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SPACs offer new investment opportunities for energy industry

Renewable Energy World

As the recent experience at ExxonMobile has shown, investors are eager to invest in, and accelerate the migration toward, energy production that does not rely on fossil fuels. Steve Carman is a Kansas City-based partner with the law firm Husch Blackwell LLP and leads the firm’s Energy & Natural Resources industry team.

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Comment: Carbon net zero – we’re halfway there

Envirotec Magazine

The government went one step further and in April, set the world’s most ambitious climate change target into law: to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels. A lot of the hard work has come from decarbonising the grid and the shift to renewable power. In 2020, the UK went without coal power for 180 of the 366 days.

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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia

Grist

Renewable solar and wind power now typically costs less than fossil-fuel alternatives. That’s looking more doable as renewable-energy prices drop, providing an alternative to fossil fuels. Over the last decade, solar costs fell more than 80 percent, and wind costs are quickly declining as well.

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Local Governments and Grassroots Activists Stop Spate of US Carbon Capture Pipelines

DeSmogBlog

I think what the cancellation shows is that people have had enough of fossil fuel infrastructure being forced upon them,” said Lorne Stockman, research co-director with Oil Change International. “It to four times, and could save drivers tens of billions of dollars – even accounting for the higher cost of the electrically powered F-150.

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Oregon Utility Using Greenwashing and ‘Renewable Natural Gas’ To Push Back on Potential Gas Bans

DeSmogBlog

If you live in Oregon, it’s likely you’ve been bombarded with misleading PR from the local utility company, Northwest Natural, about the potential for what the industry is calling renewable natural gas (RNG) — methane captured from places like landfills and repurposed into energy for homes.

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Duke Energy aims to double renewable energy capacity by 2030

Renewable Energy World

The financial sector is increasingly concerned about ownership of fossil fuel assets, particularly coal facilities, said B illy Pizer, vice president for research and policy engagement at the non-profit think thank Resources for the Future. Courtesy: North Carolina Governor's Office). Roy Cooper (D) in October.

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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