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Natural Gas Prices, Not ‘War On Coal,’ Were Key to Coal Power Decline

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Apr 14, 2021

A Cleaner Future for Energy on Federal Lands

One of the first things President Biden did when he assumed office was issue an executive order placing a moratorium on the sale of any new leases for oil and gas on federal land—at least until the Department of the Interior completes a review of climate impacts. What does that mean and how will it affect our national parks and lands? 

Oct 10, 2019

Harrison Fell Grant Announcement

ARE Associate Professor and CEnREP affiliate Harrison Fell is among the recipients of an interdisciplinary RISF grant to study energy storage and human health impacts. 

May 15, 2019

Transmission Lines Carry Improvements to Local Air Quality

Quantifying the boost in the environmental value of wind energy from uncongested transmission networks was the goal of a recent study by CEnREP Interim Director Harrison Fell and colleagues at UC Davis and the University of Colorado Boulder. 

May 9, 2018

Natural Gas Prices, Not ‘War On Coal,’ Were Key to Coal Power Decline

New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado Boulder finds that steep declines in the use of coal for power generation over the past decade were caused largely by less expensive natural gas and the availability of wind energy – not by environmental regulations.