The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today approved Suburban Water Systems’ $11.8 million acquisition of Sativa Los Angeles County Water District, located in Willowbrook and Compton. The Decision also furthers the goal of Assembly Bill 1577 (Gipson) to provide affordable, safe drinking water to disadvantaged communities. In order to facilitate a smooth transition for customers, …
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing efforts to promote and support diversity and inclusion, today expanded its Supplier Diversity Program in a number of ways, including setting goals for procurement from lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) businesses; adding businesses owned by persons with disabilities; bringing Community Choice Aggregators (CCA) and Electric Service …
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today took important steps to fight climate change and promote building decarbonization by expanding incentives for electric appliances. The CPUC adopted budgets, incentive levels, and other program requirements for the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) program that was authorized in prior CPUC Decisions. The building …
Según el nuevo informe del Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático, un equipo de científicos convocado por Naciones Unidas, los países no están haciendo lo suficiente para evitar que el calentamiento global aumente a niveles peligrosos en el transcurso de la vida de la mayoría de la gente que vive actualmente en el …
Grants will support efficient and renewable energy, electric buses, and clean water for public schools WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris will announce on Monday a clean schools infrastructure program, which features grant funding for public school energy upgrades, moneyfor electric school buses, and investments in rural schools. The Biden-Harris Action Plan for Building Better …
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Nations are not doing nearly enough to prevent global warming from increasing to dangerous levels within the lifetimes of most people on Earth today, according to a new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a group of researchers convened by the United Nations. Limiting the devastation won’t be easy, but it also isn’t …
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But the cost of inaction is also substantial, in terms of deaths, displacement and damage. In the United States last year, damages from floods, wildfires, drought and other disasters related to weather and climate totaled approximately $145 billion, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The agency said that “extremely high” levels of disasters …
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Mr. Di Odoardo figures that L.N.G. flows from the United States to Europe have already reached two-thirds of the bilateral target for this year, and so reaching it should be “easy.” Washington has also leaned on other countries, including Japan, to give up some of their cargoes, and this has led to a substantial drop …
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Infrastructure funds for the Weatherization Assistance Program will improve household energy efficiency WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Wednesday $3.16 billion in new funding through the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) for residential energy upgrades. The funds, passed as part of the bipartisan infrastructure package in November, are …
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Announcement will open up more than 110,000 acres off the coast of the Carolinas to offshore wind RALEIGH, N.C. — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced Friday that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold a wind energy auction on May 11 for more than 110,000 acres in the Carolina Long Bay …
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