“Fossil fuel subsidies should be repealed because, instead of enhancing American energy independence or creating jobs, they simply enhance the profits of fossil fuel companies,” the lawmakers wrote.
“We should not fall for the industry myth that these subsidies are necessary for good job creation,” they later added."
Roughly 75 million metric tons of hydrogen are now being produced annually in ways that contribute to the climate crisis rather than help solve it. If hydrogen backers in the oil and gas industry want to make the case that hydrogen is a climate solution, they should start by decarbonizing these production processes, the report says."
At home, the growth of the armed forces means that American society has become more militarized. Police departments are now equipped with battlefield gear and military equipment, some of it surplus from the Army. Former soldiers have joined the violent extremist groups that have multiplied over the last decade. Less than 10 percent of Americans have served in the military, but 12 percent of those charged in the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6 had military experience.
Of course, the U.S. military is one of the most professional and patriotic parts of our society. Our uniformed leaders have consistently defended the rule of law, including against a president trying to undermine an election. The trouble stems from how bloated their organizations have become, and how often they are misused.
We must be honest about what the military cannot do. We should allocate our resources to other organizations and agencies that will actually make our country more resilient, prosperous and secure. We will benefit by returning to our history as a big country with a small peacetime military.
One of thousands of times the state used military (police) force against coal miners in this country. Turned on a little Hazel Dickens to get psyched up for my first lecture and found this gem. Watch it all the way through.
“I would bet my bottom dollar that it would be replaced with renewables,” said David Woodsmall, a Jefferson City-based attorney who represents the Midwest Energy Consumers Group, which advocates for large commercial and industrial power customers — from AT&T and Tyson Foods to Walmart. “The current trend in the industry is that renewables have much better economics than building gas, coal or nuclear.”
Others, though, aren’t treating renewable replacements as an inevitability.
Owen, for instance, is bracing for a public and political debate. He thinks “all options will be on the table” if a major coal plant is shut down, and he expects to see “a lot of people pushing for natural gas.”
In 2019, when Ameren was first ordered to outfit Rush Island with scrubbers, the company was given a 2024 deadline to comply. The Sierra Club, an intervenor in the case that was originally filed at the request of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said that deadline hasn’t changed.
As a climate reporter I am often asked, what gives you hope? And the answer is, unequivocally, Gen Z climate tik tok pic.twitter.com/HYiC193zVZ
— Emily Atkin (@emorwee) August 10, 2021
Hey @NYPD66Pct What do you intend to do about this behavior!? This just happened on Ocean Pkwy & Cortelyou. It’s happening all the time now.
— Antonio M. Rosario (@amrosario) July 20, 2021
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