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Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

Walmart Joins Growing List of Firms Scaling Back Climate Goals

Prior pledges to reduce operational greenhouse gas emissions by 65% by 2030 and 35% by 2025 are probably not achievable, and the company will consider reviewing its climate targets in 2025.

December 20, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Newsom Calls Lawmakers to Secure Climate Goals Against Trump

Newsoms office told the Associated Press that the governor and lawmakers are ready to Trump-proof Californias state laws, including those affecting the transportation sector.

November 7, 2024
Government, Business, Fuel

OPEC Doubles Down on Oil Growth Despite Climate Goals

OPEC doubled down on forecasts that global oil demand will keep growing to the middle of the century, an outlier view that scientists say would lead to climate catastrophe.

September 24, 2024
Government, Business, Fuel

LNG Export Project at Center of Firestorm Set for Vote

Federal regulators are set to decide the fate of a long-stalled natural gas export project that has been at the center of a political firestorm over climate change and energy policy.

June 21, 2024
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics, Global Freight

Freight Elite Struggle to Hit Climate Goals as Demand Surges

Although there are signs of progress, the largest delivery companies have scaled back climate pledges and the industry isnt keeping pace with climbing emissions from a global demand surge.

January 30, 2024
Government, Business, Fuel

Biden Freezes Approvals of New Licenses for LNG Exporters

The Biden administration on Jan. 26 halted the approval of new licenses to export U.S. liquefied natural gas a moratorium likely to disrupt plans for billions of dollars in projects.

January 26, 2024
Government

CBP Seeks Input for Green Trade Forum

The forum is part of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Green Trade Strategy, launched last June, to create climate change trade policies, programs and infrastructure.

May 10, 2023
Government, Business, Fuel

$264 Million Offered for Gulf Oil Under Climate Compromise

NEW ORLEANS Oil companies offered a combined $264 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on March 29 in a sale mandated by last years climate bill compromise.

March 29, 2023
Government, Business

Biden Focuses on Climate, Families in Trimmed $2 Trillion Plan

WASHINGTON Scaling down his Build Back Better plans, President Joe Biden on Oct. 19 described a more limited vision to Democratic lawmakers of a $2 trillion government-overhaul package with at least $500 billion to tackle climate change and money for middle-class priorities child tax credits, paid family leave, health care and free pre-kindergarten.

October 19, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

DOT Announces $905 Million in INFRA Grant Awards

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced June 30 that the agency plans to award $905 million in grants through the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America program.

June 30, 2021