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Big Oil’s Dangerous Radioactive Secret

DeSmogBlog

Radium, they warned, was “a potent source of radiation exposure, both internal and external,” while the radioactive gas radon and its polonium daughters “deliver significant population and occupational exposures.” Radon is America’s second leading cause of lung cancer deaths and naturally contaminates natural gas.

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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

In fact, when California passed its landmark 2006 climate law — which directed the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions down to 1990 levels by 2020 — supporters claimed that it would save thousands of lives through improved air quality alone. California has done exactly that. New York may offer an interesting model.

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How Geothermal Energy Might Be the Answer to Energy Eating Heatwaves

GreenTech Gazette

The State of California electricity grid hit a record demand of 52,061 megawatts, or MW, on September 6, while the previous high was 50,270 back in 2006. Between severe heat and new laws favoring EVs that must be charged daily, it’s no wonder the grid is overburdened. National Demand Expected to Grow. Geothermal Expense.

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Recent Changes to California’s Self-Generation Incentive Program, Explained

GreenTechMedia

In its early days until the California Solar Initiative was launched in 2006, the program promoted customers’ onsite solar photovoltaic projects. For a period after that, the largest share of projects were fuel cells, and SGIP was later expanded to include non-generation technologies such as energy storage.

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The Enormous Energy Legacy Of President George W. Bush

R-Squared Energy

In his 2006 State of the Union address, President Bush famously stated “Here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world.” The Bush Administration passed a number of laws aimed at accelerating the development of fracking. oil and gas production.

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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 2)

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated at least once every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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How Europe can lead the way in transitioning oil and gas to geothermal

ThinkGeoEnergy

He founded his law firm in Berlin in 1992. In 1995 he established the first German linked law firm in Poznan. His law firm focuses on business law, German and Polish geothermal law and has clients from Asia and Europe who invest in Germany or Poland. billion metric tons of CO2 each year from fossil fuels.

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