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Tornadoes and More: What Spring Can Bring to the Power Grid 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Moreover, there are steps policymakers can take to prepare for these spring weather phenomena and bolster the reliability and resilience of the US power system. Power lines – Floods can saturate soil and make trees more likely to uproot and fall onto power lines. The link to climate change is clearer, however, with floods.

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Opinion: The case for optimism post COP26?

A Greener Life

When the Paris Agreement was celebrated in 2015, no one was talking about hydrogen as a climate solution, the idea of net-zero targets had not been invented yet, and offshore wind power was mainly a European venture. But in this space particularly, innovation and advancements are moving faster than most sectors.

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Guest Essay: Forestal Or Foresee - The Energy Transition And The Pennsylvania Legislature

PA Environment Daily

In discussing the late December winter storm that nearly led to rolling blackouts in the MidAtlantic region of 65 million people, Yaw suggested that increasing amounts of renewable energy were to blame for the near-miss and condemned neighboring states for adopting policies that “emphasize solar and wind power over natural gas.”

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Two potential solutions to cool down the Arctic

Edouard Stenger

Years ago I read a short article on how bringing more ice to the poles could help slow down climate change. As per Inhabitat : Injecting reflective particles into the high atmosphere could reduce the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth’s surface, counteracting the greenhouse gas effect.

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Bad News: Ontario offers contracts for six new polluting gas projects

Enviromental Defense

Many studies, including ones from the David Suzuki Foundation and Toronto Atmospheric Fund have shown that Ontario can easily meet its growing electricity demand with renewable sources like wind and solar. It seems obvious that we should remove the middle process and use solar and wind power for our electricity needs directly.

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Renewable Energy Efforts Highlighted in Draft Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Louisiana

The Energy Law Blog

Invest in research for utilizations of captured carbon and life cycle analyses to understand their overall impact: The capture and use of carbon dioxide to create valuable products has potential to lower the net costs of reducing emissions and remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Associated Submitted Action Proposals: n/a).

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IPCC report urges for action to limit global warming to 1.5C

Edouard Stenger

Earlier this month, the scientists of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report on limiting global warming to 1.5C. A 2C warming is the upper limit we should not reach as beyond that Mankind and life on Earth would face a very real risk of runaway climate change. of savings.