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CBS Report Exposes The Child Labor Used To Make Lithium Batteries

A report from CBS this week revealed the working conditions of tens of thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who work in mines to extract the cobalt needed for lithium batteries.

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March 6, 2018

CBS Report Exposes The Child Labor Used To Make Lithium Batteries

CBS Report Exposes The Child Labor Used To Make Lithium Batteries
A report from CBS this week revealed the working conditions of tens of thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who work in mines to extract the cobalt needed for lithium batteries.
March 5, 2018

Tesla Fined For Air Pollution

Tesla Fined For Air Pollution
Tesla, a self-proclaimed technology company, has been working tirelessly on its image as a “green” automaker.
February 23, 2018

EVs Have A Child Labor Problem

EVs Have A Child Labor Problem
A recent Bloomberg article has brought to light a harsh reality, the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing child labor rates in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): The appetite for electric cars is driving a boom in small-scale cobalt production in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where some mines have been found to […]
February 14, 2018

New Coalition In Arizona Seeks To Bring California Energy Regulations There

New Coalition In Arizona Seeks To Bring California Energy Regulations There
A new coalition of groups in Arizona is seeking to force utilities in the state to generate more power from renewable energy beyond the 15 percent the state currently requires, according to a new report this week.
February 7, 2018

Cap And Trade In California Looking More Like A Tax Now

Cap And Trade In California Looking More Like A Tax Now
Orange County Register Columnist Susan Shelley wrote this week that the myth that California’s cap and trade system isn’t a tax is coming apart quickly:
February 6, 2018

CT Lawmakers Push For Carbon Tax

CT Lawmakers Push For Carbon Tax
Amid Connecticut’s revolving budget crisis, a group of Connecticut lawmakers again are exploring a carbon tax:
February 1, 2018

Taxpayer Pay For T-Mobile’s Green Pledge

Taxpayer Pay For T-Mobile’s Green Pledge
This week, T-Mobile proudly announced its pledge to use “100 percent renewable electricity”
January 30, 2018

Oregon Leaders Question Viability Of Carbon Tax Passage

Oregon Leaders Question Viability Of Carbon Tax Passage
Legislative leaders in both the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon Senate cast doubt on whether a proposed carbon tax bill could pass in either legislative body this year, according to the Portland Tribune.
January 19, 2018

LAPD Spending Millions On EVs It Doesn’t Use

LAPD Spending Millions On EVs It Doesn’t Use
A CBS Los Angeles investigation has uncovered that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) are reluctant to use the electric vehicles the department leases as part of a splashy effort to supposedly “go green”:
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Environmentalist Left Seeks To End University Of Texas System’s $1 Billion/Year Fossil Fuel Operations

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Yesterday, the University of Texas Student Government introduced a bill calling on the state’s university system to further regulate oil and gas drilling operations past the standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality:

The UT System’s oil and gas lease language requires operators to use “the highest degree of care and all reasonable safeguards to prevent contamination or pollution of any environmental medium,” including the air. 

The bill, which was read at an SG assembly meeting, was supported by representatives of the Environmentalist Left, such as Fossil Free Texas and Environment Texas. The Austin American-Statesman reported that UT system officials have brought into question the dubious claims and figures cited by Environment Texas, calling the claims “alarmist” and “unscientific”:

Mark Houser, CEO of the UT System’s University Lands unit, said in a statement that the environmental group’s calculations of methane emissions amount to “yet another alarmist, arguably unscientific assertion from Environment Texas.” Last year, he challenged the group’s report on pollution of soil, groundwater and air from hydraulic fracturing in oil and gas drilling on UT lands.

 Furthermore, Environment Texas’ goals don’t stop at regulation, the organization supports all oil and gas production on land owned by UT, which brings in more than $1 billion annually for the UT System:

So far, the SG bill has gained little traction from the community as environmentalists held a press conference today at the University of Texas San Antonio:

The $512 million in royalties and revenues that the university system has received this year from oil and gas operations finances “buildings and initiatives at 14 UT Campuses and 13 institutions in the Texas A&M University System.” Oil and gas continues to be a source of educational and economic opportunity across the UT System and the rest of the state.