Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

6 , the notorious law the Legislature passed in 2019 that slapped Ohio ratepayers with a monthly surcharge to bail out two struggling nuclear plants. 6 in 2019 because it was bad for consumers, bad for the economy, and bad for the environment. In addition, FirstEnergy—owner of the two uneconomic nuclear power plants H.B.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

86,000 Metric Tons : Amount of used nuclear fuel from U.S. commercial power reactors. The waste is stored at 75 nuclear power sites in the country. By the Numbers. The modeling also found a 34 percent chance by 2023 that Powell is too low to generate hydropower.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

United Nations experts will assess plans to release treated radioactive water into the ocean from a closed nuclear power plant in Japan. million gallons of water during 2020, only one million less than during 2019, when tourism peaked on the island. A Chinese environmental activist devotes his life to a deteriorating lake.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2023

India missed its target to install 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022, and is now trying to make up for that by boosting solar, wind, nuclear, hydropower and bio-power to 500 GW by 2030. Wind power is set to play a key part in the target of 50 GW of new green energy tenders each year at 10 GW. in 2019 to 72.8%

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Acoel

MAY 4, 2023

Because byproduct material generally poses lower hazards and national security risks, obtaining a byproduct material license is far easier than obtaining an approval to construct and operate a utilization facility (such as a nuclear power plant) from the NRC under Part 50.

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The country wants to close the last nuclear power plant by 2022 and simultaneously phase-out coal by 2038 at latest. By the end of 2019 the country put an end-date to electricity production from coal in the Netherlands via the Law“ Prohibiting the Use of Coal in Electricity Production ”.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2022

In 2019, the Energy Sector1 and Energy-Intensive Sectors represented 24% of gross regional product (GRP) and 14% of regional employment -- All of this contributes significantly to GHG emissions. . -- Next Steps Six primary enablers have been identified as necessary to accelerating the region’s energy transition: 1.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2021

The FracTracker Alliance published a similarly misleading assertion regarding the nearby Pine Creek watershed in 2019. While a natural gas well may use between five and ten million gallons of water for a one-time completion process, by comparison an average nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania uses up to 35 million gallons of water per day.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Forty-four years ago on March 28, 1979, Pennsylvanians woke up to a much different world -- the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Dauphin County. Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. As of May 2022 , there are 163 operating coal-fired power plants in Japan. As a result, Japan’s CO 2 emissions increased, peaking in 2013.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Introduction On 11 December 2019, the new European Commission presided by Ursula Von der Leyen presented the European Green Deal. Interestingly enough, article 5 of the proposed regulation sets a list of activities the JTF shall not support and it includes the decommissioning or construction of nuclear power stations.

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A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

Japan, a long-time supporter of nuclear power, now has serious hydrogen ambitions. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be powered by hydrogen. The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. photo credit: Kim Kyung-Hoon / Alamy. By Fred Pearce. And it has a head start in organising imports of the fuel.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 26, 2022

The report says that despite restoration efforts, water levels in the Murray-Darling Basin dropped to all-time lows in 2019. In France, nuclear power plants have been throttled back because rivers are too warm to cool the equipment. Native fish populations have declined by over 90 percent in the last 150 years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2023

We have made a start by expanding our wind power, extending our nuclear power, pushing hard to get access to Canadian hydro power, and making our homes more energy efficient—that’s less costs and carbon free.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

The total number of negative price hours, whereby power plants had to pay people to take unneeded electricity, grew dramatically between 2019 and 2020, just as they did in California during the same period, and have grown since. Terrorism and the Electric Power Delivery System. I believe the U.S. But if the U.S.

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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. 21] In 2019, German electricity prices were 45 percent higher than the European average. [22]

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Legal Planet

MAY 26, 2022

The Climate Change Act of 2008 was amended in 2019 under a coalition government of the Conservatives and their North Irish allies. The plan calls for 24 Gigawatts of nuclear power, involving the construction of up to eight new nuclear plants on existing sites. Indeed, the UK remains a leader on the subject.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2023

Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN] -- Rep. Questions should be directed to John Tissue at jctissue@msn.com. Photos: top- oil & gas, coal mines; landfill; map of target areas.)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In 2019, a contractor hired by Sunoco to do seeding and restoration work didn’t get paid by Sunoco so the contractor put a $680,000 mechanics lien on Robinson’s property to try to recover payment, even though the Robinsons had nothing to do with the contract.

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Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

Gleick falsely accuses me of cherry-picking a quote from a 2019 New York Times story on Amazon fires. “If Gleick claims I misrepresented the Ehrlichs and Holdren, who elsewhere note the difference between nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons, but I did not. Why else use it? I’m sad about that, not angry.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Other States/National/International -- Financial Times: The Nuclear Power Dilemma: Where To Put The Lethal Waste PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- AP: Republican State Committee Won’t Endorse In Big Primary Fields For Governor, U.S. -- Cornell Lab Of Ornithology, Audubon: Great Backyard Bird Count Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

The arguments used for and against the resolution were the same familiar and often repeated comments on the economic and environmental impacts heard on the regulation since the concept was first suggested in 2019 by Gov. Read more here. At least $12.5

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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

They have caused electricity prices to rise 50 percent in Germany since 2007, the first year it got more than 10 percent of its power from subsidized wind, solar, and biomass. By 2019, German household electricity prices were 45 percent higher than the European average. But beyond those economic ties are national security ones.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2022

The arguments used for and against the resolution were the same familiar and often repeated comments on the economic and environmental impacts heard on the regulation since the concept was first suggested in 2019 by Gov. Read more here. At least $12.5

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 23, 2022

For example, the IRA extends and expands existing tax credits for renewable electricity production, and creates a new credit for electricity production at certain nuclear power plants. million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2019. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for instance, has been allocated over $1.5

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

US electricity sector emissions decreased 34 percent from 2005 to 2019, including an astonishing 10 percent in 2019, which is the largest year-on-year decline in history. By contrast, the Obama administration’s proposed carbon regulation of the power sector, the “Clean Power Plan,” proposed emissions reductions of 32 percent — by 2030.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2022

efforts to wean Europe off their dependency on Russian oil and gas.” [ Note: The Bradford County LNG plant got a permit from DEP in July 2019 and they did nothing with it. Note: The Senate and House have had more hearings and information meetings on RGGI than another other single issue since 2019.] That's not a civil debate.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

House returns to session Nov. 15, 16, 17, Dec. 13, 14, 15 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session Dec. Yaw’s Senate Bill 284.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Zabel In 2019 -- PennLive - Jan Murphy: 16 Republican Lawmakers Call On Democratic House Member Accused Of Sexual Harassment To Resign -- AP: Democratic Rep.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: In Raytheon merger, protect the workers Sentinel & Enterprise | June 12, 2019 Raytheon Company, a massive U. Hartung | Insider | July 24, 2019 Raytheon, already one of the top five US defense contractors, is planning to merge with United Technologies. Hayes, that could increase his future income by millions of dollars.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: In Raytheon merger, protect the workers Sentinel & Enterprise | June 12, 2019 Raytheon Company, a massive U. Hartung | Insider | July 24, 2019 Raytheon, already one of the top five US defense contractors, is planning to merge with United Technologies. Hayes, that could increase his future income by millions of dollars.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: In Raytheon merger, protect the workers Sentinel & Enterprise | June 12, 2019 Raytheon Company, a massive U. Hartung | Insider | July 24, 2019 Raytheon, already one of the top five US defense contractors, is planning to merge with United Technologies. Hayes, that could increase his future income by millions of dollars.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: In Raytheon merger, protect the workers Sentinel & Enterprise | June 12, 2019 Raytheon Company, a massive U. Hartung | Insider | July 24, 2019 Raytheon, already one of the top five US defense contractors, is planning to merge with United Technologies. Hayes, that could increase his future income by millions of dollars.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: In Raytheon merger, protect the workers Sentinel & Enterprise | June 12, 2019 Raytheon Company, a massive U. Hartung | Insider | July 24, 2019 Raytheon, already one of the top five US defense contractors, is planning to merge with United Technologies. Hayes, that could increase his future income by millions of dollars.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

USA: In Raytheon merger, protect the workers Sentinel & Enterprise | June 12, 2019 Raytheon Company, a massive U. Hartung | Insider | July 24, 2019 Raytheon, already one of the top five US defense contractors, is planning to merge with United Technologies. Hayes, that could increase his future income by millions of dollars.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

USA: In Raytheon merger, protect the workers Sentinel & Enterprise | June 12, 2019 Raytheon Company, a massive U. Hartung | Insider | July 24, 2019 Raytheon, already one of the top five US defense contractors, is planning to merge with United Technologies. Hayes, that could increase his future income by millions of dollars.

Technology 52

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: In Raytheon merger, protect the workers Sentinel & Enterprise | June 12, 2019 Raytheon Company, a massive U. Hartung | Insider | July 24, 2019 Raytheon, already one of the top five US defense contractors, is planning to merge with United Technologies. Hayes, that could increase his future income by millions of dollars.

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