The Verge: Energy

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The DOE announced last month that it would start to collect data on the electricity consumption of crypto mines, mandating that companies comply with the “ emergency collection of data request. Bitcoin mining has also brought sputtering fossil fuel power plants back to life and raised electricity costs for some residents in New York.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

A UN-backed report funded by the EU outlines a proposal whereby the recycling of certain components and sub-systems within electronic equipment should be mandated by law. Neodymium iron boron magnets from hard disc drives, and electrical engines of e-bikes, scooters and end-of-life vehicles (ELVs).

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Surely, she could at least improve her air quality by keeping the gas heater off and purchasing a portable heat pump, an increasingly popular device that uses electricity to move heat in and out of the home. I’d love an all-electric apartment unit, but most housing in the city was built over 50 years ago.

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Charged

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes $7.5 SAE recently produced the Electric Vehicle Coupler J3400 Technical Information Report , which “will help to ensure that any supplier or manufacturer will be able to use, manufacture, or deploy the J3400 [aka NACS] connector.” billion in subsidies for public EV charging infrastructure. $5

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 11, 2020

” The coronavirus crisis highlights a number of political and economic divides. Recommended reading: Deutsche Welle : Germany Pushes Electric Cars in $145B Stimulus. Climate Change News: Spain Unveils Climate Law to Cut Emissions to Net Zero by 2050. Is America squandering a historic opportunity?

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

According to the F Minus report, both counties also employed lobbyists shared with Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest electricity provider and top lobbying spender , which also operates gas-fired power plants and other natural gas projects throughout the state.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

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.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The number of operational clean hydrogen production projects worldwide is set to at least double in the next five years, according to research published on 23 October by law firm Pillsbury , with 108 set to start producing the gas by the end of 2028.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Boyd found that the number of known ISDS cases targeting environmental protections has “skyrocketed” in recent years, with nations ordered to pay more than $100 billion in damages to coal, oil, gas, electricity, and mining firms. Despite their impacts, ISDS cases are cloaked in secrecy.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

By putting in place the enabling primary legislation that bridges legal gaps, creates new laws, or brings clarity to existing laws. It also amends the Electricity Act 1989 to state storage qualifies as a generation subset. The devil will be in the detail as these regulations touch upon complex and technical matters.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Its chair, Marie Donnelly, last night expressed concern at the “problematic” sectoral targets, which she described as “not consistent” with the objectives of Ireland’s climate laws. After the painful financial crash of 2008/9, the political atmosphere in Ireland ahead of the lifting of quotas was febrile. Steep Cuts for Other Sectors.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 23, 2021

In March 2020, for example, China’s State Council announced four national requirements for VOC content in adhesives, coatings, inks and cleaning agents widely used in the electronics and electrical industry; the stringency and implementation of these mandates may have a significant impact on production and business risk moving forward.

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Charged

AUGUST 22, 2019

Obviously, such plans have opponents, and they aren’t likely to become law without political battles. However, as CityLab puts it, the popular opposition to the repeal of the ban indicates that there is “widespread support for green urban policies even when the political pendulum swings right.”.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The Assembly is a network of social, environmental, and political groups that have banded together to oppose offshore oil drilling along Argentina’s Atlantic coast. Parts of the country saw temperatures in excess of 113 degrees Fahrenheit in mid-January, and the record-setting demand for electricity led to temporary blackouts in Buenos Aires.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 14, 2023

In spite of a political will to prevent renewable developments from leading figures and inconsistent policy directions, the sector is picking up huge momentum and we expect this to deliver huge strides in 2023. Read more: 2023 predictions: Electric vehicle trends and challenges. Mark Rowcroft.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Gavin Newsom’s late Friday decision to reject Pacific Gas & Electric’s bankruptcy reorganization plan has left the state’s largest utility scrambling to craft a new one that can win his approval. ” It’s also not clear how such an agreement could override standing bankruptcy law, he contended.

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Grist

JANUARY 31, 2024

Read more “fiction to reality” based on past Imagine contests ] “It’s unrealistic to think that regulation can work on its own,” said Matto Mildenberger, an assistant professor and researcher who specializes in climate politics and political drivers of policy inaction.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

However, Loshaj concedes that her ability to speak out is partly due to her living in Canada, which shielded her from some of the potential risks facing environmental campaigners in Kosovo – some of whom fear their employers may come under political pressure to dismiss them if their protests garner too much attention. Public Interest.

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Clean Energy Canada

MAY 1, 2023

We’ll dive into Clean Energy Canada’s latest modelling of Canadian energy jobs in a net-zero world, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with labour and industry leaders featuring General Motors’ David Paterson, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ Matt Wayland, and Chandos Construction’s Jen Hancock.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2021

It was the first major economy to put net zero in law by 2050 and it has also cut its existing emissions at the fastest rate in the G7 since 1990. Glasgow isn't a ribbon cutting event, it requires real political muscle. Joe Tetlow is senior political adviser at Green Alliance. and ‘is it worth it?'. at Glasgow.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The change will be introduced as an amendment to the EU's climate law. The Commission is likely to have found a target that is achievable and politically palatable to all member states. While some member states were already happy with a 40 percent goal, some environmental groups wanted to move to 65 percent.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In terms of maintaining an economically optimal supply of power, the energy sector refers to the sequence in which electricity-producing power plants operate on an electricity trading platform as a merit order. Graphically, the principle appears like this: The Merit Order Effect In Electrical Energy Trading.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In terms of maintaining an economically optimal supply of power, the energy sector refers to the sequence in which electricity-producing power plants operate on an electricity trading platform as a merit order. Graphically, the principle appears like this: The Merit Order Effect In Electrical Energy Trading.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

Key architect of the 2008 Climate Change Act returns to frontline politics, as Sir Keir Starmer unveils Labour's new front bench team. As such, Miliband was instrumental in passing the 2008 Climate Change Act, which set UK decarbonisation targets into law and established the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Biden’s Administration Commits a Total of $65 Billion to Investments in Clean Energy The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law under President Biden’s administration has earmarked $65 billion for clean energy investments through the Department of Energy (DOE).

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Front And Centered

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

We require a Just Transition because the physics of climate are unforgiving, because it’s the right thing to do, and because it’s the only politically possible path toward what we really need. million, $91 million in electrification, to build two 144-car hybrid electric ferries and to convert a regular ferry to a hybrid electric model.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

And, in the United States, political gridlock chopped the heart out of Congress’ most ambitious clean energy plan. . Would make electricity more dependable. The Wild Horse wind and solar farm east of Ellensburg, Washington on Whiskey Dick Mountain generates electricity for suburban Seattle utility Puget Sound Energy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The gas crunch gripping Europe is directly caused by volatile international gas markets that expose the UK to demand surges in Asia and political manipulation by Putin. And home-grown renewable electricity to power heat pumps can cut our home gas bills completely.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 24, 2020

In particular, the unprecedented move will require an unprecedented leap forward in policies that can make electric vehicles affordable and beneficial for Lyft drivers within the next 10 years. Lyft Director of Sustainability Sam Arons pointed to Lyft's policy work in Colorado during the Political Climate podcast last week. Pull Quote.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Assess market development, including conducting research on electric vehicle charging infrastructure evolution, electric vehicle development across all vehicle segments, research on other infrastructure development entities (i.e., Performs other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties). Qualifications.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As the former Energy Minister who signed net zero into law, for the sake of our environment and climate, I cannot personally vote tonight to support fracking and undermine the pledges I made at the 2019 General Election," he wrote. "I Political instability makes business owners unsure - What will taxes be? What will regulations be?

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Business Green

JUNE 26, 2020

Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week, including Denmark's new climate law and the Australian mining sector's net zero pledge. Denmark agrees 'landmark' climate action law. IETA sets out net zero carbon trading vision.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

Green hydrogen, produced using renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power and electrolysis, is more costly to produce than its dirtier equivalents, and is dependent on the cost of electricity and available water. To achieve that goal, three quarters of our electricity will need to be sourced from clean energy.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Those with an electricity connection in the area can then place a buy order on a connected energy market platform. And to prevent grid balance at a national level from being disturbed, the reduction of electricity production within the congestion area is combined with a sell order from a market party outside the congestion area.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Environmental law charity ClientEarth has warned the Commission was putting itself at "serious risk of legal challenge" if it pressed ahead with plans to include fossil gas in the taxonomy. The proposal will now be scrutinised by EU governments and the European Parliament, which must approve it before it becomes law.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The body also welcomed the passing of the UK's 2050 net zero target into law last year, as well as the government's plans to build 40GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030 and bring forward its proposed fossil fuel car phase out to 2035 at the latest. to switch off in January after the failure of a Western Link HVDC.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2022

The paper also highlights that some of these risks have already manifested, noting that last month's reports that the Treasury was looking at a wider windfall tax that would take in generators saw over £4bn knocked off the value of key electricity firms. It is an argument that is likely to cut through in parts of government.

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