Why Bill Gates and John Kerry are wrong about climate change
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There’s a recent phenomenon in which smart people, mostly white men, parachute down from a higher plane to tell us mere mortals the truth about fighting climate change. Colorfully dubbed “first-time climate dudes” by journalist Emily Atkin of the newsletter
Heated, they invariably offer some version of doom and gloom, whether it’s Bill Gates calling any attempt to rapidly reduce greenhouse emissions to near zero “a fairy tale”, or novelist Jonathan Franzen proclaiming in the
New Yorker that we must “accept that disaster is coming.”
The City of Pittsburgh is getting its first all-electric bucket truck for its Forestry Division.
It’s just one of nine new electric vehicles the city plans to buy with the help of a $160,000 state grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants program (AFIG). In addition to the electric bucket truck, the city plans to purchase eight Chevy Bolts for the Departments of Mobility and Infrastructure and Permits, Licenses and Inspections.
It’s part of Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s ongoing commitment to renewable energy, said Tim McNulty, the mayor’s communications director.
“Mayor Peduto is committed to making the city’s entire fleet electric over the next few years. And as part of that, we need to start adopting new kinds of vehicles, not just little cars but bigger vehicles,” said McNulty. “As part of it we have our first all-electric bucket truck for the Forestry Division, and we’re really excited about that. It s
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David Colburn
REGIONAL- A Republican state senator issued an ultimatum to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) last week: halt proposed new “clean car” emissions standards now or watch state parks close and millions of dollars for environmental initiatives disappear come July 1.
Speaking on May 4 to a virtual conference committee meeting of Senate and House legislators working on the omnibus environment budget, Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria, took the hardline stance against new rules that would boost the number of zero-emissions electric vehicles in the state and improve air quality standards. The budget will not move forward, Ingebrigtsen said, unless the proposed rules come off the table and the Senate’s version of the budget is agreed to.
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