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Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Solar power is jetting us towards that goal. gigawatts (GW) of solar power, enough power to provide electricity for one third of the households in Los Angeles. The growth in solar power has been exponential in the past decade and isn’t stopping. By 2010, the US had installed 2.6
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 14, 2023
No new coal plants have been built in the United States in the last decade and, according to an April report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Finance, this year US coal-fired power plants will likely burn half of what they burned 10 years ago. percent of US electricity and utility-scale solar generated 3.4
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 31, 2022
Egged on by Koch devotees both inside and outside the government, the Trump administration rolled back at least 260 regulations , including more than 100 environmental rules. Yeah,” Koch replied. “If If we … use the scientific method rather than trying to shut down and shout down and punish anybody who wants to enter into debate about it….
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane. California’s transportation fuel policy is knee deep in cow poop, and it’s not a good look.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 29, 2024
Most of these pieces were about the company’s support for a seemingly independent network of anti-regulation, “free-market” nonprofits that spread falsehoods about the reality and seriousness of climate change. See no evil I wrote more columns about ExxonMobil and its top executives than any other major source of climate lies.
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] And, indeed, while wind turbines north of Texas functioned more or less as intended, during the cold snap, they produced very little power for their grids. [11]
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. percent of the grid’s power. 14] The average age of a unit of wind or solar is 6.3
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