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The “Community” site is getting better all the time. New and even veteran CCL volunteers would benefit from getting an orientation / update on all the resources there and how to find them. A new…
The US power grid includes everything from 100-year-old hydro dams to brand-new batteries. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released a study on the project connection queue for the nation’s grids, showing …
One look at your energy bills this winter might have convinced you that the 1950s idea that electricity would, in the near future, become “too cheap to meter” was not so much a false promise as a sick joke. That over-excited claim was prompted by hopes that nuclear fusion – the process
By Nathaniel Bullard Shell Plc recently published two energy security scenarios, its latest in a long series of thorough and (at least to energy analysts) memorable views into energy’s possible futures. The first, called Archipelagos, is an extension of the…
PARIS (Reuters) – A rise in wind and solar production, together with more nuclear electricity, will dominate growth in global power supply over the next three years, curbing the emissions impact of greater energy use, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday.” The good news is …
In a bid to combat human-caused climate change, one state in Germany is rolling out a fleet of passenger trains powered entirely by hydrogen.
Five of these “zero-emissions” trains began running late last month in Lower Saxony. And over the next year, the regional rail line intends …
from Niskanen Center: There are two looming threats for the country, and one for the GOP, that could propel carbon pricing back onto the federal agenda. First, with interest rates spiking, addressing the national debt is increasingly urgent. … That leaves a need for new revenue, which a carbon tax could raise. And young GOP voters …
from WaPo 202 The Congressional Progressive Caucus on Thursday launched a task force on accelerating the permitting process for clean-energy infrastructure. The task force, led by Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), comes as the House prepares to vote next week on a…
The House is expected to pass a sweeping Republican energy package next week. But it will be dead on arrival in the Senate — with one exception: Democratic senators will seek a bipartisan compromise to speed up the permitting process for crucial for clean-energy projects.
What we can do now to address climate change is simple:
1. Electrify everything, and
2. Greenify the grid.
The tech is available, at reasonable costs, NOW. It won’t solve everything, but it’ll get us more than half way. NOW. This one-pager from CCL is a map. Check it out! Hand it out!
Here is the latest report from Capitol Hill on the fast moving legislative moves to move bipartisan Permitting Reform to the finish line: The statewide group of CCLers who are working together on permitting reform…
Earth is likely to cross a critical threshold for global warming within the next decade, and nations will need to make an immediate and drastic shift away from fossil fuels to prevent the planet from overheating dangerously beyond that level, according to a major new report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
