Energy
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Tens of thousands without power in western Washington since Tuesday storms
Seattle City Light was still working to restore more than 4,000 customers and Snohomish PUD had more than 13,600 customers still in the cold as of noon Friday.
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United Nations to establish an initiative to research and act against “climate misinformation”
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that “climate disinformation” would encompass a wide range of perspectives it declares are inappropriate.
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Study: AI and data centers could drive cost of energy up by 70% over 10 years
Prices jumped from $29 to $270 per megawatt-day “across the PJM region” and from $29 to $444 in parts of Virginia, home to more than half of the nation’s data centers, according to the study.
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Offshore wind opponents say federal agencies’ reports acknowledge offshore wind harms to whales
Whale advocates have a difficult time proving that a particular whale died as a result of injuries from the noise of offshore wind development, because the deaths are incidental to the reactions and injuries from noise levels, they say.
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California’s ports get $1B for going electric, critics say it’ll slow them down
As Chevron noted in its opposition letter to the governor's recently-passed special session refinery regulations, California's ports are already backed up.
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Biden failed to top up oil reserves in the leadup to the election, but refilling will take years
Some analysts had feared that President Biden would tap the stockpile again to address any increases in gasoline prices in the lead up to the Nov. 5 presidential election, as he did in 2022, which would end the DOE’s efforts to refill the SPR.
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Renewable energy revenue amendment requires federal action
At the same time, Louisiana's U.S. House delegation is working on legislation which, if passed, will allocate more federal dollars from oil and gas generated in the Gulf to the state, as well as revenues from wind farms.
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Was a natural gas ban eventually planned for Washington state?
For proponents of I-2066, which would prohibit a ban on natural gas by state and local governments, the admission is a tacit acknowledgement that the state eventually planned to do just that.
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Maine offshore wind auction draws a few takers
Only half of the areas offered for lease by the federal agency were bid on, far less than offshore wind leases in previous rounds.
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Feds award $150M for energy clean energy projects
The projects will span across 28 states and territories and six international locations as part of the second and final installment of the $250 million Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies, or AFFECT, grant program.
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$211 million energy saving home rebates program pilot launches in Michigan
MiHER consists of two programs: the $105.7 million Home Efficiency Rebates program and the $105.3 million Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program
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California regulator to quietly make flying, shipping, driving more expensive
Because diesel is used for delivering and transporting goods across the country, and 40% of the nation’s imports come in through Los Angeles, California's proposed LCFS amendments raising the cost of diesel would likely impact every American.
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Colorado gets $2.5B in federal taxpayer dollars for rural electricity expansion
The Biden administration recently made over $3 billion in New ERA funding available.