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We Need to Change Our Assumptions About Gas Plant Reliability

Union of Concerned Scientists

Gas plants failed at a scale that jeopardized grid reliability for large regions of the United States during severe winter storms in 2011 , 2014 , 2018 , 2021 , and 2022. Even with the clean energy transition well underway, gas plants will be around for a while as we phase out fossil fuels.

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5 Powerful Facts for Global Wind Day

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2021, 9 percent of US electricity came from those graceful kinetic sculptures, up from less than 3 percent in 2011. And US wind jobs, currently totaling more than 100,000, should grow right along with the technology and the market. Wind power is now cheaper than fossil fuels—even existing coal plants—in many parts of the country.

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$18 billion to fossil fuels: Breaking Down the Numbers

Enviromental Defense

The rest of the spending was through a variety of programs designed to fund the development and commercialization of ‘clean technology’ for the oil and gas sector, run through various agencies and funds. million for other categories of support to fossil fuels. 420 million in COVID support .

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Dear Oil and Gas CEOs: Here’s How You Should Spend Those Record Profits

Union of Concerned Scientists

Meanwhile, annual reports show corporations are pushing ahead with plans to expand production, betting on new technologies to somehow make it all okay in the future. Companies are spending millions fighting lawsuits that would hold them accountable for the costs that fossil fuel extraction has imposed on people and the planet.

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What Happens If Glen Canyon Dam’s Power Shuts Off?

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Rated for 1,320 megawatts — roughly the size of a large fossil fuel plant — the dam is now capable of only 800 megawatts. Less hydropower will force utilities to look elsewhere for replacement supplies, including from fossil fuel sources. Most comes from fossil fuels, wind, and solar.

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Volatile Chemical Products: Important Contributors to Harmful Particulate Matter

HumanNature

isoprene, carbitol, benzyl alcohol) to secondary organic aerosol are emitted from trees, fossil fuels, and an assortment of industrial and personal care compounds collectively known as volatile chemical products (VCPs). As fossil fuel emissions continue to decline, the fraction of SOA from VCP sources will likely increase.

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EVs Are at a Turning Point, It May Not Be What You Think

Union of Concerned Scientists

The market at the time (all of 6,743 California sales in 2011) was dominated by the 73-mile range Nissan Leaf, the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt (with a 35-mile electric range ). Today, sales in California not only far exceed these targets, but ahead of schedule, because regulators in part underestimated how fast technology would improve. ).