Moniz: Legislative Action Will Be Needed For Long Term Climate Goals
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International
Climate Envoy: Implementing Paris Agreement Requires Getting the Right People in the Room
The time to talk the talk on global climate is over; it’s now time to walk the walk, Jonathan Pershing, U.S. special envoy for climate change, said Wednesday at the Going Green Conference hosted by the European Commission in Washington, D.C. “We have seen in some sense the end of one era, the era of […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
DOE Renews CERC Grant with U. of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky announced Wednesday that its Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) has received a $2.4 million five-year extension to its U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center grant. “CAER is a global leader in developing carbon capture and storage technologies,” UK President Eli Capilouto said in a release. “This grant will help advance promising […]
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International
Germany to Exit Coal Game Before 2050: Report
Germany, which has increased its use of fossil fuel energy generation since closing all of its nuclear power plants following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan, expects to end coal-fired power generation “well before” 2050, Reuters reported. According to a draft document seen by the wire service, the government is establishing a committee to […]