Delaware could join California in 2035 ban on sales of gas-powered cars
“The move is designed to cut Delaware’s main source of air pollution, which is currently the tailpipes of cars and trucks that travel on state roadways.”
Intense cold strained, but didn’t break, the U.S. electric grid. That was lucky.
“On Dec. 23 and Christmas Eve, as the wind roared and the temperature plummeted, the U.S. electric grid — the complex network of power stations and transmission lines that keeps the country’s lights on — started to creak.”
Reasons to be hopeful: Six stunning environmental wins in 2022
“Though the count is still on through the end of the year, the International Energy Agency expects 2022 clean energy installation to grow by at least 8% over 2021, with enough new renewable energy to power as many as 200 million U.S. homes.”
DNREC holds final town hall on proposed vehicle emission rules
“Since passenger vehicles are Delaware’s largest single source of emissions, Gray underscored the proposed regulations could be the most efficient way to get the state on track to meet its target.”
Delaware considers plan to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035
Under the proposed regulations, car manufacturers would be required to deliver a certain amount of zero emission vehicles to car dealerships each year. Starting in 2027, 43% of new car deliveries would have to be zero emission. Eventually building up to 100% by 2035.
My take: The claims of biogas foes come up empty
“The former Perdue site is bitterly opposed in a campaign organized by Washington, DC-based Food and Water Watch.”
Delaware to study climate change impact on the Inland Bays
“As the lowest lying state in the nation, Delaware faces some of the most harmful flooding caused by climate change — public safety, properties and the beach economy are at risk.”
Increasing Delaware’s recycling rate an ongoing effort
There’s progress still to be made if recycling rates in Delaware are to meet standards established by law in 2010.
NOAA Ocean Podcast: Equity and justice in coastal planning
One in a series of interviews conducted by participants in the U.S. Global Change Research Program, a federal program mandated by Congress to coordinate research and investments in understanding the human and natural forces shaping the global environment and their impacts on society.
Carbon Reform lands $3m seed round
“The startup has designed a proprietary Carbon Capsule unit that retrofits into any HVAC unit, and screens a portion of a commercial building’s ventilated air for carbon dioxide and other pollutants. That captured gas and particulates is combined with lime to produce a carbon-negative limestone solution that is pushed out of the unit.”
