“Ce serait suicidaire” : pourquoi l’Europe redoute sa dépendance au gaz américain
Au rythme actuel, les Etats-Unis pourraient fournir 80 % du GNL dont les Européens ont besoin en 2030. Bien trop risqué dans un contexte géopolitique tendu.
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The decline of domestic fossil fuel production in the United States poses serious economic risks for communities that rely on fossil fuel industries for jobs and public revenues. Many of these communities lack the resources and capacity to manage those risks on their own. The absence of viable economic strategies for affected regions is a barrier to building the broad, durable coalitions needed for an equitable national transition to cleaner energy sources.
Models can predict catastrophic or modest damages from climate change, but not which of these futures is coming.
A bipartisan permitting-reform proposal in the US Senate includes provisions that reduce barriers to an improved electricity transmission system, which would help fortify the country’s energy system and accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels.
About one in four American households experience some form of energy insecurity. Within this group, Black, Indigenous, Latine, low- and moderate-income (LMI), and other disadvantaged communities face a disproportionately higher burden.
Given Africa's rapidly increasing population and the global target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, universal access to electricity and decarbonization of energy systems are priorities for the continent.
An increased supply of lithium will be needed to meet future expected demand growth for lithium-ion batteries for transportation and energy storage.
In 2020, 33.53 million U.S. households experienced some form of energy insecurity.
Greenhouse gas emissions from industrial operations are a big and growing problem that has historically seen little attention.
Hydrogen can play an important role in decarbonizing global energy systems.
Ensuring an effective transition to a net-zero world will require developing and utilizing zero-carbon fuels.
To reach net-zero emissions by 2050 to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius (°C), low-carbon hydrogen can play an important role both as a carbon-free fuel and as a feedstock for fuels and products.
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In order to decarbonize the US economy at a reasonable cost and on an accelerated timeline, the country needs to both grow and rapidly decarbonize the power sector.