Tina M Casey · @Casey
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Akshay · @Akshay
97 followers · 789 posts · Server eupolicy.social

IMF report on fossil fuel subsidies:

- around $1.3trillion globally in explicit subsidies (underpricing supply costs)

- $7trillion globally if you include underpricing external costs (like CO2 and air pollution)

For policy nerds: Technically interesting, and difficult, work by the IMF in distinguishing these concepts and gathering the data!

imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Iss

#climate #energy #fossilfuels #climatepolicy #energypolicy #imf

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Tech news from Canada · @TechNews
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Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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: template hanging on by of the mayor: Create a limited purpose designed to specifically support city community within targeted regions like .
Leverage Direct Access.
Acquire new .
Leverage shared capabilities of and within a new .

Paywalled.

mercurynews.com/2023/08/12/goo

#incrementalism #energypolicy #citizensunited #regulatorycapture #IOU #municipalutility #microgrids #diridon #transmission #lse #muni #citydepartment #transition

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CryptoNewsBot · @cryptonewsbot
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Sabin Center · @SabinCenter
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🚫 West Coast gas bans face setback! An appellate court opinion hinders efforts to implement gas bans in parts of Southern California. 🌴 Explore the implications and challenges in this article featuring insights from @SabinCenter’s Director of Cities Climate Law Initiative, Amy Turner.
spglobal.com/marketintelligenc

#appellatecourtopinion #gasbans #energypolicy

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DW English - Deutsche Welle · @dw
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Khurram Wadee ✅ · @mkwadee
1453 followers · 14110 posts · Server mastodon.org.uk

poised to drop plans to replace home with alternatives | | The Guardian

In my opinion, it was a silly idea to replace natural gas infrastructure with hydrogen burning, primarily because it is not produced in an environmentally friendly way and the current method pumps out lots of and , thus negating the supposed benefit of burning it.

theguardian.com/environment/20

#uk #gas #boilers #hydrogen #HydrogenPower #greenhousegases #pollution #environment #energypolicy #renewableenergy #renewables

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Krispijn Beek · @krispijn
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Russia’s war has exposed France and Germany’s energy policy differences. Can it also bring them together? -


energypost.eu/russias-war-has-

#energypost #energypolicy #germany #france

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EURACTIV Global Europe · @euractiv_global
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EURACTIV Global Europe · @euractiv_global
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Remnants · @remnants
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Opinion: Why a [natural] gas price cap is the worst way to protect consumers in

techxplore.com/news/2023-05-op

#energy #australia #energypolicy

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The-14 · @The14
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O. Simard-Casanova in English · @osc
2010 followers · 1025 posts · Server econtwitter.net

Between its reliance on an obviously hostile foreign power (cf. Crimea in 2013/2014) and the closure of its power plants, the German of the past 20 years was truly visionary

#nuclear #energypolicy

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IT News · @itnewsbot
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California wants to build more solar farms but needs more power lines - Enlarge / Westlands Solar Park, near the town of Lemoore in the San Joa... - arstechnica.com/?p=1927551

#policy #science #solarpower #electricity #energypolicy #climatechange

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Tech news from Canada · @TechNews
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Lucie Middlemiss · @luciemiddlemiss
215 followers · 144 posts · Server sciences.social

RT @FuelPovEvidence
The is coming tomorrow. We'll be discussing what it means for , in the context of the evidence of lived experiences from this last winter, in our online event on March 29th. Free registration: fuelpovertyresearch.net/events

#springbudget #fuelpoverty #springstatement #energypolicy

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The is coming tomorrow. We'll be discussing what it means for , in the context of the evidence of lived experiences from this last winter, in our online event on March 29th. Free registration: fuelpovertyresearch.net/events

#springbudget #fuelpoverty #springstatement #energypolicy

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