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UCS Expert Testifies on the New Clean Electricity Tax Credits

Union of Concerned Scientists

The IRA was passed into law to propel our nation’s clean energy transition forward. With the shift to a tax credit premised on technology-neutral framing, the risk is high that heavily polluting power plants—the very polluters this tax credit is meant to drive the shift away from—instead co-opt it for their own.

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Progress Possible at COP 28 Despite Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions 1990–2019. Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions include carbon dioxide from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes, net carbon dioxide from land use, land use change and forestry, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases. billion on advertising.

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These Are the Critical Issues to Track with the New “Tech-Neutral” Clean Electricity Tax Credits

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a major—forthcoming—refresh for one of the biggest policy drivers of the nation’s clean energy transition to date: tax credits subsidizing the deployment of clean electricity resources. These incentives aren’t just historically important. Fuel blending.

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Latest UN, IEA, WMO Climate Reports Show Global Emissions Dangerously High, Emergency Action Required

Union of Concerned Scientists

The World Meteorological Organization Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. Getting to net zero emissions by 2050 from our current trajectory (which the IEA calls its Stated Energy Policies Scenario or STEPS) will take an unprecedented increase in investments in clean energy. ” Source: IEA World Energy Outlook 2022.

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Why Energy Bills Will Be Even Higher This Winter

Union of Concerned Scientists

Likewise, pipeline giant Williams Companies now refers to its gas projects as “clean energy” projects. Here’s why the claims are wrong: UCS has pointed out that while gas burns cleaner than coal at a power plant, it is far from a “clean” fuel because it still results in significant toxic air pollution.

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Is the Canada Growth Fund Just a Fossil Fuel Slush Fund?

Enviromental Defense

It’s meant to provide subsidies for clean energy projects in order to help Canada reach its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. Especially since renewable energy is already cheaper (not to mention safer and cleaner) than fossil fuel energy, even without carbon capture. It turns out, we were right to worry.

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EPA Hosting Online Investing In America - Climate Action Funding Fair Starting Aug. 7

PA Environment Daily

Attendees will gain a better understanding of the many funding opportunities available to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as how they may interact to achieve greater outcomes. After a welcome keynote, each of the 90 – 120 minute sessions will include agency-specific presentations, a panel discussion, and a Q&A session.