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US wind generation fell in 2023 for the first time since the 1990s

Baua Electric

The El Niño climate pattern, which weakens tradewinds, definitely had a hand in that. The Mountain Census states – Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming – reported a smaller reduction of 2%. Wind generation from August through December, however, was 2.4% higher than during the same period in 2022.

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White House: OPEC+ oil production increases “simply not enough”

Green Car Congress

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said: This is an insult to Americans in rural communities who would have benefited from the Keystone XL pipeline and the energy workers in states like mine who are suffering from the effects of the Biden administration’s ongoing federal lease ban. They are one and the same.

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The EV Transition Explained: Converting Gasoline Superusers

Cars That Think

Then there is the willingness of hundreds of millions of ICE vehicle drivers the world over to alter their personal behaviors, lifestyles, and for many their livelihoods, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Rural areas make up 86 percent of U.S. land area, and 60 million of America’s population.

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Former EPA exec Margo Oge explains the new federal emissions rules

Charged EVs

For me, the most important thing is that there is an urgency across the planet to address climate change. I do hope that the financial incentives in this Build Back Better legislation will happen, because there are over $500 billion of climate change [investments], from renewable energy to incentives for electric vehicles.

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