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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions. Last year, Congress passed the most ambitious climate bill ever enacted, the Inflation Reduction Act.
Environmental Progress
JULY 3, 2023
Photo by Liu Xin/China News Service/Visual China Group via Getty Images) By C. Last August, in an amalgamation of ‘The Green New Deal’ meets ‘Build Back Better’, President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act gifted the renewables industry with billions of dollars worth of taxpayer-funded subsidies.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
There is so much bad news about climate change these days. So today I’m glad to share some good news: a new UCS study that gives me fresh hope and determination to keep fighting for necessary actions to drive deep cuts in US heat-trapping emissions.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 17, 2022
In just one year—from 2020 to 2021—utility-scale battery storage capacity in the United States tripled , jumping from 1.4 gigawatts (GW), according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). From 2018 to 2019, US capacity increased from 234 to 402 megawatts (MW), mostly in California.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 5, 2024
On February 28, Ohio US Senator Sherrod Brown and Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Protecting American Households from Rising Energy Costs Act , legislation that would ban the export of crude oil or liquefied natural gas (LNG) to our biggest adversaries: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Since 2018, U.S.
Manning Law
DECEMBER 14, 2023
UN Climate Change News, 13 December 2023 – The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) closed today with an agreement that signals the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era by laying the ground for a swift, just and equitable transition, underpinned by deep emissions cuts and scaled-up finance. C within reach.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Repeated scandals broke through in the news about the COP28 Presidency’s conflicts of interest and offhand comments that seemingly denied the science. (My Nations must also come forward with much more substantial funding for loss and damage as part of the next round of climate finance pledges. million).
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