13 March 2019 | 13 replies
I’m a project manager for a global combustion and emissions controls company.
9 January 2019 | 18 replies
Then the state of Nevada said my modern turbo diesel engine was illegal on an emissions standard.
6 November 2021 | 50 replies
This also means less climate-changing emissions for your house than other forms of heating would produce because it doesn't release any carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when used correctly.
31 May 2021 | 0 replies
The federal government plans to open more than 250,000 acres of ocean off the California coast for wind development as part of a major effort to ramp-up the nation’s renewable energy and cut its climate-warming emissions.
5 October 2021 | 8 replies
Anyways, my goal is to build a passive income stream to reach financial independence so that I can either start a nonprofit or small business where I help landowners who have historically struggled to access markets to sell their timber for either forest products like lumber, or carbon credits to help offset larger companies carbon emissions.
12 July 2021 | 2 replies
"A city proposal to require tracking of municipal and commercial energy use has the potential to help city government, private building owners and tenants save millions of dollars, reduce emissions by thousands of tons and cut water usage by billions of gallons in less than a decade."
3 September 2021 | 19 replies
In other words a zero emissions electric car in many cases is powered by fossil fuels upstream.
4 March 2020 | 22 replies
Bernie Sanders wants a 25% “house flipping” tax levied against investors who sell a property at a profit within five years of purchase.He also wants a 2 percent “empty homes tax” on the property value of vacant homes in order to discourage real estate investment.From Bernie's Website"When Bernie is president, he will:Create an office within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to coordinate and work with states and municipalities to strengthen rent control and tenant protections, implement fair and inclusive zoning ordinances, streamline review processes and direct funding where these changes are made.This office will convene key leaders, academics, experts, local officials, renters, tenants, and homeowners to create and implement these necessary solutions.Preempt laws that prevent inclusionary zoning for luxury developments.End exclusionary and restrictive zoning ordinances and replace them with zoning that encourages racial, economic, and disability integration that makes housing more affordable.Require that recipients of federal funding from the Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development make these important zoning reforms.Provide funding to states that preempt local exclusionary zoning ordinances to make housing more equitable, accessible and affordable for all.Make federal funding contingent on creating livable communities.Encourage zoning and development that promotes integration and access to public transportation to reduce commuting time, congestion and long car commutes.Prioritize projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create walkable and livable communities, and reduce urban sprawl.Encourage zoning and development designed to expand and maximize the number of units fully accessible to people with disabilities.Place a 25 percent House Flipping tax on speculators who sell a non-owner-occupied property, if sold for more than it was purchased within 5 years of purchase.Impose a 2 percent Empty Homes tax on the property value of vacant, owned homes to bring more units into the market and curb the use of housing as speculative investment.Encourage “circuit breakers” on property taxes to protect homeowners in gentrifying neighborhoods from being priced out of their own homes as their property values rise.READ MORE: https://berniesanders.com/issues/housing-all/From my point of view, anything that impedes or obstructs REI's cash flow is a bad thing.
23 March 2017 | 10 replies
Plus high taxes, gun regulations, sanctuary cities, emissions tests, insurance costs, gas prices.
3 January 2023 | 1 reply
The per capita carbon emissions of low density areas are higher then the the city and walking in the suburbs is more dangerous due to cars.