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IPCC’s Assessment Report highlights the urgency of sharp reductions in methane
Monday’s release of the UN’s newest climate report highlighted the fact that climate change is happening now; poses severe challenges to society; is attributable to human activities; and will get progressively worse and more harmful without dramatic cuts in emissions. The report also clearly identifies methane abatement as a critical…
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Clean Air Task Force selected to host a Young African Climate Leader
Clean Air Task Force is pleased to announce that it has been selected to host Nair de Sousa, a Fellow from Angola, in the Professional Development Experience (PDE) component of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders from August 9 to September 17, 2021, sponsored by the U.S. Department…
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Senate advances bipartisan infrastructure package, a necessary first step on climate action in this Congress
GLASGOW — The U.S. Senate passed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act with a decisive 69-30 vote on Tuesday morning, teeing up the House to consider the package later this year. The Act clears the decks in the Senate for Democrats to begin working in earnest on a budget…
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Nigeria Shows its commitment to cutting methane pollution
Nigeria, the most populous nation in Africa and one of the largest producers of oil and gas in the world, is setting the stage for deep reductions in methane pollution from the oil and gas sector. Nigeria’s recent submission to the UNFCCC on its commitments to the Paris climate accords…
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New IPCC report underscores urgency of reducing emissions, accelerating carbon free technology
Today, the intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) released its new working group I (AR6 WGI) report, issuing another, and unfortunately still needed, warning on the urgency of climate action. The report pinpoints the need to rapidly reduce both carbon and methane emissions this decade and should also underscore for…
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CATF statement on opposition to Supreme Court review of American Lung Ass’n v. EPA
Sixteen public health, environmental, and clean energy organizations today filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court
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New report finds nuclear-derived zero-carbon fuels could play a key role decarbonizing the global marine shipping sector
BOSTON — A new report from Clean Air Task Force (CATF) finds that nuclear-derived zero-carbon fuels could play a key role in decarbonizing the global marine shipping sector, and offers clear policy recommendations for how the U.S. could lead the global transition away from high-polluting shipping fuels. “The global marine shipping emissions are dangerously high and getting higher, and we absolutely must decarbonize the sector…
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More than 160 labor unions, NGOs, and companies urge Congress to prioritize policies to scale carbon management
WASHINGTON — Today, more than 160 companies, labor unions, conservation and environmental groups, and companies from around the U.S. sent a letter to Congressional leaders, urging the inclusion of a comprehensive suite of bipartisan carbon management policies in any larger legislative vehicle this Congress. The letter outlines the importance of…
