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The politics of (bad) policy design: French solar panels and Northern Irish boilers

Environmental Europe

As one previous post on this blog detailed, the current political turmoil in Northern Ireland was sparked by a subsidy for renewable energy production. Though it is tempting to blame political carelessness, the ongoing RHI scandal prompts a broader reflection about renewable energy policy instruments. data: SOeS ). speculative ones.

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Happy New Year, New England?

Union of Concerned Scientists

According to the science, over the next 7 years we must focus on reducing emissions of heat-trapping gases significantly to halve emissions by 2030 and avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Is climate change a priority for our New England Governors? We’re bringing offshore wind to East Providence. Connecticut.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE.

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Analysis: Russia’s slow progress on climate action set to pick up speed

A Greener Life

The need to bring Russia on board as a climate partner could help thaw icy EU–Russia relations. After seven years of sanctions and accusations of malign activities by all sides, political relations between Russia and both the US and the EU are at their worst since the mid-1980s. Moscow–Beijing political ties have strengthened.

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Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce 2021 Texas Grid Failure

Environmental Progress

ERCOT also expected, during peak demand events in winter, to have power from wind represent about 27% of installed wind capacity. In its most severe appraisal of the loss of wind capacity, ERCOT expected 8% of wind power compared to capacity. We can see the same impact of variable energies in Germany.

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Analysis: Can Germany wean itself off Russian oil and gas??

A Greener Life

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) visits a hybrid power plant where “green” hydrogen is made using wind power and fed into the gas grid. Now in place for three months, the new coalition has overhauled a decades-long political stance toward Russia which was centred on Wandel durch Handel (change through trade).

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

Science Blogs

The Trump War on Science: Daring blindness, Denying climate change, Destroying the EPA and other daily disasters. The last couple of months have seemed especially apocalyptic, with Nazis marching in the streets and nuclear war suddenly not so distant a possibility. I'm not aiming for anything than complete or comprehensive.