Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 11, 2023
Moreover, there are steps policymakers can take to prepare for these spring weather phenomena and bolster the reliability and resilience of the US power system. Power plants – Power plants themselves can also be at risk of flooding, since most of them are sited near a source of water that is used to create steam to spin the plants’ turbines.
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
United Nations experts will assess plans to release treated radioactive water into the ocean from a closed nuclear power plant in Japan. A new report found that despite lockdown orders, hotels in Oahu, Hawaii continued to use massive amounts of water and electricity, according to Honolulu Civil Beat. MILLION GALLONS.
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Law Columbia
MARCH 8, 2023
Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of the Interior (DOI), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—to implement the IRA.
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 18, 2023
This year’s list includes a diverse array of topics, from concerns over our energy and transportation infrastructure; housing and land conservation; international and local climate change; food security and contamination; and water quality of our world’s oceans.
Inside Climate News
DECEMBER 27, 2023
The push and pull of progress and catastrophe made 2023 one of the most discordant—and consequential—years for the world’s climate. By ICN Staff In 2023, clean energy progress and the horrors of a radically warming climate fought almost to a draw.
Circle of Blue
MAY 17, 2022
Those sectors are coal, metals, electric power, and oil and gas. They include the Keystone XL oil pipeline in the United States and Canada; the Carmichael coal mine in Australia; the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey; and the Pascua-Lama gold mine on the border of Argentina and Chile.
Smith Enviorment
JANUARY 22, 2023
Utilities Commission (NCUC) to “take all reasonable steps” to achieve a 70% reduction in carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) emissions from electric generating units (EGUs) by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality for the utility generation system by 2050. The reduction goals apply to electric utilities that are: 1.
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