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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. In the evening, energy demand suddenly increases when solar power does not function.

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

Environmental Progress

Few people realize that Germany has actually increased its fossil fuel combustion capacity over the 20 years of its landmark renewable energy program from 2001 to the present. 5] Jesse Jenkins, “A Plan to Future-Proof the Texas Power Grid,” New York Times , February 18, 2021. [6] 49 (2015): 15060-15065; DOI:10.1073/pnas.1510028112

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68 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette/Tribune Democrat: David McCullough, Author Of ‘The Johnstown Flood’ Remembered Fondly In City Where His Career Took Off -- Gov. -- DEP To Host Sept. EV Charging 2.0 - By Eric Lowitt, Charge-Zero [PaEN] -- PA GreenGov Council Hosts Virtual PA Sustainability Summit Oct.

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The Stream, February 1, 2023: US Government Restores Protections for Alaska’s Tongass Forest

Circle of Blue

In 2001, the Clinton administration enacted the Roadless Rule , which banned road-building and timber harvesting in certain forested areas, including much of the Tongass. Even after 2001, federal land swaps have permitted the transfer of thousands of acres of the Tongass to companies with clear-cutting and logging interests.

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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.11.22

PA Environment Daily

11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette: Flight 93 Families Turn Pain Into Purpose On 21st Anniversary -- AP: Jill Biden Shares Memories Of 9/11 As Wife, Sister, More -- TribLive Editorial: Remember The Shared Grief Of Sept.

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

PA Environment Daily

11, 2001- DEP’s Betsy Mallison, One Of Thousands To Respond [PaEN] -- Groups Gathering Support For Letter Urging DEP, Gov. Winter State Park -- Audubon Society Of Western PA: Free Backyard Habitats, Pollinator Gardens Available For Residents In McKeesport, Glassport, Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County [PaEN] -- We Remember Sept.