Links tagged “energy”
- Surviving the Coronavirus? Thank Fossil Fuels
- Now we ‘can all see what a carbon-constrained economy looks like’
- Vital Electricity: Just A 12% Drop In Power Consumption Leads To Painful Economic Downturn
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- Democrats Want to Include ‘Climate Action’ in Coronavirus Aid
The Democratic proposals touch on two main areas.
Several Senate Democrats want airlines to reduce their carbon emissions in exchange for federal aid that could hit $50 billion or more.
House Democrats, meanwhile, are looking at clean-tech tax credits. Those include incentives for electric vehicles, battery storage, offshore wind and solar energy that were left out of a December tax extenders package.
- BIDEN GOES EXTREME: Give Oil Industry ‘No Ability’ To ‘Continue To Drill’, Take ‘Millions’ Of Cars Off The Road
- Coronavirus poses threat to ‘climate action’ — ‘unless governments use green investments’
Fatih Birol, IEA’s executive director, has warned the outbreak could spell a slowdown in the world’s clean energy transition unless governments use green investments to help support economic growth through the global slowdown.
“There is nothing to celebrate in a likely decline in emissions driven by economic crisis because in the absence of the right policies and structural measures this decline will not be sustainable,” he said. ...
“We should not allow today’s crisis to compromise the clean energy transition,” Birol said. He said global governments should use the economic stimulus packages which are being planned to help countries weather the downturn to invest in clean energy technologies.
He added: “We have an important window of opportunity. Major economies around the world are preparing stimulus packages. A well designed stimulus package could offer economic benefits and facilitate a turnover of energy capital which have huge benefits for the clean energy transition.”
- Overwhelming Rejection: German Community Shoots Down Planned Wind Park By Vote Of 269 – 11
- Virginia passes bill to achieve 100% carbon-free power by 2045 –
- Authoritarian Left: Tom Steyer Says As President He Will Tell Companies What Cars They Can Build And How They Can Generate Electricity
