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Study Finds that US Subsidies for Fossil Fuels Are Almost 2.5x Those for Renewables

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The combination of subsidies—or ‘perverse incentives’—to develop fossil fuel energy sources, and a lack of sufficient incentives to develop renewable energy and promote energy efficiency, distorts energy policy in ways that have helped cause, and continue to exacerbate, our climate change problem.

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Breakthrough on salt-tolerant wheat

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This work is significant as salinity already affects over 20% of the world's agricultural soils, and salinity poses an increasing threat to food production due to climate change. Under standard conditions, the wheat containing the salt-tolerance gene performed the same in the field as durum that did not have the gene.

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Report finds Coal-to-Liquids and Oil Shale pose significant financial and environmental risks to investors

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Ceres is a national network of investors, environmental organizations and other public interest groups working with companies and investors to address sustainability challenges such as global climate change. Earlier post.). EPA’s proposed Tailoring Rule regulating GHG emissions from new sources will also likely apply to CTL facilities.

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