Headline News:
- “Amazon Forest Regrows Much Slower Than Previously Thought” • Regrowth of Amazonian forests after deforestation could be much slower than previously thought, a study shows. The findings made significant impacts on global climate change predictions due to the ability of secondary forests to ingest carbon from the atmosphere. [Nature World News]
Amazon tributary (Pixabay image)
- “How The White House Killed Clean Energy Tax Credits” • The decision to leave tax credits for solar energy and electric vehicles out of the $1.37 trillion spending deal came from the White House just as negotiations were nearly over, according to sources close to the issue. And Democrats are being accused of letting it happen. [GreenTech Media]
- “The Global Price Tag For 100% Renewable Energy: $73 Trillion” • A global effort to transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050 would cost nations $73 trillion upfront. But the expense will pay for itself in under seven years, and create 28.6 million more full-time jobs, according to a new report from researchers at Stanford University. [Yale Environment 360]
- “SSAB Americas To Start Making Fossil Fuel-Free Steel” • SSAB Americas aims to start making steel by 2022 at a mill in Montpelier, Iowa, with a process powered entirely by renewable energy. The company, a subsidiary of SSAB in Sweden, operates mini-mills with electric arc furnaces that turn recycled scrap metal into new steel. [nwitimes.com]
SSAB steel mill (Courtesy image) - “Roughly 1.7 GW Of US Nuclear Power Capacity Set To Retire In 2020” • Indian Point Unit 2, in New York state, and Duane Arnold Unit 1, in Iowa, are to retire in 2020, with little potential for postponement, according to S&P Global Platts Analytics. Their combined capacity is about 1.7 GW. They are being replaced with wind and gas. [S&P Global]
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December 22 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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