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Pennsylvania’s Electric Grid Is Dependent On One Fuel To Generate 59% Of Our Electricity; Market Moving To Renewables + Storage

PA Environment Daily

On March 7, the Independent Fiscal Office issued its latest Pennsylvania Electricity update that reports the electricity grid is dependent on one fuel for 59% of the state’s electricity generation-- natural gas-- followed by nuclear power-- 31.9%, coal-- 5.4% In 2010, the mix was 48% coal, 34% nuclear, 15% gas and 2% renewables.

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Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

Law Columbia

The Supreme Court of Japan may soon weigh in on a growing field of climate litigation in Japan against coal-fired power plants. On May 6, 2022, the Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant filed an appeal to Japan’s Supreme Court in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v.

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A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making

Circle of Blue

By Mark Olalde and Maya Miller, ProPublica —August 16, 2022. The failures at Homestake are emblematic of the toxic legacy of the American uranium industry, one that has been well-documented from its boom during the Cold War until falling uranium prices and concerns over the dangers of nuclear power decimated the industry in the 1980s.

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Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce 2021 Texas Grid Failure

Environmental Progress

While it decreased the use of such plants some, they are likely to be used significantly more if Germany follows through on its pledge to shutter all of its nuclear plants by the end of 2022. should maintain and expand its fleet of highly-reliable, carbon-free, and 94 percent efficient nuclear power plants. 354 (Bankr.

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Raytheon Makes Nuclear War More Likely

Corp Watch

Raytheon Makes Nuclear War More Likely Massachusetts Peace Action PaulaR Mon, 06/12/2023 - 07:43 Monday, August 15, 2022 Read more Richard Krushnic & Kathleen Malley-Morrison Raytheon Technologies is even more horrifying than you thought. Local 1505 and representatives from the Second District office.

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Ukraine conflict a boon for defense industry

Corp Watch

References: Why Bombs Made in America Have Been Killing Civilians in Yemen Here’s Exactly Who’s Profiting from the War on Yemen Drone protest leads to arrest at Tucson’s Raytheon Missile Systems Amazon Contractor Raytheon has CIA Ties General Electric’s RCA Unit Fined $2.5 Local 1505 and representatives from the Second District office.

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The "Patriots" at Raytheon

Corp Watch

USA: Raytheon Wires $1 Million to Whistleblower Over Fake GPS Test Results for Air Force Anthony Capaccio | Bloomberg | October 31, 2022 Raytheon Technologies Corp. USA: The Defense Industry’s Ukraine Pundits Aditi Ramaswami & Andrew Perez | Lever News | April 12, 2022 Last week, CNN brought on former U.S.