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Rhodium Group estimates US GHG fell 2.1% in 2019, driven by coal decline

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This decline was due almost entirely to a drop in coal consumption. Coal-fired power generation fell by a record 18% year-on-year to its lowest level since 1975. An increase in natural gas generation offset some of the climate gains from this coal decline, but overall power sector emissions still decreased by almost 10%.

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The world’s only coal-to-nuclear reactor plant just broke ground in Wyoming

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According to Gates, founder and chairman of TerraPower, Natrium will “be the most advanced nuclear facility in the world, and it will be much safer and produce far less waste than conventional reactors.” It’s being constructed near the retiring coal-fired Naughton power plant and is the world’s only coal-to-nuclear project under development.

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UK to award £54M to 15 projects developing innovative carbon removal technology

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The money will help projects further develop their greenhouse gas removal technologies, which include a machine that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air, a plant to convert household waste into hydrogen for use in the transport industry, and a system to remove carbon dioxide from seawater. Lapwing Energy Limited, “Reverse Coal”.

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Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

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Africa is part of a global toll taken by air pollution, which killed an estimated 6.7 Specific recommendations include: Invest in clean renewable energy, in particular taking advantage of solar and wind power resources and reducing reliance on coal, oil, and gas. Only AIDS causes more deaths.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

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It was one year ago that we decided to add solar panels to our roof. In March 2020 we installed 9 solar panels an inverter and 2 battery packs. Panels: JA Solar black. The solar panels attach to the roof and convert solar light into electrical energy. The inverter is the most important part of the system.

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GM reduced energy intensity and carbon intensity per vehicle in 2013

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For the most part, progress against these metrics remains consistent with our projected glide path toward reaching our 2020 manufacturing commitments. One of the challenges we face is that our 2020 renewable energy goal was based on doubling solar capacity by 2015. One of GM’s newest US solar installations was expanded to 1.8

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DOE releases draft of $8B loan guarantee solicitation for advanced fossil energy projects

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The program is part of President Obama’s climate action plan. Carbon capture: CO 2 capture from synthesis gases in fuel reforming or gasification processes; CO 2 capture from flue gases in traditional coal or natural gas electricity generation; CO 2 capture from effluent streams of industrial processing facilities. Earlier post.).

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