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South Korea and Climate Change

Legal Planet

In 2021, South Korea set a target under the Paris Agreement of a 40% cut from 2018 levels by 2030. Almost all the fossil fuels are imported, so this dependence on fossil fuels translates into a vulnerability to shifts in global markets such as the price surges stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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NNI Will Hold Webinar on Nanotechnology Commercialization: Perspectives from a Regional Innovation Ecosystem

Nanotech

NNI notes that the webinar supports Goal 2 of the NNI 2021 Strategic Plan to promote nanotechnology commercialization and aims to engage with and enhance connections among regional innovation ecosystems to support nanotechnology commercialization.

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Electric Resilience Toolkit: A Compilation of Resources to Enhance Climate Resilience Planning by Electric Utilities

Law Columbia

The toolkit complements sections one through three of the report, Climate Risk in the Electricity Sector: Legal Obligations to Advance Climate Resilience Planning by Electric Utilities , jointly issued by EDF and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law in December 2020 and published by the Environmental Law Review in 2021.

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Lingering Climate Injustice in Bowling Green, KY

Union of Concerned Scientists

Francisco Serrano lost his childhood home in December. He recalls the moment when “dark, soulless skies spawned a demon-like tornado” in Bowling Green, Kentucky, that changed life as he knew it.

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California Releases Its Draft Deployment Plan for Federal Funding Under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program

Renewable + Law

117-58) on November 15, 2021. [2] Stakeholders should also consider other state policies and rules under development, such as the Transportation Electrification Framework and utility rate cases before the California Public Utilities Commission, that will determine state funding opportunities for EV infrastructure and set EV rate design. [1]

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California Releases Its Draft Deployment Plan for Federal Funding Under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program

Renewable + Law

117-58) on November 15, 2021. [2] Stakeholders should also consider other state policies and rules under development, such as the Transportation Electrification Framework and utility rate cases before the California Public Utilities Commission, that will determine state funding opportunities for EV infrastructure and set EV rate design. [1]

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Oil & Natural Gas Facility Health Impacts Assessment Bill Introduced In The House

PA Environment Daily

Of Health Awards $2.5