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INVESTIGATION: A woman warned GM about warming. Men didn't listen
A General Motors scientist who did pioneering research on climate change in the 1960s faced pervasive sexism by male colleagues who largely dismissed her work.
INVESTIGATION: Exclusive: GM, Ford knew about climate change 50 years ago
Scientists at two of America's biggest automakers knew as early as the 1960s that car emissions caused climate change, a monthslong investigation by E&E News has found.
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Maxine Joselow
SCOOP: Scientists at General Motors and Ford — two of America’s largest automakers — conducted research in the 1960s showing that car emissions contributed to climate change. @EENewsUpdates
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Framework Agreements on Clean Cars | California Air Resources Board
While California is engaging in litigation to restore its authority to protect the public health of its residents, it has finalized with six participating automakers individual bilateral agreements based upon the Framework unveiled last...
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Maxine Joselow
NEWS: The California Air Resources Board (@AirResources) just finalized its agreements with five automakers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions despite Trump's rollback. More TK in @EENewsUpdates.
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PANDEMIC: EPA lab closure hits vehicle testing, enforcement
Auto emissions testing has stopped, a clean trucks rulemaking has been delayed, and enforcement cases potentially have been slowed as a key EPA vehicles laboratory remains closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Maxine Joselow
NEW: An @EPA vehicles lab in Michigan has been closed during the pandemic, stopping auto emissions testing and potentially slowing enforcement work. @EENewsUpdates
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AVIATION: JetBlue made its U.S. flights carbon neutral. Right?
JetBlue Airways Corp. announced yesterday that it had reached carbon neutrality for all its domestic flights, becoming the first major U.S. airline to hit that climate target.
TRANSPORTATION: Casten bill aims to increase appeal of fuel-efficient cars
New legislation would encourage Americans to purchase more fuel-efficient cars in a bid to curb climate pollution from transportation.
CAMPAIGN 2020: Why Biden's car plan might not be a 'clunker'
Former Vice President Joe Biden wants millions of Americans to trade in their older, polluting cars for shiny new electric vehicles.
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Maxine Joselow
Joe Biden's plan for boosting #electricvehicles contains echoes of the 2009 "Cash for Clunkers" program. But there are some key differences. @EENewsUpdates
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OFF TOPIC: Ex-NYT climate reporter fights 'doom' and 'gloom'
Kendra Pierre-Louis is embarking on a new adventure in the middle of a pandemic.
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Maxine Joselow
I had the pleasure of speaking w/ @KendraWrites about her new podcast focused on climate solutions & her hatred of mayonnaise. @EENewsUpdates
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CLIMATE IMPACTS: Will planes fly in a hotter world?
Dozens of flights were delayed or canceled due to extreme heat in 2017. The episode reveals rising risks to passengers as soaring temperatures make it more difficult for aircraft to gain altitude.
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Maxine Joselow
Will planes fly in a hotter world? I looked into how extreme heat will be a challenge for the aviation industry because of climate change @EENewsUpdates
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AUTOS: Big trucks offset praise for Ford's carbon neutrality goal
Ford Motor Co.'s announced commitment yesterday to reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 drew mixed reactions from environmentalists.
POLITICS: Americans want more federal action on climate — poll
Most Americans believe the federal government should do more to address climate change, and a wide majority support various policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to new polling from the Pew Research Center.
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Maxine Joselow
Roughly 71% of respondents in a @pewresearch survey "said they would support tougher fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks, including more than half the poll's Republican respondents," @nick_sobczyk reports.
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TRANSPORTATION: COVID-19 testing bares inequities in car use, climate impacts
The use of drive-thru testing sites reveals racial disparities in car ownership. That's raising concerns that minorities could be tested at lower rates than white people.
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Maxine Joselow
New: Many cities are offering drive-thru COVID-19 testing. But that's not an option for the millions of Americans who don't have access to a car. (It's out from behind the @EENewsUpdates paywall)
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INFRASTRUCTURE: Democrats release $500B green transportation legislation
House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) today released a nearly $500 billion surface transportation bill with robust climate provisions, laying the groundwork for House Democrats' broader green infrastructure package.
CAR RULES: Oversight Dems probe oil industry influence on rollback
Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee today sharply questioned the oil industry's influence over the Trump administration's decision to roll back clean car standards.
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Maxine Joselow
.@OversightDems & @SenWhitehouse just sent a letter to Marathon Petroleum seeking information on its influence over the rollback of clean car standards. @EENewsUpdates
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CAR RULES: White House warned EPA about legal concerns, 'spurious' tone
White House economists gave a blunt warning to EPA: Its rollback of clean car standards was on shaky legal ground.
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Maxine Joselow
NEW: White House economists warned @EPA that the legal justification for its rollback of clean car standards was "lacking" and "reads very cursory." That was 12 days before the rollback was finalized. @EENewsUpdates @margotoge @bdavisnoll
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AVIATION: Lack of rail limits U.S. ability to lower airline emissions
When the French government bailed out the airline industry earlier this month, it conditioned the aid on climate action.
OFF TOPIC: 'Weird things' on climate beat inspired Pulitzer winner
Chris Mooney never expected to win a Pulitzer Prize during a global pandemic.
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Maxine Joselow
I had the pleasure of speaking w/ @chriscmooney of the @washingtonpost about winning a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on #climatechange. (The Q&A is out from behind the @EENewsUpdates paywall).
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MEDIA: Michael Moore's documentary irks climate scientists
When filmmakers Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs set out to make a documentary about renewable energy, they said their goal was simple: to tell the truth.
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Maxine Joselow
I spent a lot of time thinking and talking to climate scientists about Michael Moore's movie "Planet of the Humans." (thread)
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POLITICS: Poll finds link between climate concern and COVID-19 habits
Americans who don't worry about climate change are less likely to wear face masks in public to combat the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new poll. They also are less likely to practice social distancing.
PANDEMIC: 'Ghost flights' haunt the skies
Almost empty passenger planes continue to crisscross the country as the virus drives ridership to minuscule levels. The federal government is one reason why.