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Fossil Fuels vs. Renewables: A Price on Reliability?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Utility companies, as well as state and federal government regulatory agencies, made a series of questionable decisions that together created the situation we find ourselves in today. Consider what happened in New York City and northern New Jersey when Hurricane Sandy struck in 2012. That can prove disastrous.

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Western Wildfires are Burning Through Local and State Budgets 

Union of Concerned Scientists

For years, fossil fuel companies have socialized the costs of their pollution while privatizing the benefits. Since local and state governments are on the frontlines of paying for worsening wildfires, they should also be on the leading edge of holding fossil fuel companies accountable. Source: Statista 2023.

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The summary for policymakers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sixth assessment reports synthesis

Real Climate

The term “fossil fuels”, however, is mentioned 16 times. It’s indeed true that emissions must go down, but we also must explicitly acknowledge that we need to reduce our dependence on coal, oil and gas (“fossil fuels”). 775-779, 2012. C or 2°C since preindustrial times (p. Solomon, and A.S.

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Guest Essay: In The Dead Of Night, Legislature Subsidizes Fossil Fuel Industry While Clean Energy Jobs, Water Quality Restoration, Recreation Projects Go Without

PA Environment Daily

Buried two-thirds of the way through a dense tax code bill, nestled between tax breaks for entertainment venues and expansion criteria for Keystone Opportunity Zones, was a major $320 million giveaway for a new fossil fuel facility. In 2012, the Legislature passed the largest corporate subsidy in its history—a 25-year, $1.65

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What International Climate Justice Means for Sri Lanka

Union of Concerned Scientists

Between 1998 and 2012, the total loss from natural disasters in Sri Lanka was over $570 million , predominantly from flooding and cyclone damage, some of which caused irreparable damage to the southern coast of the island where my dad and his four siblings grew up. My family and the people of Sri Lanka deserve better.

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A Trip Down Memory “Train”: A Brief History of Public Transit

Union of Concerned Scientists

For more than a century, the United States has recognized this, and maintaining roads and bridges has been a core function of federal, state, and local governments. The federal government embraced a role in supporting transit in the 1970s, but this was cut back for the past 40 years and didn’t rebound until the pandemic.

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

California’s LCFS is causing problems for other states and the federal government. The LCFS is designed to hold fuel producers accountable for their supply chain emissions The LCFS and related Clean Fuel Standard policies are performance standards for transportation fuel based on lifecycle analysis.