Category: Climate Crisis

Daily Energy Standup Episode #327 – Solar Suppliers, Financial Shifts, AI Demands, and Regulatory Challenges

Clark Savage19

Daily Standup Top Stories Solar-panel supplier’s links to alleged abuses in China imperil US climate goal March 11, 2024 Mariel Alumit The dominance of China’s LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd. in supplying solar panels to the U.S. highlights the challenge authorities face in trying to eliminate alleged labor abuses from the country’s supply chains without smothering an […] […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #326 – Federal Funding Boosts Nuclear, Utilities Profit, Aramco\’s LNG Talks, Geoengineering Debate, and Banking Implications

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Daily Standup Top Stories Federal money could supercharge state efforts to preserve nuclear power March 10, 2024 Stu Turley In the coming years, a nuclear power plant on the shores of Lake Michigan could become the first in the country to restart operations after shutting down. The Palisades plant in southwest Michigan could be […] Green-Plating™ the […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #323 – AWS\’s Nuclear Data Center Acquisition, Electric Vehicle Toxin Study, Grid Blackout Warning, and Carbon Capture Controversy.

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Daily Standup Top Stories AWS acquires Talen’s nuclear data center campus in Pennsylvania March 4, 2024 Mariel Alumit Amazon Web Services (AWS) has acquired Talen Energy’s data center campus at a nuclear power station in Pennsylvania. Talen Energy Corporation this week announced it has sold its 960MW Cumulus data center campus in Pennsylvania […] Electric vehicles release […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #319 – Challenges in Climate Action, EV Market, Green Building, State Policies, and Corporate Investments

Clark Savage20

Daily Standup Top Stories Demagogues imperilling global fight against climate breakdown, says Kerry February 28, 2024 Mariel Alumit The populist backlash against net zero around the world is imperilling the fight against climate breakdown and must be countered urgently or we face planetary destruction “beyond comprehension”, the US climate chief, John Kerry, has warned. […] Apple’s EV exit […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #317 – Granholm\’s Clean Energy Agenda, First Solar\’s Impact, and Saudi Arabia\’s Oil Woes

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Daily Standup Top Stories Energy Secy. Granholm explains the clean energy ‘battle’ – Really? February 26, 2024 Stu Turley The Biden administration has made some big investments into infrastructure and clean energy initiatives within the US. However, two years into the push to transition the country to clean energy, the government is still behind […] First Solar […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #314 – Russia\’s LNG Ambitions: A Game-Changer for Global Energy Markets

Clark Savage19

Daily Standup Top Stories Russia to triple LNG exports by 2030 – deputy PM February 21, 2024 Mariel Alumit The country now ranks fourth in the world in terms of liquefied natural gas sales, according to Aleksandr Novak Russia plans to continue ramping up both output and exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Deputy […] Ford cuts […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #312 – EV Rollback, Toyota\’s Strategy, and LNG Ban

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Daily Standup Top Stories Shocking development: Biden plans to roll back rule designed to juice EV push on country February 19, 2024 Mariel Alumit The Biden administration is planning to slow down the rollout of a rule that was designed to juice the United States’s transition to electric vehicles. The administration is reportedly planning to relax its limits on tailpipe emissions, […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #310 – Weekly Recap: The Energy Debate: Solar Expansion, Oil Well Shutdowns, and Renewable Transitions

Clark Savage27

Daily Standup Weekly Top Stories Biden plan will earmark millions of acres of public land for solar development February 11, 2024 Stu Turley On Jan. 17, the Biden administration unveiled a draft analysis of a plan that identifies millions of acres of public land as suitable for utility-scale solar development across 11 Western states — and millions […]

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