GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

Whether it’s politically possible for the U.S. In this scenario, a zero-carbon electricity system would drive wholesale power costs of about $90 per megawatt-hour on average. All of these benefits can be captured with solar, wind, existing hydropower and lithium-ion battery technologies at projected 2030 prices, he added.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

1, 2020 rules adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) came into effect that substantially decreased the amount of sulfur allowed in maritime fuels with the goal of cutting sulfur oxide emissions from ships by 77%. Rules Refresh The shipping industry has undergone major regulatory shifts already. Regulatory rewind: On Jan.1,

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Earth Gratitude

AUGUST 27, 2017

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 5, 2020

Energy companies spending big in the political realm is not big news; it’s a great value proposition for them. they are about utilities leveraging political power to help protect profits. Amazingly, this was the second scandal in the Midwest related to improper activity between energy companies and elected officials.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, asserted (January 27), “If Russia invades Ukraine one way or another … we will work with Germany to ensure it (the pipeline) does not move forward.” With the decommissioning of coal and nuclear power stations, utilities turned to natural gas.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

The gas-free scenario is also reliant on the greatest mix of as-yet untested technologies such as long-duration energy storage or small modular nuclear reactors — and it would involve keeping some of its coal plants open past 2030, to ensure it can provide reliable power in the winter when solar power is scarce.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 12, 2021

But beneath the similar political dynamics lie a dramatically different set of ground truths — primarily, the ascendance of wind and solar power from relatively marginal and costly resources to the lowest-cost and fastest-growing source of electricity in the world.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Then, the energy industry worried that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) wouldn’t renew its production deal with non-member countries, causing increased production and negative pressure on crude prices. State interests also intervene with political ambition, though Norway and China appear to be setting the stage.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

“It shows that the committee has been listening to stakeholders and has watched the Democratic primary carefully,” Leah Stokes, a political science professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara who recently published a book on U.S. clean energy and climate policy, told The Guardian. degrees Celsius of warming.

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Grist

MAY 20, 2020

DeWine, 73, has served in Ohio politics for over four decades, most recently as Ohio’s attorney general. Yet while DeWine has been willing to buck party politics and uphold scientific evidence on coronavirus, his performance on other health-related issues — namely, climate change and the environment — has been less consistent.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2021

That order, which is facing multiple legal challenges and is still in final stages of implementation , could eventually force solar, wind and nuclear power resources out of the market across PJM’s 11-state territory, and has led states including New Jersey, Maryland and Illinois to consider departing it entirely.

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