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FRESH, October 4, 2022: Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Emerges as Political Flashpoint

Circle of Blue

October 4, 2022. October 11-13, 2022: Great Lakes Commission Annual Meeting – register. October 18, 2022: EPA’s Debra Shore at the Great Lakes Conference — register. October 28, 2022: Great Lakes Water Conference — register. A plan to build out electric vehicle chargers draws pushback from gas station owners in Minnesota.

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The Year in Water, 2022

Circle of Blue

The Year in Water, 2022. Sharpening the Shark’s Teeth By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – December 13, 2022. The strength of the shark’s teeth and the breadth of the bite were on full display in 2022. Though vivid, the shark metaphor is an inadequate frame for some of 2022’s defining water stories. Brett Walton.

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2022 Election: Water Regulation and Spending Punctuate State and Local Ballots

Circle of Blue

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 26, 2022. Weeks before the November 8 election, national political debate centers on control of Congress. Wilce is the treasurer of Arizona Water Defenders, the political action committee that brought the question to the ballot. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue.

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Bad Guys in Energy 2022

Energy & the Law

And political malpractice is a new category. claiming he had created a compact “nano panel” (which does not exist) using “technology” that could generate triple the amount of electricity as traditional solar panels. Who knows, but we do know that as alternative energy rises, so do associated grifters, frauds and thieves.

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

SB 1020 signals the state’s continued prioritization of clean energy development, adding to the state’s existing goal for 100% clean electricity retail sale by 2045 by establishing interim clean energy targets of 90% of all retail electricity sales be renewable and zero-carbon by 2035 and 95% by 2040. Climate Change Mitigation.

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Grid Investments are Critical to Our Clean Energy Future

Union of Concerned Scientists

There are a lot of moving pieces, but it starts with decarbonizing the electricity sector and powering the economy with a diverse combination of clean energy resources—primarily wind, solar, and battery storage—connected with a modernized bulk transmission system that can reliably deliver electricity to consumers all 8,760 hours of the year.

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Fossil Fuel Disinformation Threats Aim to Hinder Meaningful Action at COP28 

Union of Concerned Scientists

billion global carbon dioxide emissions in 2022 came from fossil fuel use. Climate action is limited by political will (not technology) In this pivotal moment of history, where the imperative to avert the worst impacts of climate change is clear, the world stands at the cusp of a transformative shift toward a renewable energy paradigm.