"Data Centers, Bitcoin And EVs Send Utilities Scrambling For More Power"
"U.S. energy use has been flat, but bitcoin, data centers and EVs are fueling a spike and threatening climate goals."
Source: Floodlight, 03/20/2024
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"Oil Executives, Meeting in Texas, Cast Doubts on ‘Fantasy’ Energy Transition"
"To some, it felt like the oil executive blurted the quiet part out loud. “We should abandon the fantasy of phasing out oil and gas,” said Amin Nasser, head of what is, by far, the world’s biggest oil producer, Saudi Aramco."
Source: NYTimes, 03/20/2024
"Barren Fields and Empty Stomachs: Afghanistan’s Long, Punishing Drought"
"In a country especially vulnerable to climate change, a drought has displaced entire villages and left millions of children malnourished."
Source: NYTimes, 03/20/2024
"Green Groups Plot Counterattack For GOP ‘Energy Week’"
"As House Republicans gear up for a four-day sprint of hearings and floor debate devoted to undermining President Joe Biden’s environmental agenda, environmental groups are preparing to fight back."
Source: E&E News, 03/20/2024
"Biden Eases EV Rule But Keeps Heat On Automakers"
"The Biden administration released one of several coming car regulations Tuesday, a clean vehicle formula designed to push automakers to build more fuel-efficient or electric vehicles."
Source: E&E News, 03/20/2024
"Outside Groups Pledge Over $1 Billion to Aid Biden’s Re-election Effort"
"The League of Conservation Voters, among the biggest spenders on progressive causes, said it would put $120 million behind President Biden and Democrats as his Republican rival faces cash woes."
Source: NYTimes, 03/20/2024
"‘Red Alert’: Last Year Was Hottest On Record By Clear Margin, Says UN Report"
"The world has never been closer to breaching the 1.5C (2.7F) global heating limit, even if only temporarily, the United Nations’ weather agency has warned."
Source: Guardian, 03/20/2024
"Only 10 Countries Had Healthy Air Quality In 2023: Report"
"The average person can go up to two months without food, three days without water, but only a few minutes without air. Breathable air is essential to life. Yet a new analysis found that in 2023, only 10 countries and 9 per cent of global cities had air quality that met World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for harmful fine-particle, or PM2.5, pollution."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/20/2024
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