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Maine Commits to 100% Clean Electricity by 2040 

Union of Concerned Scientists

The bill ( LD 1868 ), passed by the Maine Legislature on June 13, will reduce the state’s reliance on imported fossil fuels by requiring all of Maine’s power to come from renewable energy and other carbon-free electricity sources by 2040. She signed the bill into law on June 20, 2025.

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Does California Need New Nuclear Power Plants?

Union of Concerned Scientists

For example, a 2008 bill would have lifted the moratorium entirely and replaced it with a less stringent set of requirements. It depends on the costs The levelized cost of energy (LCOE) represents the average cost to build and operate a generating resource per unit of electricity generated.

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Guest Blog: Powering Data Centers with Clean Energy: Google’s Clean Transition Tariff

Law Columbia

This is particularly true in states restricting the ability of electricity customers to purchase electricity from entities other than the local utility. For Google, this means matching the electricity consumption of its data centers with clean energy on a twenty-four hour-a-day basis (known as “24/7 matching” ).

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Reflections on “Yes they can control the weather.”

Legal Planet

By far the most ambitious activities and the most expansive claims are in China, where weather modification schemes came to international attention when they were used to clear the skies over Beijing for the 2008 Olympics. There were also a couple of projects that did try to control hurricanes – but failed. But no such capability exists now.

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DEP Releases 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update; 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report

PA Environment Daily

The [federal Bipartisan Infrastructure and Inflation Reduction Acts] provide billions of dollars in investment aimed at expanding low-and no-carbon technologies, accelerating a just energy transition, and building equity into climate adaptation efforts. 70% of the program proceeds will go toward electric bill rebates for ratepayers.

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Lee Packer: ‘There’s no fundamental physical reason why fusion energy won’t work’

Physics World

Lee Packer, who has over 25 years of experience in nuclear science and technology and is an IOP Fellow, delivered the 2025 Cockroft Walton Lecture Series in April. Packer is a Fellow of UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), in which he works on nuclear aspects of fusion technology. When did you first become interested in physics?

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Pittsburgh Business Leaders Deliver Letter Urging PA's US Senators To Preserve Federal Energy Tax Credits And 100,000 Jobs In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

Renewables, storage, and demand response have not only achieved the technological advances needed to assist our power grid in running reliably, but the business infrastructure has already been put in place by the visionary leaders of the energy industry. This includes solar, wind, and battery storage, as well as energy efficiency.