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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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Green jobs for physics graduates: decarbonizing energy sources

Physics World

“I don’t think there’s ever been a more exciting time to join the energy sector,” says Ann Davies , who is chief operations officer at Lightsource BP , a firm that has been developing solar projects since 2010, and now employs nearly 600 people. Hari Chohan , nuclear radiation analyst, UK Atomic Energy Authority.

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Nuclear Energy and Drought: A Recipe for Disaster

Vermont Law

However, what is often overlooked is the impact of nuclear power on our water systems, especially in drought prone areas. Many leading energy experts often deem nuclear an acceptable form of sustainable energy. Two proposed additional units in 2010 were turned down due to. Is it sustainable? By Allen Smith.

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DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds

PA Environment Daily

In 2010, Gov. “Maybe this is like a topic for the budget hearings,” said Ziadeh. Note: The track record of the General Assembly and recent governors providing General Fund support to environmental programs isn’t exactly steller. [In Rendell actually bragged about the fact General Fund monies for DEP were below 1994-95 appropriations.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

In its papers supporting the order to show cause, the attorney general said that PwC had served as Exxon’s independent auditor since before 2010 (the time period covered by the subpoena), a role in which PwC examined whether Exxon’s financial statement disclosures were supported by evidence.

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

Environmental Progress

Coal energy has the highest carbon intensity of fossil fuels, but the electricity that coal provided during the cold snap saved Texas from more widespread blackouts, and possibly more fatalities. [22] should maintain and expand its fleet of highly-reliable, carbon-free, and 94 percent efficient nuclear power plants. 354 (Bankr.

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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. 41] Most proponents of variable renewable energy thus look elsewhere for storage solutions.