Tag: Policy & Politics
Quitting & Rejoining Global Climate Agreements: What’s at Stake for the United States
By Jake Schmidt, Senior Strategic Director, International Climate, International, NRDC Following its previous announcement withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, the Trump administration announced it intends to also withdraw from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—the foundational international climate agreement adopted in 1992 that the United States joined in 1994. In … [continued]
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400 km Wasserstoffpipeline ohne Nutzer wird Deutschlands Strompreise erhöhen*
Deutschland hat kürzlich den ersten rund 400 km langen Abschnitt seines nationalen Wasserstoff-Backbones fertiggestellt und unter Druck gesetzt. Die Leitungen liegen im Boden, die Verdichter funktionieren, und das System ist technisch betriebsbereit. Es gibt nur ein Problem. Es sind keine nennenswerten Wasserstofflieferanten angeschlossen und keine relevanten Abnehmer vertraglich gebunden. Es … [continued]
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Energy Department Cancels Solar Program For Low Income Residents Of Puerto Rico
The federal government has pulled the rug out from under Puerto Rico again by cancelling funding for distributed solar.
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US Oil Industry Busted For “One Of The Most Successful Antitrust Conspiracies” In US History
The Michigan State Attorney General has filed an antitrust lawsuit against BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Shell, and oil industry organizations, citing a 50-year effort to illegally restrain competition from renewable energy.
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From Optionality to Outcome: How Germany Can Reset Hydrogen Without Losing Face
Germany now has a pressurized segment of its hydrogen backbone that is physically complete and operationally empty. There are no connected suppliers feeding hydrogen into it, no contracted customers drawing hydrogen out, and no credible near-term pathway to change either of those facts. This is no longer a question of … [continued]
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