Category Archives: California Power Mixes

The Inflation Reduction Act Plan for Lowering US Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Another Science Magazine Breakthrough was the US passage of the Inflation Reduction act, which contains $369 billion over ten years for lowering US greenhouse gases.  One goal of the IRA is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions 40% from 2005 … Continue reading →

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Guesstimating the SC Edison Clean Energy for 2020

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Guesstimating the SC Edison Clean Energy for 2020 In this article we will try to estimate or bound the Clean energy contribution to SC Edison Power mix for 2020, considering that 42.0% of their power is listed as Unspecified Power.  … Continue reading →

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Clean and Fossil Fuel Energy Sources in California and Imported for 2020.

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Clean and Fossil Fuel Energy Sources in California and Imported for 2020. The data are from energy.ca.gov. Summary The California Mix of state supplied and imported  electrical energy is 60% Clean energy, with 40% from fossil fuels.  The fossil fuel … Continue reading →

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California’s Electrical Power is About 60% Clean Energy. The US, 42%.

Posted on July 9, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

California’s Electrical Power is About 60% Clean Energy.  The US, 42%. It has long been a puzzle how clean the power used in California is, since a fair percentage of California’s power comes from out-of-state, and not on particular contracts.  … Continue reading →

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The Environmental Movement is Strong Even Without the EPA Climate Regulations

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Environmental Movement is Strong Even Without the EPA Climate Regulations First of all, the Obama Clean Power Plan program was already blocked by the courts, and President Biden had not yet proposed his regulations to get around this.  Meanwhile, … Continue reading →

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Comparing the Citizens Climate Lobby and the Climate Leadership Council Carbon Fee and Dividend Plans

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Comparing the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) and the Climate Leadership Council (CLC) Carbon Fee and Dividend Plans The CLC has been put forward by an Οp-Ed in the Washington Post, and the “The Pricing Advantage” by George R. Schultz and … Continue reading →

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Most of Trump’s Speech was Election Year Malarky

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Most of What Trump Said Was Election Year Malarky It’s hard to know where to start.  Let’s start with Whew!  Calmer minds have taken over. I think for such an important War or Peace speech, it would have been better … Continue reading →

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The Coming Climate Action Decade, the 2020s

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Coming Climate Action Decade, the 2020s. An entire generation will be known for the next decade, starting in the 20s.  In fact, it is the next 20 years, or fifth of a century, that will be crucial, and has … Continue reading →

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Talk by Prof. V. Ram Ramanathan at UC Irvine

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

This is just the start of an article on the talk by Prof. V. Ram Ramanathan at Earth System Science at UC Irvine on Oct. 29, 2019.  The talk was titled “Bending the Curve:  Overarching Solutions for a rapidly warming … Continue reading →

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Rates of Emission Declines to Reach California’s Goals

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Rates of Emission Declines to Reach California’s Goals Estimates of rates needed to meet climate goals or GHG (greenhouse gases) reductions by 2030 and 2050 have come out.  These seem to be generated by simple mathematical methods, so we will … Continue reading →

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