Legal Planet
JUNE 16, 2022
According to the Energy Information Agency , South Korea’s power sector is heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Two thirds of generation capacity is based on fossil fuels, split evenly between coal and natural gas, with 17% nuclear, and 14% hydro and other renewables. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear.
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. The concern is that, if an extreme heat wave were to strike the state in September, Californians would continue to crank their air conditioning well into the evening after solar power production has dropped off. and 6:28 to 6:48 p.m.
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Physics World
JUNE 17, 2022
Helium-4, the most abundant isotope of helium, is produced by radioactive decay in the Earth’s crust and accumulates in small amounts in natural gas. When the gas is extracted and burned, the helium is released into the atmosphere. (Courtesy: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego).
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 5, 2021
The following was submitted by Dave Callahan, President of the Marcellus Shale Coalition , responding to a FracTracker Alliance article on the impacts of unconventional natural gas drilling in the Lycoming Creek Watershed. Last year, shale gas producers recycled more than 90 percent of the water they used.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 12, 2022
From 2020 to 2040, solar generation in these states jumps nearly ninefold and wind generation more than sevenfold. Our analysis also demonstrates renewables’ power. Just as important, cleaning up the power grid also lowers carbon dioxide emissions. percent in 2020 to 3 percent in 2040 under the 100-percent RES scenario.
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.
Global Green
DECEMBER 3, 2020
CHRIS JOHNSTON DECEMBER 2, 2020. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is from transportation. Almost 90 percent of the increase in renewables came from wind- and solar-power generation.
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