Energy & Fuel

March 4, 2021

Reducing Risk, Avoiding Disaster – Creating Grid 2.0

The Resilience Media Project at Earth Institute of Columbia University invites journalists to join energy experts at 11:00 a.m. ET for a quick tutorial on electric grids, discuss why they are failing with some regularity and dive into how to improve energy reliability and security. Includes story ideas and Q&A.

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"RCMP Patrol Wet’suwet’en Territory Despite UN Calls For Withdrawal"

"One year after the RCMP’s highly publicized militarized raids on land defender camps, a continuous police presence is affecting the lives of Wet’suwet’en people who say intimidation and nuisance tactics are being used to suppress opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline"

Source: The Narwhal, 02/25/2021

"Postal Service Stirs Ire by Buying Gasoline Trucks and a Few EVs"

"The U.S. Postal Service currently plans for only 10% of its new truck fleet to be electric, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Wednesday, angering environmentalists who say the move flies in the face of a White House executive order to electrify the government’s vehicles."

Source: Bloomberg, 02/25/2021

Haaland, With a Key Vote in Her Column, Appears Headed for Confirmation

"Senator Joe Manchin III, the West Virginia Democrat who heads the Senate Energy Committee, announced Wednesday that he would vote to confirm Representative Deb Haaland of New Mexico to head the Interior Department, most likely ensuring that one of President Biden’s most embattled cabinet nominees will be confirmed to office, despite escalating opposition to her from Republicans."

Source: NYTimes, 02/25/2021

Five ERCOT Board Members Who Live Outside of Texas Resign After Outage

"Five board members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas — the entity that manages and operates the electricity grid that covers much of Texas — will resign on Wednesday, according to a notice to the Public Utility Commission. A sixth has withdrawn his application to the board. All six live outside of Texas."

Source: Texas Tribune, 02/24/2021

How Texas Froze: Neglect Of Grid And Climate Warnings Set The Stage

"State officials’ repeated failure to act on deeply researched advice for averting grid catastrophes paralleled Texas’ years-long non-response to experts’ warnings about the dangers of climate change."

Source: Inside Climate News, 02/24/2021

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