DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2023

With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act last year, a decades-long effort to get a major climate package through Congress is over. Current supplies are made by reforming natural gas, which releases greenhouse gasses. Most importantly, it does not emit carbon when it’s used.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

trillion federal spending and tax extension package negotiated by congressional leaders over the weekend alongside a $900 billion coronavirus relief package. Utility-scale solar power is already cost-competitive against coal-fired power across the world and with natural-gas-fired power in many markets.

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Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

Aligning economic stimulus and policy packages with climate goals is crucial for a long-term viable and healthy economy. subsidies to the fossil fuel industry at roughly $20 billion per year; with 20 percent currently allocated to coal and 80 percent to natural gas and crude oil. Conservative estimates put direct U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 22, 2020

Few utility groups are sailing in as many different political and geographic crosscurrents as Berkshire Hathaway Energy, the energy holding company of Warren Buffet’s $500-billion conglomerate. Dominion's generation fleet centers around nuclear and gas. Berkshire Hathaway: No two regions the same. Credit: PacifiCorp).

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Renewables will continue to thrive regardless of the final results on November 3, driven by their cost-competitiveness and broad political support, experts say. The American political system tends to move incrementally, but don’t rule out the incredible just yet. What’s at stake for utilities? But developing major U.S.

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