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

Union of Concerned Scientists

The EPA’s Social Cost of Carbon was adjusted to 2025 to align with the emissions year of the NO x and SO 2 estimates.) GW of gas capacity set to retire, but also slightly outpacing the planned additions of wind power. GW of new gas capacity is planned to come online in 2023, outpacing not only the 4.8 What can be done?

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Analysis: Coal returns to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

A Greener Life

By Zofeen Ebrahim Progress towards the construction of a China-funded coal power plant in Gwadar raises questions about the climate pledges of both China and Pakistan. In 2021, China’s president Xi Jinping announced that China would not build any new coal-fired power projects abroad.

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Dutch Elections: Energy and Climate Considerations

Energy and Climate Law

By Ceciel Nieuwenhout, Postdoctoral researcher at GCELS and City Council member for GroenLinks On 17 March 2021 the people of the Netherlands will elect a new House of Representatives ( Tweede Kamer) , which also kickstarts the formation process for a new government ( regering). This blog consists of three parts.

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

Environmental Progress

23] In response to Fukushima, the Japanese government shut down its nuclear plants and the cost of electricity went up. As a result, 1,280 people died from cold from unaffordable electrical power, researchers calculate, between 2011 and 2014. [24] gigawatts of highly-reliable, low-cost, and low-carbon power. [49] trillion. [25]

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The Bumper Crop of New State Climate Policies Since July.

Legal Planet

State governments began cutting emissions at a time when the federal government was essentially doing nothing about climate change. The Commission also issued new rules governing the state’s 18 most polluting facilities, including the world’s largest maker of mozzarella cheese. State climate policy is a big deal.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 6.24.22

PA Environment Daily

Senate returns to session June 27, 28, 29, 30 [ Budget Time! ] -- Committee Schedule House returns to session June 27, 28, 29, 30 [ Budget Time! ] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Bay Journal: As 2025 Approaches, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Grows More Elusive - By Karl Blankenship -- Lancaster County Approves $3.4

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Replacing McConnell

Legal Planet

Who will lead the Senate in 2025? Thune called the Green New Deal “a radical, comprehensive socialist revamping of our society, with the federal government inserting itself into nearly every aspect of American life.” The odds are that it will be a Republican. Here are two top possibilities.