Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 21, 2023
While industry tried to paint hydrogen combustion engines as a “bridge” technology to hydrogen fuel cells, their own presentations undermined that very point—instead, this path is a clear dead end. We need to make sure regulators like EPA and CARB restrict its usage before it gains a fossil-fueled foothold in the marketplace.
Law and Environment
AUGUST 11, 2022
The legislation covers a wide range of policy changes focused on electrifying vehicles and transit, reducing fossil fuel connections in new construction, and revamping policy related to solar, offshore wind, and other carbon-free energy sources. GW by 2027. Reduction of Fossil Fuels. Electric Grid.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
Now that California has taken the lead and set a goal for all passenger vehicles sold in the state to be electric by 2035, the next logical step is electrifying medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. This is roughly the equivalent of taking 66 million fossil-fueled cars off the road for an entire year. Public Agency Fleets.
Legal Planet
JUNE 13, 2022
The national electricity plan projected that renewables will exceed coal in 2027. Prior to Glasgow, the NRDC had concluded that India was on track to meet its previous commitment to have 40% non-fossil fuel power generation by 2030. Natural gas, oil, and nuclear are minor players. As in the U.S.,
Enviromental Defense
AUGUST 23, 2023
The province’s electricity operator, the IESO, has already started the process by offering contracts to two new gas plants – one in Windsor and one in Thorold, near St. Those two plants alone are going to cost us – ratepayers i.e. people who use electricity – just over $1.1 Catherines. Let’s do the math $1093.22
Environmental Progress
JANUARY 20, 2022
Notably, in the same proposal, the Commission has also included screening criteria for gaseous fossil fuels. The Regulation sets a time limit on the inclusion of nuclear energy but not on fossil fuels and grants the Commission special powers to rule on nuclear taxonomy compliance.
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. But this announcement was seemingly at odds with another made just three days earlier, when coal minister Pralhad Joshi confirmed that India intends to increase production for the fossil fuel.
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