Time to Press for CF&D?
“Our demands will be more powerful if we are focused with consistent messaging. There is currently a lot of momentum towards a Carbon Fee And Dividend through the CCL student led CFD Movement.”
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One year into climate law, data shows U.S. lagging 2030 goals
The nation’s most ambitious climate law will drive steep carbon emissions cuts in the power and transportation sectors by 2030, but its impact is more muted in other key areas of the United States economy, a recent report from independent research firm Rhodium Group finds.
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Green Power Gets Pricier After Years of Declines
Note: This Wall Street Journal article concludes that the future of renewables is still bright. But recent policies that make it harder and more costly to import solar panels [from China and Germany] add costs. “Rising interest rates, labor costs and delays in permitting or getting projects hooked up to the power grid have made building solar and wind projects more expensive.”
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Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision
In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a “clean and healthful environment” by promoting the use of fossil fuels. The court determined that a provision in the Montana Environmental Policy Act has harmed the state’s environment and the young plaintiffs, and is, accordingly, unconstitutional.
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Behind All the Talk, This Is What Big Oil Is Actually Doing
If you’ve been listening to the world’s major energy companies over the past few years, you probably think the clean energy transition is well on its way. But with fossil fuel use and emissions still rising, it is not moving nearly fast enough to address the climate crisis. In June, Shell became the latest of the big oil companies to curb plans …
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Uncharted Territories Newsletter – Climate Change Update – Q3 2023
For those of you who like Nerd Corner on community, this newsletter give deep insights into a host of climate matters – this one addresses Extreme Heat Events, Fewer Humans Will Die, Animal Extinctions, AMOC, How to Reflect the Sun, Ocean Fertilization, Seaweed Farming, and more/
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The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think
A similar energy transition is already well underway in Europe and elsewhere. But the United States is catching up, and globally, change is happening at a pace that is surprising even the experts who track it closely. Wind and solar power are breaking records, and renewables are now expected to overtake coal by 2025 as the world’s largest source of electricity.
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A Trillion Trees: Calculating the Mitigation Potential in the En-ROADS Simulator
In response to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s proposal to plant a trillion trees, Maxine Joselow of The Washington Post wrote an article that included our analysis from the En-ROADS simulator.
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Heat Is Costing the U.S. Economy Billions in Lost Productivity
The next time someone objects that investing in the transition will cost a lot of money, you can share this and other “hard economic” numbers — the heat imposes REAL costs not to mention the damage done to property, health and general well-being
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We can’t afford to be climate doomers
from The Guardian It often seems that people are searching harder for evidence we’re defeated than that we can win by Rebecca Solnit Wed 26 Jul 2023 Stanford engineering professor and renewable energy expert Mark…
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Greenlink: Objections raised to proposed power lines through national monument
from lasvegassun.com By Rhiannon Saegert | Jul. 13th, 2023 By Rhiannon Saegert (contact) Thursday, July 13, 2023 | 2:30 p.m. Clark County residents decried the proposed path of power lines through the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National…
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Renewables in the US Require Plenty of New Transmission Lines
The United States faces a conundrum in its course to adopt renewable energy. While the outlook for cleaner energy sources is positive, the country’s power infrastructure requires essential upgrades to make the transition worth the effort, time and money.
