2011 Carbon Emissions Nuclear Power Regulations 
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
The Federal Cabinet adopts its first climate target, a 25-30% cut in carbon emissions by 2005 under 1987 levels. Note: the estimates of 1990 emissions that I found are not entirely consistent, with one estimate closer to 1.2 Germany decides to phase out nuclear power, complicating efforts to decarbonize the power sector.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 30, 2024
Even casual followers of energy and climate issues have probably heard about the alleged wonders of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). The failure of these projects to come in on time and under budget undermines arguments that modern nuclear power plants can overcome the problems that have plagued the nuclear industry in the past.
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Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
The plan must specifically address how EPA will consider the effects of Clean Air Act regulation on the coal industry. Opponents of EPA Carbon Standards for New Coal-Fired Power Plants Filed Initial Briefs. Circuit to Consolidate Methane Standards Challenge with Other Challenges to Emissions Standards in Oil and Gas Sector.
Environmental Progress
APRIL 20, 2021
4] Some energy experts and reporters have contended that Texas regulators did not expect to rely on wind to provide much electricity during the cold snap, and rather had relied on natural gas and other thermal power plants. This hour saw a difference of 28.9 GW between expected demand and delivered generation. [4]
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. We have told regulators over and over that more should be contracted for. 5] The U.S.
Environmental Progress
JULY 29, 2020
Renewables contributed to electricity prices rising six times more in California than in the rest of the US since 2011, the state’s “take-off” year for rapid growth in wind and solar, a price rise that occurred despite the state’s reliance during the same years on persistently-low-priced natural gas.
Environmental Progress
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
By contrast, the Obama administration’s proposed carbon regulation of the power sector, the “Clean Power Plan,” proposed emissions reductions of 32 percent — by 2030. Carbon emissions are thus following the same trajectory as other air pollutants. For example, the Green New Deal proposed by Rep.
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