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Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 30, 2023
Now, with climate and clean energy majorities in both chambers, Minnesota is poised to join other leading states in updating its clean energy policies equitably with benefits for all residents. The House has twice before passed a 100-percent standard, only to be stalled by the Senate.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 26, 2023
“You know, I’ve joined many of you on the groundbreakings. Kathy McMorris Rodgers, chair of the House Energy Committee, called expansion of renewable energy part of Biden’s pro-China energy agenda. And as I told my Republican friends, we’ll even do their districts too. Laughter.) And I’ll be there for the ribbon cutting.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 26, 2024
That’s how my love for renewables started,” García said. García’s encounter with local renewable sources in Colombia in the late ‘90s ultimately brought her to the United States where she earned a master’s degree in sustainable international development at Brandeis University. The land is bleeding,” her grandfather said.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 4, 2023
And, while renewable energy is growing fast too, it’s not happening fast enough—and can never happen fast enough if its outpaced by fossil fuel expansion. Richer nations should phase out coal by the end of this decade, and the rest of the world should join suit by 2040. Yet global fossil fuel production and use continue to expand.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
It adds Michigan to the growing list of states, including Illinois and Minnesota , that have adopted standards to increase renewable energy on the grid and move toward 100-percent decarbonization of the power sector. It also will expand energy efficiency programs, streamline utility-scale renewable project siting approvals, and more.
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 13, 2021
The elected board members who run these utilities did little or nothing about renewables until the past decade. In 2019, the Utah State Legislature passed the Community Renewable Energy Act (HB 411). This bill allows Utah municipalities that are serviced by Rocky Mountain Power to achieve a net-100% renewable energy portfolio by 2030.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
In another podcast, “Planet Panic,” Bigtree defends the continued burning of coal, questions the reliability of renewable energy, and points to shadowy ulterior motives behind federal climate policies. Kennedy may be an independent, third-party candidate, but he has joined the right-wing war on scientists.
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