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Can Targeted Tax Credits Bring Clean Energy to Coal Country?

Energy Institute at HAAS

The Bidenomics of place-based climate policy. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is a big climate deal. At the heart of this deal are billions of dollars in clean energy tax … Continue Reading Can Targeted Tax Credits Bring Clean Energy to Coal Country?

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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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Coal in China: huge problem for clean power, climate efforts

Green Car Reports

The promotion of renewable energy will only become more important as China works to meet its commitments under the recently-ratified Paris climate agreement. But the country's reliance on coal for electricity generation still poses a huge problem for these.

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Study findings suggest that switching from coal to natural gas would do little for global climate

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The study will appear next month in the peer-reviewed journal Climatic Change Letters. The study will appear next month in the peer-reviewed journal Climatic Change Letters. Relying more on natural gas would reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, but it would do little to help solve the climate problem. —Tom Wigley.

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Canada’s First Ministers release Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change

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Canada’s First Ministers (The Prime Minister of Canada and the provincial and territorial premiers) issued a joint communiqué and released the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change following the First Ministers’ Meeting. The Framework outlines actions that will grow the economy while reducing GHG emissions.

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India’s Report Card Against Short List Of Climate Actions Is Better Than Most Realize

CleanTechnica EVs

For several years I’ve been iterating The Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. The work of organizations like Mark Z. Jacobson’s Stanford team around energy and Carbon Drawdown’s around everything are excellent in different ways, but also indigestible to most people. The short list really is that. It’s.

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In a ‘monumental shift’, EU coal and gas collapse as wind and solar ascend

Baua Electric

Photo: Hornsea Project Europe’s coal electricity generation tanked by 26% and gas by 15% in 2023, according to a new report from energy think tank Ember. Interestingly, Europe’s shift away from fossil fuels wasn’t just about swapping coal and gas for wind and solar. Coal and gas are on their way out, and renewables are stepping up.

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