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Top EU Countries Spend $45 Billion Subsidizing Fossil-Fuel Company Cars [1]

"The EU's five biggest members spend 42 billion euros ($45.60 billion) annually subsidizing fossil-fuel company cars, according to a study commissioned by environmental group Transport & Environment (T&E), which called for more subsidies for EVs instead."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [4]
Transportation [5]
Public [6]
Europe [7]
Source: Reuters [8], 10/22/2024
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Oil Firms Insist Carbon Capture Is Safe – So Why Do Albertans Bear Risks? [9]

"Proposed new rules for CCS projects transfer long-term liabilities to the province."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [6]
Canada [11]
Source: DeSmog [12], 10/22/2024
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Maryland Law to Fix Retail Energy Market Faces Industry Legal Challenge [13]

"A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court asked the court to overturn Senate Bill 1, which imposed new consumer protections and required energy companies to disclose if their products are truly “green.”"

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [17], 10/22/2024
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"Arkansas May Have Vast Lithium Reserves, Researchers Say" [18]

"Federal and state researchers said there might be five million to 19 million tons of lithium, more than enough to meet the world’s demand for the battery ingredient." "Researchers at the United States Geological Survey and the Arkansas government announced on Monday that they had found a trove of lithium, a critical raw material for electric vehicle batteries, in an underground brine reservoir in Arkansas."

Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Natural Resources [20]
Transportation [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: NYTimes [22], 10/22/2024
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"Hurricane Helene Underscores Need For More Solar-Battery Microgrids" [23]

"Distributed solar and batteries are helping North Carolina communities that were cut off from grid power by flooding. Should utilities build them into resilience plans?"

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Infrastructure [24]
Technology [25]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [21]
International [26]
Source: Canary Media [27], 10/21/2024
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"Peak Coal Predicted This Year Despite Promises To Quit" [28]

"Coal has powered the world's factories, heated homes and fuelled economies for more than a century - and usage driven by the power sector continues to rise despite global promises to kick the habit and save the climate."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Studies [29]
Pollution [4]
Public [6]
International [26]
Asia [30]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [31], 10/21/2024
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Oscar Makes Landfall In Cuba, Could Lead To 'Humanitarian Crisis': Updates [32]

"Hurricane Oscar made landfall in eastern Cuba Sunday evening amid a power blackout, adding to fears that the storm may prove to be especially dangerous."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [33]
Energy & Fuel [3]
People & Population [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Central America & the Caribbean [37]
Source: USA TODAY [38], 10/21/2024
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Dominion Energy Plan for Gas Raises Ire of Virginia Environmentalists [39]

"The state’s monopoly utility outlined its plans to keep investing in natural gas through 2039, despite also building large volumes of clean energy and battery storage."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [40], 10/18/2024
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Phillips 66 Refinery Closure A Welcome Surprise To Activists [41]

"For more than a century, the sprawling Phillips 66 oil refinery complex has dominated a vast tract of southern Los Angeles County."

Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [4]
Public [6]
California [42]
Source: LA Times [43], 10/18/2024
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"DOE Makes $3B Commitment To Two Sustainable Aviation Fuel Projects" [44]

"On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a nearly $3 billion effort that it said could significantly boost America’s output of sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, over the next few years, Canary Media has exclusively learned."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Transportation [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Canary Media [45], 10/18/2024
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