Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. Generating and storing clean energy is a lifeline for the planet’s future; burning coal, oil, and gas fossil fuels causes 75% of greenhouse gas emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Shapiro's Administration in support of Pennsylvania reaffirming its commitment to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. This is not only true of Christians, but Pennsylvanians as a whole, with 72% of the state’s residents supporting RGGI, according to 2020 polling. Click Here for EEN Action video -- Pennsylvania and RGGI.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2024

The 19 municipalities with clean energy resolutions in place are the boroughs of Ambler, Bridgeport, Conshohocken, Hatboro, Narberth and Norristown; and the townships of Abington, Cheltenham, Lower Gwynedd, Lower Merion, Lower Providence, Montgomery, Plymouth, Springfield, Upper Dublin, Upper Merion, West Norriton, Whitemarsh, and Whitpain.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The bankruptcies were set in motion even before 2020. High energy burdens can result from a variety of factors, including earning lower average salaries, residing in older, less-efficient buildings, and having insufficient access to energy efficiency programs.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The World Meteorological Organization Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. Methane emissions showed their biggest annual increase in 2020 and again in 2021. Energy investments, which accounted for just over 2% of global GDP annually between 2017 and 2021, rise to nearly 4% by 2030. ” Source: IEA World Energy Outlook 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

in Spring 2020? Flash forward to post-vaccine rollout as Americans start to travel again, eat out, and resume other pre-pandemic activities, energy demand is now shooting back up. How moving toward clean energy can save consumers money Unlike gas, clean energy does not suffer from wild price fluctuations.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 13, 2022

In 2010, GM committed to a 20% reduction in carbon intensity by 2020. And in January 2021, it said it would source 100% renewable energy to power GM facilities in the U.S. The post GM Has Become an ‘Energy Star’ with Efficiency and Circular Programs appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2023

According to 2020 polling , 72% of all Pennsylvanians supporting RGGI, particularly because RGGI will benefit their commonwealth by creating thousands of family-sustaining jobs and ensuring a safe and healthy future for generations to come. And they aren’t alone. billion in RGGI income. Mitchell Hescox is President of EEN Action, Inc.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

One is strengthening commitments to reduce heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions in order to keep the planet from dangerously overheating. The electric company Central Maine Power got its state and federal permits and began construction on a high-voltage transmission line called New England Clean Energy Connect. Senate race.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Shapiro released the consensus recommendations by the Climate and Energy Work Group of organized labor, energy industry, consumer and environmental stakeholders to discuss Pennsylvania’s energy future, including the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is developing the Clean Miles Standard, a regulation to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ride-sharing vehicles and encourage broader adoption of zero-emission vehicles (ZEV), pursuant to Senate Bill (SB) 1014. By Joshua T. Bledsoe and Jen Garlock.

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Law and Environment

JUNE 16, 2021

While supporters of the TCI-P tout the public health benefits associated with reduced carbon emissions in from one of the highest greenhouse gas emitting sectors of the U.S. economy, it’s not clear at this point whether enough member states will participate for the program to have a meaningful impact.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Tricky problem Nuclear energy is often not viewed as a low-carbon energy source. According to a poll carried out in 2020 by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), only a quarter of people aged between 18 and 24 in the UK are aware that nuclear is a low-carbon source of energy.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The group said funding to diminish runoff and nutrient pollution would need to increase to $26 million annually from 2020 to 2040. million in Ohio in 2020. The fossil fuel sector and its industrial allies block curbs to greenhouse gas emissions. That’s more than three times the $7.5 million now being spent each year. .

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

increase in carbon dioxide pollution from the Commonwealth’s power plants between 2020 and 2021. Pennsylvania’s power generation sector is one of the nation’s largest — and thus, also, one of the biggest emitters of climate-changing greenhouse gases. By Josh Raulerson, PA Environmental Council Data published in February by the U.S.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 8, 2022

Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, requires CARB to develop and update every five years a scoping plan that describes the approach California will take to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated at least once every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2021

DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet August 24 to review the latest Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory for Pennsylvania and hear an overview of DEP’s Energy Office Clean Energy Program Plan. Also on the meeting agenda-- -- Overview Of DEP’s Energy Office Clean Energy Program Plan - Nov.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The financial part of this Green Deal is the European Green Deal Investment Plan (EGDIP) , revealed on 14 January 2020. Source: The European Green Deal Investment Plan and Just Transition Mechanism explained, EC, Brussels, 14 January 2020, p. A legislative proposal will be presented in March 2020 to officially set it up.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

22 -- DEP Took Action On 844 Permits, 89% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,674 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week -- Reminder: Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. Imagine A Clean Energy Future 5th to 12th Grade Student Competition Submissions Due Feb.

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

If the SCAQMD’s development timeline holds, Proposed Rule 2305 will phase in on July 1, 2020. For warehouses greater than 250,000 square feet, the first compliance period would be July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021; the Initial Site Information Report would be due January 1, 2021; and the annual WAIRE Report would be due July 30, 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2022

The amount of solar energy at K-12 schools in Pennsylvania doubled since 2020, according to a new statewide report on schools' adoption of solar published by Generation180 , a clean energy nonprofit. They anticipate energy cost savings of $11 million over the 40-year life expectancy of the solar panels.

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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. By Jean-Philippe Brisson , Joshua T.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

Transport accounts for about 13% of Kenya’s greenhouse gas emissions. In 2020, around 90% of the electricity used in the country was generated from renewables , including hydropower, geothermal, solar PV and wind. Kenya is targeting 100% clean energy use by 2030. Greenhouse gas emissions are another problem, he said.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2021

She said to address these challenges, she is inviting her Senate colleagues to co-sponsor legislation to invest the proceeds from the proposed Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) program. percent to the Energy Communities Trust Fund; -- 12.5 percent to the Energy Communities Trust Fund; -- 12.5 The science is clear.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

The answer is that there was a lot more generating capacity in 2006 than in 2020. 13] California regulators in 2020 over-estimated the contribution they could reasonably expect from renewables. California significantly expanded its use of renewable energy starting in 2011. In 2020, California’s electricity prices rose 7.5

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Under Governor Wolf, we’ve accelerated and expanded work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to equip Pennsylvania’s communities, businesses, and individual residents to address climate change impacts occurring now and projected for the near future. Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas emissions are tracked yearly.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2025

Shapiro has spoken extensively about the importance of clean energy. Shapiros term. Read more here ] -- Prioritizing DEP: During budget hearings in 2024, DEP estimated that the staff of its Oil and Gas Program, which oversees permitting and regulating the industry, was operating at about 75% capacity due to staffing shortfalls.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Grist said, "These leaders have pushed back against harmful industries (and won), cut carbon emissions from hospitals, advanced wildfire solutions from Hawaii to California, and brought together unlikely coalitions to break ground on clean energy networks. Of Interior Approves $76.4

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Legislature also increased efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions with the passage of Assembly Bill 1279 and Senate Bill 1020, setting net zero emissions targets and renewable energy and zero-carbon targets for California retail electricity sales. 2020) 51 Cal.App.5th The Regents of the University of California , et al.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2023

Natural Gas Sector To Scale Back Production Due To Low Natural Gas Prices -- Financial Times: Putin Is Losing The Energy War As Natural Gas Prices Fall [Higher Prices Benefit Russia] -- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Set For Longest Run Of Weekly Losses Since Early 2020 Other States/National/International -- U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2022

On January 25, the Republicans on the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee voted to report out legislation to redefine water pollution and prohibit the state from owning clean energy credits. In fact, the company still hasn't cleaned up a spill that occurred at one of our state parks back in August of 2020.” “I

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 28, 2021

government in reducing greenhouse gas emissions around the world is to make strategic investments in research and development (R&D), such as those included in the Energy Act of 2020 , which serves as a strong foundation to an all-of-the-above approach: renewables, nuclear, fuel and energy efficiency, hydrogen, electrification (i.e.,

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2022

By Patrick Monahan, PittWire In February 2020, the University of Pittsburgh announced its goal to go carbon neutral by 2037 -- 13 years sooner than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s call for global carbon neutrality.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 7, 2021

None of this happened in 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis, which led the UN to postpone the meeting, and negotiations are resuming this year with the same agenda. What we need at [this year’s] COP is action plans to rapidly cut greenhouse emissions and finance to adapt to climatic hazards.”.

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Cresforum

MARCH 10, 2022

In the Unites States’ march to transition to clean energy and reduce greenhouse gasses, resilience may be the most important word to summarize 2021. Nine months after the pandemic first upended lives and the economy, the market fundamentals for clean energy looked unstoppable. gigawatts in 2020.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2022

“We have an opportunity to use electrification as a way to limit energy consumption, lower consumer costs and decrease greenhouse gas emissions, while simultaneously promoting economic and workforce development. Electrification is one more way we can achieve our vision of a clean energy future for all.

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