Tag Archives: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Lawmakers hope to use this emerging climate science to charge oil companies for disasters

Some lawmakers are looking at ways to charge oil companies pay for the effect their historic emissions have had on natural disasters. A fast-emerging field of climate research is helping scientists pinpoint just how many dollars from a natural disaster can be tied to the historic emissions of individual oil companies — analysis that is […]
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A carbon offset that actually works? That’s the plan.

State Library Ed. Note: If you cannot access this story via the link below, state employees can access this Washington Post story HERE via the State Library’s subscription to the US Newstream database. Alternatively, state employees can contact us for access: LibraryHelp.SLO@slo.oregon.gov or 503-378-8800. An ambitious effort to to shut down coal plants in developing economies aims to restore credibility to […]
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Internet data centers are fueling drive to old power source: Coal

State Library Ed. Note: If you cannot access this story via the link below, state employees can access this Washington Post story HERE via the State Library’s subscription to the US Newstream database. Alternatively, state employees can contact us for access: LibraryHelp.SLO@slo.oregon.gov or 503-378-8800. Virginia data centers that process nearly 70 percent of global digital traffic need more electricity. Coal-fired power […]
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Proposed 18% rate increase by Northwest Natural takes backseat to development cost

Home builders argued during an Oregon Public Utilities Commission hearing on a proposed rate increase for Northwest Natural customers that the higher rate would help make new homes more affordable and resilient. Climate activists argued those payments are subsidies for a technology that promotes the use of fossil fuels. Source: Proposed 18% rate increase by […]
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Opinion | Climate Change’s Hidden Costs Are the Most Damaging

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Intel get air permit for Oregon expansion, and reprimand

Oregon regulators issued an air quality permit for Intel’s planned expansion, but also scolded the chipmaker for underreporting its 2022 greenhouse gas emissions. Backed by the federal and state CHIPS acts, Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) plans to invest $36 billion at its Washington County facilities, the center of the Silicon Valley-headquartered company’s research and development efforts […]
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Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening? 

State Library Ed. Note: If you cannot access this story directly from the source, state employees can access this New York Times story HERE via the State Library’s subscription to the US Newstream database. Alternatively, state employees can contact us for access: LibraryHelp.SLO@slo.oregon.gov or 503-378-8800.

EPA weighs strengthening climate rule for power plants

State Library Ed. Note: If you cannot access this story via the link below, state employees can access this Washington Post story HERE via the State Library’s subscription to the US Newstream database. Alternatively, state employees can contact us for access: LibraryHelp.SLO@slo.oregon.gov or 503-378-8800. The reconsideration comes after the Biden administration has backpedaled on other proposed climate regulations. The Environmental Protection […]
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Why Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hit an All-Time High Last Year

State Library Ed. Note: If you cannot access this story directly from the source, state employees can access this New York Times story HERE via the State Library’s subscription to the US Newstream database. Alternatively, state employees can contact us for access: LibraryHelp.SLO@slo.oregon.gov or 503-378-8800.

Report estimates Lower Snake River dams, reservoirs emit millions of tons of greenhouse gases

Hydroelectric dams in the Columbia River Basin lauded for providing clean energy might be emitting more greenhouse gases than previously known, according to a new report from the environmental group Tell The Dam Truth. It comes at a time of heightened debate over the future of four Lower Snake River dams and their impact on […]
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