Americans are exceptional … especially in per-capita GHGs
from NYTimes By Somini Sengupta | Feb. 28, 2023 Climate change may be a global problem. But we are not all the same. Far from it. The wealthier we are, the more climate pollution we produce,…
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House Republicans want to overhaul the nation’s permitting process. What will Democrats do?
House Republicans are racing to pass an energy package this spring that would speed up the nation’s permitting process for new natural gas pipelines, wind turbines and other energy infrastructure projects. Democrats now have a…
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The surprising key to a clean energy future
By Bill Gates
My first job, in high school, was writing software for the entity that controls the power grid in the Northwest … something many people never thought about back then.That’s no longer the case. Extreme weather events have made people aware of power grids—and how they can fail….
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New York’s governor has proposed a gas appliance ban, but major obstacles remain
Environmentalists rejoiced when New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) endorsed banning fossil fuel appliances in new buildings. But the Democratic leader of the state Assembly is noncommittal, and the measure is also facing resistance from developers, who say it could raise construction costs and hurt property values.
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The gas industry is under fire. It’s hiring Democratic politicians to help.
Gas companies have enlisted prominent Democrats to convince liberal voters that the fuel is climate-friendly, documents show. …What she didn’t mention, however, is that the nonprofit group was created by a half-dozen gas companies, with the explicit goal of convincing Democratic voters that gas is a “clean” energy source.
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Permitting: America’s next big climate conundrum
The vast majority of newly-installed and planned energy projects in the U.S. consist of clean energy – solar and wind farms. But clean energy projects are getting stuck in “interconnection queues,” and some clean energy projects have been canceled owing to lengthy delays. Factors like an onerous permitting process could dramatically hamper America’s clean energy rollout and thus its ability to cut pollution fast enough to meet the country’s Paris commitments.
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20 Million People in Nevada & The West Must Cut Back Water Use
The 7 states relying on the Colorado River (AZ, CA, CO, NV, NM, UT & WY) failed to meet a Jan. 31 federal deadline to voluntarily cut water use, All but CA submitted to a “consensus-based modeling alternative.” CA is said to release its own plan shortly.
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UN says ozone layer slowly healing, hole to mend by 2066
Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says.
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Streamlining permits for renewable energy
Editor’s Note: Executive Actions announced last month streamline the federal permitting processese. These changes will improve speed but are limited in scope and easily reversed by a future President. (That’s why CCL advocates for bipartisan permitting-reform legislation.)
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The Right Words Are Crucial to Solving Climate Change
from scientificamerican.com Climate change is already disrupting the lives of billions of people. What was once considered a problem for the future is raging all around us right now. This reality has helped convince a…
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Exxon Scientists Predicted Global Warming, Even as Company Cast Doubts, Study Finds
Starting in the 1970s, scientists working for the oil giant made remarkably accurate projections of just how much burning fossil fuels would warm the planet.
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How heat pumps of the 1800s are becoming the technology of the future
This is an excellent survey and intermediate explanation of the technology and economics (and trends) affecting heat pumps. Well worth reading if you are interested in Building Electrification & Efficiency.
