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There are Piles of Coal in America’s Christmas Stocking

Legal Planet

When Trump first took office in 2017, coal use was just under 60 million tons a year. According to a recent report , coal-fired power plants have immense piles of coal 138 million tons, equal to the entire output of Appalachia. Theres a reason for that: coal plants arent burning as much coal as they used to.

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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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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court previously reached the same conclusion in December 2018, but the California Supreme Court directed it to reconsider the case in light of the Supreme Court’s 2017 decision in Friends of the Eel River v. Irish Court Rejected Claims that National Mitigation Plan Violated Climate Statute, Constitution, and Human Rights Obligations.

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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. An Oregon Circuit Court set aside the Oregon Secretary of State’s decision to reject two clean energy ballot initiatives and allowed the measures to be processed and circulated for the November 2020 election.

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