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Dear Oil and Gas CEOs: Here’s How You Should Spend Those Record Profits

Union of Concerned Scientists

DO: Dramatically increase your investment in renewable energy. “High energy prices are largely a result of underinvestment by many in the energy industry over the last several years and especially during the pandemic,” said ExxonMobil in a statement on its huge profits.

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An A to Z of Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

B is for Beyond Petroleum In the 1990s, BP famously rebranded itself as “ Beyond Petroleum ,” then backpedaled from its plans to invest in renewable energy. And they expect us to believe not only that they’re part of the solution to climate change, but that we can’t accomplish the transition to clean renewable energy without them.

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DEP Issues Request For Information For Clean Energy Generation, Storage Projects On State-Owned Abandoned Mine Lands; Webinar June 10

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the June 1 PA Bulletin inviting proposals for Clean Energy Campus generation and storage projects on 13 state-owned abandoned mine land sites of 50 acres or more totaling 1,850 acres. Completes leasing agreement, site preparation, permitting, geotech and interconnection.

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Introducing Our Blog Series on Clean Hydrogen

Law and Environment

The switch to cleaner-burning fuels for steelmaking is critical, because we’re going to need vast amounts of steel to keep building, among other things, wind turbines and other infrastructure that is essential to the clean energy transition. Hydrogen fuel cells could replace combustion engines in trucks, ships, and some airplanes.

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New York Climate Action Council Approves Draft Scoping Plan to Achieve the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions

Law and Environment

The Council’s draft plan recommends a broad array of regulatory measures, legislation, and other state actions across every sector of the state’s economy – any and all of which could have significant implications for New York’s clean energy markets for decades to come.

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New Inflation Reduction Act Tracker Launched by the Sabin Center and EDF

Law Columbia

The IRA extends and expands several tax credits and incentives, including those for renewable energy investments and production, clean vehicles, carbon capture and sequestration, biofuels, and commercial and residential energy efficiency.

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DOE Announces $34.5 Million Funding Opportunity For Improved Bioenergy Recovery And Conversion

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million funding opportunity to improve the science and infrastructure for converting waste streams into bioproducts and biofuels that can benefit the local energy economy. On March 22, 2022, DOE announced a $34.5