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Emissions by the Big Utilities: Where They Are, What They’re Aiming For

Legal Planet

It turns out that most of them are 50-60% reliant on fossil fuels, with a lot of the remainder coming from nuclear and hydro. However, there are important differences in the mix of gas and coal in generation, which matters a lot since coal-fired generators emit much more carbon per kilowatt. Fossil Fuel Use.

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Can Solar, Storage and Efficiency Help Us Survive Winters Like This?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Eight percent of those deaths were attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning. Without electricity or heat, some people apparently turned to portable generators, which can fill a home with carbon monoxide exhaust. In 2021, Winter Storm Uri killed at least 246 Texans. As of 2021, 36 percent of US residents are renters.

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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. They typically refer to fossil SMR hydrogen as “ grey ” hydrogen. Ammonia could also be an important carbon-less fuel.

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Atlantic Hurricane Season 2023: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly—and More

Union of Concerned Scientists

And of course, because hurricanes are becoming stronger , wetter , slower , and more destructive , and all these trends have been linked to anthropogenic global warming , it is essential and urgent that nations transition away from fossil fuels and invest on renewable, clean energy.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

ESA

Another $35 billion goes towards climate solutions research and developing clean energy technologies and jobs. competitiveness in science and technology with China and to develop clean energy technologies to reduce emissions. A new climate-focused national lab will be affiliated with an HBCU. 961 & H.R.

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