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Crypto Mining at Gas Wells Sparks Regulatory Headaches, Outcry in Northwestern Pennsylvania

DeSmogBlog

The lonely well pad houses four natural gas wells that records show were initially drilled in 2011 but sat inactive for years after that. Though it has applied for them, the company behind this operation has yet to receive the permits it is required by law to construct or operate the engines to power a cryptocurrency mine.

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Media Brief: Canada’s Clean Electricity Regulations

Clean Energy Canada

Estimates indicate that power demand could double between now and 2050 and generation capacity will need to be up to 3 times larger. Costs of clean power A recent Clean Energy Canada report, A Renewables Powerhouse , looked at the costs of producing power from wind and solar in Alberta and Ontario compared to gas power.

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What happens when climate policy collides with real-world constraints?

Business Green

That's more money for climate action than all of the renewable-energy tax credits from 2005 to 2019. At the local level, 60 cities and counties have restricted natural gas hook-ups in buildings in some capacity, a trend that may accelerate with the flow of new money to all-electric buildings as part of the IRA.

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Report: Oil and Gas Production Set to Escalate Under Landmark U.S. Climate Law 

DeSmogBlog

A new report warns that oil and gas production in the United States is expected to rise under Biden’s signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), even as the legislation helps to moderately lower fossil fuel demand through billions of dollars in clean energy investments. Rapid expansion of U.S. s climate goals.

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Phantom Gas and Missing Documents Reveal Gaps in Utility Oversight

DeSmogBlog

There, he met with OPUC staff in person and exchanged emails with Lori Koho, then OPUC’s senior official overseeing natural gas utilities. He hoped that his list of complaints would show “how the unethical culture [at NW Natural] goes all the way to the top,” as one of his emails to Koho explains.

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The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions

Renewable Energy World

and Puerto Rico have adopted laws or executive orders setting goals for reaching 100% clean electricity by 2050 or sooner. We analyzed the “business as usual” projection in the 2005 Annual Energy Outlook published by the Energy Information Administration , the U.S. So far 17 states plus Washington, D.C., And 46 U.S.

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How Will the Inflation Reduction Act Support a Clean Energy Transition in Business?

Green Business Bureau

is President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed into law in August 2022. Below you’ll learn what subsidies and incentives are available to help your business transition to clean energy and cut fossil-fuel energy demand and the costs associated. And leading this transition in the U.S. meet net-zero goals.