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Superconducting Transmission Of Electricity Is Here And It’s Supercooled

December 24, 2024 admin carbon emissions, climate change, electricity transmission, Energy, energy efficiency, Europe, events, green economy, green jobs, grid, hvdc transmission, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Smart Grid, superconductivity

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:35:23 +0000

A couple of months ago, I was in Brussels speaking at the launch of the second edition of Supergrid Super Solution: A Handbook for Energy Independence and a Europe Free From Fossil Fuels. I’d participated in tuning the second edition, written by European renewables giant Eddie O’Connor with Kevin O’Sullivan, … [continued]

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Montana Supreme Court Rules That The State Constitution Means What It Says

December 24, 2024 admin climate change, climate lawsuits, climate litigation, Montana, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 20:11:33 +0000

The Montana Supreme Court has ruled in favor of young people who sued to enforce provisions of the state constitution.

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All Companies In Italy Must Now Purchase Climate Insurance — It’s The Law

December 24, 2024 admin buildings, climate catastrophe, climate change, climate change flooding, insurance, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:17:38 +0000

It will be a whole new business atmosphere in Italy starting on January 1, 2025. That’s because the federal government there will require every company to buy climate insurance as internal financial support to offset losses from floods, landslides, and other natural hazards. The warnings about global warming in Italy … [continued]

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11 Projects for Advancing Next-Gen Batteries in USA

December 23, 2024 admin argonne national laboratory, arkema, batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, lithium-ion batteries, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE, subsidies, university of akron, university of maryland, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 04:18:29 +0000

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is investing $25 million into 11 projects focused on developing next-gen batteries and associated components. The announcement today from the DOE indicates that the funding goes toward projects focused on “advance materials, processes, machines, and equipment for domestic manufacturing of next–generation batteries.” In other … [continued]

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Canadians Can Cripple Hydrogen Greenwashing, But What About EU, USA, & Oz?

December 23, 2024 admin Australia, blue hydrogen, Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green hydrogen, greenwashing, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, policy & politics, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:04:47 +0000

Recently I took a stroll through the implications of Canada’s anti-greenwashing improvements delivered through the truth in advertising provisions of Bill C-59. Originally, it merely caused all oil and gas firms and their lobbying and propaganda groups to magically disappear their entire social media presence and large parts of their … [continued]

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$2 Million Investment to Improve Energy Efficiency & Lower Utility Costs in Nonprofits Across 17 States

December 23, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, energy efficiency, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, policy & politics, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:19:58 +0000

Funding will support energy infrastructure projects that position nonprofits to better serve their communities and missions. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that 22 community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations will receive a total of $2 million to support building improvement projects that reduce energy use and generate short and … [continued]

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Qcells Solar Factory in Georgia Gets $1.45 Billion Loan Guarantee

December 23, 2024 admin clean power, Georgia, green economy, hanwha, hanwha group, hanwha q cells, investing in america, Joe Biden, Manufacturing, policy & politics, qcells, solar cells, Solar energy, solar panels, subsidies, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:05:39 +0000

The Qcells facility will enable deployment of PV energy systems and domestic capability for critical parts of the solar supply chain. As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced today the closing of a $1.45 billion loan guarantee … [continued]

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Methane-Emitting Livestock Burps & Farts Need To Be Taxed In The US

December 23, 2024 admin Agriculture, beef, cattle, climate change, Denmark, industrial agriculture, livestock, methane, methane emissions, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:51:02 +0000

Burps and farts. They’re the fodder of fun prepubescent comedy. When the burps and farts come from livestock, though, they generate significant amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming the planet. In fact, animal agriculture produces more greenhouse gas emissions … [continued]

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Musk & xAI Colossus Brings Spike In Emissions & Demand For Electricity To Memphis

December 22, 2024 admin AI, Artificial Intelligence, colossus, consumer technology, elon musk, Memphis, policy & politics, tennessee, xai

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:35:52 +0000

Colossus, the new supercomputer facility for xAI, is a wonder of the modern world, but some local residents have expressed concerns.

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US EPA Funds Brownfields Job Training Across the Country

December 22, 2024 admin green economy, green jobs, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 04:40:44 +0000

One of Hillary Clinton’s “big mistakes” in the 2016 presidential campaign was admitting that the coal industry could not and would not be revived, but saying that she’d put programs in place to help with retraining and to help coal workers find new jobs. That was not a popular thing … [continued]

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