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Clean Air Task Force statement on EPW Passage of the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020
Clean Air Task Force supports today’s passage of the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020 by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Introduced in November by Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) and Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Mike Crapo (R-ID), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), this bipartisan legislation will revitalize the…
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A New Study on Electric Reliability under Deep Decarbonization in New England
A new study, carried out by the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) and Energy and Environmental Economics (E3), is a thoughtful and rigorous analysis of what could be required to achieve net-zero economy-wide GHG emissions in New England, emphasizing the need to substantially expand the region’s electric sector, the importance of…
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CATF Tracks States’ and Utilities’ Carbon Reduction Commitments
States and Utilities Mid-Century Clean Energy Commitments Now Surpass 50% Of U.S. Electricity Sales and CO2 Power Plant Emissions Entergy And Ameren Are Latest Utilities To Commit To Zero-Carbon Operations By 2050; Michigan Governor Issues Zero Carbon Executive Order BOSTON, October 1, 2020 – This past week, two major US…
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State and Utility Decarbonization Commitments
CATF has developed an interactive map to track decarbonization commitments made by States and Utilities.
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Interactive Map of CCUS Projects in Development in the U.S.
The expanded and extended 45Q tax credit for carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) projects passed by the U.S. Congress in early 2018 is the most significant carbon capture-specific incentive available, globally, and is spurring the progress of dozens of projects around the country. Other nations that are looking to…
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Modernizing US Licensing for Advanced Nuclear Energy: The NRC Takes an Important Step Forward
Numerous analyses from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the International Energy Agency to the Obama Administration’s mid-century climate report have suggested that expanding our low carbon options to include nuclear energy (today, the world’s second-largest source of zero-carbon electricity after large dams) could make a significant difference in…
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The Rise of Commercial Fusion Startups: A Brief History of Fusion
Co-author: Richard Pearson – Expert Advisor, Fusion Energy Technology Nuclear fusion is what powers the stars and creates many of the elements that make up our universe. A fusion reaction occurs when two elements overcome fundamental forces of nature to join together under high temperatures and pressures. In the process,…
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Can Carbon Capture Achieve 99+% CO2 Removal from Industrial and Power Plants?
Scientific studies of climate change have reached a sobering conclusion. It won’t be enough just to make deep reductions in carbon dioxide releases. By the second half of this century, all CO₂ emissions must be removed from the energy system. This requirement means capturing 90% of the CO₂ emissions from…
