Thursday’s Headlines
COP28: Biden administration pledges to phase out coal plants, Exxon making its presence felt; Akchuly, renewables are a lot cheaper to build and maintain and forever; Decode oil industry greenwashing; More
8:39 AM PST on December 7, 2023
- Tripling global renewables is hard, achievable, and necessary (and a lot less expensive than oil and gas) (Bloomberg)
- Biden administration pledges to phase out coal power plants (Mother Jones)
- Let’s decode oil company greenwashing language (NPR)
- Major media taking money from oil industry to amplify that greenwashing (DeSmog)
- Exxon crashes COP28 to “fight for its life” (Exxon Knews)
- A leaked Amazon memo shows how it is working to shape public opinion on warehouses (Mercury News)
- Oakland to pay huge settlement for bad pavement that caused a bike rider to crash (Oaklandside)
- Planners of new city in Solano County meet skepticism from current residents (SF Chronicle)
- Nah. We’re very much still building freeways (OC Register)
- More on federal grants for high-speed rail (Route Fifty)
- How the pandemic changed bicycling behavior (Bicycling)
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