Sunday, December 10, 2017

Energy production UPDATE: While the rest of the world embraces renewable energy, the GOP wants to make America smoggy again


Photo credit:  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
(photo taken at noon on October 29, 1948)

Reported in Renewable Energy Is Surging. The G.O.P. Tax Bill Could Curtail That. (The New York Times, 12/7/2017)

Related reading:
The 1948 Donora Smog Historical Marker.
The 1948 Donora Smog and the birth of air quality regulations.  (Tim Kovach, 10/27/2015)
Smog Deaths in 1948 Led to Clean Air Laws.  (NPR, 4/22/2009)

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”


Orignal 12/8/2017 post,"Energy production:  While the rest of the world embraces renewable energy, the GOP puts the U.S. in reverse."

Illustration:  EEU
(Salary info found here)

Reported in G.E. Cuts Jobs as It Navigates a Shifting Energy Market.  (The New York Times, 12/7/2017)

According to the World Economic Forum, the United States ranks 52nd on the Global Energy Architecture Performance Index 2017, a ranking that is sure to drop next year.


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