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Puerto Rico Energy Plan Calls For Huge Solar And Storage Investments
This article discusses the Puerto Rico energy plan, which calls for huge solar and storage investments.
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has released a draft version of its 2019 integration resource plan (IRP), laying out the future development and continued recovery of Puerto Rico’s electric grid over the next […]
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Virginia wants more action on climate change. Here’s where residents stand on policies.
This article discusses how some Virginia residents want more action on climate change.
Throughout Virginia, most residents are worried about climate change, fear that it will harm people in the U.S. within a decade and want the government to do more to tackle the problem.
And data from the Yale Program on […]
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Report: Climate Could Hit a Tipping Point Sooner Than You Think
This article discusses how climate change could hit a tipping point sooner than expected. The planet’s ability to uptake carbon could decline after 2060.
The latest, a Columbia Engineering report published in Nature this week, projects that the planet’s capacity to take in the carbon dioxide, and in particular that produced by human activity—such as […]
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Your guide to clean energy and climate bills this session (blink and you might miss them)
This article, by Ivy Main of the Sierra Club, discusses clean energy and climate bills before the Virginia legislature in 2019.
Clean energy and climate action are mainstream concepts with the public these days, but at Virginia’s General Assembly they have yet to gain much traction. Last year saw one renewable […]
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Environmental groups push coal ash, solar and carbon bills in Virginia
This article discusses how environmental groups are pushing for coal ash, solar and carbon bills in Virginia in 2019.
Environmental groups are uniting behind three key bills in the General Assembly that they say would help align Virginia with clean energy efforts already underway in other states.
The bills would mandate the […]
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The Energy 202: Court ruling may give environmental activists more fodder against EPA
This article discusses a recent court ruling against the EPA.
The Sierra Club, one of the nation’s oldest environmental organizations, led a vocal campaign to oust Scott Pruitt by helping to reveal various managerial and ethical lapses by the former Environmental Protection Agency chief.
Now with a recent court decision, the group hopes it can apply that […]
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Six Times the Environment Won in 2018
This article discusses some good climate news in 2018.
By all accounts, 2018 had its share of big environmental bummers. Scientists calmly explained that our current rate of warming will cause geological changes akin to a meteor striking the Earth. Former EPA chief Scott Pruitt spent thousands of taxpayers dollars on
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Bad News for Governor Northam- Pipeline Opposition Is NOT Going Away!
This article discusses Bad News for Governor Northam – Pipeline Opposition Is NOT Going Away!
By saying he did not have a position on the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines over the months since his election and while a candidate, Governor Northam apparently thought that if he sat tight long […]
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Republican activist with ties to Project Veritas infiltrates the Sierra Club
This article discusses how climate change deniers tried infiltrating the Sierra Club. Project Veritas-linked operative allegedly tried to use Sierra Club credentials to access Democratic campaigns.
The Sierra Club, one of the nation’s oldest and most prominent environmental groups, was infiltrated earlier this year by a right-wing activist with alleged […]
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Climate change: Report warns of growing impact on US life
These articles (here, here, here, here, here, and here) discuss the report issued by the US Government on climate change. These articles all have one thing in common – they agree with the scientists and disagree with our denier-in-chef, Trump.
Unchecked climate change will cost […]
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