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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 2)

Clean Energy Law

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated at least once every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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PJM Interconnection: Summer Electricity Supplies Should Be Sufficient Under Anticipated Conditions; Higher Than Expected Generator Outages, Extreme Scenarios Could Bring Risk To Reserve Margins

PA Environment Daily

PJM’s all-time, one-day highest power use was recorded in the summer of 2006 at 165,563 MW. Generator Nonperformance The failure of natural gas and coal-fired power plants to meet their obligations to generate power during Winter Storm Elliot has heightened concerns about margin projects in the PJM grid area. A record $1.8

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Four cheap solutions to climate change

Edouard Stenger

At a time where scientists are trying to figure out how to suck the excess carbon out of our atmosphere, Mother Nature has known how to do it for millions of years. Trees are very efficient at absorbing carbon dioxide. Any energy use entails carbon emissions, some more than others. per watt in 2008 to $3.36/watt

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Solar Panels Are More Carbon-Intensive Than Experts Admit

Environmental Progress

If this estimate is accurate, solar would not compare favorably with natural gas, which is around 50 gCO2/kWh with carbon capture, and 400 to 500 without. The disruption happened in under a decade, with China’s global share of PV production surging from 14 percent in 2006 to 60 percent by 2013.

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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update

Clean Energy Law

Originally, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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Maryland is Leading the Transition to All Electric Buildings

Greenbuilding Law

This means that buildings must use electric heating, cooling, and hot water systems instead of natural gas or oil. In 2022, the Maryland legislature enacted the Climate Solutions Now Act (SB 528) which mandates a 60% reduction in the state’s GHG emissions by 2031 relative to 2006 levels and net zero GHG emissions by 2045.

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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 3)

Clean Energy Law

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), requires CARB to develop and update every five years a scoping plan that describes the approach California will take to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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