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December 24, 2024

climate change

NY Senate Holds First Hearing on Climate Change
Nearly 40 people braved a snowstorm Tuesday to testify on a bill that aims to put some of New York’s ambitious decarbonization goals into the statute books.
House Democrats Put Climate Change Front and Center
House Democrats have put climate change at the front of their agenda, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introducing the “Green New Deal.”
Conn. Lawmakers Get, Give 2019 Energy Issues Rundown
With four months to go in this year’s Connecticut General Assembly session, regulators made their cases short and sharp when briefing legislators.
Dems Press EPA’s Wheeler on Climate at Confirmation Hearing
Senate Democrats pressed acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler on the agency’s efforts to reverse Obama policies on vehicle and power plant emissions.
Cal Fire
Trump Administration Fiddled While California Burned
2018 brought chilling warnings about the growing dangers of climate change, but President Trump continued to question the reality of a warming planet.
NY DPS
IPPTF Hands off Carbon Pricing Proposal to NYISO
The Integrating Public Policy Task Force met for the last time before handing its final carbon pricing proposal to NYISO’s stakeholder governance process.
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Overheard at gridCONNEXT 2018
Panelists at the GridWise Alliance 2018 gridCONNEXT conference discussed the prospects of climate-related legislation in Congress and electric vehicles.
NOAA
EPA Eases Rules for New Coal Generation
EPA proposed eliminating the requirement that new coal-fired generation incorporate carbon capture technology — a largely symbolic measure.
U.S. Air Force
Military not Waiting for Trump’s Resilience ‘Solution’
The military has been among the leaders in seeking to make its facilities more resilient and adding renewable power, energy storage and microgrids.
Military Sees Climate Change as Growing Threat
Although President Trump has dismissed climate change as a threat, the Defense Department has been planning for it since at least 1977.

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