Legal Planet
MAY 19, 2024
Natural gas currently powers approximately 74% of Florida’s total net electricity generation.) Instead, the new legislation commits the state to continued reliance on fossil fuels in the future. The new state laws build on similarly wrong-headed fossil fuel-based policies that Governor DeSantis has embraced in recent years.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Fossil fuel : Any mineralized formerly organic material extracted from the ground and used in energy production: coal, natural gas, oil. Filtration : Removing solid waste and material from water in the process of wastewater treatment.
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Environmental Progress
MARCH 11, 2021
4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. However, the Academies noted, “they too face short-term pressures and fiscal constraints.” [4]
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Its a much dirtier fuel than natural gas, let alone renewables, in terms of climate change and air pollution. Coal is no longer competitive with natural gas or renewables, so coal plants have been closing and the remaining plants run less frequently. It went down while he was in office, despite his pledges to revive it.
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The Washington Supreme Court concluded that the Washington Clean Air Act did not grant the Department of Ecology authority to regulate indirect greenhouse gas emissions of businesses and utilities whose products ultimately generate such emissions. The developer previously filed a lawsuit challenging a natural gas ban in the Town of Windsor.
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