Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

CARB has proposed to rapidly increase the stringency of the standard to increase demand for credits, but it should also address the supply of credits, to make sure the fuels supported by the LCFS help move California towards a clean transportation future. Each credit one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent pollution below the standard.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By expanding renewable power, phasing out fossil fuels, electrifying as much of the economy as possible, and deploying other technologies, the U.S. But it requires ambitious policies, including nearly tripling renewable energy’s share of US electricity generation by 2030 (see graph below). degrees Celsius. million homes.

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Global Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Chris Johnston is co-author of The Arrival of the Electric Car – An Overview of the EV Revolution Happening Now. The fastest way to shift the transportation sector to environmental sustainability is to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). Electric energy generation by renewable sources has doubled since 2008.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 10, 2022

In India and Pakistan, recent heat waves, worsened by a changing climate, are causing dangerous water and electricity shortages. Despite the heat, Pakistan residents continue to endure daily electricity cuts, losing about nine hours of electricity each day. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Coal mine reclamation has become a flashpoint in the partisan divide over fossil fuel use. In the late 1970s, a golden age for American coal, skyrocketing oil prices coupled with rising demand for electricity set off a boom in coal-fired power plants. Photo © Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

The Public Utility Commission is inviting comments on a petition from ChargEVC-PA requesting the Commission to issue a Policy Statement on electric utility rate design for electric vehicle charging in PA. The burning of transportation fuels, such as gasoline and diesel, is a substantial source of air pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

An ambitious law that promises to accelerate the state’s clean energy transition, CEJA provides a detailed framework for greater utility transparency and accountability to update electricity distribution infrastructure to ensure a clean energy future. Illinois utilities contributed to that trend.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Ross involves Prop 12, adopted by California voters in 2018. For example, the Ninth Circuit upheld California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard against a similar legal attack. Like some other states, California also imposes limits on utility purchases of power from fossil fuel plants that apply to generators outside the state.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

In March, start-up BasiGo became the first company to launch an electric passenger bus in Kenya. We selected BYD because they are the largest manufacturer of electric buses globally and they are known for battery technology that is state-of-the-art,” BasiGo co-founder and CEO Jit Bhattacharya told China Dialogue. million in funding.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 23, 2024

For most people, regulatory bodies like the CPUC fly under the radar despite the critical role they play in regulating the investor-owned (for profit) utilities that provide our electricity and water. At a more granular level, this includes critical decisions about where our electricity will come from and whether it will be clean.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Electric Vehicles. The federal government offers a $5,000 incentive towards electric vehicle purchases (both battery electric and plug-in hybrid). One other important statistic: Ontario used to have incentives for electric vehicles at a time when there were no federal incentives. Let’s take a look. Not by a long shot.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2023

Energy Information Administration March 7 Short-Term Energy Outlook forecasts a drop in wholesale electricity prices in 2023 that "reflects the forecast drop in natural gas prices from 2022 to 2023." In addition, EIA said, "increasing electricity generation from renewable sources contributes to lower power prices."

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With most energy investments still in fossil fuels, significant reform is needed to modernise the sector and meet Kazakhstan’s pledge to become net-zero by 2060. Social unrest related to fossil fuels is not a new phenomenon in Kazakhstan. An oil pump in a dust storm on the road to Aktau, Kazakhstan. By Kate Watters.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 30, 2022

Ten out of its 140 wind turbines have already started to generate electricity for the grid. . The flagship wind farm made headlines as the operator, Swedens’s Vattenfall in 2018 won the concession to build it without government subsidy. One of the key projects dominating is a 1.5 20 GW before 2030. 20 GW before 2030.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

We all know that to successfully address climate change we need to phase out fossil fuels and switch to electric power. A s we transition our homes and vehicles to electric power, it’s imperative that the electricity sector be clean. Luckily it’s entirely possible (and cost effective!) As the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee joint hearing with the Ohio Public Utilities Committee on interstate relationships within PJM Electric Grid. TODAY 6:00: PennDOT Outreach Session On National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program. Williams Penn Omni Hotel, Lawrence Welk Room, Pittsburgh. Click Here to watch live.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2023

The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee will hold its second hearing May 1 on electric grid reliability and the failure of natural gas and other generation to provide power when called on by PJM during Winter Storm Elliot in December. Read more here. Read more here ] Click Here to read more from February hearing.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2023

Fossil fuels currently account for around 60% of electricity generation , a share that it aims to reduce to 35% by 2030 through the expansion of renewables, including hydropower, and in particular wind and solar. The transition away from fossil fuels has, however, been an elusive goal for Argentina to date.

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Clean Energy Law

MARCH 11, 2021

In December 2018, after having successfully reduced greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector by 53.3%, a majority of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) jurisdictions announced plans to design a program to address carbon emissions from the combustion of transportation fuels. Background.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

Japan’s dependency on fossil fuel s had been slightly declining until 2010. But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. As a result, Japan’s CO 2 emissions increased, peaking in 2013.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

On May 1, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee was told the wholesale prices of electricity in the PJM regional electric grid are too low to support coal and natural gas power plants. Electric vehicle proliferation, just look at all the mandates related to electric cars.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

But what you probably haven’t heard is that our grid is getting dirtier again, with fossil fuels increasing in our electricity supply from burning natural gas. That means carbon emissions from electricity in Ontario will be rising back up again after years of decline. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 .

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2023

THURSDAY 1:00: Senate Transportation Committee hearing on charging electric vehicles. [Presentation on methane emissions monitoring overflight study of 91 oil & gas, coal mine landfill sources.] ( Click Here to read more about agenda.) University of Pittsburgh, Alumni Hall, Room 121, Pittsburgh.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2021

The Inventory was updated to include 2018 numbers which show greenhouse gas emissions increased for the second consecutive year in Pennsylvania from 236.21 million tons in 2018. million tons in 2018-- 47.88 The mix of electric generation fuels switched from 55.5 percent natural gas in 2018. million tons.

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Frontiers

JUNE 21, 2022

In 2018, an influential group of research funders, recognizing the superior value proposition of OA publishing, came together under the banner of cOAlition S. Deployed as a commercial tactic, these agreements will stall the establishment of a transparent and competitive marketplace for professional editorial services.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2024

On August 27, Ready for 100% Montgomery County announced nearly one-third of the communities in Montgomery County committed to a gradual transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy in its electricity usage by 2035 and in all sectors (heat, transportation) by 2050.

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Physics World

MARCH 16, 2022

Together with colleagues, he has analysed Australian astronomers’ total greenhouse-gas emissions over 2018–2019 from “regular activities” such as travelling, using supercomputers and working at large observatories. In 2018 each researcher at the institute emitted around 18 tCO 2 e ( Nat. Source of the problem. Taken from Nat.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 15, 2024

When the current Ontario government came to power in 2018, one of the first things they did was introduce a bill that canceled the cap and trade program and weakened Ontario’s climate target, which had been enshrined in law. What’s the case about? This move set back climate ambition in Ontario, and Canada, significantly.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2022

The extensive new 543-kilowatt solar installation will produce enough electricity to power 30–40% of CCAC North Campus’s electrical energy needs. CCAC’s first two arrays of solar panels, installed in 2018, were 15 and 64 kilowatts, and are located at West Hills Center and the Allegheny Campus, respectively. billion annually.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

23 [PaEN] Grants -- Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For BHE GT&S Watershed Mini Grants In Western PA [PaEN] Help Wanted -- Help Wanted: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Executive Director [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- Friends Of The Wissahickon Host Nov. 17 Thru Feb. 17 Thru Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

Related Articles - PJM: -- Senate Hearing On Electric Grid Reliability: Natural Gas Continues To Have Reliability Problems; Renewables Aren’t Coming Online Fast Enough; Energy Office To Be Proposed [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Study Shows Renewable Energy Sources Not Coming Online Fast Enough To Replace Fossil Fuel Plants; Critical Path Analysis Started (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- PennLive: PennLive Outdoors Reporter Marcus Schneck Honored With Posthumous Award From PA Parks & Forest Foundation -- Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Asks DCNR To Protect State Forest Land From Seneca Shale Gas Drilling (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

Yaw's energy beliefs by reading a transcript of the comments he made at the February 27 joint hearing on electric grid reliability by the Senate Environmental and Consumer Protection Committees. We were about a third, a third, a third [in sources of fuel to generate electricity]. We didn't have any reliability issues at all.” "And

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Despite the worldwide mobilisation towards the adoption of renewable energy, the Brazilian government continues to promote the use of coal, the most polluting fossil fuel. billion) to revitalise coal-fired electricity production in southern Brazil, the region which holds the country’s largest reserves of the mineral.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

For the first time in decades, the number of people without access to electricity increased in 2022. The Commonwealth should be engaged in a transition away from fossil fuels because of the need to address climate change," said Rep. Rice, president and chief executive officer of EQT Corporation. Hohenstein. "As

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 17, 2025

Offshore wind provides abundant, zero-carbon electricity I think most folks understand that wind turbines generate electricity by harnessing the power of the wind (for a handy primer on the mechanics, see here.) Reducing carbon emissions is another significant benefit of avoiding the burning of fossil fuels with offshore wind.

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Acoel

MAY 18, 2021

Yet Mainers are questioning whether to accept a new 145-mile electric transmission line that will bring hydropower from Quebec into the New England power grid, removing 3.0 This seems to be a complaint that Mainers only get $40 million in electric savings, while Massachusetts receives $150 million in savings.

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