Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In 2022 , 23 percent of US electricity came from renewables including hydro, surpassing both coal and nuclear. EN: What does your report recommend that the federal and state governments do going forward? In 2007 , when US carbon emissions peaked, renewables—including hydropower—generated only 8 percent of US electricity. Your thoughts?

Carbon Emissions 331

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

Note: this is adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars and is based on the amount those plants emitted in 2021, the EIA’s most recent year of finalized data. GW of gas capacity set to retire, but also slightly outpacing the planned additions of wind power. What can be done?

Fossil Fuels 264

Fossil Fuels 2023 Clean Energy Nitrogen Oxides 264

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Energy from the sun and wind never runs out and is used again and again. Rechargeable large-scale batteries can be charged with solar or wind power and cycled thousands of times in their lifetime. For example, half of all Tesla vehicles produced in the first three months of 2022 had LFP batteries. Manufacturing.

Renewable Energy 256

Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Recycling 256

A Greener Life

JULY 19, 2023

An offshore wind farm in Europe. Colombia’s Caribbean coast has great potential for offshore wind power projects but is also home to protected areas of ecological importance. In 2021 alone, the global installed capacity of offshore wind plants tripled, reaching record figures, as 21.1 Photo credit: Tho Ge / Pixabay.

Wind Power 40

Wind Power Renewable Energy Ocean Government 40

A Greener Life

AUGUST 30, 2022

The first wind turbine erected at the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm in April 2022. The combination of offshore wind turbines, floating solar panels and green hydrogen are some of the hybrid clean energy technologies currently under development off the Dutch coast. . Photo credit: Vattenfall / Ties van der Horst.

Clean Energy 98

Clean Energy Technology Technology Fossil Fuels 98

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Electric vehicles are “the most direct and efficient solution to improving the air quality in Vietnam , and in other countries in Southeast Asia,” Nguyen told Vietnam Investment Review in 2022. Dat Bike is one of numerous partners the US government works with to meet this rapidly growing demand for clean energy. .

Clean Energy 105

Clean Energy Renewable Energy Electricity Wind Power 105

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2024

What we can’t have, if you’ll allow me to stretch the metaphor, is a chef in the provincial government kitchen, who refuses to bake the cake in the first place. Solar panels and wind turbines produce electricity much more cheaply than gas turbines, coal plants and oil burners. billion in subsidies to the oil, gas and coal industries.

Climate Change 98

Climate Change Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Wind Power 98

Law Columbia

JUNE 11, 2024

Previous editions of the report were published in September 2021 , March 2022 , and May 2023. An increasing number of local governments have adopted ordinances prohibiting solar energy systems from farmland. There has been significant litigation against offshore wind projects.

Renewable Energy 111

Renewable Energy 2023 Government Natural Resources 111

A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen Tenders for 250 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy by 2028 are set to be unveiled by the Indian government, according to a government memo. Wind power is set to play a key part in the target of 50 GW of new green energy tenders each year at 10 GW. Currently, it is at 42.6 %. in 2019 to 72.8%

Clean Energy 52

Clean Energy 2028 Wind Power Renewable Energy 52

Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Renewables now account for 44% of the EU electricity mix and wind power is now producing more electricity than natural gas. Spain reached this milestone with solar PV accounting for 14 %, solar thermal, 1,8 % ; wind power 23,5% ; hydro 9,5 % and other renewables : 1,4 %. and 9 GW of onshore wind.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Wind Power Electricity Renewable Energy 52

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2022

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Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Clean Water Act Wind Power Politics 62

The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

After additional rounds of feedback from the Task Force and the public, some actions may be added, deleted, or revised prior to the release of the draft Climate Action Plan later this year and the Final Report in February 2022. The Draft Portfolio contains 29 strategies, with various amounts of specific actions to carry out each strategy.

Renewable Energy 52

Renewable Energy Greenhouse Wind Power Technology 52

Law Columbia

AUGUST 7, 2024

The new law, Public Act 233 of 2023 , seeks to rein in the proliferation of severe local restrictions by (a) establishing limits on the restrictions that local governments can adopt and (b) allowing the Michigan Public Service Commission (PSC) to step in when local governments exceed those limits.

Renewable Energy 69

Renewable Energy Regulations Law Government 69

Frontiers

APRIL 24, 2023

Recent publications include When Governments Fail: Covid-19 and the Economy , Informal Women Workers in the Global South , and Demonetisation Decoded. Therefore, these are the things we have to mobilize for and make so much noise that governments cannot avoid it.” These are things that can be done, it requires political will.

Carbon Emissions 105

Carbon Emissions Climate Change Fossil Fuels Technology 105

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2022

Conservatives Say They Support Solar, Wind Power Too [PA Farmer Who Wants Solar Included] -- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Mix Of Hope, Fear Over Startup Of Shell’s Ethane Cracker Plant In Beaver County -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: How Much Does A Hydrogen Hub Really Cost? Awards Student Scholarships To New Hope-Solebury H.S.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Wind Power Waste 2022 62

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 17, 2025

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has estimated that the push to meet the Biden administrations goal of 30,000 megawatts could mean that the US offshore wind workforce growing to 15,000-58,000 people. Dozens more ships are being built or retrofitted to be part of the offshore wind revolution. Support good decision making.

Fossil Fuels 246

Fossil Fuels Wind Power Electricity Carbon Emissions 246

A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Data from the agency shows that requests have accelerated since 2022 when a decree was issued regulating the transfer of marine areas from the government to the sector. Unlike Brazil, Colombia is not seeking to pass a specific law to regulate offshore wind companies and is relying on existing electricity generation regulations.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Electricity Government Politics 52

A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

By Zofeen Ebrahim Progress towards the construction of a China-funded coal power plant in Gwadar raises questions about the climate pledges of both China and Pakistan. According to the country’s Finance Division , as of April 2022, just under 60% of total installed generation capacity used fossil fuels, including gas, oil and coal.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels 2020 Paris Agreement Government 52

Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

To avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, it’s crucial that we shift energy production away from the unsustainable fossil fuels that cause climate change and towards those that release little to no greenhouse gases (GHG), such as solar and wind power. Momentum Toward COP27.

Clean Energy 57

Clean Energy Ocean Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 57

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2024

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Conservation 80

Conservation Electricity Natural Gas Regulations 80

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2022

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Conservation 48

Conservation Recycling Rainforest Wind Power 48

A Greener Life

MAY 23, 2024

This will become increasingly important as solar and wind power expands because these energy flows are more difficult to adjust than, say, coal power. A 2022 Stanford University study into the situation in the US came to a similar conclusion. Examples from real life may be more persuasive.

Electricity 52

Electricity Solar Power Renewable Energy Carbon Emissions 52

Cresforum

MARCH 10, 2022

According to new data and analysis from the 2022 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook from the Business Council on Sustainable Energy , clean energy production is up. Records were broken for renewable power, battery storage and sustainable transportation. The federal government is also taking notice.

Clean Energy 40

Clean Energy Natural Gas Greenhouse 2021 40

Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

ERCOT also expected, during peak demand events in winter, to have power from wind represent about 27% of installed wind capacity. In its most severe appraisal of the loss of wind capacity, ERCOT expected 8% of wind power compared to capacity. 14] The average age of a unit of wind or solar is 6.3

2021 108

2021 Renewable Energy Electricity Natural Gas 108

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

September 20, 2022. The 2021 law marked a rare Republican-backed move to expand government intervention into landowners’ private property rights, and it created unlikely coalitions, with the state’s Chamber of Commerce and some Republicans joining Democrats to oppose the measure last year. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. Looking Ahead.

2022 130

2022 Wind Power 2013 Clean Energy 130

Acoel

MARCH 8, 2023

In last year’s blog , I touted the climate and energy provisions of President Biden’s proposals for what became the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. That law has delivered better decision making by the federal government and greater participation of citizens in the process for over 50 years. See [link]. The post The U.S.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Government Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 52

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2022

Other States/National/International -- CNN: Wind Power Generated More Electricity Than Coal, Nuclear For First Time, Right Behind Natural Gas -- AP: Wind Energy Company Kills 150 Eagles In U.S., What’s Your Community Doing? Pleads Guilty -- Reuters: Special Report: U.S.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Wind Power Politics Conservation 62

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2022

What’s Your Community Doing? Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law -- Gov.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Greenhouse Wind Power Electricity 62

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

Billion Above Estimates; FY 2022-23 Revenue $42.32 Billion Above Estimates; FY 2022-23 Revenue $42.32 Million In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To Support Lancaster Clean Water Partners Projects [PaEN] -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas 2020 Wind Power Waste 62

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 26, 2022

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Conservation 48

Conservation 2022 Waste Wind Power 48

A Greener Life

DECEMBER 24, 2023

The situation can only be altered if the world’s governments rapidly scale up their ambitions. The latter wording having been a key demand from the most pro- tackling climate change governments, which included those poor communities most in the firing line and least responsible for climate change.

2023 52

2023 Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Climate Change 52

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2025

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Conservation 75

Conservation 2025 Natural Gas Clean Energy 75

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2022

. -- Bloomberg: Oil Prices Stay Volatile As Slowdown Risks Rival Signs Of Tight Supply -- AP: Biden To Release 15 Million Barrels From Oil Reserve, More Possible American Rescue Plan Funding -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Clean Water Act Fossil Fuels Wind Power 62

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The UK had a record wind power year in 2022 Room for further gains Despite the decreasing price costs and the one predicted in the next decade, BNEF believes theres still room for further technological and economic gains.

Clean Energy 59

Clean Energy Technology Technology Wind Power 59

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

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Conservation 83

Conservation Natural Gas Electricity Clean Energy 83

ESA

JULY 12, 2021

billion in FY 2022 in FY 2022. The House NSF bill creates a new Science and Engineering Solutions Directorate within NSF and authorizes funding for this directorate at $1 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2022. billion for NSF in FY 2022. The Senate still has not yet released any FY 2022 funding bills. billion by 2026.

2021 98

2021 2026 Climate Change Clean Water Act 98

ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

However, the world could avoid the more extreme scenarios in the report if governments sharply reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. Biden earlier this year pledged to transition the current gas- and diesel-powered federal fleet to “clean energy” vehicles. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Chair : Sen.

2021 98

2021 Clean Energy Climate Change Fossil Fuels 98