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Regulatory overhaul is key to the clean energy transition
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Regulatory overhaul is key to the clean energy transition

Devin Hartman of R Street writes in The Hill that regulatory overhaul is key to the clean energy transition. “The problem isn’t the private sector’s unwillingness to spend, but a regulatory structure that deters private investment and insulates incumbent utilities from competition.” Read the full article here.

Plastic, Perfected
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Plastic, Perfected

One of the biggest obstacles to recycling current plastics is that they are usually mixed with dyes, adhesives, and metals that make isolating the plastics energy-intensive and expensive.

Solar Power Booms in Georgia, Where It Isn’t Mandated
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Solar Power Booms in Georgia, Where It Isn’t Mandated

"The state went from having virtually no solar industry a decade ago to ranking ninth nationwide in installed solar capacity this year, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. Solar has flourished in Georgia as tech companies such as Facebook Inc. FB 1.11% look to locate facilities near cheap renewable-energy sources and rural communities turn to solar farms to create tax revenues and jobs."

Hawaii building huge new battery, bidding farewell to coal
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Hawaii building huge new battery, bidding farewell to coal

Julian Spector of Canary Media reports on Hawaii’s new energy storage facility. “KES still needs to get built, and then to operate as advertised. But as other states and the U.S. Congress contemplate 100 percent clean energy goals, KES will become an early test case for whether high-tech clean alternatives can take over from fossil...

Conservatives need real climate realism
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Conservatives need real climate realism

"Those kinds of initiatives do not require that conservatives adopt the most dire projections regarding greenhouse gas emissions and their effects. They are just the kinds of policies that would be justified even if warming were to proceed in the mid-to moderate part of the ranges that the IPCC projects."

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