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Supreme Court’s blow to emissions efforts may imperil Paris climate accord

February 11, 2016
Source: The New York Times
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The Supreme Court’s surprise decision to halt the carrying out of President Obama’s climate change regulation could weaken or even imperil the international global warming accord reached with great ceremony in Paris less than two months ago, climate diplomats say.

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Oil industry group’s own report shows early knowledge of climate impacts

February 9, 2016
Source: Inside Climate News
/in Environment, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

A Columbia University report commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute in 1982 cautioned that global warming “can have serious consequences for man’s comfort and survival.”

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Ford gets serious about electric cars

February 3, 2016
Source: USA Today
/in Environment, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Chasing Tesla and General Motors, Ford hopes a $4.5 billion investment will help it leapfrog to the front the pack when it comes to developing electrified cars.

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Stranded Santa Barbara oil — all 17 million gallons of it — about to start moving by truck

February 2, 2016
Source: The Associated Press
/in Environment, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Exxon Mobil Corp. won approval Monday for its plan to use trucks to move more than 17 million gallons of oil stranded in storage tanks after a California pipeline break in May, despite concerns from an environmental group that highway safety could be jeopardized.

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The problem with the ethanol mandate that Iowa loves

January 29, 2016
Source: The New York Times
/in Environment, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Ethanol thrives because of the volume-based approach of the mandate, which specifies that a growing percentage of renewable fuels must be mixed into gasoline. But that approach has stifled innovation.

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Are current policies enough to hit US climate goals? Wonks say: no.

January 29, 2016
Source: Vox
/in Environment, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Under President Obama, especially in his second term, there’s been a flurry of action on climate and energy. So it’s a good time to pause for a moment, step back, and take stock.

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Improving Utah’s air might require bigger action now ‘low-hanging fruit’ is gone

January 26, 2016
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune
/in Environment, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

A new poll, commissioned by The Salt Lake Tribune and the Hinckley Institute of Politics, found that 58 percent of Utah voters support government action that would restrict emissions and improve air quality.

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Leaded gasoline taken off sale 20 years ago this month

January 25, 2016
Source: Green Car Reports
/in Environment, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has brought the health effects of lead back into the public eye, and in a big way. In that context, it’s worth noting that lead was still a part of everyday gasoline more recently than many drivers remember.

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Unique farm cooks up alternative fuel solutions

January 22, 2016
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel
/in Environment, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

“Cassava, sugar beets, sorghum, prickly pear cactus, mesquite trees, buffalo gourds, cattails,” Blume said. “These are all energy crops that can be converted into alcohol-based fuel. Distilled from sugar, it helps divert waste, is near-zero emission and is low cost.”

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2015 confirmed as hottest year on record, and by widest margin

January 20, 2016
Source: National Geographic
/in Environment, What's The Buzz staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Scientists have confirmed that 2015 was the hottest year yet recorded, smashing the previous record, which was set in 2014.

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