. Gavin Newsom signs ban on gas-powered cars. Sept. 22, 2020 Foxla.com Sept. 23, 2020 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed an executive order to ban gas-powered cars and trucks in California by 2035, a move he said would cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than a third. Plus, Newsom said he is directing the California Air Resources Board to establish regulations that require all new cars and passenger trucks be zero-emission vehicles by 2045 “where feasible.” “This is the most impactful step our state can take to fight climate change,” Newsom said while announcing the order. …