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Ontario is selling our Clean Energy Credit out from under us

Enviromental Defense

Last week, on Monday November 14, as part of its Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review , the Ontario government officially announced it would be developing a voluntary clean energy credit (CEC) registry. Now, the Ontario government is crafting an official Clean Energy Credit system that will presumably require transparency.

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Guest Essay: A Conservative Argument For Clean Energy -- Follow The Market, Fossil Fuels Are No Bargain

PA Environment Daily

Relief can only come from our utilities diversifying their energy mix more with cheaper energy sources. In today's energy market, solar, wind, and nuclear power — which are virtually immune from overseas influence — offer lower and more price stable electricity generation. It's produced here and it stays here.

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Why nuclear energy must be part of ‘net zero’ climate targets

Physics World

Those findings might surprise physicists, who will be aware that the energy density of nuclear fission is so high that just a fingertip of uranium has an energy equivalent of 5000 barrels of oil. In it, we emphasize that nuclear is not only a low-carbon source of energy, but is also widely available, scalable and deployable.

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Tornadoes and More: What Spring Can Bring to the Power Grid 

Union of Concerned Scientists

This sparked a lot of concerns because it was just a few months after the March 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan. The public was thankfully not harmed by the Nebraska incident, but this was unfortunately not an isolated incident in terms of flood risks posed to the US nuclear power fleet.

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Gov. Shapiro Unveils Cap-And-Invest PA Climate Emissions Reduction Initiative To Reduce Carbon Pollution From Power Plants; Update Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Diversify Electric Generation, Improve Reliability

PA Environment Daily

Under PACER, 70% of the revenue will be directed back to Pennsylvania residents as a rebate on their electric bill – more than any other cap-and-invest program in the nation – resulting in long-term, price relief on energy costs. Pennsylvania is 45th in the nation in terms of investing in clean energy sources like wind, solar, and hydropower.

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US DOE, Treasury Release Proposed Regulations Implementing Clean Hydrogen Production Credit Setting A Sliding Scale For Credits

PA Environment Daily

The Treasury Department’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) provides definitions of key terms in the statute, including lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, qualified clean hydrogen, and qualified clean hydrogen production facility. Read more here.

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Statement on the Powering Ontario’s Growth plan

Enviromental Defense

This document is little more than a belated attempt to rationalize the government’s recent announcements for new nuclear and gas facilities. It is certainly not a plan for clean energy generation – it’s a plan to keep critics at bay while the province keeps polluting and using antiquated and dangerous technologies.