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Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Last week, I joined my colleagues at COP28 in Dubai , as negotiators and civil society push for a fossil fuel phaseout to meet climate goals. The industry is pushing a narrative that misleadingly calls out emissions , not fossil fuels as the problem. Source: IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 30, 2023
On January 26, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed House File 7 —the 100% Clean Energy Bill. Now, with climate and clean energy majorities in both chambers, Minnesota is poised to join other leading states in updating its clean energy policies equitably with benefits for all residents.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 31, 2022
It issued five Flex Alerts in 2020, eight in 2021, but there’s only been one so far this year. Solar energy production starts to dwindle by September. Solar power peaks earlier in the summer when the days are longer. when power outages are most likely. It’s during the evening hours, around 6 to 8 p.m.,
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 27, 2022
There is still much we can do to bend that emissions curve sharply within this decade—but only if world leaders, especially leaders of richer countries and major emitting nations, take responsibility to act together quickly and fossil fuel companies are held accountable for their decades of obstruction and deception.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The bankruptcies were set in motion even before 2020. High energy burdens can result from a variety of factors, including earning lower average salaries, residing in older, less-efficient buildings, and having insufficient access to energy efficiency programs. Don’t believe the industry spin.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 24, 2023
They offer a lot of good news about clean energy progress. Here’s a taste: Wind power , the largest single source of renewable electricity in the country, grew the most of any renewable energy source in overall generation from 2021 to 2022. Renewables up, coal down More renewable energy is desirable for a lot of reasons.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
A recent National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study shows that it would take less than 1 percent of the land in the Lower 48—that’s an area comparable to or even smaller than the fossil fuel industry’s current footprint. Rooftop solar deployment, meanwhile, doesn’t require any land. times current levels by 2035.
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