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The politics of (bad) policy design: French solar panels and Northern Irish boilers

Environmental Europe

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. speculative ones.

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Advancing Ocean Climate Action at COP27

Ocean Conservancy

At COP27 we saw some potential progress as nine countries joined the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA) , committing their collective resources and political will to accelerate the deployment of offshore wind energy. Individual nations, like Vietnam, made new commitments as well. It’s time to, responsibly, pick up the pace.

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Climate Policy and the Audacity of Hope

Legal Planet

Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021. Rooftop solar costs in 2020 were a third of what they had been in 2010. In 2020, the cost of single-axis utility scale solar was only a fifth of what it was in 2010. I don’t mean to imply that technological progress will automatically fix things.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

In its papers supporting the order to show cause, the attorney general said that PwC had served as Exxon’s independent auditor since before 2010 (the time period covered by the subpoena), a role in which PwC examined whether Exxon’s financial statement disclosures were supported by evidence.

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Deserts as Ecosystems and Why They Need Protecting

Environmental Science

It's a great source of examining technologies from the simple to the complex, of acquiring, harnessing, storing and preserving water and its supply. Just as the technologies of Bedouin tribes have changed, so have the concept of a home which can be a tent, a stone building or even the desert land (30). Politics of Conservation.

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Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce 2021 Texas Grid Failure

Environmental Progress

ERCOT also expected, during peak demand events in winter, to have power from wind represent about 27% of installed wind capacity. In its most severe appraisal of the loss of wind capacity, ERCOT expected 8% of wind power compared to capacity. percent of the grid’s power. 354 (Bankr.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

25] And that amount does not include the costs associated with local and state political opposition. Industrial solar and wind projects require between 300 and 400 times more land than nuclear plants. [29] 52] And from 2010 to 2019, consumers from across the U.S. trillion. [25] percent of land in the United States. [31]