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Who Chooses Where Electricity Comes From?
Who's got the power to choose where your electricity comes from?
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Burning Coal, Burning Cash
We rank the states most dependent on coal imports, highlighting this annual drain on state economies, and suggest how states can keep their funds in-state through investments in energy efficiency and homegrown renewable energy.
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Raising the Bar in Wisconsin
Increasing the state's renewable electricity standard is achievable and affordable
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A Better Climate Bill
We set out to examine the long-term economic and environmental costs and benefits of increasing the renewable electricity and energy efficiency standards.
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How Solar Energy Works
A comprehensive overview of solar power technologies, benefits, costs, and more from the Union of Concerned Scientists, including rooftop solar panels, large-scale solar power plants, and how solar panels work.
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Clean Technology Brings Significant Global Security Benefits
Clean, renewable forms of energy are available in most parts of the world and could readily be harnessed to power our economies.
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Nuclear Power: A Resurgence We Can't Afford
The nuclear industry must resolve major economic, safety, security, and waste disposal challenges before new nuclear reactors could make a significant contribution to reducing carbon emissions.
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Climate 2030
UCS in-depth analysis shows how the U.S. can reduce energy use and save consumer and business money. Climate 2030: A National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy.
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Renewable Energy as a Climate Solution
A fact sheet describing how a national renewable electricity standard (RES) and economy-wide carbon cap work effectively together.
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Clean Energy, Green Jobs
UCS 2009 analysis that quantifies the costs and benefits of a national 25 percent by 2025 renewable electricity standard.
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Global Warming Compliance Offsets and Air Quality in California
California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) requires California to cut its global warming pollution to 1990 levels by 2020.
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Strong Federal Transmission Policy
UCS fact sheet detailing the need for strong federal transmission policy to support the development of renewable energy and to help curb carbon emissions.