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Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Why Politicians Want You To Pay More For Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

However, there is one notable exception: how much you pay for natural gas. Instead, they provide the gas industry with justification to increase prices in the name of jobs and national security. 19, natural gas costs $2.26 It’s focused on increasing the price of natural gas to increase its bottom line.

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The EIA Just Released a 30 Year Energy Outlook. It’s… Not Great

Union of Concerned Scientists

According to the forecast, while economy-wide CO 2 emissions decrease from 2022 to 2037 due primarily to the growth in renewable energy replacing retiring coal plants, emissions do increase after 2037 from increased usage of natural gas. Renewable energy generation increases faster than any other technology.

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The Netherlands is busy building hybrid clean energy technologies at sea

A Greener Life

The combination of offshore wind turbines, floating solar panels and green hydrogen are some of the hybrid clean energy technologies currently under development off the Dutch coast. . The low-lying European country is using its expertise in water engineering to build up its next wave of clean energy infrastructure.

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The Texas Paradox

Legal Planet

I sometimes ask students to guess what state produces the most wind power. Which seems a little hard to square with the state’s reliance on renewable energy. Which seems a little hard to square with the state’s reliance on renewable energy. The state will soon get more power from renewables than natural gas.

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Ways of Price Making, Inflation, and Energy Price Shocks

Legal Planet

Energy prices have been much in the news over the past several months, occupying a prominent place in mainstream discussions of inflation. How then do we explain what is currently happening with energy prices? In the early days of the current price shocks, fossil fuel boosters blamed clean energy and climate policy.

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Ontario could easily phase out polluting fossil gas – if it wanted to

Enviromental Defense

Ontario has a large potential supply of wind and solar energy that could be developed to help phase-out dirty gas plants. It estimated that we would need an additional 843 MW of solar and an additional 4,545 MW of wind capacity (along with a basket of other sources) to ensure the province’s energy needs are met. .

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Clean Hydrogen: How It’s Produced and What We Can Do with It

Law and Environment

SMR requires steam, heat, and pressure to convert methane (in natural gas) to hydrogen and carbon monoxide. We’re going to need a lot of steel to build structures, including those supporting clean energy, such as wind turbines, solar facilities, and associated transmission and other infrastructure.