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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

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This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. South to burn them overseas in its power plants. million tons of pellets per year.

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Governor Northam signs Virginia Clean Economy Act The new law sets 100% renewable goals and expands solar net metering.

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Governor Ralph Northam is accelerating Virginia’s transition to clean energy by signing the Virginia Clean Economy Act and by amending the Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act that requires Virginia to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. </span> appeared first on Solar Power World.

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A Vibrant Cleantech Startup Ecosystem Takes Root in India

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Several floors below the firm’s balcony, power lines crisscross over piles of garbage, a fleet of rickshaws and cow patties on a rooftop, being dried for cooking fuel. “I don’t think you can just deploy solar and solve everything,” he said. Demand for flexible, clean power spurs startup activity.

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Solar backers pan California’s net metering plan, hint at a possible federal challenge

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Solar energy advocates reacted strongly to proposed changes to California’s net metering program. Residential solar developer Sunrun in its initial response appeared to frame a potential federal-level challenge to the proposal, which was issued December 13 and is scheduled for a January 27 vote.

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Drax Cancels Plan to Build Europe’s Largest Natural Gas Power Plant

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gigawatt natural gas power plant in the U.K. have been shelved by the developer Drax, highlighting the challenging economics of converting coal-fired power to a cleaner, but still fossil-fuel-fired, alternative. ’s climate change laws. ’s largest power plant. Plans for a new 3.6-gigawatt MW of capacity.

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix

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It's not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you'll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time. The former U.K.

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Hitachi to Bankroll UK Chain of Solar-Powered Supercharging Stations

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Hitachi Capital is scaling up its financial support for a network of electric vehicle superchargers in the U.K. Gridserve’s model is to develop subsidy-free solar-plus-storage plants alongside a network of EV infrastructure. The first such solar site was connected to the grid in December last year: a 34.7-megawatt