Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In response, Europe has scrambled to replace flows and decouple this dependence , in part by shifting away from gas to clean energy alternatives, in part by increasing local gas production, and in part by turning to imports of liquified natural gas, or LNG—including from the US. Credit: U.S. Credit: U.S. Credit: U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

It’s worth noting that the shareholder proposal requesting the nomination of a climate expert to ExxonMobil’s board received just over 20 percent support in 2016. 1 capturing three seats on the board by successfully arguing that ExxonMobil was failing to adapt for the transition to clean energy.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Although its track record has some complexities, this timeline of German actions shows just its early and sustained attention to clean energy policy: 1990. It has helped to shape EU climate policy, while at the same time its own policies were shaped by the EU’s. trillion tons.] Fifteen percent of electricity is renewable.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

Arbaje notes that wildfire damage over six years (2000 to 2016) caused more than $700 million in damages to California’s transmission and distribution systems. And the damages to transmission and distribution systems can be costly.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2024

That percentage was actually the same for wildfires between 2016-2020 in California – a high-risk wildfire state. From 2000 to 2016, wildfire damage to California’s transmission and distribution systems amounted to more than $700 million.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 6, 2023

The grid operator PJM, which covers the region from Illinois to Virginia, put these reliability rules and penalties into place in 2016 but this is the first full use of them. First, a bit more context. PJM already had in place a system of capacity payments which pay power plants to be ready to operate when needed.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 11, 2023

Yet, Teviston needed drought relief because of the 2012-2016 drought and their wells failed again in 2021. Yet, Teviston needed drought relief due to the 2012-2016 drought. For example, Teviston in Tulare County has excellent soil groundwater banking potential: it is crossed by a river, and it is about 0.6 miles away from a canal.

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Physics World

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Dr Ahmet Kusoglu is a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), working on polymeric and functional materials for hydrogen and clean energy applications. He is the recipient of the 2017–2018 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship and 2016 ECS Srinivasan Young Investigator Award. Join the audience.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Likewise, pipeline giant Williams Companies now refers to its gas projects as “clean energy” projects. Here’s why the claims are wrong: UCS has pointed out that while gas burns cleaner than coal at a power plant, it is far from a “clean” fuel because it still results in significant toxic air pollution.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

24, 2016); Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. West Virginia Federal Court Ordered EPA to Evaluate Clean Air Act’s Impacts on Coal Industry. The plan must specifically address how EPA will consider the effects of Clean Air Act regulation on the coal industry. Murray Energy Corp. 451962/2016 (N.Y. Pritzker , Nos.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2022

Department of Energy announced its partnership with Carnegie Mellon University to launch and host the 2022 Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh September 21–23. The United States previously hosted these meetings in 2016 in San Francisco. “By Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. “We

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Physics World

JANUARY 11, 2022

It is no longer whether hydrogen will be part of a sustainable energy system solution, but rather how large a role hydrogen will play in a clean, sustainable energy system for the planet.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Utilities, regulators and consumers need to make that transition to manage risks to energy security and cost spikes. Increase in monthly gas production (Source: US Energy Information Administration). When gas production grew.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Ikea said last week it had reduced its total climate footprint by 22% compared to a 2016 baseline, and by 12% compared to the previous year.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The wind is in our sails on the voyage towards a clean energy future. Wind energy is currently the largest renewable energy source in the US, and the industry is growing fast. Even with continued research into substitute materials, the renewable energy future is likely to involve lots of rare earth elements.

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Washington Nature

JULY 3, 2023

The Nature Conservancy in Washington’s involvement in the climate advocacy space has progressively increased since 2016, as climate change has posed an increasing threat to nature and people around the world. Our journey began with 2016’s Initiative 732 and expanded with 2018’s Initiative 1631.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 15, 2024

Smoke from wildfires near Fort McMurray in 2016. 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.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 25, 2021

The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to hold a January 10 hearing on the “benefits and challenges related to extracting and utilizing rare earth minerals found within Pennsylvania.” Department of Energy and its National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh have similar efforts underway.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

4 [PaEN] -- DEP Issues Violation To Apex Energy (PA) LLC For Failure To Submit List Of Fracking Chemicals For 37 Shale Gas Wells Over 4 Years In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- DEP Reports Subsurface Release Of An Estimated 1,000 Gallons Of Wastewater At Hebron Gas Storage Field Conventional Well In Hebron Twp.,

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 15, 2022

Little did I know how prescient I was, because later on Friday, Judge Brian Morris – the same judge who invalidated the RMPs – went farther and reinstated the moratorium on leasing of public lands for coal mining that had been implemented by then-Secretary Jewell in 2016. . Once more, Judge Morris found DOI’s NEPA analysis inadequate.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

It estimated that we would need an additional 843 MW of solar and an additional 4,545 MW of wind capacity (along with a basket of other sources) to ensure the province’s energy needs are met. . Between 2009 and 2016, Ontario built over 2000 MW of solar power and about 3000 MW of wind power. This is completely doable. The Path Forward

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Cresforum

JANUARY 16, 2024

Introduction One of the main messages coming out of the recent COP28 meetings in the UAE concerns the role that nuclear power can play in the future of clean energy development around the world. The hope is that this encourages international financial institutions to include nuclear energy in loans for energy projects.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

4 [PaEN] -- DEP Issues Violation To Apex Energy (PA) LLC For Failure To Submit List Of Fracking Chemicals For 37 Shale Gas Wells Over 4 Years In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- DEP Reports Subsurface Release Of An Estimated 1,000 Gallons Of Wastewater At Hebron Gas Storage Field Conventional Well In Hebron Twp.,

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The SCAQMD is the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin. According to the 2016 AQMP, mobile sources contributed about 88% of total NO x emissions in the Basin in 2012. The Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) is a regional blueprint prepared by the SCAQMD for achieving the standards.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

4 [PaEN] -- DEP Issues Violation To Apex Energy (PA) LLC For Failure To Submit List Of Fracking Chemicals For 37 Shale Gas Wells Over 4 Years In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- DEP Reports Subsurface Release Of An Estimated 1,000 Gallons Of Wastewater At Hebron Gas Storage Field Conventional Well In Hebron Twp.,

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2024

Canada promised to cut its greenhouse gas emissions after the 2016 Paris Agreement. We know that banks or insurers can’t go cold turkey on fossil fuels overnight, as this would damage communities who rely on fossil fuels for jobs and energy. Rather, they need to have proper plans on how they will build clean energy across the country.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 17, 2024

Of Township Supervisors Opposes Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Saying It’s Only Affordable Option For Dust Suppression [Plain Water Works Just As Well] House Hearing: Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Trade Groups Oppose Bill Banning The Road Dumping Their Wastewater Saying It’s ‘Effective And Safe’ PA Environmental Council (..)

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

4 [PaEN] -- DEP Issues Violation To Apex Energy (PA) LLC For Failure To Submit List Of Fracking Chemicals For 37 Shale Gas Wells Over 4 Years In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- DEP Reports Subsurface Release Of An Estimated 1,000 Gallons Of Wastewater At Hebron Gas Storage Field Conventional Well In Hebron Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 3092 ) [Note: The facility is near the site of a pipeline explosion on April 29, 2016.] -- Texas Eastern Transmission, LP - Compressor Station (?): PA Bulletin, page 3092 ) Erosion & Sedimentation Permits -- Blackhill Energy LLC: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Mill Creek in Springfield Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

17 Hearing On PA One Call Underground Utility Notification Program Reauthorization; Almost All Conventional Gas/Oil Pipelines Specifically Excluded [PaEN] -- PUC Publishes Final Public Utility Owned Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards In Sept.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Pollution data released from Canada’s newest waste incinerator, located east of Toronto, showed releases of dioxins and furans 12 times greater than permitted in 2016. Ok, but can’t we make clean energy from burning waste? The local community is still waiting for the release of data about current emissions. Sorry, but no again.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

19 Webinar On Environmental Justice & Building A Clean Energy Economy [PaEN] -- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Sept. Of Energy Awards $20 Million To Improve Siting Of Renewable Energy Facilities; $1.96 Of Energy Awards $20 Million To Improve Siting Of Renewable Energy Facilities; $1.96

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2021

Warehouses are one of five types of indirect sources that SCAQMD pledged to address through Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures in the District’s 2016 Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP). However, the South Coast Air Basin has a long history of failing to meet the ozone standards, which could render the sunset date ineffectual.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2021

Like Callegaro, thousands of rural producers are switching to solar energy in search of savings and a guaranteed energy supply. MW (between June 2016 and June 2021). Yet, only 13% of the installed solar power in Brazil lies in rural areas, according to 2020 data from the Brazilian Photovoltaic Solar Energy Association (Absolar).

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 13, 2020

The first amendment places a price cap on all LCFS credit transfers at $200 in 2016 US dollars, adjusted for inflation. The amendments include six key changes to the LCFS program: Maximum Tradable Price for LCFS Credits. This cap extends the existing price cap on credit transfers in the CCM to the sale of credits in the bilateral market.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Pennsylvania’s power plants are now releasing more CO2 than they have since 2016. They’ve had help from the General Assembly by way of the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards, recently amended to further promote waste-coal generation.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The organizations also take issue with Enbridge’s deceptive use of the terms “low carbon” and “clean energy” when describing natural gas. The misrepresentations are being made in materials sent by mail, delivered at the doorstep, and posted at community events.

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