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Duke Energy aims to double renewable energy capacity by 2030

Renewable Energy World

Around $15 billion would be spent on nuclear, renewables, storage, and hydropower over the same period, plus $33 billion on transmission and distribution infrastructure. Roy Cooper on Wednesday signed into law a bipartisan mandate that will require the state to reduce carbon emissions by 70% by 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Cascadia is known for strong climate action. So why are emissions still rising?

Grist

When InvestigateWest launched the Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia series in January 2021, the latest official data showed that emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases had risen steadily from 2012 to 2018, and the region wasn’t on track to make big cuts this decade. “We

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Replace fossil fuels — with more fossil fuels? That’s one major utility’s plan.

DeSmogBlog

Austin Wall was attending an environmental law conference at the University of Tennessee not long ago when, during a discussion of natural gas pipeline projects, a map appeared on the screen and gave him a surprise. I’m like, hold up, that Google Maps looks really familiar to me,” the 25-year-old law student said. “I

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Replace fossil fuels — with more fossil fuels? That’s one major utility’s plan.

DeSmogBlog

Austin Wall was attending an environmental law conference at the University of Tennessee not long ago when, during a discussion of natural gas pipeline projects, a map appeared on the screen and gave him a surprise. I’m like, hold up, that Google Maps looks really familiar to me,” the 25-year-old law student said. “I

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

Business Green

Barring any late Congressional dramas, President Joe Biden could sign the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law before the week is out, triggering a multi-billion dollar green investment bonanza that promises to drastically accelerate US emissions reduction efforts. The US is set to get its first ever carbon equivalent tax - on methane.