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JUNE 2, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The US Department of the Interior suspends oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Danish wind giant Ørsted bumps up its clean energy target to reach 50 GW of installed capacity by 2030. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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APRIL 13, 2020

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro. Energy source. Proportional amount of emissions relative to hydro.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Oil companies have eyed the Arctic for years. With an estimated 90 billion barrels of oil lying north of the Arctic Circle, the circumpolar north is arguably the last corner of the globe that is still almost entirely unexplored. Statoil, the semi-state-owned oil company from Norway, has been an offshore leader and Arctic pioneer.

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MAY 3, 2021

Alaska (Alaska): University of Alaska Fairbanks aims to reduce US reliance on imported rare earth elements and critical minerals by establishing Alaska’s resources as competitive sources of supply. DOE Funding: $1,500,000. DOE Funding: $1,497,376.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Rosneft announced a major oil discovery at the East-Prinovozemelskiy-1 license area in the Kara Sea, following the successful completion of the drilling of the northernmost well in the world—the Universitetskaya-1 well. I can inform you about the discovery of the first oil/gas-condensate field in the new Kara sea oil province.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released a new report evaluating how climate change may affect the environmental conditions measured and used in mathematical modeling for oil-spill trajectory analysis in the Arctic region. Study area used in the Oil Spill Risk Analysis for the Alaskan Arctic region.

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