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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions. It also will save US consumers money because they will spend less on fossil fuels.
Legal Planet
MAY 13, 2024
By one count , Biden has overturned more than two dozen of Trump actions affecting the fossil fuel industry. International January 20, 2021. officially became a party to the agreement again on February 19, 2021. January 27, 2021. April 22, 2021. Cross-Sector Actions January 20, 2021. April 6, 2022.
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A Greener Life
JULY 7, 2021
New research from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) confirms renewables are continuing to outpace fossil fuels on cost. They found that the share of renewable energy that achieved lower costs than the most competitive fossil fuel option doubled in 2020. C climate pathway. C climate pathway.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 29, 2024
In my retelling of the show, I quickly pointed out that the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had by then concluded that “most” of the increase in average global temperatures since 1950 was “very likely” due to the increase in human-made carbon emissions. His reply ? ExxonMobil is still funding those folks, big time.”
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 14, 2023
Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new power plant carbon pollution standards that, if strengthened, would go a long way to help meet the Biden administration’s goal of slashing carbon emissions in half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade. Last year, wind generated 10.2 Not even close.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 22, 2022
Minnesotans are facing concurrent crises of climate change, high energy prices and inflation, and the inequitable public health impacts of fossil fuel air pollution. Renewable energy will help with all of that—but we need a grid that is designed for wind and solar instead of having to rely on expensive coal and gas plants.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
On September 21, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged that his country would no longer finance coal-fired power plants abroad. This high-profile commitment to shift away from some forms of fossil fuel infrastructure came less than six weeks before a pivotal global climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. It is already 1.1
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