Tag: fossil fuels5
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As a Leading Environmental Organization Closes, Its Leader is Upbeat
Lester Brown, the global environmental leader, turned 81 this year and is closing The Earth Policy Institute, the environmental research organization he founded in 2001. His new book “The Great Transition” asserts that the world is shifting from fossil fuels to solar and wind energy.
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Deep Sea Drilling Rules and the Transition from Fossil Fuels
The now reorganized Minerals Management Service (MMS) was responsible for generating revenues by leasing federal lands for mining, or drilling, and then regulating the same mining operations it sold leases to. That is an inherent conflict of interest, but it gets worse: The MMS was a revolving door for fossil fuel companies.
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Cold Facts
Satellites cast their wide gaze At night, on the bright Bakken blaze; Bright as a large, sparkly city, Up close, it’s not quite as pretty.