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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. EIA is projecting that natural gas prices will remain low.

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One Path to Better Affordability is Climate Change Action – Really

Enviromental Defense

Alberta: Speak Up For a SAFE Climate: Take Action Here How Climate Action Makes Life More Affordable Renewable energy, including solar and wind power, is much cheaper and less polluting than burning fossil fuels such as natural gas, oil and coal. A stitch in time saves $32 trillion.

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Dutch Elections: Energy and Climate Considerations

Energy and Climate Law

Although as an industry association, Energie-Nederland is not neutral by nature, they give a broad overview on the viewpoints of the different parties on the different parts of the energy sector. They are against climate targets, want to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and stop the Dutch Climate Agreement.

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Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023 

Union of Concerned Scientists

More gas plants, uncertain coal retirements As you may have noticed in the first table toward the top of the page, about 7.4 GW of new gas capacity is planned to come online in 2023, outpacing not only the 4.8 GW of gas capacity set to retire, but also slightly outpacing the planned additions of wind power.

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Analysis: Russia’s slow progress on climate action set to pick up speed

A Greener Life

For Moscow, a particularly contentious issue is the EU’s proposed carbon tax on goods imported from countries that do not meet the emission limits set under the Paris Agreement. It also argues that the share of renewable energy in its total energy mix is over 25% because of hydro and nuclear power.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from three facilities in Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas. Finally, the court found that DOE adequately considered distributional impacts in its evaluation of “public interest” under the Natural Gas Act. Sierra Club v.

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In the Race for Clean Energy, the United States is Both a Leader and a Laggard—Here’s How

Union of Concerned Scientists

Wind power offers a similar story, having more than doubled its share of the world’s electricity from 3.5 And again, the United States looks great, doubling wind’s share of US electricity generation from 5 percent in 2015 to 10 percent in 2023, coming in, again, second behind China. percent in 2015 to nearly 8 percent in 2023.