Environmental Europe

JANUARY 26, 2017

As one previous post on this blog detailed, the current political turmoil in Northern Ireland was sparked by a subsidy for renewable energy production. Though it is tempting to blame political carelessness, the ongoing RHI scandal prompts a broader reflection about renewable energy policy instruments. speculative ones.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

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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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Advocates of renewable energy have argued since the 1970s that the variable, weather-dependent nature of sunlight and wind is a modest obstacle at best to relying on 100 percent renewables. Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

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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Electricity Renewable Energy Nuclear Power 2019 101