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German Atomic Energy Act Amendment Illegal - Case Comment BVerfG 1 BvR 1550/19

Energy and Climate Law

It was initiated nine years ago, but now it comes back to haunt the German government with a vengeance. In essence the court agreed with Vattenfall that it had been expropriated because it was not allowed to make use of the so called residual electricity volume (Reststrommenge) that had been allocated for this particular plant.

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What’s Up With Water – June 21, 2021

Circle of Blue

It’s the largest in Africa and is expected to be a key source of electricity. Between 2002 and 2015, the number of wells nearly doubled but they were able to pump out less and less water. Experts and officials interviewed for this story felt that government agencies and nonprofit groups are better equipped to respond this time around.

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

A quick glance at the latest data from CARB shows there are three large and growing sources of credits: bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity. Bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity are the largest and fastest growing sources of LCFS credits in recent years. Officially CARB claims that the LCFS includes no offset program.

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Analysis: Brazil plans to continue investing in coal-fired power despite global shifts

A Greener Life

Although coal represents less than 5% of Brazil’s energy mix, the federal government plans to invest 20 billion reais (US$3.7 The Bolsonaro government’s new coal plans face barriers to funding and worsen the country’s already worn-out image at COP26. billion) in the world’s most polluting energy source.

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

Throughout his career, Minott and the Clean Air Council earned a reputation for holding government agencies and fossil fuel companies accountable. In 2002, Scientific American named Dr. Mann one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology, and in 2012, he received the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geophysical Union.

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New University Of Chicago Medical Study Connects Natural Gas Development In PA To Real, Serious Human Health Outcomes And Should Be A Call To Action For Policy Makers

PA Environment Daily

Her team collected Medicare claims data for tens of thousands of patients generated between 2002 and 2015 in both northern Pennsylvania, which experienced a fracking boom, and next-door New York state, where the practice was banned.

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Guest Essay: March 28, 1979 -- Three Mile Island

PA Environment Daily

The utility, you know, the electric people." We could not say that at the time, of course -- but the director of that agency was one the folks in state government who later had to look for work elsewhere. What's GPU?" "The Every day was bringing new mysteries, so why not find out what this guy was up to? but it wasn’t serious.