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Ask a Scientist: Two Dozen States Can Meet 100 Percent of Electricity Demand with Renewables by 2035

Union of Concerned Scientists

The use of natural gas, which generated 38 percent of US electricity in 2021, certainly would drop, but some utilities would continue to use it to export electricity to non-alliance states. Our 100-percent RES scenario triggers a significant decline in fossil fuel use. EN: Energy prices have gone up dramatically in the last year.

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Realizing Maine’s Tremendous Offshore Wind Potential

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Biden administration, which set a goal of 15,000 MW of floating offshore wind by 2035 , also has set a price target for floating offshore wind power at $45/MWh by 2035, which is less than the cost of electricity from new natural gas plants.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

The attorney general said that PwC also served from at least 2008 to 2013 as global advisor and report writer for the Carbon Disclosure Project, a non-profit organization that functions as a global disclosure system for environmental information, including greenhouse gas emissions, from companies including Exxon. opening briefs Oct.

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A Global Biogas Revolution Is Taking Place

Edouard Stenger

While solar PV and wind power are grabbing headlines, another clean energy revolution is silently taking place. Anaerobic digestion is a biological process happening naturally that breaks down organic matter in an airless environment, resulting in the generation of methane and carbon dioxide (among other things, see below).

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Four cheap solutions to climate change

Edouard Stenger

— Ditching coal and natural gas for solar and wind. Renewable energy sources have been booming in the US (+262 % and over 4,600% from 2008 to 2016 for wind and solar, respectively. per watt in 2008 to $3.36/watt per watt in 2008 to $3.36/watt Wind power costs could drop another 50%.

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

Environmental Progress

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. 7] Nuclear plants are among the most reliable components of America’s power grids.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters. Circuit Vacated Approval for Natural Gas Pipeline in St. 20-472 (U.S. Louis area.

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