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Energy Transition Puts Grid Reliability to the Test
replaced by new clean and renewable generation. The report has led to a ... reform how the market manages, and values the reliability generators bring ... immensely complex and extend beyond the fundamentals of energy technology to
Climate Negotiator Contemplates Future of Paris Agreement Without the U.S.
from the UN and others that highlight both the dangers of a warming climate, and the inadequacy of current efforts to keep warming to a minimum ... and whether the U.S. will return to the Paris process and resume a
Exploring Clean Power Plan Compliance Options for Pennsylvania
, renewable energy and energy efficiency trade associations, energy and ... advocates, business and industry associations, and others. The event featured ... being developed, strategies other states are considering, and regulatory
The Economics of Climate Change
How much will global warming cost future generations, and how much ... and member of the Nobel Prize for Economics Committee within the Royal ... future damages expected to arise from climate change, and how future costs
Superblocks: Barcelona’s Plan to Free Itself from Cars
). What he found seems, in retrospect, both obvious and profound: cars ... (who founded and still directs the Urban Ecology Agency of Barcelona) has ... space, active transportation choices, and much else. Ubiquitous
Nuclear Decommissioning
renewable energy, weak demand, and significant capital expenditure requirements at nuclear power plants are challenging reactor economics and ... . Justifications for such subsidies typically focus on retention of local jobs, and
Environmental Justice via Industrial Policy
investment into clean energy via tax credits and direct spending mechanisms ... for progress toward environmental justice, and what new challenges do ... constrained by existing statutes, precedent, and a U.S. Supreme Court hostile to
Putting a Prize at the End of the Race to Net Zero
by 2.4% from 2019 levels, and only a handful of countries are on track ... , Panama, and Suriname are the only countries that have already done so ... -zero countries more quickly by sharing best practices and rewarding early achievers
Questioning the Promise of Carbon Tax Border Adjustments
emissions that cause global warming is by implementing a carbon tax, and making it more expensive to buy products and services with a high carbon ... climate law and economics look at the most commonly proposed solution to
A Preview of Key Energy Challenges for the 2020s
dawn of electrification and the opening of the first central power plant ... and energy’s future didn’t look so bright. Two 1970s oil crises brought the era of easy oil to an end, and left Americans with an unfamiliar