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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

Market impacts of a nuclear power plant closure,” American Economic Journal, Applied Economics , 2016, p. See also, Michael Shellenberger, “Democrats Say California is a Model,” Forbes , August 17, 2020. [13] 13] Lucas Davis et al., August 17, 2021. Audio recording of call. France’s Industrial prices for the first half of 2018 were $.1174

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The plaintiffs contended that environmental impact statements (EISs) from 2014 and 2016 should have been supplemented with new information about the forest’s natural regeneration and that the biomass plant should have been considered in the same EISs as the logging project. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Supreme Court of Mexico Rejected Ethanol Fuel Content Hike, Citing Precautionary Principle and Right to a Healthy Environment. The Court concluded that the precautionary principle and the right to a healthy environment require consideration of ethanol’s environmental risks, including its contributions to greenhouse gas emissions.

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