GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Some of those pathways move more dramatically toward closing coal plants or halting new natural gas power plants. Others rely on options like offshore wind that are untested in the U.S., or next-generation modular nuclear reactors which have yet to be proven in any market. While most U.S.

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The region’s power grid — part of a larger Western grid — is too weak and fractured to reliably integrate the massive increase in renewable energy needed to decarbonize. Ensuring a cleaner and reliable grid. Cascadia’s rules don’t constrain highway expansion, which tends to increase driving and thus emissions.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

After a week of the country’s worst power grid collapse in decades — an event that's taken a dreadful toll in dozens of lives lost and billions of dollars in economic damage — the lights are back on in Texas. “That means firm gas contracts, dual-fuel capability or winterizing your plant,” he wrote.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2024

From his perch at Climate Depot , the blog he’s run since 2009, Morano has elevated fake climate experts, encouraged the harassment of real climate scientists , and promoted the myth of “global cooling.” It’s not just offshore wind at risk either. Residents packed public meetings and staged beachfront rallies.

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