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Analysis: New coal mines add question mark to India’s climate commitments

A Greener Life

Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. But this announcement was seemingly at odds with another made just three days earlier, when coal minister Pralhad Joshi confirmed that India intends to increase production for the fossil fuel.

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Statement on IESO Contracting New Polluting Gas Power

Enviromental Defense

Statement from Lana Goldberg, Ontario Climate Program Manager Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Huron-Wendat – It is irresponsible for the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) to be procuring new polluting gas plants in the midst of a climate crisis.

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Right on Energy: Section 45V Hydrogen Production Tax Credit  

Cresforum

Clean hydrogen production relies either on electricity, which may be generated through renewable or fossil fuel resources; or directly on fossil fuels, via steam methane reformation (SMR) or coal gasification accompanied by carbon capture, or via methane pyrolysis. Cost parity.

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Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

Law Columbia

The bill is sprawling, covering climate and energy topics as diverse as electric vehicles, building decarbonization, clean energy manufacturing and supply chains, agriculture, and greening the electricity system, all through a range of tax incentives and direct grants. Still, how does a local government tap in? Second, $11.97

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Book review: A grand survey of climate hope

A Greener Life

Rathi is dismissive of India, China, and the US advocating for ‘phase down’ instead of ‘phase out’ of fossil fuel subsidies and coal during COP26 in 2021, calling it “seemingly silly stuff … at COP meetings”. billion tonnes by 2029-30. Every one of Rathi’s examples is similar. But this is precisely where the challenge is.