Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

Since the death of Charles Koch’s brother David in 2019, the Charles Koch Foundation has continued to finance this disinformation campaign, giving more than $17 million to 23 groups in 2019 and 2020 , pushing the Koch grand total north of $162 million. million on some 70 denier groups from 1998 through 2020. million and Chevron’s $39.47

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Consumers, clean energy developers and state governments have all warned about a looming crisis of inadequate energy infrastructure. The benefits of updated transmission are obvious: greater reliability, lower energy costs, and a resilient modern power system with new clean energy sources.

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Cresforum

MARCH 18, 2021

One of the lasting legacy items of the Trump Administration came when the bipartisan Energy Act of 2020 was signed into law in December — the nation’s first clean energy innovation package in more than a decade. It is the most significant modernization of our energy statute, our energy laws in 13 years.” .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

ExxonMobil spent at least $39 million on some 70 of these organizations from 1998 through 2020, more than any funder besides Charles Koch and his brother David, co-owner of Koch Industries until his death in 2019. Later in the hour, Tillerson told Rose that the federal government should end subsidies for renewable energy. “I

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2022

Just last month, wind energy for the first produced more electricity than coal and nuclear together in the United States over the course of a day. From 2020 to 2040, solar generation in these states grows nearly ninefold and wind generation more than sevenfold. In 2040, electricity generation in the USCA states is 73 percent renewable.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

Back in 2018, California legislators were considering a bill that would have created an independent governance structure for California’s grid operator , the California Independent System Operator (CAISO). Now, 22 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have 100% clean energy goals on the books.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Although its track record has some complexities, this timeline of German actions shows just its early and sustained attention to clean energy policy: 1990. Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. trillion tons.] Fifteen percent of electricity is renewable. Renewables are 42% of electricity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

He is now serving as a subject matter expert — so despite Mr. Bettencourt’s public advocacy for limited government, he must know he’s promoting a federal government program. New Hampshire’s 2024 climate action plan: redux, revival or redo?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It eliminates or slashes funding for clean energy and energy efficiency efforts throughout the Department of Energy and defunds a national Climate Corps , modeled after the New Deal era Civilian Conservation Corps. It blocks funding for state net zero programs and tighter building energy codes.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 30, 2022

Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [Ottawa, ON] – A new report released today by Environmental Defence, Buyer Beware: Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Carbon Capture Fairy Tales in Canada , reveals Canada’s federal government provided at least $8.6 billion and the Government of Saksatechwan has provided $1.2

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

A decade ago, the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) estimated that, based on the available technology, the United States could get 80% of its electricity from renewables by 2050. Now NREL says the country has the potential to reach 100% clean energy by 2035.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Tesla sues Swedish government after postal workers allegedly block license plate deliveries CNBC PaulaR Thu, 11/30/2023 - 13:12 Monday, November 27, 2023 Read more Ashley Capoot Tesla filed a lawsuit against the Swedish Transport Agency on Monday that claims it should be able to collect license plates directly instead of receiving them by mail.

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Cresforum

JULY 17, 2020

The “fly-in” – being held virtually this year – will stress to conservative lawmakers the economic benefits of the clean energy sector at a time when the country needs an economic boost and Americans need jobs. WASHINGTON, D.C. This is the second annual fly-in co-hosted by CRES Forum and CEN.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Instead of investing in clean energy, the fossil fuel industry perpetuates the problem and erodes public trust. The fossil fuel industry is propped up in part by government subsidies , which help preserve an unsustainable industry that could not compete with renewables if it took into account its true costs to society.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2022

On January 25, the Republicans on the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee voted to report out legislation to redefine water pollution and prohibit the state from owning clean energy credits. In fact, the company still hasn't cleaned up a spill that occurred at one of our state parks back in August of 2020.” “I

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A Greener Life

MARCH 14, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen Despite trying to position itself as one of the leading countries in the world when it comes to climate action and diversifying to clean energy, the US remains the world’s largest oil producer for the sixth year running. million barrels per day (bpd). .”

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2022

The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to meet January 25 on legislation to redefine water pollution, prohibit the state from owning clean energy credits and other bills. Conventional oil and gas well drillers tried to abandon wells without plugging them 813 times in 2019 and 2020.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition. When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. It is also rechargeable, and does not degrade significantly over hundreds of recharges.

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Law and Environment

JULY 13, 2021

The Report calls for critical changes to three elements of New England’s regional energy system: wholesale market design, transmission planning, and ISO-NE governance. In October 2020, five of New England’s governors issued a joint statement demanding changes from ISO-NE. Recommendations for ISO-NE Governance.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Throughout his career, Minott and the Clean Air Council earned a reputation for holding government agencies and fossil fuel companies accountable. Since assuming elected office in 2020, Rep. He has publicly called for investments in clean energy, green technologies, and environmental research.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This is the reason over 400 of Canada’s leading energy experts warned the government against providing subsidies for CCS. Oil and gas companies know these are dead-end technologies which won’t make a dent in emissions, but are using them to delay the clean energy transition and wring out even more subsidies.

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Carbon Emissions Climate Change 138

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 17, 2023

To secure the livable future that children around the world deserve, we must double down, ratchet up pressure on governments, and break the power of the fossil fuel industry. But emissions are still rising … These modeling pathways assume that emissions reductions begin just after 2020. Why is 1.5°C

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Legal Planet

JULY 31, 2023

The proposal is a clear improvement over both earlier versions: 1978 rules issued by the Carter Administration, and 2020 rules issued by the Trump Administration. The proposal emphasizes the importance of transparency and early engagement with stakeholder communities, other agencies, and state government.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Divided Ninth Circuit Said Juliana Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Press Constitutional Climate Claims Against Federal Government. The district court scheduled a hearing for April 16, 2020 to consider the defendants’ motion to dismiss or transfer those cases. 4, 2020); California v. United States , No. 18-36082 (9th Cir.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Shortages of basic consumer goods made supply chain a household word in 2020, but the risks exposed by the pandemic of course extend well beyond toilet paper and PPE. Press Release, "Apple Commits to be 100% Carbon Neutral for its Supply Chain and Products by 2030," July 21, 2020.]] N:Apple, Inc.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 28, 2024

.” Why, then, did Shell’s Gretchen Watkins call the final watered down Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations “ frustrating and disappointing ” in 2020? Such doublespeak is the latest evolution in the fossil fuel industry’s deception playbook. They couldn’t be more wrong.

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Cresforum

MARCH 18, 2021

One of the lasting legacy items of the Trump Administration came when the bipartisan Energy Act of 2020 was signed into law in December — the nation’s first clean energy innovation package in more than a decade. It is the most significant modernization of our energy statute, our energy laws in 13 years.”

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2020 Technology Technology Clean Energy 40

Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 17, 2021

The demand statement focuses on upholding Indigenous rights and respecting Indigenous knowledge, bold and ambitious climate action (including phasing out fossil fuels and guaranteeing a just transition to a sustainable clean energy economy), protecting and restoring nature and establishing environmental rights in Canada.

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

May 1, 2020). 3, 2020; request for publication granted May 4, 2020). The dissenting judge would have found that the 2018 rule was an interpretive rule because it “did no more than articulate the EPA’s view of what was required by Mexichem in the ‘near term’ and pending further rulemaking.” Natural Resources Defense Council v.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2022

Commonwealth agencies and commissions under the governor’s jurisdiction reduced energy usage by 3.2 percent in Fiscal Year 2020-21. In the three years since the first GreenGov Council report was published, Commonwealth agencies under the governor’s jurisdiction have reduced energy usage by 12.3

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Government Climate Change 2019 Greenhouse 52

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2022

percent fewer new unconventional shale gas wells were drilled in the first quarter of 2022-- 110 -- than in 2021-- 148 and fewer still than in 2020-- 153. Thompson Introduces Resolution Highlight PA’s Energy Capabilities -- Business Insider: Republican Cong. Read more here. Read more here.

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Washington Nature

MARCH 18, 2022

trillion FY2022 omnibus spending package to fund the federal government through Sept. The Nature Conservancy engages deeply on advocacy for federal conservation funding, and we’re pleased to see the solid investments for conservation, climate resilience, and clean energy included in this bill. Last week Congress approved a $1.5

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Conservation Clean Energy 2021 Environmental Protection 98

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2021

million square feet, released its 2020 progress report detailing efforts by partners who have committed to a 50 percent reduction in energy use in their buildings by the year 2030. In 2020, the Erie 2030 District reduced energy usage to 13 percent below the baseline, a slight increase from 14.8 percent in 2019.

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2030 2020 Clean Energy Carbon Dioxide 104

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Earlier this month the International Energy Agency (IEA) released data showing that global carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions hit an all-time high in 2021, rebounding sharply from the 2020 decline caused by COVID-19 related economic slump. A rapid clean energy transition is (still) the best path forward.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Since then, however, the gas industry—much like the oil industry—has cribbed heavily from the tobacco industry’s playbook to block government regulation by manufacturing doubt about the reality and seriousness of its “NOx problem.” The top spender, Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future , paid more than $1 million for some 2,000 ads.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Student in the Department of Economics at Colorado State University As the urgent need to take tough action towards climate mitigation and sustainability gathers pressure, for most major power-holders today, including the markets, institutions, government agencies, media and countries, environmentalism has perhaps become the biggest fashion fad.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Updated analysis from 2020 shows that emissions traced to the 88 largest carbon producers contributed approximately 60 percent?of If they do, they will see the only truly robust forward course is the one that puts the accelerated transition to clean energy at its center. degrees goal is threatened by political inaction.

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