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Print This is the May 27, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. The offshore wind industry has struggled to get a toehold on the West Coast, even as projects begin to take off on the Atlantic Seaboard. Ocean breezes could play a big role in transitioning the Western electric grid off fossil fuels, especially because the region’s offshore gusts blow strong after sundown, as Anna M. Phillips, Rosanna Xia and I wrote for The Times. Still, here was a major hitch on my mind while reporting this story. As much potential as there is in offshore wind, it’s one of the best examples of an inconvenient truth: that renewable energy facilities are often seen as terrible eyesores. ....
Carrie Strohl offers a tour of a Laundry to Landscape Greywater System in Napa. Courtesy of Napa County Resource Conservation District The Defense Department applauds this step and looks forward to continued coordination to address the climate crisis, Kahl said in a statement. The administration s plans for the California coast are part of a broader effort to fight climate change by shifting the country s energy sources away from oil, gas and coal and toward cleaner technology like solar and wind energy. The White House has set a goal of deploying 30,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2030. Officials estimate that hitting this target could spur $12 billion in capital investments in projects on both coasts and employ more than 77,000 people in the offshore wind industry itself and in jobs that spring up around it. They envision bringing much of the industry s supply chain to the U.S. so that wind turbine components and the steel they re forged from are manufactured do ....
Asian American groups that helped Democrats win the White House and Congress say moments of triumph and tribulation for their community are intertwined. ....
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Print This is the May 13, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Unless you’re an energy nerd like me, you probably don’t spend much time thinking about how utilities spend the money you pay them each month. You used a bunch of electricity or natural gas, and that’s what you’re getting charged for. Right? Not quite! In addition to fuel costs, you’re also paying for repairs to old power plants, construction of electric wires and gas pipes, subsidies for energy-saving lightbulbs, discounts for low-income households, shareholder profit margins of about 10%. ....