A Greener Life
MAY 16, 2024
The exact share of coal in the electricity mix for those first four months of 2024 was 15.6% Despite a significant increase in generation from wind and solar farms as more capacity has been installed, compared to the same period last year, wind power for instance only increased by 1.4%.
Legal Planet
JANUARY 8, 2024
State climate policy is a big deal. State governments began cutting emissions at a time when the federal government was essentially doing nothing about climate change. it’s not for nothing that 2023 has been called a banner year for state climate action. In 2026, the threshold will drop to 50,000 square feet.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 27, 2024
The new global record in the generation of renewable energy was powered primarily by solar and wind. Solar power has been the fastest growing source of electricity in the world for 19 years in a row according to Ember’s Global Electricity Review 2024. Providing just 1.1 percent of the supply. degrees Celsius (2.7-degrees
Legal Planet
MARCH 14, 2024
Still, he calls himself “a strong supporter of clean energy innovation, from wind power to biofuels” and reports that “83 percent of the electricity generated in my state of South Dakota came from renewable sources.” In 2021, Barrasso said, “We all believe climate change is real.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 24, 2023
The progress in the numbers The new numbers are from the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA), which collects data from power plant operators from across the country. Solar power increased the most among renewable electricity sources in percentage terms, up 24 percent. It supplied 10.5 percentage points).*
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 13, 2021
That has changed quite quickly. During the 2010s, wind power went from 1% of generation to 20%. In more recent years, there has been a quiet but concerted grassroots campaign led by Nebraska Conservation Voters to elect more climate-friendly board members. gigawatts of wind and 3 gigawatts of solar by 2024.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 16, 2022
These projections show that without additional policies or incentives, the US is very much in danger of not meeting our climate goals. We’re risking more impacts from climate change due to continued reliance on natural gas and oil. Renewable energy generation increases faster than any other technology.
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