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Biggest US coal company funded dozens of groups questioning climate change

CLIMATE: Analysis of Peabody Energy court documents show company backed trade groups, lobbyists and thinktanks dubbed ‘heart and soul of climate denial’

Source: the Guardian

Posted on: June 13, 2016

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‘Light years ahead’ of their elders, young Republicans push GOP on climate change

Source: NPR

House passes sweeping clean energy bill

Source: The Hill

Colorado regulators OK one-of-a-kind rule to track emissions beginning with oil and gas wells’ construction

Source: Denver Post

Amid debate over repealing House Bill 6, Energy Harbor still won’t say whether its nuclear plants are profitable

Source: Cleveland.com

Governor vetoes bill that would keep Pennsylvania out of RGGI

Source: StateImpact Pennsylvania

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September 25 2020

Owner won’t say whether two Ohio nuclear plants are profitable

NUCLEAR: Energy Harbor won’t disclose whether two Ohio nuclear plants set to receive a $1.3 billion public subsidy are profitable before the bailout. (Cleveland.com) ALSO: • FirstEnergy says the Ohio attorney general’s civil lawsuit seeking to stop bailout payments to the nuclear plants is “without legal merit.” (WOSU) • Modular nuclear reactors may help utilities […]

Southeast Energy News

September 25 2020

Entergy eyes hydrogen to hit net-zero emissions by 2050

UTILITIES: Gulf Coast utility Entergy announces a pledge to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, with hydrogen expected to play a significant role. (Greentech Media) ALSO: • Southern Company’s net-zero emission plan is filled with loopholes that let it continue burning fossil fuels, a utility watchdog says. (Energy and Policy Institute) • Duke Energy’s head of […]

Northeast Energy News

September 25 2020

Pennsylvania governor keeps door open for RGGI

CLIMATE: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoes a bill that would have required legislative approval for the state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, saying it would “effectively deny that climate change is an urgent problem.” (StateImpact Pennsylvania) ALSO: • The mayors of New York and Pittsburgh join ten other global cities in a pledge […]

Western Energy News

September 25 2020

Will California’s electric vehicle push strain the grid? Experts say probably not.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Experts say California’s push to phase out gasoline cars in favor of electric will change the amount of load on the grid, but “not in an earth-shaking way.” (Utility Dive) ALSO: In an interview, California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls the shift to electric vehicles “an economic imperative” that will support automakers as well […]

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