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Halftime Report: Environmental Bills Moving Forward 

Legal Planet

One aspect of the bill requires no less than 60% of the retail hydrogen produced or dispensed be qualified clean hydrogen by 2045. The Pathway to Clean Energy Buildings ( AB 593 ) by Assemblymember Matt Haney tasks cities and counties with adopting a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the building sector.

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No Word on Climate from Presidential Candidates Stumping in New Hampshire Amid Record Global Heat

Union of Concerned Scientists

As a climate scientist recently said on CNN, “Until we stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere we have no idea what the future looks like.” So I’ve begun to meet presidential candidates… … and ask climate questions that relate to their own political history, past statements, and actions.

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. Clean Energy. Climate Change Mitigation.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 3.2.22

PA Environment Daily

Retail Electricity Prices Rose At Fastest Rate Since 2008, Driven By Natural Gas And Energy Commodities [Whose Price Is Determined By Foreign Energy Markets And Despots] -- NPR: U.S.

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Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sector: A Cap-and-Invest Approach

Vermont Law

Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation A Cap-and-Invest Approach . In recent years, states in New England and the mid-Atlantic region have made significant progress in reducing climate change-inducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the electricity generation sector. [1].

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

15] As a consequence of purchasing and integrating variable renewable energy onto its grid, California’s electricity prices rose 39 percent in the decade from 2011 to today, despite persistently-low-priced natural gas, which made doing so easier and more affordable. [16] who purchased electricity from electricity retailers paid $19.2

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PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0; True Energy Independence

PA Environment Daily

short-sighted climate policies – like forcing Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and canceling natural gas and oil infrastructure, the Keystone XL pipeline [Canadian oil, not in Pennsylvania] chief among them – are so very dangerous.