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U.S. EIA Annual Energy Outlook 2022 - Renewables Fastest Growing Energy; Falling Costs Means Robust Competition With Natural Gas; Electricity Fastest Growing Energy Source In Buildings

PA Environment Daily

crude oil production reaches record highs, while natural gas production is increasingly driven by natural gas exports -- U.S. production of natural gas and petroleum and other liquids rises amid growing demand for exports and industrial uses -- Driven by rising prices, U.S. Thru 2050 -- EIA Projects U.S.

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Clean Hydrogen: How It’s Produced and What We Can Do with It

Law and Environment

SMR requires steam, heat, and pressure to convert methane (in natural gas) to hydrogen and carbon monoxide. SMR is a high-carbon process that uses fossil fuels for process heat. Here we’ll look at how hydrogen is produced and what it will be used for. How is hydrogen produced today? What’s with the colors?

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Ask a Scientist: Two Dozen States Can Meet 100 Percent of Electricity Demand with Renewables by 2035

Union of Concerned Scientists

Just as important, cleaning up the power grid also lowers carbon dioxide emissions. Reducing fossil fuel use under the 100-percent RES policy cuts alliance state power plant carbon dioxide emissions by 58 percent below 2020 levels by 2040.

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Allegheny Conference Report: Decarbonization, Energy Transition Are Critical To The Future Competitiveness Of Pittsburgh Region

PA Environment Daily

5 The largest drivers of the per capita difference are power emissions (coal and natural gas) and industrial emissions (coal mining, iron and steel production and oil and gas extraction). -- The industrial and power sectors make up 76% of emissions. CCUS, hydrogen and nuclear power).

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94 New Articles - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Thank you for your leadership! -- Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen [PaEN] -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: 45 Years After Infamous Accident, Why Are They Still Cleaning Up Three Mile Island?

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Show Time: Stark message from the International Energy Agency

Legal Planet

To reach net-zero 2050 via this scenario, approvals and investments in new production facilities for coal, oil, and natural gas – and for coal-burning plants without carbon capture – must stop (wait for it) as of the end of 2021. That’s the end of THIS YEAR!

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Analysis: Is hydrogen the new oil?

A Greener Life

Japan, a long-time supporter of nuclear power, now has serious hydrogen ambitions. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be powered by hydrogen. The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. Grey is made from natural gas or coal, and has a large carbon footprint. By Fred Pearce.