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Enviva made big promises to the small Alabama town that would produce the fuel for “sustainable” energy in Europe. The company’s struggles have left politicians who supported it mum and activists who opposed it hopeful.
Around 4 million people in the U.S. work as contractors for app services like DoorDash delivering pizzas, salads and pad thai. Those in areas with extreme heat are taking new measures to keep working through it.
Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, was undaunted by the challenge of finding out what the oil industry knew about carbon emissions and global warming. Ellsberg died Friday at 92.
It was Representative Pat Schroeder, the twelve-term Colorado Democrat, who—while frying eggs one morning—coined the term “Teflon President” for Ronald Reagan. “He sees to it that nothing sticks to him,” she said later, in Congress. Schroeder, who died in March, was the first woman to represent Colorado in the House and an advocate for the environment—she introduced the
Communities can now sue in state courts for compensation for the costs of climate change—something oil companies have fought against for years.