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Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 20, 2023
The IRA gave us effective tools for cleaning up the power sector through dedicated support for the rapid and widescale deployment of renewable resources and the technologies that support them. EPA ruling, EPA can still establish rigorous carbon emissions standards. So what follows from that obligation?
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 22, 2022
for Ontario to phase out polluting gas-powered electricity and produce all of its power using carbon-free sources. Take Action: Tell Ontario to phase out polluting gas power. Here are the measures that would lead Ontario to a fully clean electricity grid: Increase Wind and Solar Power.
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A Greener Life
JULY 23, 2021
The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. The Olympic village will be powered by hydrogen made at a solar power plant in the exclusion zone created after the Fukushima nuclear accident a decade ago. Grey is made from natural gas or coal, and has a large carbon footprint.
A Greener Life
JULY 9, 2021
Yang Fuqiang thinks it is unreasonable to make energy-producing provinces such as Inner Mongolia solely responsible for cutting carbon emissions. If it benefits, it has to help cut carbon. Yet the industry still causes pollution and carbon emissions. Money is not the issue, it’s the return.”.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Acknowledging that the United States is a leading contributor to carbon emissions, the Biden administration has committed to cutting US emissions 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. EIA also projects US battery storage capacity to more than double in 2023.
Enviromental Defense
MAY 18, 2021
The decision to ditch coal was the biggest single action of its time to cut carbon emissions in North America. But what you probably haven’t heard is that our grid is getting dirtier again, with fossil fuels increasing in our electricity supply from burning natural gas. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 .
Environmental Progress
APRIL 20, 2021
During the four days of emergency operations during the cold snap, from early February 15th to midnight February 18th, output levels of nuclear, natural gas, coal, and wind to the grid were 79.3 For natural gas it was 40%, or 46% based on winter adequacy expectations. percent of the grid’s power. percent, 47.4
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