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HEADLINE: “It’s all one system: Integrate transmission and interconnection planning to support load growth”
“Maintaining disparate planning processes for the wires needed to deliver power increases costs and delays, writes FERC Commissioner Judy Chang.”
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HEADLINE: “DOE closes $1.6 billion transmission loan guarantee for utility giant”
“The Energy Department on Thursday finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee for American Electric Power to optimize and rebuild around 5,000 miles of…
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HEADLINE: “Residents thrilled as new facility off US coast slashes energy costs: ‘I still get chills when I think about it” By Simon Sage
“We should probably expect an escalation of these policies in the near future, as the debate over permitting reform will likely need to reach levels of…
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HEADLINE: “The West’s Climate Crusade Is Strangling Energy Development In Poor Nations”, by Vijay Jayaraj
“Nonprofits cruelly normalize poverty for climate virtue.”
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HEADLINE: “Wind and Solar Get the Stick Is it an unjustified war on wind and solar, or is Karma a FAFO?” BY ISAAC ORR and MITCH ROLLING
“Wind and solar advocates often complain about uncertainty in their business models, but the main uncertainty these industries have faced over the last…
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HEADLINE: “Greenpeace Wants Europe to Rewrite American Law” By Jason Isaac
“Fueled by the explosive rise of artificial intelligence and the data centers that power it, America’s demand for electricity has surged to record…
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HEADLINE: “Improved drilling to boost Gulf of Mexico offshore oil output as US onshore growth slows​“ By Arathy Somasekhar
“HOUSTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Rigs drilling beneath the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico will drive U.S. oil industry growth this year and next as…
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The Practical Environmentalist, aka The Blizzard of One Found a Cause
And his life has never been the same. ENERGY HUMANIST is my new commitment.
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Sparkling Quill Award
Stephen Heins “Certificate of Excellence Presented for My Story”
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My Story
by Steve Heins
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HEADLINE: “UEA Publishes a Green Food Communism Road Map for Britain” By Eric Worrall
“… Use citizens’ assemblies … to engage and build public … consent for system-wide change, protecting it from culture war politics. …”
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HEADLINE: “SEC Chief Asks Commission to Reconsider Rules Allowing Shareholder ESG Proposals” By Mark Segal
“The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will consider significant changes to shareholder proposal process including re-evaluating rules…
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