2020 Carbon Emissions Clean Energy Natural Gas 
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
That’s a place where coal is still King and Trump beat Biden by forty points in 2020. The IRA provides at least $369 billion in funding for clean energy — maybe more, depending on how many people take advantage of its tax credits. But there’s little question that it will reduce carbon emissions by thousands of megatons.
Legal Planet
MARCH 31, 2022
VHC 21% Gas 32%. VHC 22% Gas 38.5%. 30% gas of own generation; 50% from purchases. Net zero by 2050, 50% cut by 2030, and 100% clean energy by 2040. Percent for gas also included oil or oil co-fired. 1) NextEra Energy. Energy Mix (2020): [link]. Natural Gas: 44.8%.
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PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 20, 2021
Energy Information Administration (EIA) households that primarily use natural gas for space heating will spend an average of 30 percent more on heating this winter than last year. And when prices dropped, so did oil and gas drilling and production in the U.S. in Spring 2020? On top of that, the U.S.
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Carbon emissions from land use change (mostly logging) are comparable to Brazil’s, though Brazil gets a lot more publicity. Economic growth has hovered around a healthy 5% annually, meaning that GDP doubles about every 15 years and that carbon emissions will also surge without vigorous climate action.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 16, 2022
CO 2 emissions remain mostly level through 2050—nowhere close to meeting US climate goals. Carbon emissions remain high. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022). We’re risking more impacts from climate change due to continued reliance on natural gas and oil.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 29, 2024
ExxonMobil spent at least $39 million on some 70 of these organizations from 1998 through 2020, more than any funder besides Charles Koch and his brother David, co-owner of Koch Industries until his death in 2019. ExxonMobil is still funding those folks, big time.”
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 12, 2022
All told, they represent 56 percent of the US population, generate 62 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, and are responsible for 43 percent of the country’s annual carbon emissions. We found that states have technically feasible and highly beneficial ways to achieve 100-percent renewable energy.
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