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

Environmental Progress

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. electrical grids were increasingly “complex and vulnerable.” [2] Shellenberger. 5] The U.S.

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Monday, April 22 - Earth Day: PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.22.24

PA Environment Daily

. -- April 22 - Earth Day : Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 13 to 19 - Oil & Gas Well Owners Actively, Repeatedly Ignoring DEP Notices Of Violation; 12 Abandoned Wells [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 20 [PaEN] (..)

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.1.23

PA Environment Daily

June 7-- Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee informational briefing on carbon capture. Click Here to watch online. -- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN] -- PA Assn.

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

Mr. Minott holds two degrees in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. Today, he is a Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2011, Kraybill purchased his first electric car, a Chevy Volt.

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Environmental privilege: How recovery and rebuilding after climate disasters favors the wealthy

Frontiers

Gould is professor of sociology and Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Brooklyn College (CUNY), and professor of sociology, and earth and environmental sciences at CUNY Graduate Center. His work focuses on the political economy of environment, technology and development. It did not.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.7.23

PA Environment Daily

Here’s How And Where To Find Them Other States/National/International -- Financial Times: UK Watchdog Bans Shell, Repsol And Petronas Greenwashing Ads On Environmental Benefits Of Their Products [Shell & Repsol Operate In PA] -- Bloomberg: Chevron Says Natural Gas More Than Just A Transitional Fuel -- U.S.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 3.26.22

PA Environment Daily

Gene DiGirolamo -- Politics PA: Nearly $50 Million Spent So Far In PA U.S. House returns to session March 28 (NV), 29. European Commission Announce Task Force To Reduce Europe’s Dependence On Russian Fossil Fuels [Diversifying LNG Supplies; Reducing Demand For Natural Gas] -- White House: Joint Statement Between The U.S.,