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Ameren Sets Goal of Net-Zero by 2050, Plots Major Wind and Solar Expansion in Midwest

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That will allow it to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent from 2005 levels by 2030 and by 85 percent by 2040, accelerating by a decade its previous plan to cut carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050. GW of nuclear, 820 megawatts of hydroelectric and 13 MW of solar. GW by 2040. Ameren Missouri’s 10.1 GW of coal, 2.8

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New Report Shows Gap Between Utility Carbon Pledges and Climate Change Imperatives

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utilities are on track to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent by 2030 compared to a 2005 baseline, the target needed to prevent global warming beyond 1.5 Wind and solar power accounted for just above 10 percent of U.S. A new report from the Sierra Club finds that almost no U.S.

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Inflation Reduction Act: 10 ways it will turbocharge US climate action (and one way it won't)

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Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas with a global warming potential many times higher than that of CO2. To that end, over 100 countries including the US, EU, and UK signed the Global Methane Pledge at COP26 last year, setting a global target to reduce methane emissions by at least 30 per cent below 2020 levels by 2030.