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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. This is due to wind and solar projects generating only when natural resources are available while oil, coal, and gas plants can potentially produce around the clock. thousand in 2017.

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Panda Power finances conversion of retired coal plant to natural gas; one of largest power conversion projects in US

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Panda Power Funds has financed the 1,124 megawatt Panda “Hummel Station” power plant—one of the largest coal-to-natural gas power conversion projects in the United States. The plant will be located at the site of the retired Sunbury coal-fired power plant near Shamokin Dam in Snyder County, Pennsylvania.

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Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

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Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. A proposal for existing plants is due in 2014, with targeted file rule in 2015.

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The $32-Trillion Push To Disrupt The Entire Oil Industry

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Increased shareholder activism, combined with global warming policies of institutional investors and NGOs, are pushing IOCs in a corner, constricting financing options for oil companies. With less financing options for IOCs, and also oilfield services, the already existing investment gap in upstream investment worldwide will only grow wider.

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Stanford Energy Modeling Forum project confirms carbon pricing can be effective way to curb GHG emissions

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The EMF 32 project , which launched in 2014, is an ongoing modeling exercise intended to assess emissions, energy and economic outcomes from a plausible range of US policies to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs). Weyant (2018) Climate Change Economics. 2018) “Overview Of The EMF 32 Study On U.S. Special Issue on EMF 32 Study on U.S.

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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. After 2014, the amount of allowances shrinks gradually by 2.5

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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

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They couldn’t tell the difference between a bright day at the beach and being in a coal mine in Pittsburgh. Spectrum analyzed all 90 MAUDE reports for the Argus II, submitted from 2014 to 2020. By 2018, Byland’s impressions had shifted. I never have any regrets about doing this.” Jeroen Perk.