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Realizing Maine’s Tremendous Offshore Wind Potential

Union of Concerned Scientists

NREL and DNV expect floating offshore wind costs to dip to $60 to $80/MWh by 2030 and $45 to $50/MWh by 2035. Offshore wind power has no fuel costs, so power costs are more stable and predictable over time than fossil fuel-fired power. Pass this bill!

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What could we do with $120 billion to protect the ocean and fight climate change?

Ocean Conservancy

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. This February, an extreme freeze in Texas left millions without power, took over 200 lives and caused dead fish to wash up along Texas shorelines. That’s not helping our ocean or Americans. Offshore wind power is a key ocean-based climate solution that we need to invest in.

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Bay Journal: As Federal Support Emerges, PA Wants To Be A Carbon Capture Hub

PA Environment Daily

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal Pennsylvania is ideally suited to help the nation fight global warming by becoming a leader in the effort to capture and store emissions of carbon dioxide, state officials say. In the battle to slow global warming, carbon dioxide is the chief target. Studies by the U.S.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , No. Both sets of intervenors also said the court should limit any abeyance period to 120 days. Center for Biological Diversity Filed Lawsuit Seeking Records on Termination of National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee. Center for Biological Diversity v. 1:17 -cv-02031 (D.D.C., filed Oct.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Hawai‘i Supreme Court Upheld Denial of Request to Re-Open Order Approving Wind Power Purchase Agreement. The Hawai‘i Supreme Court held that the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) did not abuse its discretion when it declined to re-open a 2014 order that approved a Purchase Power Agreement for wind energy.

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The Trump War on Science: Daring blindness, Denying climate change, Destroying the EPA and other daily disasters

Science Blogs

Rick Perry blames ocean for climate change: Energy secretary once again denies scientific consensus. DOE head says carbon dioxide not primary cause of climate change. . Trump attacks wind power in state that gets nearly third of energy from wind. 2017.06.19. 2017.06.19. 2017.06.20. 2017.06.20. 2017.06.20.

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ESA Policy News: August 16, 2021

ESA

However, the world could avoid the more extreme scenarios in the report if governments sharply reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. Top Priorities : Coastal resiliency; healthy oceans investments; modernizing the National Weather Service. Commerce, Science and Transportation. Allocation : $83 billion.

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