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Five Things You Should Know about the EPA Power Plant Carbon Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to release draft carbon standards for existing coal and natural gas power plants on June 2. Here are five things you should know about why they...
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How to Cut Power Plant Carbon by 50%: New EPA Climate Rules Can Create a...
On Monday, June 2, the EPA is expected to release a draft standard to limit carbon emissions from existing fossil-fired (primarily coal and natural gas-fired) power plants. New UCS analysis shows that...
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Will California Go Green or Go Gas?
When one of California’s two nuclear plants–the San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station (SONGS)–unexpectedly closed last year because of damage to its steam tubes, many clean energy advocates including...
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Four Ways the Final Clean Power Plan Limits the Rush to Natural Gas
Earlier this week we watched history being made as President Obama and EPA Administrator McCarthy announced the release of the final Clean Power Plan, setting the first-ever limits on carbon emissions...
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Is Your State Betting Too Much on Natural Gas for Electricity? A New UCS...
Alongside photos of the local apple festival and headlines about the school budget, recently the front page of my small town’s weekly newspaper has been full of talk about natural gas pipelines and...
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California’s Complicated Relationship with Natural Gas
Two-thirds of U.S. states may be at risk of relying too heavily on natural gas to meet electricity demand, according to a new analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Why, might you ask, is...
View ArticleMassachusetts Can Lead On Clean Energy. The Nation Should Pay Attention.
Massachusetts now stands at a crossroads in planning for its energy future, and the state’s choices will have ramifications far beyond its borders. The question now before state officials: with the...
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Massachusetts Supreme Court Says No to Overreliance on Natural Gas
A ruling today from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) is another great step toward cutting electricity ratepayers’ risks of natural gas overreliance. For a state with a heavy dependence on...
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Polar Vortex Returns. Will Wind Energy Be Left Out in the Cold?
The Polar Vortex in 2014 revealed issues with over-reliance on natural gas and under-appreciation of wind and customer demand response. The Union of Concerned Scientists is pushing to correct mistakes...
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Will a Rick Perry DOE Help Limit a Risky Overreliance on Natural Gas?
Within the next couple of weeks, former Texas Governor Rick Perry will appear before Congress for hearings on his nomination for Secretary of Energy under the Trump administration. Mr. Perry clearly...
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Wind vs. Gas: Winter Wind Beats New Pipelines
Photo: William HopeWith the cold weather upon us, and a lot of debate about how to supply our energy needs, we can take a look at the power of wind. Wind is actually stronger in the wintertime when...
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Five Things You Should Know about the EPA Power Plant Carbon Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to release draft carbon standards for existing coal and natural gas power plants on June 2. Here are five things you should know about why they...
View ArticleUnveiling the Public Health Burden of Natural Gas
Environmental health has always been of concern to me, as it is to many of us. Climate change has affected our lives in seemingly inconsequential but sad ways, like white Christmases becoming green...
View ArticleFossil Fuels vs. Renewables: A Price on Reliability?
What happens when promise of electricity reliability fails in bad weather? How can gas power plant owners claim to be reliable but fail to make adequate efforts to purchase fuel? We know that...
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