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We wanted to end the week on a high note! We have written about Norway’s big plans for floating offshore wind — now we will have it in the U.S. too, thanks to the Governor of Maine, Janet Mills, who finally got the 12-megawatt demonstration project green-lit by pushing through legislation that forced state utility regulators to issue the power purchase agreement for the project. What? It took her leadership to get it done after the prior Governor slowed the project on cost grounds (the energy from it will be price-competitive BTW). She also is working to make the state of Maine carbon-neutral by 2045. To this we say, YES WE CAN!
Researchers recently conducted an analysis of how trying to meet the Paris Agreement targets would affect energy jobs in 50 countries. They found that action to reach the targets would increase net jobs by about 8 million by 2050, primarily due to gains in the solar and wind industries. Why This Matters: An estimated 18 […]
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After years of devastating fire seasons, California utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) announced that it aims to move about 10,000 miles of power lines underground to avoid accidental sparks. Why This Matters: Wildfires have continued to become increasingly catastrophic as a result of climate change. Last year’s wildfire season broke records— NIFC reported that […]
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by Natasha Lasky, ODP Staff Writer For years there’s been a false narrative perpetuated by special interest groups that electric vehicles actually produce more greenhouse gases than the average internal combustion vehicle. However, a new study shows that this is not true — over the entirety of its life cycle, an EV will release fewer […]
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