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U.S. Climate Law: A Broad & Rapidly Growing Field

Legal Planet

Standards for existing stationary carbon sources (focused on power plants to date). Vehicle biofuels requirements. Nuclear power regulation D. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rules bearing on electricity transmission E. Electric vehicle and biofuel policies E. State climate and energy policy A.

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New Inflation Reduction Act Tracker Launched by the Sabin Center and EDF

Law Columbia

The IRA extends and expands several tax credits and incentives, including those for renewable energy investments and production, clean vehicles, carbon capture and sequestration, biofuels, and commercial and residential energy efficiency.

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Show Time: Stark message from the International Energy Agency

Legal Planet

Environmental groups mostly praised the rapid phasedown of fossil fuels, but also criticized the report for being too conservative in assuming only 90 per cent renewable electricity generation, and for the scenario’s substantial reliance on growth in nuclear power, carbon capture, and biofuels.

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Why Ontario needs to stop burning polluting gas for electricity

Enviromental Defense

But what you probably haven’t heard is that our grid is getting dirtier again, with fossil fuels increasing in our electricity supply from burning natural gas. That means carbon emissions from electricity in Ontario will be rising back up again after years of decline. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . Source: IESO [link].

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Minnesota Federal Court Said State Biofuel Mandate Was Not Preempted. Petitioners challenging EPA’s new source performance standards for carbon emissions from power plants filed their opening briefs in the D.C. Coalition for Competitive Electricity v. Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. United States v.

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

Responsible for nuclear physics which has given us nuclear power, and nuclear medicine which has opened up new avenues of medical treatment for such things as cancer. It was also the age of electricity and the light bulb - a great age of invention. Sponsored Content. Chaos Theory.

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Why Ceding Nuclear to China and Russia Threatens National Security: Michael Shellenberger's Congressional Testimony July 28, 2020

Environmental Progress

The High Cost of Renewables House Democrats propose spending hundreds of billions of public and ratepayer money on renewable energy, new transmission lines, energy efficiency, mass transit, electric vehicles, carbon capture and storage, and advanced nuclear energy. Renewables have the same impact everywhere in the world.

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