"The US Electricity Transmission System Is in Gridlock"
"How a national macrogrid could accelerate the movement to electrify everything".
Source: Sierra, 09/19/2023
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6 Governors Tell Biden Offshore Wind Projects Need US Help To Get Built
"Offshore wind projects need more federal funding and planning assistance to ensure they get built, the Democratic governors of six northeastern states told the Biden administration, warning that a cornerstone of the climate change fight could be in jeopardy."
Source: AP, 09/18/2023
"States Are Criminalizing Environmental Protest"
"Since the Dakota Access Pipeline conflict, 17 states have passed laws aimed at restricting protests, according to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL). Much of that legislation is aimed specifically at environmental protests, raising the penalties for gatherings that take place on "critical infrastructure" sites like pipelines."
Source: Sierra, 09/18/2023
"Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, If He Gets One"
"If President Biden wins a second term, his climate policies would take aim at steel and cement plants, factories and oil refineries — heavily polluting industries that have never before had to rein in their heat-trapping greenhouse gases."
Source: NYTimes, 09/18/2023
Gov. Newsom Says He’ll Sign Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure Bill
"Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday announced that he will sign the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, Sen. Scott Wiener’s greenhouse gas emissions disclosure requirement bill."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 09/18/2023
"Inside Exxon’s Strategy to Downplay Climate Change"
"ExxonMobil issued its first public statement that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change in 2006, following years of denial. ... Yet behind closed doors, Exxon took a very different tack: Its executives strategized over how to diminish concerns about warming temperatures, and they sought to muddle scientific findings that might hurt its oil-and-gas business ... ."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 09/15/2023
"Green Groups Slam World Bank For Backing Indonesian Coal Plants"
"Environmental groups have submitted a formal complaint to the World Bank for providing financial support for two coal-fired power plants in Indonesia, violating a pledge to stop backing fossil fuels."
Source: Reuters, 09/15/2023
"EPA Bolsters States’ Control Of Water, Infrastructure Permitting"
"The Biden administration is restoring significant state and tribal authority over water resources and expanding their leverage on infrastructure permitting decisions, including for pipelines."
Source: E&E News, 09/15/2023
Pumped Storage Hydro Is The Greenest Renewable Energy Technology: Study
"Pumped storage hydropower is the greenest renewable energy technology for large-scale energy storage, a new study suggests."
Source: OPB, 09/14/2023
World’s Biggest Carbon Capture Plant Being Built In Texas. Will It Work?
"The plant will inject 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the ground each year – but is it just greenwashing from big oil?"
Source: Guardian, 09/14/2023
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