EU parliament approves Net-Zero Industry Act to back clean energy production

PV Tech— The Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) was approved with an aim to produce 40% of its annual deployment needs in net zero technologies by 2030.

www.duluthnewstribune.com—In Response: The mining industry needs to clean up its act. From the column: "Facts indicate that mining contributes very little to the Minnesota economy but contributes a great deal to the story of pollution and environmental damage on the Iron Range."

Zócalo Public Square—Will California’s Quest for Clean Energy Get in the Way of Land Back?. In 2019, the California public utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) announced that once its Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant closed, they would sell the land it sits on—12,000 acres of Central Coast hills rolling with chaparral and oak called the Pecho Coast. That same year, the California Public Utilities Commission adopted a Tribal Lands Transfer Policy mandating that public utilities disposing of lands give tribes the first right of offer to negotiate a land agreement prior to a public...

NewsCop—Net zero goals allegedly held back by Western Australia’s emissions. New data has shown that Western Australia's emissions have not been on track for Australia's net zero goals, or the state's plans.