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New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

Green Car Congress

Uber is adding more polluting car trips to already-clogged European cities such as London and Paris, new analysis by European NGOs suggests —contributing to air pollution and climate change and exploding the company’s sustainability claims. The campaign in Europe calls on Uber to go 100% clean in large cities by 2025.

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Walmart to electrify fleet by 2040

Green Car Congress

We face a growing crisis of climate change and nature loss and we all need to take action with urgency. For 15 years, we have been partnering to do the work and continually raising our sustainability ambitions across climate action, nature, waste and people.

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IEEE’s Plan To Help Combat Climate Change

Cars That Think

The IEEE Board of Directors formed an ad hoc committee on climate change in February to coordinate its response to the global threat. Why should IEEE be involved in combating climate change? Why should members care about climate change? Rahman: Climate change is an existential threat to humanity.

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Massachusetts Takes Bold Step To End Gas Line Subsidies

Green Energy Consumers

A coalition of twelve environmental and clean energy organizations 1 , including Rewiring America, Acadia Center, Green Energy Consumers Alliance, Sierra Club, and Environmental Defense Fund, recently submitted a letter strongly supporting the Department of Public Utilities' (DPU) draft policy to end gas line extension allowances (LEAs)subsidies that (..)

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Serving My Country – My Patriotic Duty

Creative Greenius

And the people who are MY heroes and the ones I consider our greatest patriots today are on the front lines fighting climate change. . Especially not when I recognize that I’m a member of the lucky sperm club. That’s not the way I roll.

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Creative Greenius Loves Hermosa Beach Sharrows & You Should Too

Creative Greenius

I think most of my friends in the South Bay Bicycle Coalition and the Beach Cities Cycling Club agree with me. citizen volunteer climate change environment Hermosa Beach Sharrows South Bay Bicycle Coalition. Check out the details after the jump.

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Greenius Calls For Nationalizing Oil & Gas Industry & Seizing Their Assets As Sierra Club Applauds

Creative Greenius

On Sunday, May 5, 2019 the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club held their annual Awards Banquet and presented a special conservation award to Joe Galliani, declaring-. Godfather of Community Choice In LA County Says Just Transition Means Repairing Damage To Frontline Communities First.

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