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$11 Million Per Minute in Fossil Subsidies ‘Add Fuel to the Fire’, IMF Study Shows

October 7, 2021 Comments Off on $11 Million Per Minute in Fossil Subsidies ‘Add Fuel to the Fire’, IMF Study Shows

The Energy Mix – The coal, oil, and gas industries received US$5.9 trillion in worldwide subsidies in 2020—a mind-bending $11.2 million per minute, every minute of every hour of every day in the year—the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revealed in an analysis released this week.

We need to talk about your gas stove, your health and climate change

October 7, 2021 Comments Off on We need to talk about your gas stove, your health and climate change

NPR article on the health impacts of gas stoves.

Toxin Assessment Renews Environmental Justice Questions at Weymouth Compressor Station

September 27, 2021 Comments Off on Toxin Assessment Renews Environmental Justice Questions at Weymouth Compressor Station

Article from RTO Insider citing GBPSR research.

MA Groups Push Bill to Stop Clean-Energy Subsidies for Woody Biomass Plants

September 13, 2021 Comments Off on MA Groups Push Bill to Stop Clean-Energy Subsidies for Woody Biomass Plants

Public News Service article quoting GBPSR’s Dr. Brita Lundberg.

Harvard Medical School Grand Rounds on “Fossil Fuel Pollution and the Climate Crisis: Patients, Practice, and Policy”

September 9, 2021 Comments Off on Harvard Medical School Grand Rounds on “Fossil Fuel Pollution and the Climate Crisis: Patients, Practice, and Policy”

Including GBPSR member Dr. Caren Solomon

A Crash-Course on Hydrogen

September 7, 2021 Comments Off on A Crash-Course on Hydrogen

A webinar from Europe that shows the push from the fossil fuel industry to call hydrogen “the bridge fuel” — just as was done with natural gas.

Opinion: Climate-friendly buildings are essential to city’s future

September 3, 2021 Comments Off on Opinion: Climate-friendly buildings are essential to city’s future

Climate Conversations: Science and Stories

August 23, 2021 Comments Off on Climate Conversations: Science and Stories

GBPSR Chair Brita Lundberg shared the stage with scientists and storytellers at this monthly international webinar called CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS: Science and Stories. Winona LaDuke spoke about the environmental and climate…

Q&A by Dr. Ira Helfand after watching The War Game film — August 6, 2021

August 6, 2021 Comments Off on Q&A by Dr. Ira Helfand after watching The War Game film — August 6, 2021

Watch video from the event here.

Massachusetts Medical Society weighs in on health harms of biomass

August 2, 2021 Comments Off on Massachusetts Medical Society weighs in on health harms of biomass

Testimony from the Massachusetts Medical Society on the use of biomass energy.