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In Boost for Renewables, Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is on the Rise
Yale Environment 360 discusses In Boost for Renewables, Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is on the Rise. Driven by technological advances, facilities are being built with storage systems that can hold enough renewable energy to power hundreds of thousands of homes. The advent of “big battery” technology addresses a key challenge […]
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3 E’s: The Top 3 Climate Action Items for VA Leaders in 2020
This NRDC opinion piece discusses the top 3 climate action items for VA leaders in 2020 energy efficiency, emissions, and equity. Now that fossil-fueled, OK Boomer climate deniers and climate obstructionists have been tossed out of Virginia’s capitol, victory for Virginia’s climate action is decisively won. A climate and […]
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The Most Detailed Map of Auto Emissions in America
This NY Times article provides the most detailed map of American auto emissions.
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Clean Energy States Alliance Webinar On Electric Vehicles and the Grid
This webinar discusses the trajectory for the market penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) and what does it mean for the electrical grid. How can EVs be best integrated into the grid so that they increase system reliability and reduce emissions? What would be the impacts on the grid of […]
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A quick shift to electric vehicles could drive the Green New Deal forward
This article discusses how a quick shift to electric vehicles could drive the Green New Deal forward. The transition could keep the U.S. competitive with countries like China but also radically improve the country’s own transportation sector—currently the most polluting of the economy—while creating jobs and improving equity.
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Solar and wind firms call the ‘Green New Deal’ too extreme
This article discusses how some solar and wind firms are calling the ‘Green New Deal’ too extreme. Representatives of America’s clean energy companies are withholding their support for the climate-fighting plan, calling it unrealistic and too politically divisive for an industry keen to grow in both red and blue states.
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Key books and reports on climate justice
This article discusses some key books and reports on climate justice. Climate activist’s Green New Deal puts spotlight on environmental justice … aka climate justice.
With climate activists’ spotlight on liberal Democrats’ Green New Deal as an outline for climate change action comes a new focus on social justice: on the […]
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