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Renewables Buoy RWE and EDF as Clean Energy Outlook Brightens

GreenTechMedia

” EDF, which is majority-owned by the French government, has amassed a global portfolio of 32.5 GW of hydropower. Most recently, natural gas has been denied the status as a “transition fuel.” That figure is linked to the threshold required to keep global warming below 1.5 GW, with 14.2

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Bringing Climate Change Solutions Home

Mosaic

97 percent of climate scientists agree that global warming trends are clear and “extremely likely” due to human activities, most prominently the rising emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil fuels. as well as wind, hydropower, and bioenergy can replace coal, gas, and oil for power generation.

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What Renewable Energy Is Most Cost-Effective by Region?

Green Living Guy

These are power sources like crude oil and natural gas that we use to sustain ourselves. What’s one significant contributor to climate change? They’re called fossil fuels. Fortunately, we can turn to renewable energy alternatives that work similarly — and are better for the planet. Take a look to see.

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How steel might finally kick its coal habit

Grist

Doing so is essential to limiting global warming to 1.5 And if the facility can use cheap, plentiful renewable electricity, perhaps from a hydropower plant, its steel would cost less than the competition. “At Steelmakers worldwide are facing mounting pressure from government regulators and consumers to decarbonize operations.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

Their report revealed that by combining wind, solar, geothermal and hydropower sources, California could, theoretically, meet 100% of its electricity demand with WWS. Hydropower electricity produced in the Pacific Northwest would be imported to fill in the gaps. to 4 million deaths that occur worldwide, each year.”

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The 5 Biggest US Utilities Committing to Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

GreenTechMedia

At the same time, the increasingly dire effects of global warming are bringing more Americans in line with much of the rest of the world in making carbon-emissions reduction a top policy priority. Utilities in many states now face mandates to move to 100 percent renewable energy or cut carbon to zero by 2050. Dominion Energy.

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Revealed: Two Thirds of Online Posts from Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Greenwashing’

DeSmogBlog

The simple fact is that they are not reducing their polluting activities by the significant amount required to limit the worst impacts of global warming.”. However, 13 percent of Shell’s posts focussed specifically on renewable energies such as wind, solar, and hydropower.