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How Will DTE’s Long-Term Plan Impact Michigan’s Clean Energy Future?

Union of Concerned Scientists

DTE’s goal is to reach “net-zero” emissions by 2050 while reducing its carbon emissions from 2005 levels 65 percent by 2028, 85 percent by 2035, and 90 percent by 2040. DTE asserts that it needs Belle River to achieve the partial retirement of Monroe in 2028. What’s in DTE’s proposed plan?

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Fertilizer from Sewage, a Utility Money Maker, Faces Uncertain Future

Circle of Blue

If that option were removed due to regulation or a change in public sentiment, Shafer reckoned that the biosolids from MMSDs two treatment facilities would be incinerated. Environmental Protection Agency, under pressure from all sides, has shied away from stringent regulation of pollutants in biosolids.

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A Hot Summer for Clean Energy in Michigan

Union of Concerned Scientists

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. Reform utility political contribution and lobbying regulations.

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Sen. Comitta: New PUC Pipeline Safety Regulations To Be Published As Final This Month For Public Utility Hazardous Liquid Pipelines

PA Environment Daily

Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Minority Chair Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, announced new regulations enhancing pipeline safety and governing hazardous liquids pipelines owned by public utilities in Pennsylvania are expected to be published as final this month and take effect in November.

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The First French Climate Litigation Ruling - Commune de Grande Synthe

Energy and Climate Law

By Dr Romain Mauger, Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability (GCELS) On 19 November 2020, the Conseil d’Etat (the French supreme administrative court) issued a historic ruling in the Commune de Grande Synthe case , potentially the first step towards a landmark climate litigation outcome in France.

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UCS Testimony on the Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit

Union of Concerned Scientists

Department of the Treasury is hosting a public hearing on the December 2023 proposed regulations governing implementation of the Section 45V Credit for Production of Clean Hydrogen. The proposed regulations clearly adhere to that framework, fully comporting with a plain reading of the text. From March 25 to March 27, 2024, the U.S.

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A Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

Gas prices: Without a cap, the flood of bio-based diesel into California will continue, requiring a rapid increase in stringency to stabilize LCFS credit markets, sending 2030 stringency from the 30 percent proposed in the regulation to 34.5 The lower stringency results in lower costs and reduced economic impact of the regulation.

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