Most recent 10 articles: Washington Post - Energy 202
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No September on record in the West has seen a heat wave like this - Washington Post - Energy 202 (Sep 08, 2022) |
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Sep 08, 2022 · The heat wave that’s been gripping California and other parts of the West for 10 days and counting is the most severe ever recorded in September, weather experts have said - confirming what California’s governor is calling the “hottest and longest on record” for the month.
The data supporting the assertion is overwhelming. Records began falling on Aug. 30 when Seattle and Portland set calendar day records of 90 and 100. And it’s not yet over - while the region’s heat wave peaked on Tuesday, it’s expected to continue until Saturday, ending after a total of 12 days.
In just the past week, nearly 1,000 heat records have been broken, including more than 270 monthly records. ... Read more ...
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Glaciers in Europe are experiencing the most severe melting on record - Washington Post - Energy 202 (Aug 18, 2022) |
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Aug 18, 2022 · Pascal Egli has run on trails winding through the Alps for nearly two decades, but until this summer, he had never seen the mountains so bare.
Extreme heat waves had transformed the mountain landscape. Routes once considered easy were now dangerous. Snow bridges over crevasses collapsed, making certain areas impassable. Rocks had tumbled unexpectedly from glaciers and bare mountainsides, injuring and even killing some in their path.
“By mid-June, it was really, really kind of shocking,” said Egli, who received his PhD in glaciology from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland this summer. “It was getting so hot and things are melting so fast, you couldn’t safely do ... Read more ...
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Carmakers say the climate bill sets impossible targets - Washington Post - Energy 202 (Aug 03, 2022) |
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Aug 03, 2022 · Automakers are chafing at the ambitious plan Democrats are advancing to bring down the cost of electric cars and accelerate the transition from gas-powered vehicles.
The Senate climate package poised for a vote as early as this week includes tax credits that slash the cost of electric cars by thousands of dollars - but only for buyers who purchase from companies that relocate their supply chains out of China and other nations with which the United States does not have a free-trade agreement. It is a heavy lift for an industry that has limited access to minerals and components crucial to the production of EV batteries.
The timelines in the measure, some auto companies and ... Read more ...
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Analysis | Why Saving the Climate Requires a Tough Taxonomy: QuickTake - Washington Post - Energy 202 (May 25, 2022) |
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May 25, 2022 · Floods, droughts and food shortages are just some of the effects of climate change, while exploitation and corruption drive social injustice around the world. Governments tackling these issues are realizing that to solve them, they need first to define and measure them. Some are turning to so-called taxonomies that establish which economic practices and products are harmful to the planet and which aren’t. The idea is that the price of goods and services must reflect the human and environmental cost of both production and disposal, which in turn would spur much needed change. But designing a code is fiendishly difficult.
1. What are taxonomies?
They’re essentially systems ... Read more ...
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Interior Department approves first large-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S. - Washington Post - Energy 202 (May 11, 2021) |
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May 11, 2021 · The Biden administration on Tuesday approved the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the United States, a project that envisions building 62 turbines off Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts and creating enough electricity to power 400,000 homes. Vineyard Wind is the first of several massive offshore wind-farm proposals that could put more than 3,000 wind turbines in the Atlantic Ocean from Maine to North Carolina. Read more ...
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The Energy 202: Biden pleases some once leery liberals with new climate plan - Washington Post - Energy 202 (Jul 15, 2020) |
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Jul 15, 2020 · Joe Biden has won over some left-leaning parts of the Democratic coalition skeptical of his bid for president with a new climate plan.
As Matt Viser and I report, the former vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee unveiled a proposal Tuesday pledging to eliminate carbon pollution from power plants by 2035 and spend $2 trillion to turbocharge the clean energy economy.
His plan, much of which would require the consent of Congress, would put the United States on a 15-year timeline for a 100 percent clean electricity standard and is aimed at the twin goals of rebuilding the economy and fighting climate change.
Former Vice President Joe Biden ... Read more ...
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The Energy 202: More than a dozen states unite to boost electric trucks - Washington Post - Energy 202 (Jul 14, 2020) |
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Jul 14, 2020 · More than a dozen states are teaming up to boost sales of pickup trucks, school buses and big rigs that run entirely on electricity and do not pump climate-warming pollution into the air.
Leaders from Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and 10 other states, along with the District of Columbia, say they will try to make sure every new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sold within their borders is fully electric by the middle of the century.
The agreement is not legally binding, and it promises to send a fleet of electric trucks onto the road before the technology to do so is fully developed. But it is the latest sign of Democratic-controlled ... Read more ...
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The Energy 202: Trump's nomination of public lands manager tees up tough vote in the Senate - Washington Post - Energy 202 (Jul 02, 2020) |
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Jul 02, 2020 · President Trump's nomination of an outspoken conservative activist to lead a major public lands agency tees up a tough vote in the Senate in the middle of an election year.
Trump officially tapped William Perry Pendley on Tuesday to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) after a year running the agency in an acting role.
Pendley had generated controversy for his statements in favor of selling the very lands he is charged with overseeing. The BLM runs the federal government's oil, gas and coal-leasing program and manages more than a tenth of the nation’s landmass.
Bureau of Land Management acting director William Perry Pendley. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
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The Energy 202: John Hickenlooper pledges climate action after beating Green New Deal supporter in primary - Washington Post - Energy 202 (Jul 01, 2020) |
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Jul 01, 2020 · Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper beat back a challenge from his left by a Green New Deal supporter in a tougher-than-anticipated Democratic primary race in which energy issues were a key point of contention.
Now Hickenlooper, an ex-petroleum geologist who is among the most oil-friendly Democrats running for Senate, will try to define himself as a champion on climate change and other environmental issues when he faces first-term Republican incumbent Sen. Cory Gardner in November.
During a speech aired online Tuesday night, Hickenlooper called climate change an "urgent need" that is "being ignored."
Gardner, too, is trying to cast himself as a conservationist ... Read more ...
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The Energy 202: House Democrats' sweeping climate plan comes with political risks - Washington Post - Energy 202 (Jun 30, 2020) |
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Jun 30, 2020 · House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) will unveil Tuesday an ambitious package of climate proposals designed to eliminate the U.S. economy's contributions to climate change by 2050 through a combination of government mandates, tax incentives and new infrastructure.
The sweeping set of proposals from House Democrats is a signal what party leaders broadly are willing to do to tackle climate change should they retake the control of the Senate and White House from Republicans in 2021.
As Steven Mufson and I report, the proposals would require electrical utilities be net-zero emitters of greenhouse gases by 2040 and carmakers produce only ... Read more ...
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