Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

Change #4: Southwest Power Pool competition heats up The fourth and final factor that has changed considerably is that, back in 2018, the CAISO was essentially the only entity offering a west-wide system for grid collaboration. The list goes on, but you get the point. billion dollars since the market began.

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Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

While Japan once had one of the world’s most diverse energy portfolios, the loss of its nuclear program has caused a sudden shift towards a fossil-fuel heavy generation industry. On August 11, 2015, the Kyushu Electric Power Company began the restart process on the No. Sendai Nuclear Power Plant. Schroder, Esq.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2022

The last update was in 2014. There has been no increase in fees for conventional oil and gas drillers since 2014. Background On Oil & Gas Program Funding The latest unconventional well permit fee increase became effective on August 1, 2020 and was already out of date when it was adopted. Read more here.]

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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. gigawatts of highly-reliable, low-cost, and low-carbon power. [49] 5] The U.S.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

Backgrounds After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, all nuclear power plants in Japan were temporarily shutdown due to safety concerns. In Kobe city, the construction of two new coal-fired power plants was planned, and the operator started the environmental impact assessment despite the opposition by the Kobe residents in 2014.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 18, 2021

Russia considers itself to be in a much stronger position today than in 2014 when the US imposed sanctions over its involvement in Crimea. After briefly talking about a so-called Asia-pivot in 2014-15, the strategy now is one of diversification in relations, both trade and political. It isn’t considered a first-tier priority.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2023

Our country continues to experience an increase in significant weather events- the 2014 Polar Vortex, successive hurricanes, fires, and Winter Storm Uri in 2021, which brought down Texas' grid,” said Chairman Dutrieuille. Natural Gas Is An Intermittent Generator Rep.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Finally, the premature closure of nuclear power plants, often in the name of fighting climate change, results in greater air pollution. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez last year called for the closure of US nuclear power plants. For example, the Green New Deal proposed by Rep.

2020 95

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 22, 2022

House Republicans Pass Bill Exempting Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From Plugging Bonds Sticking Taxpayers With $5.1 Billion In Cleanup Liability [PaEN] -- Independent Fiscal Office Projects Up To $24.3 What’s Your Community Doing?

Natural Gas 64

Natural Gas Politics Nuclear Power 2020 64

Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The company’s “bunker buster” bombs were also used by the Israeli military to target the homes of Palestinian civilians in Gaza in 2014. Raytheon’s “bunker buster” bombs were used by Israel to target civilian homes during its 2014 assault on Gaza. The shrapnel was later identified as belonging to Raytheon.

Technology 52

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 17, 2022

The failures at Homestake are emblematic of the toxic legacy of the American uranium industry, one that has been well-documented from its boom during the Cold War until falling uranium prices and concerns over the dangers of nuclear power decimated the industry in the 1980s.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The company’s “bunker buster” bombs were also used by the Israeli military to target the homes of Palestinian civilians in Gaza in 2014. Raytheon’s “bunker buster” bombs were used by Israel to target civilian homes during its 2014 assault on Gaza. The shrapnel was later identified as belonging to Raytheon.

Technology 52

Technology Technology 2017 2023 52

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A similar recent case is the gain-of-function research on viruses with human pandemic potential that was subject to a funding moratorium between 2014 and 2017 – although this was controversial, because the same research may help develop vaccines or treatments.

Climate Change 241

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Vermont Law

APRIL 4, 2016

Any dam, chemical plant, or nuclear power plant that uses computers is a savvy hacker away from being an environmental disaster. As 2014 came to a close, the German Federal Office for Information Security announced that an unidentified steel mill in that country had been hacked. By Mark Latham.

Nuclear Power 40

Nuclear Power Environmental Protection Pollution Control Air Pollution 40

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. 8, 2014), [link]. Courts were—and remain—skeptical that such acts can fairly be said to avoid or reduce the harm protested.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Raytheon’s “bunker buster” bombs were used by Israel to target civilian homes during its 2014 assault on Gaza.

Technology 52

Technology Technology 2023 2022 52

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Raytheon’s “bunker buster” bombs were used by Israel to target civilian homes during its 2014 assault on Gaza.

Technology 52

Technology Technology 2023 Government 52

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Raytheon’s “bunker buster” bombs were used by Israel to target civilian homes during its 2014 assault on Gaza.

Technology 52

Technology Technology 2023 Government 52

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Raytheon’s “bunker buster” bombs were used by Israel to target civilian homes during its 2014 assault on Gaza.

Technology 52

Technology Technology 2023 2022 52

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Raytheon’s “bunker buster” bombs were used by Israel to target civilian homes during its 2014 assault on Gaza.

Technology 52

Technology Technology 2023 Government 52

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Raytheon’s “bunker buster” bombs were used by Israel to target civilian homes during its 2014 assault on Gaza.

Technology 52

Technology Technology 2023 Government 52

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Raytheon’s “bunker buster” bombs were used by Israel to target civilian homes during its 2014 assault on Gaza.

Technology 52

Technology Technology 2023 Government 52

Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

In general, environmental data are organized according to media, such as air or groundwater, analytical fraction, such as VOCs, and sampling round, such as 2014 data. It takes over 20 years to permit a nuclear power plant, and today people have essentially given up trying. Soil data are probably least sensitive to time.

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