Legal Planet
OCTOBER 10, 2023
It then tread water for a few years and began a steep decline in 2008, going from half of U.S. Since around 2008, natural gas use has been the mirror image of coal use. But the growth of f racking began in earnest around 2008, and it drove down the price of gas. Politically, what has happened to coal jobs may be more salient.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 4, 2024
Standing in the voting booth, I asked myself how it was possible that someone like me, who has devoted my career to studying political science and elections and who does research ahead of time, was encountering such difficulties just trying to cast my vote? times higher than the rest of the state in 2008 and five times higher in 2010.
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Legal Planet
APRIL 29, 2024
Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021. The Department of Energy estimates the cost of an electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack declined 89% between 2008 and 2022. The resulting economic growth also helps create a stronger political base for aggressive expansion of clean energy.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
My foray into Germany climate policy left me with unanswered questions: What was the politics behind Germany’s history of climate action? Renewables are 6% of power. Renewable Energy Act sets fixed feed-in tariffs and gives renewables priority on the grid. New rates are large enough to spark expansion of renewable industry.
Legal Planet
JULY 29, 2021
Wang is a leading expert on environmental governance and the law and politics of China. William serves as project lead for the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force , a unique subnational collaboration of 38 states and provinces that is working to develop regulatory frameworks to reduce emissions from deforestation and land use.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 16, 2024
For example, in Galveston, Texas, where most public housing was destroyed b y Hurricane Ike in 2008, the reconstruction of units was delayed by more than a decade. And it’s important when we think about resources and policies that can help, to not just focus them on people who have political power and relatively more resources.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 17, 2024
By far the most ambitious activities and the most expansive claims are in China, where weather modification schemes came to international attention when they were used to clear the skies over Beijing for the 2008 Olympics. Modeling and predicting the climate is a lot more feasible than doing the same for the weather. Download as PDF
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