CT Exclusive Interview: Clean Power Plan Has A Message For Natural Gas, And It’s Not…
We called it four days ago: the Clean Power Plan seeks to accelerate wind and solar development at the expense of natural gas to replace coal.
Search Results for: clean power plan
The Clean Power Plan Emerges (VIDEO)
Later today at the White House, President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy will officially release the final Clean Power Plan, carbon pollution guidance for the nation that is also a historic step in efforts to meet and constrain climate change. Briefly stated, it shows how the US … [continued]
Clean Power Plan = Lower Electricity Bills
Originally published on Solar Love. A report from the University of Georgia says that states can reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by using a combination of renewable energy sources and energy-saving strategies. It says those changes are affordable if done properly. Marilyn Brown, the project’s lead researcher and the Brook … [continued]
EPA Clean Power Plan Could Drop Hammer On Natural Gas
The Obama Administration is dropping hints that the EPA Clean Power Plan will focus on wind and solar to accelerate the transition out of coal power plants.
NRDC: EPA’s Clean Power Plan Is Economically Beneficial For USA Due To Health Benefits
“It’s time to act,” says the Natural Resources Defense Council in Clean Power: The Case For Carbon Pollution Limits, its new report (aka R-15-06-B). Widely thought to be the nation’s most effective environmental group, NRDC is calling on us this July to confront climate change, “the greatest environmental threat of our … [continued]
Advanced Energy Economy: EPA Plan For States That Don’t Draft Own Plans For Clean Power…
Backstop plans for states that don’t draft their own plans for compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan can utilize renewable energy and energy efficiency to keep costs associated with reducing carbon emissions down, based on a new report from Advanced Energy Economy (AEE). In the new … [continued]
EPA’s Clean Power Plan Proposal Could Accelerate Renewable Energy Additions & Coal Plant Retirements
Originally published on EIA. EIA’s analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP) shows that renewables play a critical role under a range of different market conditions and policy assumptions. The key difference across the various scenarios analyzed involves the timing and the extent that wind and … [continued]
Clean Power Plan Won’t Kill The Grid, Even If The Wall Street Journal Says It…
Those who take the Wall Street Journal for gospel miss a lot of what’s going on with US energy, says Denise Robbins of Media Matters for America. Too bad they probably won’t get it if they stick to that source and ignore all the others. The Journal published an editorial two weeks ago that … [continued]
Climate Listening Project Gets Across The EPA Clean Power Plan
A thoughtful North Carolina nonprofit has devised a very effective and immediate way to display climate change on a local and personal level. The video below describes its program, The Climate Listening Project. The project is a new collaborative storytelling effort spearheaded by the Western North Carolina Alliance to connect conversations … [continued]
Obama’s Clean Power Plan Avoids Policy Mistakes Made In EU
Energy Post By Vincent Swinkels The Clean Power Plan recently announced by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been hailed for its good intentions, but also widely criticized for its “modest” ambitions. What most commentators have failed to note, however, is that, compared to EU climate policies, Obama’s plan … [continued]
