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We Delivered 780 Signatures Supporting CA to Meet Our Climate Goals

Every five years, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) creates a Scoping Plan, a roadmap of actions required to meet California’s climate goals. Unfortunately, the current proposed plan doesn’t ensure that California will meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets, which are set by state law. It also doesn’t address key Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC) recommendations, and fails to put California on a path to phase out fossil fuels equitably

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Got the Media to Think Climate Change Was Debatable

Late last year, the Trump administration released the latest national climate assessment on Black Friday in what many assumed was an attempt to bury the document. If that was the plan, it backfired, and the assessment wound up earning more

Fossil Fuel Companies Have Been Lying to You!

Fossil fuel companies have been lying to us. They’ve known about climate change for decades, and have buried the science in an effort to continue business as usual. In this episode, we dive into the decades of denial by @exxonmobil

Do We Actually Need More Gas Stations?

If we’re really going to change, sooner or later we’ll have to actually make a change. The latest front in the fight against fossil fuels—so far, one confined to a couple of California towns—concerns what might be the most iconic

Renewable Energy Overview

At-a-glance Renewable energy is the fastest-growing energy source in the United States, increasing 42 percent from 2010 to 2020 (up 90 percent from 2000 to 2020). Renewables made up nearly 20 percent of utility-scale U.S. electricity generation in 2020, with

Where’s our energy coming from in California?

Today’s Outlook charts are designed to summarize forecasts and actual loads. The demand and net demand trend data do not include dispatchable pump loads or battery storage that is charging on the system. This data is for informational purposes only,

If properly harnessed, there’s enough sunlight that falls on the earth in just one hour to meet the world’s energy demands for a whole year.

Join Jason Silva every week as he freestyles his way into the complex systems of society, technology and human existence and discusses the truth and beauty of science in a form of existential jazz. New episodes every Tuesday.

To save the planet, focus on cutting methane – U.N. climate report

Aug 9 (Reuters) – In four decades of climate negotiations, the world has focused intensely and exclusively on the most abundant climate-warming gas: carbon dioxide. This year, scientists are urging a focus on another potent greenhouse gas – methane –

Air Pollution: Everything You Need to Know

How smog, soot, greenhouse gases, and other top air pollutants are affecting the planet—and your health. What Is Air Pollution? Air pollution refers to the release of pollutants into the air—pollutants which are detrimental to human health and the planet