To avoid climate change, we have to do two things: generate all of our electricity from clean sources, and retool nearly everything else that burns oil and gas — like cars, buses and furnaces. […] But utility companies are using their outsize political power to slow down the clean energy transition, and using your money to do it.
Editor’s Note:In supporting “all of the above” clean energy sources, nuclear has a place. The Nuclear Action Team at CCL has some very impressive voices, and nuclear generation costs (including the costs of safety and…
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) has a message for her Democratic colleagues: If they want to accelerate the nation’s shift to clean energy, they should embrace mining for critical minerals instead of worrying about environmental consequences. [Reminder: Nevada has North America’s only lithium mine and the largest potential lithium resources in the world.]
[Following summary of recent poll results, the author concludes] you cannot get the working class to support a clean energy transition unless it becomes more of a crusade for abundant, cheap, reliable energy and less about the cultural commitment of college-educated Democrats to an economy built around wind, solar, and electric vehicles no matter the cost.
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 …
Well, there are two important reasons to believe that Biden’s climate policy may be a much bigger deal than the numbers might suggest. But there are also reasons to worry that the policy may fall short, not because the spending is inadequate, but because of one crucial limiting factor: an inadequate power grid. [Great economic numbers here, too.]
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.
W need additional climate legislation, and it must be bipartisan. The transition to cleaner energy will be easier if new legislation includes a popular concept of charging carbon polluters at the source an annually escalating fee on emissions, and coupling it with a return […]
[Editor] Proving once again that American leadership can really accelerate efforts and sacrifices made by other countries.
The infrastructure for fossil fuels already exists; the infrastructure for a net zero economy does not. Reforming the permitting process to make it easier … is good. ….
There are permitting barriers to interregional transmission, utility-scale wind / solar, geothermal exploration, and new nuclear reactor designs.
Labor and environmental organizations gathered with Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto on Friday to tout the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act and how it will benefit the state’s clean energy sector.
from Canary Media A poll of likely voters finds overwhelming support for the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes big investments in clean energy and good jobs. 5 August 2022 Maria Virginia Olano< Canary Media’s chart of…
