2020 Government Nuclear Power Politics 
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Germany decides to phase out nuclear power, complicating efforts to decarbonize the power sector. Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. The government proposes new measures to help meet the 2030 climate target, including 80% renewables by 2030. Renewables are 42% of electricity.
Physics World
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Mention “nuclear power” and attention almost immediately turns to safety. Despite huge advances in nuclear technology in recent decades, everyone still thinks about the accidents that occurred at older reactors like Chernobyl , Three Mile Island or Fukushima. Dozens of countries don’t even have – or don’t want – nuclear power.
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Environmental Progress
JANUARY 20, 2022
Investors and governments will be expected to refer to the Taxonomy in order to determine whether an activity they want to pursue can be considered sustainable, and under what conditions (screening criteria). Having an expiration date creates political investment uncertainty and risk, which is precisely what the Taxonomy intended to remove.
Environmental Progress
APRIL 20, 2021
During the four days of emergency operations during the cold snap, from early February 15th to midnight February 18th, output levels of nuclear, natural gas, coal, and wind to the grid were 79.3 What both states needed to avoid blackouts was more power from reliable, firm, “baseload” power plants, not weather-dependent ones.
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. The answer is that there was a lot more generating capacity in 2006 than in 2020. 5] The U.S.
Environmental Progress
JULY 29, 2020
July 28, 2020 Good morning Chairperson Castor, Ranking Member Graves, and members of the committee. Despite their substantial negative environmental impact, the federal government has repeatedly given the wind industry special rights. And, for 75 years, nuclear energy has been used solely for peaceful purposes.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Million In Federal American Rescue Plan Funds Going To Lycoming County Water, Sewer Projects -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested. Senate returns to voting session Feb. EIA -- Mon Valley Independent: Rostraver Twp. What’s Your Community Doing?
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