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Looming Grid Shortfall Prompts 2.5GW California Procurement Proposal

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Although the proposed ‘all-source’ procurement would allow existing natural gas-fired peaker plants to compete, it could also open a massive new market for renewable energy, energy storage, demand response and other preferred alternatives to fossil fuels. Fitch wrote in Thursday’s proposed decision.

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Tracking Progress on 100% Clean Energy Targets

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But most jurisdictions use the broader term “clean energy,” which can also include resources like large hydroelectric generation and nuclear power. Seven states, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, have passed 100 percent clean energy transition laws. Washington D.C.

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The Inflation Reduction Act is signed into law

Smart Energy International

President Joe Biden has signed into law the most significant piece of legislation supporting clean energy and climate change mitigation in US history. With this law, the American people won and the special interests lost,” Biden said at a bill signing ceremony on 16 August. By Jennifer Runyon and John Engel. Transmission.

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? Charting a course to curb maritime emissions

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With the growth of e-commerce and demand for faster shipping (which means burning more fuel), maritime emissions increased nearly 5% between 2020 and 2021. The drop in sulfur oxide emissions, which ironically have a cooling effect in the atmosphere by reflecting light, has also played a role in record high ocean temps this year.

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Texas Crisis Drives First Public Power Bankruptcy, With More Fallout Expected

GreenTechMedia

Freezing temperatures caused cascading problems in the state’s natural-gas production and delivery network that restricted fuel supply to the power plants relied upon for about two-thirds of wintertime electricity supply. It also froze up sensors and cooling systems that forced natural gas, coal and nuclear power plants to trip offline.

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Global briefing: US eyes sweeping climate risk disclosure rules

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All the top green business news from around the world this week, including China coal fleet concerns, ultra-white paint and Brazil's rainforest funding demands. If you were to use this paint to cover a roof area of about 1,000 square feet, we estimate that you could get a cooling power of 10 kilowatts.

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

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based Center for International Environmental Law has reported. Lovelock’s main concern was not warming caused by the greenhouse effect, however, but the prospect of a precipitous drop in temperatures caused by the localised cooling influence of atmospheric pollution.