Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions. What are the main solutions?

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Circle of Blue

MAY 19, 2022

Barges up to 300 feet long and 90 feet across will carry 12 miles of spooled electrical cable, navigation equipment, a tall crane and a specialized crew. Construction may start in a few months and the cable could be laid in 2024 as part of a major transmission line called the Champlain Hudson Power Express.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

As my colleague John Rogers explains , extreme heat can have cascading impacts on our electricity system making electricity more expensive, more polluting, and less reliable. Under high heat conditions, power plants can also be less efficient at producing electricity as they normally would under cooler conditions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Between 2010 and 2018, Chevron is analyzed to have dedicated only 0.2% of its long-term investments to sources of low-carbon energy like wind and solar. The cost of wind and solar power have been falling for over a decade, making them the world’s cheapest source of new electricity.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. electrical grids were increasingly “complex and vulnerable.” [2] Shellenberger. 5] The U.S.

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Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2024

In 2010, a major climate change law passed by the House died in the Senate, but 12 years later, a major climate law passed both Houses. If cellphone prices had dropped as fast since 2010 as the cost of power from solar panels, you could buy a new iPhone for about thirty bucks today. In little more than a decade, U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2022

. -- 65 Percent Of Shale Gas Leases Not Used In State Forests: DCNR said during budget hearings this year 65 percent of the land already leased for natural gas drilling on State Forest land in 2008 and 2010 hasn’t been developed. They could start drilling on these leases today if they wanted to.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. The US Energy Information Administration is forecasting the wholesale price of gas to reach its highest level since the winter of 2009-2010 in inflation-adjusted terms.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Rural Communities On The Front Lines Of Solar's Growth -- Sen. Mensch Introduces Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen -- 35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov. DEP Chesapeake Bay Implementation: 7 Conservation Districts Awarded $2.98

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

It was reported in January that a developer had filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court challenging the City of Santa Rosa’s law requiring appliances in new homes of three stories or less to use electricity rather than natural gas. Lawsuit Filed Challenging Solar Power Facility in California. County of Kern , No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

billion (in 2010 dollars) in federal tax breaks and subsidies for nearly 100 years. In fact, such standards have had a negligible effect on electricity prices and often save ratepayers money. . … [W]hat about the oil and gas industry’s subsidies and tax breaks?” Renewables,” I added, “have gotten peanuts in comparison.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The Energy Department, however, concluded that the credits will have a negligible impact on monthly electric bills. The Energy Department, however, concluded that the credits will have a negligible impact on monthly electric bills. Likewise, Koch subsidiaries have jumped into smart grid and electric vehicle charging technologies.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The resulting fall of natural gas prices made it the fuel of choice for electricity producers, and coal use declined. Additionally, in the 2010s, solar and wind generated electricity became cost competitive with, if not outright cheaper than coal, natural gas, and nuclear power.

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