A Greener Life

MAY 23, 2024

A solar-powered charging station in Yibin, south-west China. Two-way charging could give vehicles like these the potential to stabilise power supplies by discharging stored electricity back to the grid. million “new energy” vehicles on the road, the vast majority of which require electricity.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The IRA also provides funding for electric vehicles and charging equipment, energy-saving appliances, battery-storage systems, and heat pumps, and has awarded a national total of nearly $8.4 The benefits that solar energy provides for schools, nonprofits, businesses and municipalities are clearer than ever,” said Ms.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

By Leigh Hartman When Son Nguyen lived in the US, he saw rapidly advancing electric vehicle technology and heard stories from back in Vietnam about air pollution. So after returning home, he launched Dat Bike in 2019. At Rantau Dedap alone, the renewable energy plant improves electricity access for more than 1.2 million people.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

The ongoing pollution from these power plants is an affront to public health and wildly incompatible with every climate ambition this country —and this world—has. Critically, the Supreme Court did not reject EPA’s authority to regulate carbon emissions from power plants, only the nature by which the agency can exercise that authority.

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Energy & the Law

MARCH 7, 2023

million in a fraudulent solar power scheme. claiming he had created a compact “nano panel” (which does not exist) using “technology” that could generate triple the amount of electricity as traditional solar panels. He would cold-call investors to convince them to invest in Nanotech Engineering Inc.,

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable. 1] But recent power outages in Texas and California have poured cold water on these arguments. 1] But recent power outages in Texas and California have poured cold water on these arguments. But all else is not equal.

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A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

Hydrogen may have lost the race to fuel electric cars but it looks a likely contender to replace fossil fuels in trucks, ships, planes and heavy industry. The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. But otherwise, green hydrogen will usually lose out to electricity where the latter can do the job.

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Columbia Climate Law

JULY 9, 2015

Recently, two competing plans to reform California’s four-tier electricity rate structure of the three investor-owned utilities (IOUs) [1] have emerged from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Under the current tariff system, customers who use more electricity are charged significantly higher rates per kilowatt-hour (kWh). [4]

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A Greener Life

JUNE 30, 2023

Last year a total of 266 gigawatts (GW) of renewables was installed, with solar power leading the field. The President of the Energy Institute, a UK-based body, Juliet Davenport said : “Despite further strong growth in wind and solar in the power sector, overall global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions increased again.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Some counties in the PA Wilds have active proposals for solar fields going on old strip mine lands. In January of this year, the Clinton County Zoning Hearing Board held a special exception hearing for a 1,500-2,000-acre utility grade solar power installation in West Keating Township proposed by Apex Clean Energy of Virginia.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

between 2016 and 2019, and total energy consumption also rose far more than permitted by the 13th FYP targets. It could then explore local heating systems, using waste heat from factories and power plants rather than building new boilers. Inner Mongolia generated more wind energy than any other province in 2019.

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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. China Electric Power Equipment and Technology (CET) also agreed last year to invest US$1.1

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2023

PA Statewide Watershed Conference Oct. 29-30 In Altoona [PaEN] -- Early Bird Registration!

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Enacted in 2019, the CLCPA transformed the state’s earlier clean energy standard efforts from administrative fiat to law and sets more aggressive goals to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide to 60% from a 1990 baseline by 2030, and 15% from a 1990 baseline by 2050.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

“We are pushing the Chinese company to complete its financial closure by 31 December 2023, and start construction at the earliest so that it can be completed by 2025,” Shah Jahan Mirza, managing director of the Pakistan government-owned Private Power and Infrastructure Board told me. Pakistan’s energy sector is dominated by fossil fuels.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

Click Here for video/sound of a typical release from 2012 to 2019. The blowdowns-- which sound like a jet engine turning on and off-- were documented in hundreds of videos and photos by the Borello Family. Washington County [PaEN] -- Robinson Twp., 27 Released 1.1 Posted: June 20, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2024

The next day, Wednesday, August 14, Puerto Rico woke up with 728,000 clients (almost half) without electricity, thousands without drinking water (because many communities rely on electricity to pump water), and flood warnings throughout the island. What awaits Puerto Rico with Genera in charge of electricity generation?

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. electrical grids were increasingly “complex and vulnerable.” [2] Shellenberger. 5] The U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions 1990–2019. By 2019, the largest growth in absolute emissions occurred in carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and industry. As one example, according to an analysis by Client Earth , in 2019 Chevron’s disclosed emissions amounted to 697 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2022

From 2018 to 2019, US capacity increased from 234 to 402 megawatts (MW), mostly in California. It could look like large-scale storage projects using batteries or compressed air in underground salt caverns, smaller-scale projects in warehouses and commercial buildings, or batteries at home and in electric vehicles.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 19, 2022

Barges up to 300 feet long and 90 feet across will carry 12 miles of spooled electrical cable, navigation equipment, a tall crane and a specialized crew. Construction may start in a few months and the cable could be laid in 2024 as part of a major transmission line called the Champlain Hudson Power Express.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

Fortunately, solutions like energy storage and clean energy technologies can provide safe, reliable, and equitable power during severe weather conditions. People receiving medical support at home often require the use of various electric-powered equipment for their care.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

With the clean energy transition already under way, the US electricity mix is set to continue changing this year. Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). I’ll start off with the good.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

House Game & Fisheries Committee holds informational meeting on Game Commission 2019 Performance Audit and recommendations by State Auditor General. Room 523 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. June 3-- NEW. Room 523 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. June 4-- NEW. Room 205 Ryan Building.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

By Odette Mucha , Vote Solar and Liz Robinson , Philadelphia Solar Energy Association As we know, solar power provides a wide range of benefits to Pennsylvanians. It creates local jobs, with Pennsylvania currently home to over 400 solar companies with over 4,300 solar workers. billion in the Keystone State.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

This is especially concerning for a state like Pennsylvania where over half of households use natural gas to heat their homes , and much of Pennsylvania’s electricity is powered by natural gas-fired power plants, meaning even those who don’t use natural gas fuel directly for heating may still be affected by rising prices.

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Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2024

A dozen years later, the cost of solar power had dropped by nearly 90% on a price per kilowatt basis. Solar PV became almost a third less expensive than fossil fuel generation. The cost of electricity storage has also fallen dramatically. Like solar, battery costs have dropped plunged since 2010.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2022

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal A solar power boom generated by new renewable energy mandates is unfurling in the Chesapeake Bay region. Virginia, for example, was ninth in the nation for new solar capacity in 2021. At the upper end of the estimated need for solar acres, there would not be enough sheep to cover that ground.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. These companies have spent the last decade locking gas in as the go-to resource for power generation while keeping it around as the go-to resource for heating, thus driving up demand and the price of gas.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Zabel In 2019 -- PennLive - Jan Murphy: 16 Republican Lawmakers Call On Democratic House Member Accused Of Sexual Harassment To Resign -- AP: Democratic Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Rural Communities On The Front Lines Of Solar's Growth -- Sen. Mensch Introduces Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen -- 35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov. DEP Chesapeake Bay Implementation: 7 Conservation Districts Awarded $2.98

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2022

Voters Support Increasing Natural Gas Production -- Natural Gas Intelligence: U.S. Visual Explainer -- USA Today: Climate Change Exposes Growing Gap Between Weather We’ve Planned For And What’s Coming -- Reuters: U.S.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Federal Court Denied Motions to Dismiss Challenges to 2019 Presidential Permit for Keystone XL. The federal district court for the District of Montana denied motions to dismiss and for a preliminary injunction in litigation challenging a presidential permit issued in 2019 for a cross-border segment of the Keystone XL pipeline.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

ExxonMobil spent at least $39 million on some 70 of these organizations from 1998 through 2020, more than any funder besides Charles Koch and his brother David, co-owner of Koch Industries until his death in 2019. In fact, such standards have had a negligible effect on electricity prices and often save ratepayers money.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

Since the death of Charles Koch’s brother David in 2019, the Charles Koch Foundation has continued to finance this disinformation campaign, giving more than $17 million to 23 groups in 2019 and 2020 , pushing the Koch grand total north of $162 million. million on some 70 denier groups from 1998 through 2020.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Over the past two decades, again according to EIA data, total domestic energy consumption has been basically flat thanks to efficiency gains, but total fossil fuel production has grown by over 34% and exports have grown by over 150%, making the United States a net energy exporter every year since 2019.

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