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Retreat? Not Just a Developing World Problem
,000-kilometer network of dikes combine with dams, levees, locks, sluices, and floodgates to prevent river flooding and storm surges from wiping out key economic and cultural hubs. The Dutch are, for good reason, revered as the
History May Tell How Long Pruitt Will Last at EPA
era has come front and center. Pruitt may yet survive the tide of ... absurd, including recently revealed attempts to leverage his office and staff to land a Chick-fil-A job for his wife, house hunt and even buy a
New FERC Rule Grows Clean Energy’s Role in Grid Resilience
As variable renewable energy and energy storage resources continue to fuel an ongoing energy transition, regulators and grid operators are ... plants connecting to the transmission grid—except nuclear and combined heat
Let’s Talk Government Ownership of Unprofitable Nuclear Power Plants
? Saving nuclear (and coal) power assets in certain competitive markets ... -peak energy prices, and many assert it will be a windfall to nuclear, coal, and ... few distressed nuclear assets - and even operating them at a loss
Does Trump Help or Hurt Philly’s Struggling Neighborhood Refinery?
investors that were dragging down company financials, and brainstormed about ... PES Refining and Marketing corporate family rating from B1 to B3 ... to default), and downgraded ratings on certain loans from B1 to B3
Powering Our Future with Trash
, source reduction, and—the topic of this policy digest—waste-to-energy (WTE ... problems: waste destruction and energy demand (both of which will compound ... capacity (Research and Markets 2018; EIA 2017). Given WTE’s potential
Envisioning a Polish Nuclear Energy Strategy
Central and South-East Europe. This includes: 1) U.S. government support ... support for U.S. LNG imports into the region, and 3) strong opposition to ... EU and—together with the Turkish Stream—would circumvent Ukrainian
Can We Measure Successful Climate Adaptation?
marched and chanted, demanding that Parties take radical action. Signs and placards read “Act Now!” and called to keep warming less than 1.5°C ... among advocates, the media, and side events at COP. The other arm of
How Will We Measure Climate Adaptation?
adaptation will be actionable and accurate. Yet, one of the most basic ... at negotiating tables. The disconnect between negotiating policy and ... data and methods. To create an actionable and accurate framework, two
Powering Up the Next Blockchain Disruption with Web3
recent global proliferation of electric vehicles, rooftop solar, battery storage, and other ... task forever changed. The decision to embrace DERs among economies and ... underlies cryptocurrencies and NFTs by executing transactions between