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How Coal Maintains Its Political Hold on West Virginia
dollars in tax incentives for wind and solar power. Yet in negotiations ... energy and climate agenda, while gaining concessions to the fossil fuel ... Virginia politics and, by extension, came to influence national energy policy
Powering the Slum: Meeting SDG7 in Accra’s Informal Settlements
), encourages countries and cities to monitor their progress with special ... agenda as a follow-up to years of economic and social development programs that began with the Decade of Development (1961) and ended with the
Energy Market Shock Absorbers
well as household planning and consumption. As a result, such volatility ... United States, natural disasters, policy design and implementation, and ... environmental policy through cap-and-trade systems, tradable performance standards
Comparative Pathways to Regional Energy Transition
various pledges, programs, and policies to meet these targets. For example ... process, 195 nations agreed to the 2-degree target and submitted for ... require action by subnational governments and many accounts have stressed
The Complex, Politically Fraught Path to Building Electrification
Residential and commercial buildings account for nearly a third of ... , business and home owners may have little awareness of their building’s climate footprint, and often lack the time and motivation to explore
Closing the Climate Finance Gap: A Proposal for a New Green Investment Protocol
must be a core pillar of climate finance and, particularly, derisking ... legal regimes governing investment and climate. This report examines ... investment and the global effort to finance climate adaptation and mitigation
Competitive Imperative: Choices for Pennsylvania’s Energy Future
includes coal, natural gas, crude oil, nuclear power, biofuels, and other (wood, geothermal, hydro, solar, wind, and biomass waste to energy). https ... gas production and nuclear power generation, ranked third on coal
The U.S. Is Back in Paris. Will It Regain Its Role as Climate Leader?
the largest historic emitter of greenhouse gasses, and today’s second ... effort to rebuild trust and reassure the world that it will remain ... China, Europe and other regions has grown in global climate dialogue
Breaking America’s Nuclear Waste Impasse
into an agreement with the nuclear power industry to collect and ... nuclear power industry to collect and permanently dispose of spent reactor ... develop a permanent nuclear waste disposal site in the United States. And we
A Clean Grid is a Diverse Grid
The work of Jesse Jenkins, and his vision for the future The ... , the United Nations warns, are destined to drive "severe, pervasive and ... 's bigger challenge will be drumming up the political and economic will to