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2021 Election Preview: The Expensive Battle in Maine over Hydropower Imports

Circle of Blue

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 28, 2021. NextEra operates a natural gas plant and several solar facilities in Maine, while Calpine and Vistra operate natural gas plants in the state. The DEP also ordered Central Maine Power to conserve 40,000 acres in western Maine and spend nearly $1.9

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Who the Heck is Patrick McHenry?

Legal Planet

As usual, I’ll begin with his League of Conservation Voters (LCV) scores — 5% in 2022, 6% lifetime. But in 2018 he scored 9% and by 2021 the score was 17%, which seems quite high for a House Republican these days. It is important to provide adequate protections for our natural treasures. history and a sense of humor.

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Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3 Million Highlight Big Shale Gas, Related Petrochemical Industry Compliance History In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

Read more here ] The Office of Attorney General also brought about a 2021 settlement with Chesapeake Energy for payment of royalties to landowners with shale gas leases that involved $5.3 billion cubic feet of natural gas from the Rager Mountain Gas Storage area in Cambria County; -- $1.1 Read more here.]

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PJM Interconnection: Winter Weather Forces Natural Gas Pipeline Fuel Restrictions, ‘Conservative Operations’ Declared To Assure Electric Grid Reliability Through Jan. 17

PA Environment Daily

On January 12, the PJM Interconnection declared ‘Conservative Operations’ to maintain electric grid reliability forced by natural gas pipeline fuel restrictions brought on by winter weather impacts on their operations. No action is requested of the public. No action is requested of the public.

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The Stream, September 15, 2021: Reason For Dam Failure in Michigan ‘Rare, But Not Unprecedented,’ Report Says

Circle of Blue

A natural gas company in Canada says they won’t generate enough electricity due to drought this summer. Manitoba Hydro, a natural gas company in Canada, said it doesn’t expect to generate enough electricity this winter to meet its export budget, thanks to dry conditions over the last several months across the Lake Winnipeg watershed.

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South Korea and Climate Change

Legal Planet

Two thirds of generation capacity is based on fossil fuels, split evenly between coal and natural gas, with 17% nuclear, and 14% hydro and other renewables. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear. In 2021, South Korea set a target under the Paris Agreement of a 40% cut from 2018 levels by 2030.

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Ninth Circuit Holds Berkeley’s Gas Ban Preempted by U.S. Energy Policy & Conservation Act

Law Columbia

The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. Berkeley’s so-called “natural gas ban” was the first local ordinance in the country to effectively require all-electric construction of new buildings.