Energy
Ignoring Your Doctor
The doctor tells you that shouldn’t do something, or you’ll pay the consequences later. 🍭Many people ignore their doctor, as they enjoy smoking or eating unhealthy foods. It’s pleasurable at least until the death bed, 🛏 we all do it. But then there is climate change… everybody loves fossil fuels… the fast cars, the lighting, the music, the technology. 🌎
Four Corners Generating Station – Wikipedia
The Four Corners Generating Station originally consisted of five units with a total rated generating capacity of about 2,040 megawatts. Units 1, 2, and 3 (permanently shut down in 2014 as part of a $182 million plan for Arizona Public Service Co. to meet environmental regulations)[4] had a combined generating capacity of 560 megawatts while units 4 and 5 each have a generating capacity of 770 MW. Units 1, 2 and 3 opened in 1963–64 and Units 4 and 5 opened in 1969–70.
9 Things the Biden Administration Could Do Quickly on the Environment – The New York Times
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Live Updates: 2020 Election Results : NPR
Climate change likely will be a major focus as President-elect Joe Biden prepares for his inauguration in January.
During the campaign, Biden proposed a sweeping $2 trillion climate plan. It sets goals of net-zero carbon emissions from the electricity sector by 2035 and the entire U.S. economy by 2050.
Biden vows to rejoin the Paris climate accord, conserve large areas of land and water for biodiversity, stop offshore drilling in the Arctic and invest a massive amount of money in green energy and infrastructure such as wind, solar, high-speed trains and electric car chargers.
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The United States will formally leave the Paris Agreement on Wednesday, no matter who wins the election. Of the nearly 200 nations that signed the agreement, the U.S. is the only one to walk away from its promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
President Trump originally announced his intention to withdraw from the landmark agreement in 2017 and formally notified the United Nations last year. A mandatory yearlong waiting period ends on Wednesday, a coincidence that nonetheless highlights the Trump administration's commitment to derailing efforts that address climate change.