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By Liam Denning Bloomberg Opinion Six billion? Six shmillion. Exxon Mobil Corp.’s annual filing with the SEC, which dropped late Thursday, reveals the company debooked 6.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent in 2020, or almost 30% of its proved reserves. That’s a lot of oil and gas gone. Except...
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Posted by on in Sustainable Development
By Ali C.M. Watkins Biz West/Prairie Mountain Publishing Boulder County companies are weaving sustainable practices into their business models and paving avenues for their customers to do the same. City and county resources and a common love for recreation that characterizes the area are propellin...
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Posted by on in Green Products/Services
By Bruce Finley The Denver Post A decade ago when electric vehicles first appeared on Colorado car lots, buyers typically were green, the environmentalist hue, motivated to save children and other living things. Auto dealer Sean Tynan recalled a couple in their 50s, professors, inspecting a Nissa...
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Posted by on in Clean Water
    By Anita Snow The Associated Press PHOENIX » The Air Force says it will be distributing bottled water to thousands of residents and business owners near its base in suburban Phoenix until at least April, marking the latest case of chemicals from military firefighting efforts contam...
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Posted by on in Human Health
By Nicholas Kristof © The New York Times Co. Something alarming is happening between our legs. Sperm counts have been dropping; infant boys are developing more genital abnormalities; more girls are experiencing early puberty; and adult women appear to be suffering declining egg quality and mor...
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Posted by on in Energy Efficiency
Low costs of wind and solar power helped renewables pass coal in electricity generation; gas remains the leader. By Dan Gearino February 26, 2021 In a year of pandemic illness and chaotic politics, there also was a major milestone in the transition to clean energy: U.S. renewable energy sour...
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Posted by on in Energy Efficiency
  By Paul J. Weber and David Koenig The Associated Press AUSTIN, TEXAS » The recent blackouts that left 4 million Texas customers without electricity and heat during a deadly winter freeze also unplugged plants that could have generated more power, which was needed urgently as the state’...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
Demise of Keystone XL igniting rush to ship oil-sands crude by rail By Robert Tuttle Bloomberg News President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline is sparking renewed interest in shipping Canadian oilsands crude by rail, and that comes with its own environmental risks. ...
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Posted by on in Human Health
    By Nicholas Kristof © The New York Times Co. Something alarming is happening between our legs. Sperm counts have been dropping; infant boys are developing more genital abnormalities; more girls are experiencing early puberty; and adult women appear to be suffering declining egg qua...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
By Bob Berwyn February 25, 2021 Inside Climate News  The change in the main ocean heat pump could bring more heat waves to Europe, increase sea level rise in North America and force fish to move farther north. Since the end of the last ice age, a swirling system of ocean-spanning curre...
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Posted by on in Earth Violators
 Five board members, including the chair, who do not live in Texas will resign. A candidate for another position on the board has withdrawn his application. The vacancies will not immediately be filled. BY ERIN DOUGLAS AND MITCHELL FERMAN FEB. 23, 2021UPDATED: 23 HOURS AGO  Five board me...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
Coast-to-coast crises waiting to happen, TNYT   By Christopher Flavelle When extreme weather knocked out power and water in Texas last week, it represented a profound warning for the rest of the country: The nation’s vital infrastructure remains fundamenta...
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Posted by on in Earth Violators
By Laura Sanicola, Erwin Seba NEW YORK/HOUSTON (Reuters) - The largest U.S. oil refiners released tons of air pollutants into the skies over Texas this past week, according to figures provided to the state, as refineries and petrochemical plants in the region scrambled to shut production during frig...
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Posted by on in Agriculture
By Henry Fountain © The New York Times Co. CANADIAN, TEXAS » Adam Isaacs stood surrounded by cattle in an old pasture that had been overgrazed for years. Now it was a jumble of weeds. “Most people would want to get out here and start spraying it” with herbicides, he said. “My family use...
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Posted by on in Lakes/Rivers/Wetlands
By Zach Montague,© The New York Times Co. As Americans continue to weather the pandemic, the $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and spending bill passed by the federal government in December brought an unexpected and lasting gift: a new national park. The 5,593-page spending package included a raft ...
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Posted by on in Wildlife Conservation
By Mead Gruver The Associated Press CHEYENNE » Scientists have cloned the first U.S. endangered species, a black-footed ferret duplicated from the genes of an animal that died more than 30 years ago. The slinky predator named Elizabeth Ann, born Dec. 10 and announced Thursday, is cute as a bu...
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Posted by on in General Environment
  By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. So the world must make dramatic changes to society, economics and daily life, a new United Nations report says. Unlike past U...
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Posted by on in Energy Efficiency
    By Paul J. Weber The Associated Press AUSTIN, TEXAS » Anger over Texas’ power grid failing in the face of a record winter freeze continued to mount Wednesday as millions of residents in the energy capital of the U.S. remained shivering with no assurances that their electricity ...
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Posted by on in Climate Change
By David Leonhardt The New York Times, 2-17-   Much of the Pacific Northwest is blanketed in snow. Texas continues to endure frigid weather and electricity outages. Another winter storm is spreading across much of the country. Today, snow or freezing rain may fall on Washington, New...
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Posted by on in Wildlife Conservation
  SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TEXAS » Residents, some of whom lack heat or basic amenities in their own homes, have been rescuing cold stunned sea turtles and taking them to a convention center in a South Texas resort town. “Every 15 minutes or less there’s another truck or SUV that pulls u...
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