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Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). gigawatts (GW) of planned solar projects expected to come online this year is almost double the previous 13.4 Solar” only includes large-scale solar.

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Ontario Election 2022 Issue Guide: How Each of the Political Parties Would Tackle Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

Progressive Conservative (PC) Party of Ontario: . Reduce Ontario’s GHG emissions by at least 50 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, targets consistent with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the most ambitious aspects of the Paris Agreement. Did not answer the question.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In addition, Berkeley argued that the complaint failed to state a claim that the Energy Policy and Conservation Act preempted the ordinance. Three conservation groups filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Columbia seeking to compel the U.S. Lawsuit Filed Challenging Solar Power Facility in California.

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