PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2025

Laws Covered Laws covered by the order-- Department of Energy-- Atomic Energy Act of 1954; National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987; Energy Policy Act of 1992; Energy Policy Act of 2005; and Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

First and foremost, despite some fossil fuel interests swinging for the fossil fuel-favored fences, the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA did not revoke EPA’s underlying authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. What the Supreme Court decided in West Virginia v.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

It turns out that most of them are 50-60% reliant on fossil fuels, with a lot of the remainder coming from nuclear and hydro. This table shows how much power is generated from fossil fuels by the top ten utilities (ranked by market value). There was more fuel oil in use in some places than I expected. Carbon Goal.

2030

Cresforum

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Decarbonizes The United States’ energy security has changed dramatically since U.S. imports peaked in 2007. need to deploy clean energy technologies to achieve net zero emissions? How will this energy transition impact energy security and the country’s position today as a major energy exporter?

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2024

PJM directs the revenues and operation of the largest fossil fuel power plant fleet (124 gigawatts), making it the largest utility in the US. Every state in PJM has some kind of state policy for subsidizing generation, either clean or fossil-fueled.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

18 Webinar On New Research On Community Exposures To Oil & Gas Development & Groundwater Contamination In Beaver, Greene & Washington Counties [PaEN] -- Lock Haven Express Letter: Who Does Senator Yaw Represent?

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

How then do we explain what is currently happening with energy prices? In the early days of the current price shocks, fossil fuel boosters blamed clean energy and climate policy. But these prices are still way below their highs in 1979-80 and 2007-08. The Capacity Story.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen The former Chief Scientist for the UK Government, Sir David King did not hold back the scientific reality of years of climate inaction when he addressed the audience at the Net Zero Festival in London, organised by Business Green, a clean energy publication.

Sea Level

HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

As per the World Investment Report 2023, much of the growth in international investment in renewable energy, which has nearly tripled since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, was concentrated in developed countries. Developing countries need renewable energy investments of about US$1.7

Renewable Energy

Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

9] That $50 billion, and future money, is money that could have gone to making the grid more resilient to extreme weather events, whether from climate change or not, but instead went into subsidizing the integration of variable renewable energy sources. We can see the same impact of variable energies in Germany.

2021

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions. It also will save US consumers money because they will spend less on fossil fuels.

Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

On January 26, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed House File 7 —the 100% Clean Energy Bill. Now, with climate and clean energy majorities in both chambers, Minnesota is poised to join other leading states in updating its clean energy policies equitably with benefits for all residents.

Electricity

Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This oil spill is another tragic reminder that we must act swiftly to transition ourselves off fossil fuels and secure a clean and renewable energy future. We must prevent any new offshore oil and gas activity and accelerate a just and equitable transition to clean energy alternatives.

Ocean

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 21, 2022

will need to rapidly decarbonize its electricity generating system, replacing fossil fuel power plants with renewable energy systems. It will also need to electrify various end-use sectors that currently rely on fossil fuels (e.g., In 2007, FERC issued Order No. is to achieve its clean energy ambitions.

2005

ESA

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The agreement calls for a phase-down of coal but does not call for reductions in fossil fuels. Dozens of nations sought text calling for a phase-out of all fossil fuels, but they were met with stiff resistance from oil-producing countries, including Russia and Saudi Arabia. 30 through Dec. Apply for the 2023 Katherine S.

2022

Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air: How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics to Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Science (Union of Concerned Scientists, January 2007). It was founded in the 1870s as part of the Standard Oil group. by Ida Tarbell (1904).

2017

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas. Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air: How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics to Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Science (Union of Concerned Scientists, January 2007). It was founded in the 1870s as part of the Standard Oil group. by Ida Tarbell (1904).

2017

Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

They have caused electricity prices to rise 50 percent in Germany since 2007, the first year it got more than 10 percent of its power from subsidized wind, solar, and biomass. Only nuclear can substitute for fossil fuels while maintaining and increasing levels of energy consumption required for universal human prosperity.

2020

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2024

Announcing recently that the world broke a record by generating 30 percent of all electricity from renewable sources in 2023, the British think tank Ember said the data proves we are in a “new era” of energy in which a permanent decline in fossil fuels is “inevitable.” More on that shortly. But first, the undeniably good news.

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Its no surprise that this anti-science, pro-fossil fuel administration wants to go after the Endangerment Finding. Those harms will worsen rapidly as global warming emissions, primarily from burning fossil fuels, increase. Back in 2007, the Supreme Court reached a landmark judgment in Massachusetts et al.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Those currently operating fossil fuel plants generate 25 percent of U.S. The Clean Power Plan was the culmination of years of legal and technical haggling over EPA authority and obligations, including the landmark Massachusetts v. global warming pollution, second only to the transportation sector. And as the West Virginia v.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

It was a bogus argument that fossil fuel proponents would repeat ad nauseum over the next 10 years, so when Rose failed to provide some needed context, I jumped in. I’m not aware of anything the fossil fuel industry gets that I would characterize as a subsidy.” His reply ?

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

Following the 2007 landmark Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. 497 (2007), the Supreme Court reversed EPA’s denial. billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

Clean Air Act

Legal Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

Today, the Supreme Court decided its most important environmental case since 2007. A crucial issue involved the scope of the term “system” Does it include only plant-specific emission measures, or could it include measures to shift generation from fossil fuel plants to cleaner energy sources?

Natural Gas

ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The Corps’ permits for oil and gas infrastructure have become a target for environmental groups seeking to stop new pipeline projects, but the agency will also play a key permitting role in boosting transmission infrastructure if the Biden administration is to realize its clean energy goals.

2021