Seiji Yamashita

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Seiji Yamashita

House Republicans Wednesday moved forward with a tax bill to cut billions of dollars in climate-related funding, reduce regulations, and prematurely phase out clean energy tax credits as part of President Trump’s, “One, Big, Beautiful Bill.” The heart of the Republican budget legislation targets key climate and energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act. Cuts would impact businesses and consumers, affecting renewable energy, manufacturing, energy efficiency, and electric vehicles.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | David Schechter |Seiji Yamashita |Tracy Wholf |Sean Herbert

More carbon dioxide — released from cars, factories and power plants — was present in the atmosphere last year than ever before in recorded history, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's latest report. The federal agency has been monitoring CO2 levels since the 1960s. It's part of the work started by Professor Ralph Keeling's father, Professor Charles David Keeling, who first documented the building up of CO2 in the atmosphere, driving climate change.

Mar 26, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Natalie Brand |Seiji Yamashita

Examining real-world impacts of cuts at NOAA Top Democrats on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee are sounding the alarm about cuts to a little-known but rapidly expanding space office within NOAA as part of the hundreds of recent layoffs at the agency.

Mar 19, 2025 | yahoo.com | Seiji Yamashita |Tracy Wholf

In a win for the oil and gas pipeline company Energy Transfer,  a nine-person North Dakota jury found the environmental group Greenpeace liable for more than $660 million in damages and defamation for the 2016 to 2017 Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. In their lawsuit, Dallas-based Energy Transfer claimed Greenpeace was responsible for defamation, disruption and property damage for the protests that captured national attention in 2016.

Nov 20, 2024 | mdpi.com | Seiji Yamashita |Hideki Kita |Fuhai Bao

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