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CenterPoint Energy Announces Costly Intention to Backtrack on Coal Retirements, Keeping Expensive Culley Plant Online Past 2027

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EVANSVILLE, Indiana – Today, CenterPoint Energy announced an intention to delay plans to retire Unit 3 of its F.B. Culley Generating Station, backtracking on their commitment to be entirely coal-free by 2027. In previous CenterPoint plans, the utility wrote that “Coal plants have not been able to consistently compete on short term marginal … [continued]

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China’s Clean Technology Recommendations for Their Next 5-Year Plan

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Earlier this week, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China met in a plenary session and developed recommendations for the nation’s 15th five-year plan, which would run through 2030. There are many aspects of the recommendations that could be explored in more depth, but several of the recommendations … [continued]

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Trump Administration’s Alaska Lands Giveaway

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced a series of decisions that increase threats to Alaska landscapes, wildlife, and local communities. In a brief ceremony with members of Alaska’s congressional delegation and governor, Burgum announced a decision opening vast swaths of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas … [continued]

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