Greenbuilding Law
DECEMBER 11, 2022
To accomplish this the law advances everything from “food residuals” and organic materials diversion, a new environmental justice litmus test, a solar panel “recovery, reuse, and recycling working group,” an electric school bus mandate, recognizes “nuclear power” as a carbon free energy source, and much, much more.
Vermont Law
MARCH 16, 2018
Many civil disobedience activists in the 1960s and 70s attempted to use it to justify their illegal actions in protests over foreign wars or nuclear power, for example, but achieved little to no success. Often raised in emergency situations where illegal actions might save life or limb, the defense can also be controversial.
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Enviromental Defense
MAY 18, 2021
The rest of our power comes from a mix of nuclear power, renewables like hydro, wind and solar power, and biofuel. So why is Ontario planning to ramp up the lone fossil fuel in the mix, when so many other governments are racing to do the opposite to cut carbon emissions? Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 .
Environmental Progress
APRIL 20, 2021
This fundamental reality has been obscured by the high complexity of wholesale electricity “markets,” which were created by government policies and regulations and mask the high cost of integrating variable renewable energy sources — until, that is, disaster strikes. Terrorism and the Electric Power Delivery System. I believe the U.S.
Environmental Progress
MARCH 11, 2021
In 2012, 2017, and 2021 the National Academies of Science and Engineering published three separate reports on threats to the grid, resilience, and the future of electricity. [1] 22] A study published in late 2019 found that Germany’s nuclear phase-out is costing its citizens $12 billion per year. [23] 5] The U.S.
Circle of Blue
APRIL 25, 2022
Nuclear Decommissioning along the Great Lakes. An expert panel offered recommendations for decommissioning and monitoring the 38 nuclear power reactors in the Great Lakes region. and Canada not approve any new interim or permanent nuclear waste storage facilities near the Great Lakes shores or tributaries. On the Radar.
Environmental Progress
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
Governments and farmers have known what “biosecurity” measures to take for decades, and enacted them, partly, in response to the 2005 avian flu (H5N1) epidemic. Finally, the premature closure of nuclear power plants, often in the name of fighting climate change, results in greater air pollution.
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