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Legal Planet
MAY 7, 2025
For the first time, fossil fuels provided less than half of U.S. electricity generation for a whole month March 2025 thanks to record-high solar and wind power, according to data released by energy think tank Ember. Electricity!
Legal Planet
JULY 10, 2025
Sheldon Whitehouse gave what’s billed as his 300th “time to wake up” speech on the floor of the Senate, a rollicking takedown of dark money, fossil fuel polluters, and Republicans who have let them “burrow into government.” The fallout from this tax and spending bill is a big story from now until 2028.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 25, 2022
This much-needed set of 18 projects will improve electricity reliability, address overloaded wires , and help unlock more lower-cost wind and solar power to replace costly, polluting fossil fuel plants in Michigan and many other states in the Midwest (including Illinois and Minnesota ). Source: MISO.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 5, 2024
This well-timed supply of energy off our coast offers an elegant solution to what until now has been an intractable problem for the regional electric grid operator ISO New England (ISO-NE): how to maintain reliability during a prolonged cold spell when demand for power is high but the region’s limited supplies of gas and oil are running low.
A Greener Life
APRIL 7, 2023
By Anders Lorenzen Tenders for 250 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy by 2028 are set to be unveiled by the Indian government, according to a government memo. India is looking to cut its emissions by 45% from 2005 levels by 2028. Wind power is set to play a key part in the target of 50 GW of new green energy tenders each year at 10 GW.
A Greener Life
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
This August, Brazil’s senate plans to vote on a regulatory framework for offshore wind that will be essential for the sector to advance, while Colombia is expecting bids by September from companies wanting to explore its maritime area. Offshore wind power is being resisted by sectors linked to fossil fuels.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 9, 2025
All these costs, and for what—scoring ideological points, further enriching corporations and the wealthy, and securing short-cuts for fossil fuels? The solar industry alone anticipates 330,000 lost jobs by 2028, with hundreds of thousands of more jobs lost across the broader clean economy. Research and innovation backing?
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