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Reevaluating the Role of Fossil Gas in a Decarbonizing Grid

Union of Concerned Scientists

But gas power plants have also played an important role in helping to maintain the overall reliability of the electricity grid by meeting peak power demands, such as on hot summer days when people turn on their air conditioners. Source: UCS Accelerating Clean Energy Ambition.

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August 12 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

16 In Montrose, Susquehanna County Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Aug. 16 In Montrose, Susquehanna County Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Aug. 22, 23, 24 PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Hosts Aug. 5 PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Aug. 28 To Oct. 6 DCNR To Host Aug. Of Environmental Professionals Hosts Aug.

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Sounding the All (Nu)Clear: Restarting Japan’s Nuclear Plants Post-Fukushima Disaster

Vermont Law

While Japan once had one of the world’s most diverse energy portfolios, the loss of its nuclear program has caused a sudden shift towards a fossil-fuel heavy generation industry. On August 11, 2015, the Kyushu Electric Power Company began the restart process on the No. Sendai Nuclear Power Plant.

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PUC Vice Chairman: During Winter Storm Elliot We Learned Natural Gas Can Be An Intermittent Generator Of Electricity Just Like Renewables

PA Environment Daily

Our country continues to experience an increase in significant weather events- the 2014 Polar Vortex, successive hurricanes, fires, and Winter Storm Uri in 2021, which brought down Texas' grid,” said Chairman Dutrieuille. Natural Gas Is An Intermittent Generator Rep.

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Climate Activists Argue Criminal Acts Legally Excusable Under Necessity Doctrine

Vermont Law

Many civil disobedience activists in the 1960s and 70s attempted to use it to justify their illegal actions in protests over foreign wars or nuclear power, for example, but achieved little to no success. 8, 2014), [link]. Courts were—and remain—skeptical that such acts can fairly be said to avoid or reduce the harm protested.

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147 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

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Testimony of Michael D. Shellenberger Founder and President, Environmental Progress For the House Oversight Committee August 5, 2020

Environmental Progress

Finally, the premature closure of nuclear power plants, often in the name of fighting climate change, results in greater air pollution. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez last year called for the closure of US nuclear power plants. For example, the Green New Deal proposed by Rep.

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