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Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce 2021 Texas Grid Failure

Environmental Progress

Advocates of renewable energy have argued since the 1970s that the variable, weather-dependent nature of sunlight and wind is a modest obstacle at best to relying on 100 percent renewables. Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable.

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UK 2024 General Election – Mapped: The Tory network of climate denial and fossil fuel funding

A Greener Life

million to the party since 2001, including £38,000 to Rishi Sunak’s 2022 Conservative leadership bid. Its campaign arm Net Zero Watch has urged the government to “recommit to fossil fuels”, including “a new fleet of coal-fired power stations”, and has called for renewable energy from wind and solar power to be “wound down completely”.

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California’s Residential Electricity Rate Reform – An Analysis

Columbia Climate Law

Research shows, moreover, that using a near-flat rate tariff, as California did before the infamous electricity crisis of 2000-2001, is not significantly less protective of lower income consumers. Understandably, there are concerns that tier flattening does not adequately incentivize efficient use of energy.

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

Scavello Introduces Bill Authorizing Community Solar Projects; $2 Billion Worth Of Projects Waiting For It To Pass -- Business, Environment, Energy Groups Praise Introduction Of Bipartisan Bills Increasing Solar Energy Mandate From 0.5%