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CERA: Canadian Oil Sands Poised to Become the Top Source of Crude Imports to the US in 2010; Could Contribute Up To 36% of US Oil and Refined Products Imports by 2030

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In addition, oil sands imports could ultimately increase to a range of 20% to 36% of US oil and refined product imports by 2030 from the 2009 level of 8%, according to the Dialogue ’s first report, The Role of Canadian Oil Sands in US Oil Supply. Also certain fields in the Gulf of Mexico and the Middle East have comparable GHG emissions. —“The

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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Deploy and evaluate an 8 MW utility-scale lithium-ion battery technology to improve grid performance and aid in the integration of wind generation into the electric supply. Demonstrate 1 MW vanadium redox battery (VRB) storage system at the 32 MW municipal coal fired power plant in Painesville. Public Service Company of New Mexico.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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Since 2000, the global rate of decarbonization has averaged 0.8%; from 2010 to 2011, global carbon intensity fell by just 0.7%. The risk to business is that it faces more unpredictable and extreme weather, and disruptions to market and supply chains. a year from now to 2050.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

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economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. Such is the case with the Biden Administration’s attempted transition of the U.S. If no final hurdles appear, that project might begin construction in 2023 and be completed in 2025.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Gases: CO 2 emissions. Sources: Large electric generators. WCI covers seven U.S.

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