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From the Electric Grid to Carbon Capture, and a Post-Christmas Chuckle
- From Ed Reid’s year in review: “The Administration has less than half a plan for the ‘all-electric everything’ transition. . . . There are . . . no plans in place for the timely expansion of grid capacity.”
- Congressional earmarks are back. Here’s one for a solar plant in a not-so-sunny state.
- Have a laugh with this EV Christmas cartoon.
- Everything you need to know about carbon capture (from an economist’s perspective).
(And more!)
Climate Facts for Holiday Conversations (And More!)
*Alex Epstein shares “energy and climate” facts to use in holiday dinner conversations.
*Your dollars at work: EPA to grant $600 million for environmental justice. See how.
And more!
How to Get Rid of Natural Gas—When the Court Says You Can’t
No city under the jurisdiction of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals—that is, in Western states like California and Washington— is supposed to ban natural gas. In April, the court rejected Berkeley, California’s law banning natural gas in new buildings including restaurants. But Seattle has passed a new law, anyway. (Berkeley is fighting the court’s…
Setting a Record for—Coal Use? (And Other News)
News of the Day:
- Setting a record this year . . .for coal!
- How to bypass resistance to renewable energy—pass a law!
- Keeping an eye on the billions, (this time for EV buses).
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N.Y. Attorney General Goes After Pepsico, Not Just Trump
Yes, Attorney General Letitia James doesn’t just have former president Trump in her sights. Now it’s PepsiCo. Why? According to a survey of waste along the Buffalo River, 17 percent of the plastic waste was packaging from Pepsico products. (These may include packages by PepsiCo’s subsidiaries Frito-Lay and Frito-Lay North America. They too are named…