Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

Renewable energy generation increases faster than any other technology. Generation from renewable technologies more than covers the increase in electricity demand, also making up for coal and nuclear plant retirements. But solar is the big winner here, with it’s share of total US capacity increasing from 7% in 2020 to 29% in 2050.

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JUNE 25, 2022

2020) (in Box 1) to suggest that rainfall biases in response to El Niño have ‘remained largely unchained over two decades’ However, Fieldler et al. 2020) , where the correlations related to ENSO and PDO have markedly improved in the latest round of models. 3653-3680, 2020. 7591-7617, 2020. Van Roekel, .F.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 4, 2022

An Ohio -based nonprofit creates new technology that could break down “forever chemicals” like PFAS. Don Myron, a resident of Santiam Canyon, Oregon who survived the Labor Day wildfires in 2020. The post The Stream, May 4, 2022: New Technology Claims to Break Down PFAS Chemicals in Seconds appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

Rooftop solar costs in 2020 were a third of what they had been in 2010. In 2020, the cost of single-axis utility scale solar was only a fifth of what it was in 2010. I don’t mean to imply that technological progress will automatically fix things. Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 14, 2024

Early this year, the Air Force notified Congress that the proposed Sentinel program—which would replace every single US nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and update related infrastructure—would be at least 37% more expensive than the previous estimate in September 2020. billion, an 81% increase from the 2020 estimate.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

While today’s carbon fiber and fiberglass require lots of energ y to produce and are hard to recycle , incorporating more bio-materials into their composites and developing new recycling technologies can reduce their footprint. By 2020, demand for balsa wood outstripped supply. Source: ShellASP/Wikimedia Commons.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 10, 2021

technology – semiconductor junctions, transistors, lasers and so on. technology, which taps into phenomena like superposition and entanglement to permit everything from quantum computing and cryptography to quantum sensing, timing and imaging. technology, which taps into phenomena like superposition and entanglement.

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JANZEN AG

AUGUST 10, 2021

Our focus here will be technology commonly found in row crop machinery, such as combines, tractors, and planters. Do you have a sense for whether this trend has been driven more top-down by OEMs introducing new technology, or bottom-up by user demand? Early guidance systems and automation technology were aftermarket accessories.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 4, 2024

While some undervotes are intentional, confusing ballot design and voting technology has been linked to over and undervotes rates. Already steadily rising since the early 2000s, the percentage of voters who mailed in their ballots was 43 percent in 2020. For example, in 2020 New York, New Mexico, and Arkansas had more than 2.5

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2022

In 2020, she won the Science in Public Service Award from the California Council on Science and Technology. She also led the development and implementation of SGC’s Racial Equity Action Plan. These activities involved collaboration with stakeholders, legislators, and agencies throughout state government.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

This arrangement was negotiated 25 years ago and is part of a decades-old program of cooperation on nuclear technology, which includes agreements not to use this assistance for military purposes. These agreements often involve the transfer of reactor technology, supply of nuclear fuel, and training of specialists to operate the reactors.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

EVs are a newer technology, and their batteries require different end-of-life processing than gasoline vehicles. They connect multiple EV batteries together, along with battery monitoring and cooling technology, to create a larger battery that is about the size of a shipping container.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 19, 2023

McHenry then goes on to say that he is a co-sponsor of the Better Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Act, which he says “makes great strides in revolutionizing energy storage and U.S. electricity markets by updating grid scale technologies, which will make grid storage more widely available.” Seems almost too good to be true.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

A 1 megawatt vanadium flow battery (a different technology from lithium-ion, but also used for energy storage) is in Pullman, Washington, built by UniEnergy Technologies and owned by Avista Utilities. Source: UniEnergy Technologies / Wikimedia Commons. Engineers develop energy storage battery technologies. Batteries.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

An equitable and people-centered transition of this nature will require changes that go beyond the necessary technological shifts and must focus on overcoming significant social, institutional, and behavioral barriers. In other words, technological solutions are necessary but not sufficient. How do we make this transformation happen?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Rethinking the role of innovative pilots is an exciting development, because most utilities have not yet fully supported, let alone adopted, the technologies needed to reduce emissions. In 2020, Hawaii’s Public Utility Commission implemented an expedited process for pilot approvals. Consumers Energy proposed $10 million.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 18, 2024

Understanding the transportation needs of rural residents Rural areas are home to approximately 46 million people, according to the 2020 census, and rural roads play a critical role in the country’s transportation system. And how well do they perform on the road? However, underlying all these concerns is a lack of familiarity with EVs.

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Physics World

APRIL 20, 2022

Numerous commercial technologies for online treatment monitoring (OTM) in radiotherapy (RT) are currently available including electronic portal imaging device (EPID) in vivo dosimetry (IVD), transmission detectors and log file analysis. Want to take part in this webinar? Join the audience.

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Physics World

MARCH 11, 2022

As its clever title suggests, Tsu discusses not only written characters but also many characterful people from the Chinese worlds of computing, librarianship, politics, science and technology behind the transformation – most of whom are relatively unknown outside specialist circles.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Workers in facilities that produce and use EtO as well as people living near facilities that release it into the atmosphere are at risk of unsafe exposures even when the facilities are using the best available technologies to handle and contain it. Have I been exposed to ethylene oxide?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 15, 2022

And US wind jobs, currently totaling more than 100,000, should grow right along with the technology and the market. From 2010 through 2020, the cost of electricity from wind fell more than 60 percent, according to the Department of Energy. Flickr/Lance Cheung. Wind power is a bargain.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 15, 2023

Information spreads around the world faster than it ever has in human history due to innovations in technology. Since at least 2020, according to Google Trends, Google searches for the term “misinformation” are more frequent than for “disinformation.” Misinformation is not intentional, but disinformation is, and we must remember that.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Part of that progress is due to the increasing dominance of more-efficient mono-crystalline technologies (the ones with smooth-looking single-crystal cells). LBNL also mentions the increasing use of passivated emitter rear-cell technology, or PERC. . LBNL found additional drops from 2020 to 2021 of 3.4, Source: LBNL 2022.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2023

California did this despite substantial growth over the decade from 2010 to 2020, adding about 2.4 Post-2021 figures don’t seem to be available (or at least I didn’t find them), and 2020-2021 numbers were distorted by the COVID pandemic and recovery. million people and expanding real GDP by well over a third.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2025

That system includes Pennsylvanias 2025 Trail of the Year, the Path of the Flood Trail in Johnstown, as well as the 49 -mile Ghost Town Trail , designated Trail of the Year in 2020. The sector provides 11 percent of all jobs in Pennsylvania and contributes about 30 percent of the Commonwealths carbon emissions.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

But other low-carbon technologies do not tread as lightly. A study published in 2020 found that direct air capture required a surprisingly large volume of water, primarily because of the energy to run the equipment. It is already 1.1 degrees C higher.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency announced it will add the area surrounding the former Exide Technologies Laureldale facility in Berks County to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) on March 7. For more information on this site, visit EPA’s Exide Technologies Laureldale Facility webpage. On March 5, the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Michigan counts nearly 11,000 agricultural wells, 3,800 of them installed from 2010 to 2020. Michigan now counts nearly 11,000 agricultural wells, 3,800 of them installed from 2010 to 2020. In 2020, farmers and livestock operations used 187 billion gallons of water, double the amount in 2009. Is the state prepared for more?

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

For much of her career she taught an International Baccalaureate course in information technology, business, and math to high schoolers, some of whom are now friends. . In 2020, according to state figures, 85.3 million from EQIP in 2020, and $4.1 million in 2020 and $5.1 Nutrient Reduction Programs Are Not Working.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

Last week, the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) provided new guidance to federal agencies to ensure that federally funded research is accessible to all. OSTP has been working on this policy for at least two years and, in response to OSTP’S request for information on the issue, UCS provided input on it in 2020.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

According to the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC), Ameren’s distribution grid expenditures nearly doubled between 2012 and 2020, jumping from $456 million to $857 million. Illinois utilities contributed to that trend. Over the same period, ComEd grid investments went from $1.3 billion to $2.2

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Across the US data center energy use grew 66% from 2020 to 2023, from 90 billion kilowatthours to 150 billion kilowatthours. Wind, solar and battery storage are the fastest growing electric energy sources and should be the first choice for a modern economy adapting new data technologies.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

Tesla market share used to be even higher (60% in 2020 vs 45% in 2023), and they’ve been trying to maintain it with lower pricing—to the benefit of prospective buyers but the chagrin of competing manufacturers and Hertz ( declining prices on new Teslas was a key factor for downsizing their EV fleet). Tesla dominates the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In its previous energy plan , which the MPSC approved in 2020, DTE planned to operate Monroe until 2040. Join us in supporting a clean energy future and the goal of phasing out coal plants with solar, wind, energy efficiency and other clean energy technologies.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

Renewables (including small solar) had squeaked past coal in 2020, before a rebound put coal back on top the following year. So it’s good news that the 2022 numbers also show coal generation dropping, and renewables clearly surpassing coal. But, in 2022, renewables generated 14 percent more than coal, as renewables rose and coal fell (7.7

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency proposed adding the area surrounding the former Exide Technologies Laureldale facility in Berks County to the federal Superfund National Priorities List. On September 6, the U.S. The NPL is the list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for cleanup, financed under the federal Superfund Program.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

The [federal Bipartisan Infrastructure and Inflation Reduction Acts] provide billions of dollars in investment aimed at expanding low-and no-carbon technologies, accelerating a just energy transition, and building equity into climate adaptation efforts. from 2019 to 2020 and 44.4% from 2005 to 2020. from 2019 to 2020 and 44.4%

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