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

Environmental Progress

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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Balancing Environmental Protection with Economic Development: The Greenland Mining Dilemma

Vermont Law

Germany, when a Swedish energy company sued Germany over its nuclear phase-out, showing how environmental policies can create massive financial liabilities for states. Economic costs notwithstanding, the precautionary principle applied in cases like Pfizer Animal Health v.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court noted that the administrative record currently documented the Corps’ decision to reissue NWP 12 in 2017. Oregon Court Reinstated Clean Energy Ballot Initiatives. The court reportedly said the labor and equity provisions could be encompassed within a single subject with the clean energy mandates.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. Ireland , 2017 No. The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S. West Virginia v. 15-1363 et al. Friends of the Irish Environment v.

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