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Report: Wind farms: climate protection vs. nature protection
This article discusses wind farms: climate protection vs. nature protection. Our warming world needs alternatives to polluting fossil fuels. Wind energy is part of the solution, but how bad are wind turbines for nature?
Wind turbines are often citied as being particularly bad for birds and bats. Birds of prey, for instance,
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Dominion watches offshore wind costs to support 2 GW-plus buildout in Virginia
This article discusses the efforts of Dominion Energy pursuing wind energy. Dominion watches offshore wind costs to support 2 GW-plus buildout in Virginia. Dominion Energy is barreling ahead with its clean energy investments and is keeping a watch on New England market prices and technology advancements to forecast future offshore […]
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Yale Climate connections 7-26-2019
This week’s articles include:
A small electric plane demonstrates promise, obstacles of climate-friendly air travel
New Koch-funded fossil exhibit at the Smithsonian is curiously quiet on fossil fuels
To save money, Pennsylvania farmer puts his pigs to work
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New York Awards Offshore Wind Contracts in Bid to Reduce Emissions
This NY Times article discusses how New York Awards Offshore Wind Contracts in Bid to Reduce Emissions.
New York State, which last month passed an ambitious law to reduce the emissions that cause climate change, said Thursday that it had reached an agreement for two large offshore wind projects.
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Trump Makes His Biggest Move Yet to Try to Save Coal Plants
This Bloomberg article discusses how Trump is trying to save coal plants. EPA scales back Obama’s Clean Power Plan curbs on emissions while solar, wind and natural gas have pared U.S. coal demand.
President Donald Trump is scaling back sweeping Obama-era curbs on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants burning […]
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Renewables would displace 86 GW of gas projects in Beyond Carbon campaign
This PV-Magazine article discusses how renewables would displace 86 GW of gas projects in Beyond Carbon campaign.
Solar, wind and storage would take the place of 150 proposed gas-fired generators in a Beyond Carbon campaign launched by Michael Bloomberg and the Sierra Club. Building on the success of the Beyond […]
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DeSmogBlog, June 15, 2019
This blog discusses the following:
Following Carcinogen Data Fiasco, Pressure Grows on Massachusetts to Revoke Enbridge Facility Permit
US Poised to Approve Shipping LNG by Rail for Export With No New Safety Rules
House to Debate Amendment With Big Implications for Expanding Petrochemical Industry
Australia’s Controversial Adani Coal Mine […]
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Report: Renewable Energy Capacity Now Exceeds Coal in U.S.
This Yale Environment 360 article discusses how renewable energy now generates more electricity than coal in the U.S. Renewable energy now generates more electricity in the United States than coal. Solar, wind, hydropower, biomass, and geothermal totaled 21.56 percent of U.S. generating capacity as of April, according to a […]
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AI-Backed Sensors Help Reduce Wind Turbine Risks to Protected Birds
This The Revelator article discusses how AI-Backed Sensors Help Reduce Wind Turbine Risks to Protected Birds. A camera detection system is helping the wind energy industry become safer for protected birds, but the technology is still being refined.
On a Wyoming wind farm there is an unusual addition amid the familiar massive […]
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