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

Environmental Progress

21] In 2019, German electricity prices were 45 percent higher than the European average. [22] 22] A study published in late 2019 found that Germany’s nuclear phase-out is costing its citizens $12 billion per year. [23] gigawatts of highly-reliable, low-cost, and low-carbon power. [49] as a whole. [52] 5] Ran Fu et al., “US

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Federal Court Denied Motions to Dismiss Challenges to 2019 Presidential Permit for Keystone XL. The federal district court for the District of Montana denied motions to dismiss and for a preliminary injunction in litigation challenging a presidential permit issued in 2019 for a cross-border segment of the Keystone XL pipeline.

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