Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

And, this spring, that clean energy production is looking more impressive than ever. Then came a crescendo: Solar and wind generated more than 5 percent of monthly electricity for the first time in 2013, passed the 10 percent point in 2017, and soared past 15 percent in 2021. kilowatt-hours in 2023.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

TAKE ACTION: Tell the Alberta government it’s time to turn the power back on for Alberta’s clean energy future! So, let’s take a crack at connecting these dots. Sound about right? Of course, these are just three examples that happened to cross my desk within an hour of each other. Unfortunately, there are more.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Shapiros Budget Includes Energy Plan; Funding To Make-up Deficit In Oil & Gas Program; New State Park, Trail Initiative; Over $6.2

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 1, 2023

To no one’s surprise it contained zero funding to address climate change – not even for clean energy – which the document referred to multiple times. So while it likes to talk about Ontario’s “clean energy advantage”, the government is actively dismantling it. It will be something to watch.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

I recently sat down virtually with one of UCS’s top EV experts, David Reichmuth , a senior engineer in the organization’s Clean Transportation Program, to get a better idea of EVs’ near- and long-term prospects.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 26, 2024

In 2013, I returned to university to complete a master’s degree with a research focus on energy transition. I decided I needed to start working on a solution – and find the ‘yes’ to the ‘no.’ There was lots of talk about a ‘transition’ at that time, but I didn’t know of anyone implementing it.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

As [Winter Storm] Elliott and the [ 2013-14] Polar Vortex demonstrated, RPM has not kept pace with the risks introduced by the transition to natural gas as a dominant fuel. In the rush to so-called clean energy. and limited duration sources. “In there is little, if any. Click Here for a copy of Sen. Yaw’s written comments.

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Law and Environment

JULY 27, 2023

state to pursue a competitive solicitation of offshore wind energy. Governor Mills said in a press release announcing her approval of the legislation: Offshore wind, done responsibly, offers Maine the opportunity to secure abundant clean energy, stable energy prices, good-paying jobs, and a healthier environment for future generations.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 15, 2024

TAKE ACTION: SAVE ALBERTA’S CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE Not talking about the connection between climate change-caused natural disasters isn’t leading to long-term answers to these tragic challenges. It is hampering our efforts to find solutions. It simply perpetuates the crisis.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2023

Most recently, Barrow has served as Chief of Staff for Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille since 2013. From 2008 to 2013, Barrow served as Chief of Staff in the Office of Commissioner Wayne E.

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Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2023

Courts largely have discretion to determine whether to follow the expedited schedule.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

On February 12, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the PJM Interconnection, Inc.s Reliability Resource Initiative (RRI) proposal to fast track natural gas power plants at the exclusion of renewable and other clean energy projects, leaving them stuck in the permitting queue.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Shapiro Files Lawsuit Challenging President's Unconstitutional Federal Funding Freeze In Order to Protect PA Interests; Mine Reclamation, Conventional Well Plugging, Many Other Funds At Risk [PaEN] NewsClips: -- US EIA Natural Gas Price Forecast For 2025 Now 21% Higher Than Last Forecast At $3.80; 2026 Forecast Now $4.20 -- The Energy Age Blog: Judge (..)

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The Wayne County Commissioners , Sustainable Energy Education & Development Support (SEEDS) and the Clean Energy Co-op Inc. The solar project was led by the Clean Energy Co-op and nominated by SEEDS for the award. The Clean Energy Co-op Inc.

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Breezometer

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Jeff Smith is an expert on air quality monitoring, a staunch clean energy advocate who consults the World Health Organization on environmental and indoor air quality monitoring as well as community engagement urban health projects with a focus on air pollution. Jeffrey K Smith - Environmental Health Solutions.

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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

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Shapiro Files Lawsuit Challenging President's Unconstitutional Federal Funding Freeze In Order to Protect PA Interests; Mine Reclamation, Conventional Well Plugging, Many Other Funds At Risk [PaEN] NewsClips: -- US EIA Natural Gas Price Forecast For 2025 Now 21% Higher Than Last Forecast At $3.80; 2026 Forecast Now $4.20 -- The Energy Age Blog: Judge (..)

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Shapiro Files Lawsuit Challenging President's Unconstitutional Federal Funding Freeze In Order to Protect PA Interests; Mine Reclamation, Conventional Well Plugging, Many Other Funds At Risk [PaEN] NewsClips: -- US EIA Natural Gas Price Forecast For 2025 Now 21% Higher Than Last Forecast At $3.80; 2026 Forecast Now $4.20 -- The Energy Age Blog: Judge (..)

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Eco Coach

MARCH 10, 2020

This is why this 2013 TED talk by Steve Howard, the Chief Sustainability Officer at Ikea, is so refreshing. Some examples of going in 100% for a smaller business that does not have Ikea’s resources can include switching to 100% clean energy (or purchasing RECs – renewable energy credits) or using only eco-friendly custodial products.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 11, 2022

Two notable climate litigation cases, the 2013 Athabaskan petition and the 2021 Cité Soleil petition , are still pending. The resolution also calls on countries to “move towards a clean and just energy transition.” This transition has already led to climate litigation.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 21, 2013

In February 2013, participating states announced plans to lower RGGI’s cap on carbon dioxide emissions by 45% in 2014. It is likely to create long-term price signals about the value of clean energy and to help prevent emissions “leakage.” RGGI is currently in an exciting period of reform.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

A decade ago, the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) estimated that, based on the available technology, the United States could get 80% of its electricity from renewables by 2050. Now NREL says the country has the potential to reach 100% clean energy by 2035.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Though with the boom and bust nature of coal mining—where a significant drop in demand or political shifts towards clean energy can eliminate a mine’s buyers—hundreds of coal mines would close across the Pennsylvania and in Cambria County, stripping entire towns of their main livelihood. Mine closures also left behind another problem.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Worse than that, it might end up misdirecting the world’s clean energy efforts into dirtier than appreciated energy technologies because of the country’s ongoing dependence on coal-fired energy. The scale of the IPCC’s undercount shocks once applied to the EU’s “clean” energy plans.

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CEQA Developments

OCTOBER 21, 2021

4th 577, 592, fn 6; California Clean Energy Committee v. City of San Jose (2013) 220 Cal.App.4th San Diego Unified School District (2013) 215 Cal.App.4th Citing Tahoe Vista Concerned Citizens v. County of Placer (2000) 81 Cal.App.4th City of San Diego (2017) 19 Cal.App.5th

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

California Clean Energy Committee v. Ultimately, cooperation between the parties ended, but real parties applied to County in 2013 for a specific plan and rezonings they believed were consistent with the agreement’s primary terms. League to Save Lake Tahoe, Mountain Area Preservation, et al./California County of Placer, et al.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 22, 2024

For instance, in its 2013 report on Policies for a Modern and Reliable U.S. [they] could effectively deploy a veto as to whether regional transmission projects were desirable as congestion-reducing projects.” The court’s conclusion aligns with the analysis of various experts in the field.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

As solar generation delivers more power and more jobs, these are the pioneers that brought this clean energy future to Lancaster county,” said R. Brent Alderfer, Co-Founder and Director of Community Energy, Inc. “We We would enjoy graceful solar energy for a long time. Thank you to the folks of the PA Solar Center.” “As

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

From 2013 to 2014, Indian coal production was 565 million tonnes; from 2022 to 2023, that had increased by 58% to 893 million. To boost domestic supply rather than be reliant on coal, India has aggressively expanded its coal mines. million tonnes, rising to 1.025 billion tonnes by 2031-2032.

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A Greener Life

MAY 28, 2023

In 2013, the Armstrong cooperative submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation to install s olar panels in the town and generate its own electricity, instead of purchasing from the national grid. After providing training and our work experience, we now have a staff of excellent female welders.”

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2024

“The Biden Administration and USDA are ensuring farmers and small businesses are not only a part of the clean energy economy, but directly benefiting from it,” Morgan said. “We We have seen a great impact from this Administration’s focus on clean energy projects here in Pennsylvania.

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Columbia Climate Law

JULY 9, 2015

The two proposals do not discuss distributed generation and clean energy integration at any great length. 4] In April 1, 2013, Southern California Edison switched to a four-tiered system from five-tiers, the last of the California IOU’s to do so. [5] Opt-out ToU implementation will make ToU the default rate plan for consumers.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Back in 2013, nations acknowledged the need to deal with loss and damage via the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) on Loss and Damage , whose mandate was reinforced in Article 8 of the Paris Agreement. Will COP27 live up to its promise?

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The attorney general said that PwC also served from at least 2008 to 2013 as global advisor and report writer for the Carbon Disclosure Project, a non-profit organization that functions as a global disclosure system for environmental information, including greenhouse gas emissions, from companies including Exxon.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 12, 2024

Connecticut created the first American green bank in 2011, then New York in 2013, followed by many other states and municipalities largely with the help of GGRF awardee Coalition for Green Capital. Green banks will unlock clean energy financing everywhere. The idea has come a long way fast.

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Legal Planet

JULY 19, 2023

Then-Secretary of State John Kerry with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in 2013. Where are they on the clean energy transition? climate envoy John Kerry just wrapped up three days of talks with top Chinese officials in Beijing and doesn’t have a lot to show for it: There was no joint agreement or grand bargain.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Shapiro Files Lawsuit Challenging President's Unconstitutional Federal Funding Freeze In Order to Protect PA Interests; Mine Reclamation, Conventional Well Plugging, Many Other Funds At Risk [PaEN] NewsClips: -- US EIA Natural Gas Price Forecast For 2025 Now 21% Higher Than Last Forecast At $3.80; 2026 Forecast Now $4.20 -- The Energy Age Blog: Judge (..)

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