Cresforum

MARCH 10, 2022

Records were broken for renewable power, battery storage and sustainable transportation. In 2021, solar and wind power were built at a record pace due to surging demand by companies, households and sound economics. Over the past decade, economy-wide emissions are down 15 percent from 2005 levels.

Clean Energy 40

Clean Energy Natural Gas Greenhouse 2020 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Critics of wind and solar routinely raise concerns about how much land would be required to decarbonize the US power sector. Acknowledging that the United States is a leading contributor to carbon emissions, the Biden administration has committed to cutting US emissions 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

Electricity 357

Electricity Fossil Fuels Solar Power 2030 357

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the United States voluntarily pledged to reduce its global warming emissions at least 50 percent below their 2005 levels by the end of this decade and reach net-zero emissions no later than 2050.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 15, 2022

Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law has published an update to its Report on Opposition to Renewable Energy Facilities in the United States , which documents local restrictions on and opposition to the siting of renewable energy projects. increases over the report’s September 2021 update.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. 7] Nuclear plants are among the most reliable components of America’s power grids.

Electricity 100

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Renewables now account for 44% of the EU electricity mix and wind power is now producing more electricity than natural gas. At the beginning of the year Spain, Germany and the Netherlands announced that they generated 50 % of their electricity from renewables in 2023. and 9 GW of onshore wind.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Wind Power Electricity Renewable Energy 52

Environmental Europe

JANUARY 26, 2017

As one previous post on this blog detailed, the current political turmoil in Northern Ireland was sparked by a subsidy for renewable energy production. Though it is tempting to blame political carelessness, the ongoing RHI scandal prompts a broader reflection about renewable energy policy instruments.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

While solar PV and wind power are grabbing headlines, another clean energy revolution is silently taking place. Over the last few decades China has installed 30 million small biodigesters to help rural populations deal with energy poverty, deforestation, and healthcare. million cars off the road. A total of 6.5

Carbon Dioxide 52

Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas Waste Electricity 52

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

In July 2015, in advance of the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in Paris, the Minister submitted New Zealand’s intended nationally determined contribution (INDC)—and then subsequently a nationally determined contribution (NDC)—consistent with a “provisional target” of only 30% reduction from 2005 levels by 2030.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Instead, President Carter initiated two sets of major legislation that created the Department of Energy and restructured energy industries addressing both conventional fossil fuels and alternative and renewable energy resources. Today, energy production exceeds energy consumption by approximately 10 percent.

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Fossil Fuels 2008 Natural Gas Nuclear Power 165