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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

And, indeed, while wind turbines north of Texas functioned more or less as intended, during the cold snap, they produced very little power for their grids. [11] 11] Part of the reason for inadequate in-state electricity supply in California last August was that state regulators had closed in-state baseload power plants.

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Policy News: July 12, 2021

ESA

NOAA NMFS – Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Amendment 13 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan; Bluefin Tuna Management Webinars (July 14). Bureau of Ocean Energy Management – Request for Interest in Commercial Leasing for Wind Power Development on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf.

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

ESA

House: The full House of Representatives voted to overturn a Trump administration rule that stopped the EPA from directly regulating methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. This measure effectively restores Obama-era methane regulations, which could eliminate emissions of 400,000 tons of methane through 2030.

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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

ESA

Feds protect a bumblebee unseen since 2006 – E&E News. BOEM – Commerical Leasing for Wind Power Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore Morro Bay, California, East and West Extensions-Call for Information and Nominations. Interior keeps slashing royalty rates for coal companies – E&E News.

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