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ExxonMobil expands participation in MIT Energy Initiative’s low-carbon research; Mobility of Future study

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Join MITEI’s Center for Energy Storage, which seeks to develop new energy storage technologies for use in renewables-heavy electric power systems, electricity-powered transportation, and other applications. The company will: Extend its membership in MITEI’s Center for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage.

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MIT Energy Initiative launches 3-year study on future of transportation; technology, fuel, infrastructure, policy, and consumer preference

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As part of MIT’s five-year Plan for Action on Climate Change, the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has launched a major study—“Mobility of the Future”—to explore how consumers and markets will respond to potentially disruptive technologies, business models, and government policies.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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But during one of those internships, he visited some of the oil company’s facilities in a rural area and was shocked to see that people living nearby had no access to electricity. In 2008 only about half of Nigeria’s 152 million citizens had electricity, according to a Macrotrends report. The Foundation provided us with $44,521.

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The View From Here Today

Creative Greenius

We’ve always planned on retiring and spending the rest of our lives right here, but these days we’re worried about what climate change is already doing – and about the far more serious consequences headed our way. We’re already getting used to the fires, smoke and related air hazards here in the L.A.

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Heidi On The Hot Seat

Creative Greenius

The Exxon/Mobil refinery in Torrance and the Chevron refinery in El Segundo are both located in the South Bay and are each a big part of the carbon-based economy that causes the majority of climate change - although you’ll never get either of these corporations to admit this truth or take responsibility for it.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Energy Markets in a State of Change. Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. Dr. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “ What is the PTC and why does it matter?

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Among incredibly stupid court opinions, overturning Chevron takes the cake

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Just two days after issuing an opinion that would legalize the kind of corrupt bribes that they themselves have taken , the US “Supreme” Court issued an opinion today in Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo that would invalidate a previous ruling, Chevron v Natural Resources Defense Council. US Supreme Court building.

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