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Report: EU plans to increase offshore windfarm capacity 25-fold
The Guardian discusses EU plans to increase offshore windfarm capacity 25-fold. Proposal would create 62,000 jobs and help towards carbon neutrality, says commission.
The capacity of the EU’s offshore windfarms in the North Sea, the Baltic, the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea will be increased 25-fold, under a […]
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Va. Coalfield Economic Development Authority establishes $1M Renewable Energy Fund
Virginia Business discusses Va. Coalfield Economic Development Authority establishes $1M Renewable Energy Fund. Funding to assist renewable energy projects, component manufacturing.
The Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) announced Thursday it has established a $1 million Renewable Energy Fund from coal tax credit funds.
“With the establishment of the Renewable Energy Fund, VCEDA […]
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Report: How Coal Country Can Adapt to the Energy Transition
Environmental and Energy Institute (EESI) discusses How Coal Country Can Adapt to the Energy Transition.
From international bodies to town halls, focus has been increasingly directed toward deploying clean energy and decarbonizing the economy following reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that countries must drastically […]
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Report: Lack of climate action over 50 years will cost Australian economy $3.4tn and 880,000 jobs
The Guardian discusses a report showing Lack of climate action over 50 years will cost Australian economy $3.4tn and 880,000 jobs. If policies promoting net zero emissions by 2050 are adopted 250,000 jobs would be created and $680bn added to the economy. [No report link provided.]
Australia’s economy will be […]
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Luis Magaña Has Spent 20 Years Advocating for Farmworkers, But He’s Never Seen Anything Like This
Inside Climate News discusses Luis Magaña Has Spent 20 Years Advocating for Farmworkers, But He’s Never Seen Anything Like This. The Covid-19 pandemic and the megafires have made it clear to him: Farmworkers need much better protections.
The hardest harvest season Luis Magaña has known in half a century in […]
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Report: In shift to green energy, a matter of when, not if
The Christian Science Monitor discusses In shift to green energy, a matter of when, not if. A major geopolitical shift could slowly be taking shape as the world’s 20th-century focus on access to oil gives way to competition for the technologies and resources needed to power a cleaner-energy economy.
It was […]
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Australia’s first offshore wind farm promises jobs boom
Sydney Morning Herald discusses how Australia’s first offshore wind farm promises jobs boom.
Australia’s first offshore wind farm could provide about 8000 direct and indirect jobs in Victoria over its 30-year lifetime, including 5200 construction jobs and 740 ongoing roles a year.
The Star of the South wind farm, which would […]
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HotSpots H2O: Fires in the World’s Largest Wetlands Decimate Wildlife and Livelihoods
Circle of Blue discusses HotSpots H2O: Fires in the World’s Largest Wetlands Decimate Wildlife and Livelihoods.
The Pantanal wetlands are on fire. Since early this year, nearly a fifth of the Brazilian ecosystem, over 14,000 square miles, […]
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Powering all UK homes via offshore wind by 2030 ‘will need £50bn’
The Guardian discusses how powering all UK homes via offshore wind by 2030 ‘will need £50bn’. Aurora Energy Research calculates investment would have to quadruple capacity.
Boris Johnson’s bold new vision for offshore wind to power every home in the UK by 2030 would require almost £50bn in investment […]
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