Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Eight percent of those deaths were attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning. Without electricity or heat, some people apparently turned to portable generators, which can fill a home with carbon monoxide exhaust. In 2021, Winter Storm Uri killed at least 246 Texans. As of 2021, 36 percent of US residents are renters.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

There’s a lot of discussion of how the private sector is supporting renewable energy, but it’s almost all about power consumers like Apple and Walmart. American Electric Power. Xcel Energy. Net zero by 2050, 50% cut by 2030, and 100% clean energy by 2040. Energy Mix (2019): [link]. Renewable: 3%.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Solar panels generated almost 4 percent of electricity in the US in 2021, up from less than 1 percent in 2015. In some places that number is much higher; for example, 17% of California’s electricity generation came from solar in 2021. Almost half of all new energy capacity added to the US grid in 2021 came from solar.

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