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Material Climate Change Disclosure

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering ... business and financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K, the ... separate disclosure regimes – mandated by the Securities Act of 1933 and the

Energy Regulator FERC Finds Itself Cornered Over Climate Change

are determined to reduce their carbon emissions, and a conflict that ... decades nurturing, and which today supply two-thirds of the nation ... England and New York ISO.  The event featured commentary from electricity

Why Is It So Hard to Build the Electric Grid of the Future?

growing number of states and the federal government have set 100% clean ... for clean energy is already evident in fact that wind and solar power ... and solar energy to ensure that reliable power is available 24 hours a

Carbon Capture’s Clean Coal Ambition

Carbon capture and storage offers the promise of slashing carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, and has been touted by some in the ... dramatically reduce the fuel’s environmental impact and provide a lifeline to the

Can Nuclear Hit Its Stride in Africa?

resources such as oil, gas, and limited hydro-electric power, most African ... the number of people and over 3 times the GDP on a PPP basis ... and population growth, many countries have turned to nuclear power to

COP27 Dispatch: As Climate Impacts Grow, Cities Explore Paths to Adaptation

and insights into key issues under negotiation. Eugenie Birch, Bill Burke-White, and Mauricio Rodas of the University of Pennsylvania explore the challenges that climate change, and effects ranging from extreme

Climate Leader Germany Faces Challenging Exit from Coal

greenhouse gas emissions, and today counts some of the highest rates of ... continue mining and burning coal nearly to the end of the 2030s. Pro ... Germany’s challenging exit from coal, and the fuel’s sustaining, and

Does EU’s CBA Violate International Trade Agreements?

atmosphere, to buy and sell these emissions, as permits or allowances, amongst ... a 10% reduction in carbon emissions between 2005 and 2012 after the ... dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and others which leads to health benefits for the

A Carbon-Free Synthetic Fertilizer

most industrial fertilizers—by creating ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen with a metal catalyst under high pressure and heat. But the Haber ... longstanding use of this tried-and-true method, Vojvodic and fellow engineering