Headline News:
- “Coal Companies Want YOU To Pay Their Debts” • The coal industry, what’s left of it, wants American taxpayers to cover more of the cost of treating black lung disease and cleaning up abandoned mines, The Washington Post reports. This is precisely the kind of corporate money grab that some apologists of the so-called free market celebrate. [CleanTechnica]
We’ve got plenty of coal (Credit: US DOE)
- “Baltimore, Rhode Island Argue They’re Suing Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Deception” • At a time when fossil fuel companies are using a public health crisis to demand financial and regulatory support, the governments of Baltimore and Rhode Island are calling out a “decades-long campaign of deception” by these companies. [DeSmog]
- “California Sets Goal To Double Clean Energy By 2030” • California adopted an emissions target for its electric sector that would double its clean energy capacity over the next decade and stop development of new natural gas plants. The target is a 56% reduction in CO₂ emissions from 1990 levels by 2030. Some environmentalists say that is not enough. [Reuters]
- “Trump Administration Is Rushing To Gut Environmental Protections” • While our nation reels from the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration is accelerating a harmful agenda. It is increasing rollbacks that dismantle critical health and environmental protections. And that will surely deepen the climate crisis. [CNN]
- “Los Angeles County Will Construct 400-MWh Lithium Battery To Aid In Closing Gas-Powered Plants” • Southern California electricity provider Clean Power Alliance signed its first Energy Storage Agreement. The 100-MW Luna Storage battery project is the largest ESA deal for a Community Choice Aggregator in California. [Solar Power World]
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April 11 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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