"How a Powerful US Lobby Group Helps Big Oil To Block Climate Action"
"The American Petroleum Institute receives millions from oil companies – and works behinds the scenes to stall or weaken legislation".
Source: Guardian, 07/20/2021
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As Time Runs Out To Cut Carbon From Buildings, Industry Tightens Its Grip
"Buildings are huge generators of planet-warming gases, with fossil fuels responsible for everything from heating and cooling to cooking and charging our devices. Experts say a massive overhaul of building efficiency is imperative within the next decade to prevent catastrophic warming."
Source: HuffPost, 07/02/2021
Biden Aims to Increase Electric Car Sales By Using Pollution Rules
"President Biden has a two-step strategy to cut tailpipe emissions, the nation’s largest source of greenhouse gases: First, restore the standards to roughly the level set by President Barack Obama. Then, tighten them even further, with an aim of making the electric car the dominant vehicle sold in the United States."
Source: NYTimes, 07/02/2021
"Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Omits Big Climate Measures"
"A deal reached Thursday between President Biden and a bipartisan group of senators for $579 billion in new spending to repair the nation’s roads, rails and bridges does relatively little to fight climate change, an issue that the president has called an “existential threat.”"
Source: NYTimes, 06/25/2021
Long-Duration Energy Storage Can Help Clean Up Grid, If It's Super Cheap
"To compete with clean firm generation, long-duration storage needs to come down massively in price."
Source: Canary Media, 06/14/2021
"Will The Electric Revolution Be Unionized?"
"Biden is making a big push to produce electric vehicles and batteries in the U.S. with “good-paying union jobs.” But the details of how that’s all going to work are still fuzzy."
Source: Bloomberg, 06/01/2021
"'Free-For-All' Used Car Export Threatens Climate Goals"
"Replacing gasoline cars with electric vehicles is a pillar of President Biden's strategy for tackling climate change. But even if the administration sets a deadline to sunset sales of gas-powered passenger vehicles, the export of used cars abroad could stall the global reductions needed to stave off catastrophic warming."
Source: E&E News, 05/20/2021
"Biden Makes Electric Pitch At Ford Plant: 'There's No Turning Back'"
"Visiting the Ford Motor Co. Rouge Electric Vehicle Center Tuesday, President Joe Biden presented an American auto industry at a crossroads, forced to choose between two options: Spend around $174 billion and speed ahead to dominate the burgeoning electric vehicle market, or cede the race to China."
Source: Detroit News, 05/19/2021
Minnesota 'Clean Cars' Rules May Move Forward, Judge Says
"More electric vehicles could soon be for sale on Minnesota car lots after an administrative law judge ruled Friday that the Walz administration can set new emissions standards without the OK of lawmakers."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 05/10/2021
'White Gold' Rush: Calif. Lithium In Demand Amid Electric Vehicle Surge
"As demand for electric vehicles heats up, there's concern about a shortage of the key minerals needed to make them. The Biden administration has called for boosting domestic production of such minerals, including lithium for the lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. And that has many hoping for big business in a desolate spot of California's Imperial Valley."
Source: NPR, 04/29/2021
