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Removing the Barriers to the Renewable Energy Boom
At first glance, Texas and Puerto Rico appear almost nothing alike. They are thousands of miles from one another, and have vastly different economies, cultures, languages, and political landscapes. But they do have at least one thing in common: Both are hotspots for the renewable energy revolution that is well underway, despite recent regulatory rollbacks and growing anti-renewable rhetoric in Washington.
Removing the Barriers to the Renewable Energy Boom
At first glance, Texas and Puerto Rico appear almost nothing alike. They are thousands of miles from one another, and have vastly different economies, cultures, languages, and political landscapes. But they do have at least one thing in common: Both are hotspots for the renewable energy revolution that is well underway, despite recent regulatory rollbacks and growing anti-renewable rhetoric in Washington.
The Impact of Oil and Gas on American Life
Americans Are Fighting Goliath—And Winning By & Oil and gas's dominance over American life can feel like a David vs. Goliath story. Despite the odds, growing pushback in red, blue, and purple states shows that the Davids have more power than we might think—and philanthropy can help them win.
IEEFA Australia: Announcing staffing transitions
The departure of Tim Buckley, director of energy finance studies, and the appointment of a transitional CEO 3 February 2022 (IEEFA Australia): The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) announced several changes today to its team in Australia. Tim Buckley, a former Citigroup managing director who has led IEEFA’s work in Australia for the past eight years, is leaving the organisation to pursue a number of independent research projects in the energy finance sector.
IEEFA U.S.: Follow the money, and repeal FirstEnergy’s Ohio bailout - Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis
FBI lays bare audacious $61 million web of racketeering - Gov. DeWine should call special legislative session A top state politician and four cronies are indicted for RICO violations FirstEnergy’s successful campaign last year to secure a $1 billion bailout of its Ohio nuclear plants is at the center of a pay-to-play scandal that is rocking Ohio.
IEEFA update: Here’s how to help Navajo and Hopi communities hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis - Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis
Thousands are at risk; IEEFA initiative will support immediate bulk distribution of hand sanitizer, face masks, and medical isolation tents As the COVID-19 pandemic wrecks lives and economies around the world, few places are being hit harder than the Navajo and Hopi communities of northeastern Arizona. Thousands of households in the area have no running water, making them especially vulnerable to the spread of the new coronavirus.
IEEFA Ohio: FirstEnergy’s Failures Require a Fierce Response From Civic Leaders and Elected Officials
A Major American Electricity Utility Has No One But Itself to Blame FirstEnergy’s announcement this week that it will close its two nuclear plants in Ohio, as well as one in Pennsylvania, came as no surprise. The utility has been signaling for many months that it intends to get out of the power-generation business, and it has already closed all but one of its coal-fired power plants in Ohio.
IEEFA Update: Here’s How You Can Help Get Solar Power to Puerto Rican Households Now - Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis
IEEFA has never made a fundraising pitch on its website before, but times change, sometimes for the worse. One million households in Puerto Rico do not have electricity today. In the wake of monumental damage from Hurricane Maria, power to most inhabitants of the islands is not likely to be restored for many weeks or months.
Mississippi’s Kemper County experiment proves clean coal is a myth
Long overdue news broke this week that Mississippi regulators will no longer allow a blank electricity ratepayer check for construction of the Kemper County “clean coal” plant. In chasing the myth that any new coal-fired power could become socially or environmentally acceptable in this day and age, Southern Co., which owns the Kemper project, squandered billions of dollars and several years of research that could’ve been spent much more wisely.
Woman sentenced for fraud of Lake Lure elderly couple
LAKE LURE — Joanna Marie Cain of 472 Jack McKinney Road, Forest City, North Carolina was arrested March 16, 2017. Cain, employed by an elderly couple in Lake Lure, was accused of fraudulently writing and endorsing blank bank checks stolen from the home, larceny of gift cards, theft of jewelry, and fraudulently charging merchandise on the couple’s credit card.
Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis
When the U.S. Department of Energy pulled the plug in February on a $1 billion subsidy to build FutureGen, a “clean coal” plant in Illinois, it put a merciful end to a twisted tale that had been unraveling for years. The coal industry peddled influence at high levels among both Democrats and Republicans to move the project forward, but in the end it was killed—and rightly so—by economic realities.
Post Mortem: Autopsy of a Dead Coal Port Deal | Global Trade Magazine
A sketchy deal that would have led to construction of , to export coal from Utah—the focus of great political fanfare in both states just a year ago—looks like it’s now dead for good. Public opposition to the project, and exposure of political machinations that didn’t pass the smell test, were key to halting the development.
Opinion: Wyoming’s ‘clean coal’ plans stir false hopes
It’s no secret that the U.S. coal industry’s hopes of revival by exporting its product to Asia via West Coast ports—what Platts has called an “export or die” strategy—have been dashed by the structural decline in global coal markets. That’s why Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead’s recent announcement that a new “clean coal” technology partnership between his state and a Japanese consortium could open up plans for exports of Powder River Basin coal only stirs up false hopes.
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