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Tornadoes and More: What Spring Can Bring to the Power Grid 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Fuel transport – Spring floods can hinder the transportation of fuels like coal. While it is a heavily polluting fossil fuel that is set to continue declining as a fuel source for US electricity generation over the next decade, coal still accounted for roughly 20 percent of the country’s generation in 2022.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Healey issued the CID in connection with an investigation into unfair or deceptive acts or practices in trade or commerce with respect to fossil fuel products and securities. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP , No. 451962/2016 (N.Y. Massachusetts Appellate Court Affirmed Dismissal of Divestment Action Against Harvard. Sierra Club v.

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New Sabin Center Report Finds NYISO Could Price Carbon in Wholesale Electricity Markets

Law Columbia

There has been much talk in recent weeks about pricing carbon to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The most direct of these is imposed on certain fossil fuel power plants by requiring them to purchase carbon dioxide emissions allowances as part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. That seems unlikely, however.

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

Science Blogs

Meet the fossil fuel all-stars Trump has appointed to his administration. Trump attacks wind power in state that gets nearly third of energy from wind. NOAA erases ‘human activity’ from news release on soaring greenhouse gases. Energy Department Scientists Barred From Attending Nuclear Power Conference.