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One of Texas’ dirtiest coal plants will swap to solar with help from US grant

Baua Electric

A coal plant in South Texas will shut down and convert to a solar + battery electricity generation facility, with the help of a $1.4 billion grant from the US Department of Agriculture meant to help clean energy while saving rural jobs. But that coal-fired plant is one of the dirtiest in Texas.

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EIA Energy Outlook 2011 more than doubles estimates of US shale gas resources; higher production at lower prices

Green Car Congress

Among the transportation-related updates going into AEO2011, the EIA increased the limit for blending ethanol into gasoline for approved vehicles from 10% to 15%, as a result of the waiver granted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in October 2010. Energy consumption for aircraft increases from 2.7 quadrillion Btu in 2009 to 3.1

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Study suggests city center pollution doubles risk of calcium build-up in arteries

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We tend to take for granted that governments will ensure that our air and water is clean and will not adversely impact our health. The developed world has moved on a long way from the problems of industrial smog and domestic coal-burning of the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries, to the point where our urban air now looks clean and healthy.

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Part of Elon Musk’s $15B tax bill will likely end up helping the fossil fuel industry

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The remaining 20% is allocated for coal. The US government takes money from the person who heads the electric car company and spends it on fossil fuel support. direct subsidies to the fossil fuel industry at roughly $20 billion per year; with 20% currently allocated to coal and 80% to natural gas and crude oil,” the EESI wrote. .

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Solar overtakes coal in the EU, and gas declines for 5th year running

Baua Electric

Photo: HANSAINVEST Real Assets Solar generated11%of EU electricity in 2024, overtaking coal which fell below 10% for the first time, according to the European Electricity Review published today by think tank Ember. Solar is growing in every EU country and more than half now have either no coal power or a share below 5% in their power mix.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Green Car Congress

Renewables increase from 13% of the mix today to 18% in 2035; the growth in renewables is underpinned by subsidies that rise from $64 billion in 2010 to $250 billion in 2035, support that in some cases cannot be taken for granted in an age of increasing fiscal austerity. World PLDV oil demand in the New Policies Scenario. —WEO 2011.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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There are two major reasons for this: first, EVs are not going to reach the numbers required by 2050 to hit their needed contribution to net zero goals , and even if they did, a host of other personal, social and economic activities must be modified to reach the total net zero mark. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K.