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California Must Not Abandon its Climate Leadership

Legal Planet

For more than 50 years, we have pioneered new policies and ushered in new technologies to clean our air and protect our climate. In 2010, out-of-state oil companies pushed Proposition 23 on California voters, which would have suspended the state’s pioneering climate policies, including the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

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Climate Policy and the Audacity of Hope

Legal Planet

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. Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021.

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Home Depot Has Cut Electricity Consumption by 44% Since 2010. How?

Environmental Leader

The post Home Depot Has Cut Electricity Consumption by 44% Since 2010. Home Depot’s stores will run entirely on renewable energy by 2030. Solar will provide 75% of that by the end of 2023. appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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New Analysis Shows Truck Manufacturers’ Scare Tactic Just a Bunch of Hot Air

Union of Concerned Scientists

Though manufacturers largely didn’t adopt the necessary emissions control technology to meet the NO X requirement until 2010, the 2007 standard did require new technologies to be deployed, at an increased upfront cost. <mic drop> So, is industry just full of it?

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Ambri Gets $144M Funding For Long Duration Battery Technology

Environmental Leader

Founded in 2010, based on MIT lab work and backed by seed money from Gates, Ambri has developed and commercialized proprietary liquid-metal. The post Ambri Gets $144M Funding For Long Duration Battery Technology appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Read more ».

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Federal Water Tap, August 1: EPA Shows Interest in Fireworks Contamination of Drinking Water Sources

Circle of Blue

The GAO assesses technologies for detecting and treating PFAS chemicals. Authorized in 2010, the project includes a dam on the North Fork of the White River, water intake and diversion structures, pumping plant, treatment facility, pipeline, and distribution system. PFAS Treatment Technologies. Produced by the U.S. On the Radar.

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5 Powerful Facts for Global Wind Day

Union of Concerned Scientists

And US wind jobs, currently totaling more than 100,000, should grow right along with the technology and the market. From 2010 through 2020, the cost of electricity from wind fell more than 60 percent, according to the Department of Energy. Flickr/Lance Cheung. Wind power is a bargain.