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		<title>Methane: There ought to be a law</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/30/methane-there-ought-to-be-a-law/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[methane]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Regulators in Minnesota made the bone headed decision to approve the building of a new natural gas plant on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border near Duluth. They are idiots. There is no calculation that requires or even strongly suggests that this is a good idea. It has already been determined that this plant is not necessary. This &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/30/methane-there-ought-to-be-a-law/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Methane: There ought to be a law</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Were the solar plants hit by Florence blown into oblivion?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/09/25/were-the-solar-plants-hit-by-florence-blown-into-oblivion/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 02:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Severe Weather and Other Disasters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar panels]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[No. Faced with Hurricane Florence&#8217;s powerful winds and record rainfall, North Carolina&#8217;s solar farms held up with only minimal damage while other parts of the electricity system failed, an outcome that solar advocates hope will help to steer the broader energy debate&#8230;. When Florence made landfall on Sept. 14, it caused power outages across the &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/09/25/were-the-solar-plants-hit-by-florence-blown-into-oblivion/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Were the solar plants hit by Florence blown into oblivion?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>To save the planet, this is what we have to do everywhere, all the time.</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/09/14/to-save-the-planet-this-is-what-we-have-to-do-everywhere-all-the-time/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delivery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ikea]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=30455</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[A huge amount of energy is spent going to the store. The grocery store, the hardware store, all the stores. The amount of energy spent to get an object to the store for you to buy is big, but this process is on average highly efficient. A train can hold a lot of objects, and &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/09/14/to-save-the-planet-this-is-what-we-have-to-do-everywhere-all-the-time/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">To save the planet, this is what we have to do everywhere, all the time.</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Minnesota Energy: Decarbonize, locally produce</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/05/minnesota-energy-decarbonize-locally-produce/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2018 14:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electrification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The McKnight Foundation and GridLab contracted Vibrant Clean Energy, LLC, to prepare a report called Minnesota&#8217;s Smarter Grid: Pathways Towards a Clean, Reliable and Affordable Transportation and Energy System. Among other things, the report says: The study has shown that the economy in Minnesota can decarbonize by 80% (from 2005 levels) by 2050. All the &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/05/minnesota-energy-decarbonize-locally-produce/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Minnesota Energy: Decarbonize, locally produce</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to save what is left of Nuclear Energy</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/07/30/how-to-save-what-is-left-of-nuclear-energy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 20:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon dividend]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the past, most Americans (and probably many Europeans and Japanese) were either for or against nuclear. These days, a large middle area has opened up because nuclear is not fossil fuel, and may have an important role in future energy economies. Having said that, building new nuclear plants have mostly moved into the pipe &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/07/30/how-to-save-what-is-left-of-nuclear-energy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How to save what is left of Nuclear Energy</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Decarbonizing the not so low hanging fruit</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/06/29/decarbonizing-the-not-so-low-hanging-fruit/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 18:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Transition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hydrogen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=29824</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[We, we humans, need to stop releasing fossil carbon into the atmosphere well before 2100 or we are doomed. The main reason we are not heading headlong into that project, getting it done right away, is because of the fossil fuel industry combined with a deep seated self-hate on the part of Republicans, who would &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/06/29/decarbonizing-the-not-so-low-hanging-fruit/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Decarbonizing the not so low hanging fruit</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Out with the old (oil) and in with the new (wind)</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/03/12/old-oil-new-wind/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pipleines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind Power]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two interesting stories in the news today about energy, both in Minnesota. First, Minnesota residents want Enbridge to remove its old pipeline. Enbridge says it is better to keep it in place. (This would all be contingent on the replacement of the pipeline.) From MPR: &#8230;a growing chorus of landowners and tribal groups is calling &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/03/12/old-oil-new-wind/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Out with the old (oil) and in with the new (wind)</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Coal Mine Safety</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/03/12/coal-mine-safety/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coal Mining Disaster]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Remember Don Blankenship? He&#8217;s this guy: On Wednesday West Virginia station WCHS reported that the former Massey Energy CEO, fresh off a one-year stint in a federal prison for conspiring to commit mine-safety violations in the run-up to the deadliest mining disaster in decades, has filed paperwork to run in next year’s Republican Senate primary. &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/03/12/coal-mine-safety/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Coal Mine Safety</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Trump Ruins Everything For Everybody (but good news from Minnesota)</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/03/02/trump-ruins-everything-everybody-good-news-minnesota/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 22:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump went into a snit and his babysitter wasn&#8217;t around to control him, so he barged into a meeting and slapped high tariffs on metal imports. The stock market suffered a mini-crash, and according to some experts, 2 cents per watt have been added to utility scale solar projects. The tarrif on steel is &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/03/02/trump-ruins-everything-everybody-good-news-minnesota/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Trump Ruins Everything For Everybody (but good news from Minnesota)</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Top fossil fuel producers caused half of global warming, third of sea level rise</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/09/07/top-fossil-fuel-producers-caused-half-of-global-warming-third-of-sea-level-rise/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 14:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Energy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll just put this item from UCS here for your interest: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Study Finds Top Fossil Fuel Producers’ Emissions Responsible for as Much as Half of Global Surface Temperature Increase, Roughly 30 Percent of Global Sea Level Rise Findings Provide New Data to Hold Companies Responsible for Climate Change WASHINGTON (September 7, 2017)—A &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/09/07/top-fossil-fuel-producers-caused-half-of-global-warming-third-of-sea-level-rise/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Top fossil fuel producers caused half of global warming, third of sea level rise</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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