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Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 12, 2022
Since its founding in 2017, the US Climate Alliance —a coalition of states committed to meeting the goals of the Paris climate accord—has grown to 24 states and one US territory. We found that states have technically feasible and highly beneficial ways to achieve 100-percent renewable energy.
Law Columbia
MARCH 25, 2016
The amount that the Senate has proposed diverting from the RGGI fund for FY 2017 is more than 80% of the total value of RGGI auction proceeds earned by New York in FY 2016 (which totaled approximately $166 million ). Jessica Wentz. Associate Director and Fellow. More information about the program is available here.
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A Greener Life
MARCH 19, 2023
Once completed, it is intended to supply power, on a priority basis, to the industries being set up at the Gwadar Free Zone (GFZ), a special economic zone at Gwadar port that forms part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the USD 62 billion bilateral infrastructure and connectivity project between China and Pakistan.
Edouard Stenger
OCTOBER 29, 2018
LED bulbs are just one example among many on how doing more with less has a lot of potential as it is estimated that 570 million tons of carbon emissions have been prevented in 2017 alone by the adoption of more efficient lights. Other renewable energy sources could help complement that all that. of savings.
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. The federal district court for the District of Minnesota ruled that the “Minnesota Mandate,” which requires diesel fuel sold in the state to contain a specific percentage of biodiesel, was not preempted by the federal Renewable Fuel Standard. United States v. Ruffatto , No.
Environmental Progress
APRIL 20, 2021
Advocates of renewable energy have argued since the 1970s that the variable, weather-dependent nature of sunlight and wind is a modest obstacle at best to relying on 100 percent renewables. Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable.
Environmental Progress
MARCH 11, 2021
Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. 1] In its 2017 report, the Academies warned that U.S. electrical grids were increasingly “complex and vulnerable.” [2]
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