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What’s Up With Water – September 27, 2021

Circle of Blue

The mining company claims the spill was not toxic, while the Angolan government says it is still investigating the matter. _. Two sturdy and growing sources of renewable energy, wind turbines and solar power, use negligible amounts of water. degrees Celsius than it was two centuries ago. It is already 1.1 degrees higher.

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Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 5.9.22

PA Environment Daily

Refiners -- Bloomberg: Saudis Cut Oil Prices From Record Highs Amid China Lockdowns -- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Drops As Russia Tries To Calm Clients Over Payments American Rescue Plan Funding -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

California’s LCFS is causing problems for other states and the federal government. When I started working on biofuel policy back in 2008, there was a lot of criticism of corn ethanol because in some cases it had lifecycle emissions higher than gasoline. Officially CARB claims that the LCFS includes no offset program.

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Why Ontario needs to stop burning polluting gas for electricity

Enviromental Defense

The rest of our power comes from a mix of nuclear power, renewables like hydro, wind and solar power, and biofuel. So why is Ontario planning to ramp up the lone fossil fuel in the mix, when so many other governments are racing to do the opposite to cut carbon emissions? Source: IESO [link].