Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Mine Cleanup Law Weakened by Coal’s Decline — Reclamation is a flashpoint for the partisan divide over fossil fuels. Reuters reports that water constraints could trouble more firms that hope to develop the next generation of low-carbon hydrogen fuel for shipping, trucking, and steel production.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

The Department of Energy estimates the cost of an electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack declined 89% between 2008 and 2022. Cheaper renewable energy attracts private investment and makes limits on fossil fuels more feasible. Prices for battery storage have declined even more sharply.

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A Greener Life

JULY 7, 2021

New research from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) confirms renewables are continuing to outpace fossil fuels on cost. They found that the share of renewable energy that achieved lower costs than the most competitive fossil fuel option doubled in 2020. C climate pathway.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 13, 2024

Paul Arbaje is an energy analyst in the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists and an expert on electricity policies and reforms that reduce fossil fuel use and reliance. There are benefits to installing these clean appliances that go far beyond just contributing less to climate change.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Glasgow — Today at COP26, Canada, US, Mali, UK, and 20 other countries and institutions from both developed and developing countries launched a joint statement committing to end direct international public finance for unabated coal, oil and gas by the end of 2022 and prioritize clean energy finance. This was 2.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) is one of the go-to sources for reliable information about the US power sector. They just released their 2022 “Annual Energy Outlook” (AEO), which is a big deal: it tells us where electricity is headed over the next 30 years. Carbon emissions remain high.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

China’s commitment to clean energy use and to producing clean tech is undeniable. Domestic Chinese EV sales in 2022 were 6.8 The problem is that China’s energy use grew even faster than its clean energy use. The amount of new solar capacity in 2023 was double 2022’s, and new wind capacity was up 66%.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In 2022, UCS, COPAL , and our other project partners published the report On the Road to 100 Percent Renewables , along with a state-specific fact sheet outlining how Minnesota could meet its electricity needs completely and equitably with renewable energy by 2035, while dramatically reducing fossil fuel use in vehicles and buildings.

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Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 27, 2023

The Statistical Review of World Energy reveals a turbulent 2022 for global energy, including energy price increases, steady fossil fuel dependence, and increased emissions

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

However, as we replace fossil fuels with clean electricity for heating and transportation to meet our climate goals, these peak demands will increasingly shift to the winter in many parts of the country. Decarbonizing the power sector also plays a critical long-term role by replacing fossil fuels in other sectors.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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. Negative CI scores undermine California’s goal of phasing out fossil fuels and combustion fuels in general.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2022

As a result, when today’s fossil fuel end uses can be directly electrified via renewables instead, such as for heating in buildings , it is overwhelmingly a better decarbonization path. Background on the hydrogen hubs program.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 4, 2022

Germany is expected to increase its fossil fuel consumption for electricity generation in 2022, if its weather conditions and electricity demand are similar to 2021, a new analysis from Environmental Progress finds. Emissions from Germany’s power sector could thus rise from 244 million tons in 2021 to 264 million tons in 2022.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

As California decarbonizes its economy, the state will build enormous amounts of renewable energy and energy storage to clean up the electricity sector. All that being said, it’s still 2022 and September is upon us. heat pumps !).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

Fuel transport – Spring floods can hinder the transportation of fuels like coal. While it is a heavily polluting fossil fuel that is set to continue declining as a fuel source for US electricity generation over the next decade, coal still accounted for roughly 20 percent of the country’s generation in 2022.

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

On Wednesday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed a package of four clean energy bills. These laws ban new fossil fuel plants and set aggressive targets for the state’s two major utilities, requiring emission cuts of 80% by 2030, 90% by 2035 and 100% by 2040. These bills move Oregon to the forefront of climate action.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2023

The fabulous growth of wind and solar builds on states’ clean energy policy and corporate decarbonization targets. However, great opportunities for more new clean energy supplies to replace fossil fuel energy need supporting grid investments. Where do we go for that modern infrastructure?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The simple fact is that ditching fossil fuels for low-cost clean energy resources is good for the planet, good for the US economy, and good for public health. UCS) UCS’s findings are consistent with the conclusions of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Transmission Needs Study , which it released last October.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The renewable energy transition involves harnessing epic forces of nature. Sleek solar panels forged from silver and silica from the depths of the Earth translate the sun’s blindingly fiery light energy into electricity. Once the battery looks up to code, it is off to the grid to power our renewable energy future!

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 17, 2022

A battle is brewing over the future of lithium, an essential component of the world’s transition to renewable energy. The issue refracts a quandary being litigated around the world: the transition towards renewable energy is creating its own host of social and environmental problems.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

That requires bringing global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050. To meet that goal, the International Energy Agency’s Net Zero Roadmap released in 2021 says no new oil and gas supply projects can come online. DO: Dramatically increase your investment in renewable energy.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

5060 ), titled An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind, into law on Thursday August 11, 2022. Reduction of Fossil Fuels. Other provisions include a ban on incentives and rebates from Mass Save related to fossil fuel powered systems, except as backup for electric heat pumps. Renewable Energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2024

A word about CCS : this technology has existed for decades but is only used at a handful of fossil energy facilities. Who needs units anyway? Another visualization they use is a roadmap is paired with an abatement curve, showing the costs of emissions reduction strategies compared to the amount of mitigation benefit they provide.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition. When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. A fossil fuel energy grid extracts and expends finite resources.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 30, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen The renewable energy sector experienced record growth in 2022 of 1%. But despite this, it did not shift the dominance of fossil fuels. They still account for 82% of the global energy supply according to the industry’s Statistical Review of World Energy released this week.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) intervened in the case with the Ecology Center, Environmental Law & Policy Center, and Vote Solar, focusing our testimony on energy justice, community solar and energy storage, and equitable grid transition issues. So, yes, it has been a hot summer for clean energy in Michigan.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 27, 2023

The alliance has been in works since February 2022, and the partnership has a heavy focus on transitioning away from fossil fuels. Practically, these efforts include clean mobility, renewable energy, and hydrogen production.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Sales of cars and light trucks in 2022 so far have been strong, with battery electric sales hitting a striking new record , and bus and heavy truck sales are expected to pick up as well. With a dynamic approach to grid management, a 100% renewable electricity grid can accommodate a highly electrified future.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

–Sean Post, JD 2022. –Kelsey Manes, JD 2022. What makes me most optimistic are the recent technological innovations and falling costs for renewable energy generation, battery storage and alternative fuel vehicles. –Richard Diaz, Master of Public Policy candidate, 2022.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 22, 2024

Earth Day and the IRA go hand in hand Don’t get me wrong, I still plan on showing some love for the planet this Earth Day, but I’m also grateful that the US was able to pass the IRA in 2022 because it represents the single biggest investment in cutting heat-trapping emissions in history (here’s to you, Mother Earth).

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Federal government releases new policy aimed at ending international public financing for fossil fuels, next step is ending domestic financing . This new policy will end a significant portion of EDC’s support for fossil fuels and redirect those funds to support the clean energy transition.

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Legal Planet

JULY 5, 2023

A 2022 Rainforest Action Network repor t found that “fossil fuel financing from the world’s 60 largest banks has reached USD $4.6 trillion in the six years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, with $742 billion in fossil fuel financing in 2021 alone.” The biggest US bank investors in fossil fuels? “At

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

We need big investments in the energy transition from polluting fossil fuels to clean renewable energy. Did you know that economists have a tool for calculating the cost to society of continued reliance on fossil fuels? But the cost of not taking those actions is far greater.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Coal mine reclamation has become a flashpoint in the partisan divide over fossil fuel use. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — October 6, 2022. With a fossil fuel-friendly Republican party, that is proving to be a harder political sell. Photo © Illinois Department of Natural Resources. In the committee hearing, Rep.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 11, 2023

And they’re preventing efforts to build a healthy, equitable world beyond fossil fuels. That’s why we’ve included them in our brand-new campaign that names and shames the key players in the fossil fuel industry who are guilty of fueling climate chaos and the tactics they use to greenwash and misinform us all.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 1, 2023

Last week the Government of Canada delivered on a longstanding commitment to end fossil fuel subsidies, effective immediately. These new rules are a big deal Fossil fuels are causing the climate crisis. Ending fossil fuel subsidies is a really big deal. Take last year. That’s too late.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 5, 2024

There’s a direct line of culpability between fossil fuel corporations and climate change – it’s why so many oil and gas CEOs have topped our list of Climate Villains. But they aren’t the only powerful players who shoulder responsibility for keeping us hooked on fossil fuels, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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