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Realizing Maine’s Tremendous Offshore Wind Potential

Union of Concerned Scientists

With 2,800 MW installed and operating by 2040, offshore wind would provide more than half of Maine’s electricity demand, even if the state’s demand more than doubled as the state moves to replace fossil fuels with clean electricity for transportation and heating.

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Is Bitcoin Bad For The Environment?

Environment Blog

It was created in 2009 by the anonymous programmer, Satoshi Nakamoto, and was designed to make it easier to transfer wealth from one party to another regardless of their geographical location. megatons of carbon dioxide during the same period. Is Bitcoin bad for the environment and is this a good reason to avoid using it?

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. The anti-backsliding study was due in June 2009, 18 months after EISA’s enactment.

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