Daily on Energy ⚡ — Canada outlines adaptation plans as smoke envelops Midwest
THE BACKGROUND: Today, Canada is suffering more than 450 wildfires and more than 80 millIon Americans are under air quality alerts because of the smoke.
That’s a problem, especially since some provinces have taken an ax to funding recently. Ontario, for example, reduced its emergency firefighting budget by 67% in 2019, and Alberta slashed funding by around $30 million earlier this year. The head of Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority, Shinsuke Yamanaka, told reporters that TEPCO could pass its assessment as early as next week.
Socialist Party leaders have pushed to accelerate the EU’s transition to a zero-carbon economy, largely through renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. They have argued that Spain’s abundance of sunlight and wind could make it a leader, and that keeping its reactors on could discourage new solar and wind investments.
TENSION BETWEEN LABOR AND OFFSHORE WIND IN MAINE: Maine Gov. Janet Mills yesterday vetoed legislation meant to ease permitting for offshore wind projects because it included language added by the Democratic legislature requiring “project labor agreements” for building – that is, built-in labor standards that can favor unions.
In a court filing yesterday, the EPA said it had taken “significant actions” to protect vulnerable communities, including striking an agreement with the plants to cut emissions and handle their waste, and thus was dropping the probe.
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