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Ask a Scientist: In Moments of Despair, Climate Progress Can Keep Hope Alive

Union of Concerned Scientists

It’s due to a combination of factors, including tremendous demand for clean energy from states, utilities and consumers; federal regulations to reduce toxic air pollutants; and—most important—the simple fact that renewables and natural gas are now the cheapest options to meet our electricity needs. percent; natural gas, 38.3

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Analysis: Is hydrogen the new oil?

A Greener Life

The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. The Olympic village will be powered by hydrogen made at a solar power plant in the exclusion zone created after the Fukushima nuclear accident a decade ago. Grey is made from natural gas or coal, and has a large carbon footprint.

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Analysis: Can Inner Mongolia reach peak carbon this decade?

A Greener Life

The region will need to change its industrial structure and energy mix to meet national carbon targets, requiring policy and financial support from central government. Energy authorities in Inner Mongolia are aiming to connect 50 gigawatts of renewable power to the grid by 2025. If it benefits, it has to help cut carbon.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. 7] Nuclear plants are among the most reliable components of America’s power grids.

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New York State Environmental Regulator Issues Draft Plan to Achieve GHG Emissions-Reduction Goals

E2 Law Blog

The CLCPA also established renewable procurement mandates: 70% renewable energy by 2030, 9,000 MW of offshore wind by 2035, 3,000 MW of energy storage by 2030, and 6,000 MW of solar by 2025. The CLCPA established the Council, a 22-member committee tasked with determining how to meet these statutory goals.

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

Rural Communities On The Front Lines Of Solar's Growth -- Sen. Mensch Introduces Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen -- 35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov. Check Out C-SAW -- Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers New R.I.S.E

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The Washington Supreme Court concluded that the Washington Clean Air Act did not grant the Department of Ecology authority to regulate indirect greenhouse gas emissions of businesses and utilities whose products ultimately generate such emissions. Lawsuit Filed Challenging Solar Power Facility in California.

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