“Of the 189 countries that have submitted NDCs, only about 60 have included specific financial estimates of the costs, meaning the total would likely tally up far beyond the $5 trillion stated,” S&P reported, which adds that spending is not nearly enough to meet the goals of the Paris accord.
Environmentally minded residents in Middlebury are determined to place climate change front-and-center in shaping the community’s future economic path.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt will roll out a new policy to bar researchers currently receiving agency funding from serving on scientific advisory boards.
The 10-day window for the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules members to respond to a public records request by Vermonters for a Clean Environment ends today. The records are expected to provide the public with details about communications between committee members and wind industry insiders.
The solar industry is preparing for the worst as federal trade officials announce Tuesday measures to protect struggling domestic solar panel manufacturers against cheap imports.
Too much intermittent renewable power causes increasing problems of grid management, as is the case from Vermont to Australia.
A recent increase in security for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is due to “unprecedented” death threats against him and his family, Pruitt told Bloomberg in an interview Thursday.
The Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules accepted sound standards crafted by the Public Utilities Commission for wind turbines by a 5-2 vote. This rule-making initiative is a requirement of 2016’s Act 174 energy siting policy.
From out of the proverbial left field, the state has introduced a new requirement that is as unnecessary as it is certain to kill the project.
Congressional auditors released a report on the “potential economic effects of climate change” relied heavily on research funded, in part, by a foundation tied to the Democratic Party’s single largest political donor.
Pruitt revealed that he will issue a directive aimed at ensuring the “independence, transparency and objectivity” of experts who serve on the agency’s scientific advisory boards. He suggested he may rule out science advisers with a history of taking EPA grants.
The ultimate goal of this “regulation and taxation through litigation” is to force selected industries to the wall.