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“Cutting back on our carbon emissions alone won’t reverse the growing impacts of climate change; we also need to remove the CO2 that we’ve already put in the atmosphere.”

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U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm said “Cutting back on our carbon emissions alone won’t reverse the growing impacts of climate change; we also need to remove the CO2 that we’ve already put in the atmosphere—which nearly every climate model makes clear is essential to achieving a net-zero global economy by 2050.” Read the … Read more

“Time is not on our side… This bill, IRA, together with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law… this is the last great opportunity we have as the human race to bend the curve in a positive direction.”

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David Crane, Under Secretary for Infrastructure at the Department of Energy, said “Time is not on our side; we’re on the clock. This bill, IRA, together with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — and to us they’re very much two sides of the same coin — to me, this is the last great opportunity we have … Read more

“It’s never been more clear that America has two kinds of housing—in buildings that are prepared for climate change, and in buildings that are not.”

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Ken Levenson, Executive Director of the Passive House Network, said “It’s never been more clear that America has two kinds of housing—in buildings that are prepared for climate change, and in buildings that are not. And now the data shows that we can build multi-family, all-electric housing that can help residents face the challenges of … Read more

“As we face the worsening impacts of the climate crisis, entrenched environmental injustice, and accelerating biodiversity loss, we must invest in NEPA as an essential framework.”

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Abigail Dillen, president of the nonprofit Earthjustice, in a statement, “As we face the worsening impacts of the climate crisis, entrenched environmental injustice, and accelerating biodiversity loss, we must invest in NEPA as an essential framework to build the infrastructure and drive the solutions that we urgently need in this decade.” Read the full article here: … Read more

“We are not mandating anyone to give up their gas stove. Those who tell you otherwise are wrong and spreading lies.”

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New Jersey Board of Public Utilities President, Joseph Fiordaliso, said “We are not mandating anyone to give up their gas stove. Those who tell you otherwise are wrong and spreading lies.” Read the full article here: New Jersey BPU advances building electrification over opposition from fossil fuel supporters | Utility Dive

“The transformer shortage is happening now and requires timely solutions. We are working with our colleagues in Congress to find ways to increase the availability of transformers.”

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Led by Sens. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M.: “We can all agree that the transformer shortage is happening now and requires timely solutions. We are working with our colleagues in Congress to find ways to increase the availability of transformers in the United States.” Read the full article here: Democratic senators urge DOE … Read more

“This important result demonstrates for the first time that plasma temperatures relevant for commercial fusion energy can be obtained in a compact, high-field spherical tokamak.”

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Steven McNamara, Tokamak Energy science director, said “This important result demonstrates for the first time that plasma temperatures relevant for commercial fusion energy can be obtained in a compact, high-field spherical tokamak.” Read the full article here PPPL makes critical contributions to historic public-private partnership (newswise.com)

“Science and innovation cannot flourish in the dark—they require openness, scrutiny, and reexamination so that we can build on them to create the knowledge and technologies that will change the world.” 

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U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm said “Science and innovation cannot flourish in the dark—they require openness, scrutiny, and reexamination so that we can build on them to create the knowledge and technologies that will change the world.”   Read the full article here U.S. Department of Energy Releases Plan to Ensure Free, Immediate, and … Read more