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Global briefing: EPA suspends environmental law enforcement in response to pandemic

Business Green

All the key green business news from around the world this week. Global emissions may have fallen as the coronavirus pandemic has shuttered businesses around the world, but environmental campaigners are increasingly fearful the crisis could yet be used to roll back environmental rules and regulations. Total buys French wind power firm.

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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia

Grist

This story is part of the series Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia , which explores the path to low-carbon energy for British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Worried about the climate crisis? If not sooner.

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Smart Grid Evolution in 2023: The future of energy management

Smart Energy International

In 2023, Smart Meter Integration will continue to evolve. Communication technologies are continuing to change, making it easier for both customers and utilities to manage their energy use. CLOU AI Symbol Image Advanced Flux Capacitor Increasing Energy Demand due to Electric Vehicles. This pattern is already taking shape.

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Wind project off North Carolina coast gets overwhelming support

Renewable Energy World

By Elizabeth Ouzts , Energy News Network. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will now consider the input ahead of an anticipated auction this spring. But the ocean wind farm itself is still years away, with most of its details still undetermined. Undeniably, wind turbines can and do kill birds, often undetected.

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Global Briefing: EU emissions fall but SUVs drive up transport CO2

Business Green

Plus Biden's draft budget plans, France's plant-based diet plan, and all the rest of the top green business news from around the world this week. per cent in 2019, largely thanks to the ongoing decarbonisation of the heat and power industry through the bloc's emissions trading system (ETS), European Environment Agency (EEA) shows.

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Every region of the country is taking climate action. Here’s how.

Grist

States, cities, businesses, and organizations across the country are taking increasingly large steps to reduce emissions — and those efforts are aided by the falling costs of renewable energy and other decarbonizing technologies. Both Hawaiʻi and Guam have committed to using 100 percent renewable energy by 2045.

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How 4 Top US Utilities Are Grappling With the Energy Transition (or Not)

GreenTechMedia

The past decade has been a wild ride for America's massive electricity sector. Cheap wind and solar have turned the industry's conventional economic wisdom on its head. NextEra Energy: America's renewables behemoth. Today, no U.S. Today, no U.S. NextEra got into the U.S. NextEra got into the U.S.