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“We’re not the smartest people in the room. The folks who are the smartest people are the American innovators and entrepreneurs who put their sweat and tears behind something and come to us to get that last bit of help they need to get to the finish line.”

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Jigar Shah, the Director of the Department of Energy’s Loan Office Program, said “We’re not the smartest people in the room. The folks who are the smartest people are the American innovators and entrepreneurs who put their sweat and tears behind something and come to us to get that last bit of help they need to … Read more

“Cutting back on our carbon emissions alone won’t reverse the growing impacts of climate change; we also need to remove the CO2 that we’ve already put in the atmosphere.”

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U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm said “Cutting back on our carbon emissions alone won’t reverse the growing impacts of climate change; we also need to remove the CO2 that we’ve already put in the atmosphere—which nearly every climate model makes clear is essential to achieving a net-zero global economy by 2050.” Read the … Read more

Jenny’s Test Post

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There is a growing mantra amongst climate change advocates to “electrify everything”; predicated on the assumption that the power generation mix will increasingly become cleaner as fossil fuel use declines and is replaced with low-carbon sources.

“Time is not on our side… This bill, IRA, together with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law… this is the last great opportunity we have as the human race to bend the curve in a positive direction.”

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David Crane, Under Secretary for Infrastructure at the Department of Energy, said “Time is not on our side; we’re on the clock. This bill, IRA, together with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — and to us they’re very much two sides of the same coin — to me, this is the last great opportunity we have … Read more

Research Institutions Receive EPA Grants to Explore Impacts of the Energy Transition 0n Underserved Communities

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Brian McCowan, Zondits staff, 9/5/2023 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $11 million dollars in research grant awards to 11 education and research entities. The funding is to be used for researching the financial and environmental impacts of the transition away from fossil fuels in Tribal and other underserved communities. The funding comes at … Read more

“It’s never been more clear that America has two kinds of housing—in buildings that are prepared for climate change, and in buildings that are not.”

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Ken Levenson, Executive Director of the Passive House Network, said “It’s never been more clear that America has two kinds of housing—in buildings that are prepared for climate change, and in buildings that are not. And now the data shows that we can build multi-family, all-electric housing that can help residents face the challenges of … Read more

“As we face the worsening impacts of the climate crisis, entrenched environmental injustice, and accelerating biodiversity loss, we must invest in NEPA as an essential framework.”

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Abigail Dillen, president of the nonprofit Earthjustice, in a statement, “As we face the worsening impacts of the climate crisis, entrenched environmental injustice, and accelerating biodiversity loss, we must invest in NEPA as an essential framework to build the infrastructure and drive the solutions that we urgently need in this decade.” Read the full article here: … Read more

The Rise of Sustainable Hybrid Variable Refrigerant Flow HVAC Systems

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Matt Blocker, Zondits guest, 8/22/2023 Matt is Senior Manager of Commercial Product Development at Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US. With threats from climate change increasing rapidly, everything feasible must be done to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. The HVAC industry plays an important role in these efforts. Changes in refrigerants for commercial HVAC systems are … Read more

California Introduces Graduated Income-Based Electric Rates

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Brian McCowan, Zondits staff, 8/15/2023 For most California residents, electric rates will soon be based partly on customer income levels. A controversial law passed last year required regulators to establish the new rate structure by the summer of 2024. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is now considering several proposals detailing how the new rates … Read more