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Nina Riggio/CalMattersWho loses and who gains as California cleans up its cars? Nearly 32,000 mechanics would lose jobs by 2040 under the proposed phaseout of new gas-powered cars. Electric companies would be the big winners. -
Nuclear Regulatory Commission/FlickrGov. Newsom is considering seeking federal funds to keep Diablo Canyon open as California transitions away from fossil fuels. But there are many complications to keeping nuclear power in California.
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California broke its record for renewable energy when solar and wind provided enough to meet all consumer demand. At the time, natural gas power plants were still on, a necessity for the grid. -
At least three companies have staked mining claims in some of the best remaining sage grouse habitat in Oregon.
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Commercial fishermen in Coos Bay are protesting what they see as a rushed effort to bring offshore wind farms to the Oregon coast.
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A climate change roadmap to be proposed in May aims to minimize costs while reaching carbon neutrality by 2045. Environmentalists say it’s too slow and reliant on carbon markets and capture technologies.
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Ocean sites near Coos Bay and Brookings could host offshore wind farms as the Biden administration seeks to ramp up renewable energy production.
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If enacted this summer, California’s mandate — the first in the world — would increase sales of electric or other zero-emission cars to 35% in 2026, and prohibit new gasoline or diesel cars by 2035.
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The director of Oregon’s energy department says more utility-scale solar energy projects could be in the cards after the recent approval of a 400-megawatt facility in Southern Oregon.
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The company exploring an Oregon lithium deposit is encouraged by efforts to bolster the U.S. critical minerals supply chain, but a mining pitch is still years away.
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The Climate Action Plan passed in December aims for a 90% cut to gas emissions by 2050.
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The City of Talent in the Rogue Valley is one of three communities in Oregon that will get help from the Department of Energy on a new program to create a more resilient power grid.
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With one of the best wind resources in the world just offshore, Humboldt Bay hopes to transform the region into a renewable energy production hub.
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In the form of a lithium-ion battery, this mineral powers everything from solar panels to electric cars. So far, lithium used in the United States is imported from other countries that commercially extract it. But with interest in the mineral growing rapidly, that will soon change.
