fossil fuels
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I Hate That Conoco Is So Good at Social Media
There’s a video on YouTube I keep coming back to, even though I absolutely hate it. It’s a 46-minute mix of songs titled “Lofi glug glug mix – beats to drive/study to.” The buzzy, mostly wordless electronic tracks are set to an animation of an anime girl driving a car with a cheerful Shiba Inu…
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I Went All-In On Electric Transportation For The Month Of December. Here’s How It Went
At the beginning of December I set myself a goal of living one month without directly burning any fossil fuels. Obviously, because we live in a society, I can’t completely eliminate my dependence on gasoline and diesel, as pretty much every product or service purchased is facilitated by burning hydrocarbons. I can’t control what everyone…
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New York State Just Set a New Standard for Fossil Fuel Divestment
After an eight-year fight to get New York to divest its $US226 ($305) billion pension fund from fossil fuels, activists have won a major victory. On Wednesday, New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced the state will take a systematic approach to ensure the third-largest pension fund in the U.S. divests from fossil fuels by 2025.
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For Sale: Oil Company Headquarters, Slightly Used
When you fall on hard times, you sometimes have to downsize. So it is with BP, which is in talks to sell its London headquarters because of massive financial losses. Multinational oil companies: They’re just like us.