Law Columbia

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is chock-full of tax incentives for climate and clean energy projects. But these kinds of new players in the clean energy space face significant barriers as they pursue credit amounts beyond the base ITC credits, and some of these barriers are written right into the IRA itself.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2024

On July 18 and 19, RE+ Mid-Atlantic took place at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, bringing together hundreds of clean energy industry leaders to enhance innovation and business opportunities in the region. MW of solar energy, enough solar panels to power 287,874 homes.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2024

Something I really care about is to make sure the benefits of clean energy are reaching everyone in our society,” García said. She wanted her technical expertise to inform venues where decisions about the clean energy transition are being made at both large and local scales.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This represents an unprecedented influx of state and federal support for clean energy in Pennsylvania, including a just-announced $303.5 million closed loan from the US Department of Energy for Eos Energy Enterprises, and has made the Pittsburgh region a clean energy gateway for the state.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 13, 2024

Informe sobre el estado del aire 2024 Trabajo todos los días en temas relacionados con el aire aquí en UCS, a través de mi trabajo voluntario de base y porque quiero ser un residente bien informado en el Valle de San Joaquín. El fracaso no es una opción porque vivo aquí: no puedo simplemente desconectarme. Esto es más que solo mi trabajo.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2024

By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center Next year, the electricity bills for twenty percent of Americans will start reflecting the high cost of failing to transition to clean energy. Massive amounts of clean energy generation and storage projects are backlogged in PJM. Partners Host Aug.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Many data center operators have 100% clean energy pledges, but regulatory barriers can make meeting these goals challenging. Despite increasing customer demand for clean energy, a number of utilities in states that bar customers from shopping for electricity are reluctant to make green power options available.

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New Scientist

OCTOBER 28, 2024

China's carbon emissions may have peaked in 2023, as figures suggest its output has plateaued so far in 2024

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2024

The report covers a wide range of topics addressing risks and opportunities that DLC faces as it pursues a clean energy future for all while securing the economic vitality of the Pittsburgh region. This is DLC’s second annual ESG report and, for the first time, discloses year-over-year performance metrics from a 2022 baseline.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2024

The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) provides grants and loans to help ag producers and rural small business owners expand their use of wind, solar and other forms of clean energy and make energy efficiency improvements. Posted: January 24, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2024

Douglas White, a long-serving member of Lower Providence’s Environmental Advisory Council , which had pushed for the clean energy resolution, agreed. This is a collaborative, iterative process. For more information on enlisting your municipality in the fight for a cleaner future, email: readyfor100montcopa@gmail.com.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2024

A new Clean Energy Funding Resource Guide is now available to help Pennsylvania residents access support for home and community energy projects compiled by the Conservation Voters of PA. Visit the Clean Energy Funding Resource Guide website to learn much more.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 8, 2024

It will see Fervo Energy delivering enough clean energy to power 350,000 homes. The technology Fervo Energy, which has also partnered with the internet giant Google , has developed a breakthrough drilling technology that allows the energy to flow 24/7.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2024

On July 30, the PJM Interconnection announced the results of its 2025/26 capacity auction, which revealed that costs will be roughly seven times greater than in 2024/25. Accepting Applications For $5 Million In Local Climate Resiliency And Adaptation Project Grants [PaEN] [Posted: July 31, 2024] PA Environment Digest Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the June 1 PA Bulletin inviting proposals for Clean Energy Campus generation and storage projects on 13 state-owned abandoned mine land sites of 50 acres or more totaling 1,850 acres. Completes leasing agreement, site preparation, permitting, geotech and interconnection.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

6 is still driving up Ohioans’ electricity bills—and undermining the state’s prospects for a clean energy future. The subsidies insulate the utilities from the costs of expensive, uneconomic coal and provide a disincentive for them to invest in cheaper clean energy resources. Despite the partial repeal, H.B. Since H.B.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Global spending on clean energy technologies and infrastructure is on track to hit $2 trillion in 2024. Read the full story at ESG Dive. Much of this funding is slated to be put toward renewables, electric vehicles, low-emission fuels, storage solutions, nuclear power and other green technology.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 21, 2024

This shift is intended to support energy communities, EJ communities, and labor by focusing on manufacturing, developing, and deploying clean energy and energy efficiency. Click Here for a copy of the report.

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Cresforum

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

With the doors closed on 2023, the new year offers the chance to look back at the progress the United States has made in emissions reduction and clean energy deployment. The 2024 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook found a combination of natural gas (43 percent) and renewable energy (23 percent) provided the majority of U.S.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

” It’s a review of 2024 sponsorships across six major league sports leagues in the U.S. Future reports could focus on how these sports organizations can improve on sustainability measures in the critical years ahead and even partner more with clean energy companies as Big Oil falls away. Source: SportsPro Media.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2024

On June 11, the House Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee unanimously reported out House Bill 2338 (Fiedler (D-Philadelphia) updating the duties and powers of the PA Energy Development Authority to use billions of federal climate and clean energy dollars to incentivize investments in Pennsylvania.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

These models are essentially designed to determine what resources need to be added to the grid to meet certain goals, such as clean energy or emissions reduction goals. Capacity expansion modeling helps determine how many clean resources, such as solar and wind, need to be added to the grid to meet clean energy goals.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 25, 2024

On June 25, the House voted 107 to 95 to pass House Bill 2338 (Fiedler-D-Philadelphia) to update the duties and powers of the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority to enable the body to apply for and leverage billions of federal clean energy dollars now available through the Inflation Reduction Act.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Join the Ohio River Valley Institute and the Black Appalachian Coalition on September 19 for a Lunch & learn webinar on You and Your Environment - Environmental Justice and Building A Clean Energy Economy starting at Noon. Posted: September 13, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Summer of Heat on Wall Street According to the 2024 Banking on Climate Chaos report, Citi is the second-largest financier of fossil fuels and the largest financier of fossil fuel expansion since the Paris climate agreement, having poured $396 billion into the industry since 2016.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 30, 2024

Electrifying larger vehicles like pickups can also reduce emissions Using an electric pickup truck in the place of a gasoline truck can have clear emissions benefits; on the grid that covers most of Texas, using an electric pickup truck can have emissions equal to a 2024 Toyota Prius XLE.

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Cresforum

MAY 13, 2024

In consideration of this growing demand comes the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act of 2024 , an amendment included in the House approved version of S. As the need for electricity continues to skyrocket, Congress must ensure demand can be met. Future U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

On September 12, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission approved water withdrawal requests-- including eight for shale gas development for a total of 23 in 2024. The SRBC also issued a total of 188 General Permits for individual water uses by shale gas well pads in 2024. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

Wind capacity steadily increases, mostly due to policy (the federal tax credit, which expires in 2024, and state RPS policies). Without additional climate or clean energy policies, gas (and to a lesser degree, coal) will both provide electricity and will be used to balance the grid with growing levels of variable wind and solar generation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 31, 2024

That’s because countries previously agreed under the Paris Agreement that, by the end of 2024, they would decide on the new quantum of climate finance for lower-income countries, building on the previous target of $100 billion/year. Here’s what’s on the agenda at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, and why it matters.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Taking into consideration all the bills presented throughout the year, the overall veto rate for the 2024 session was 16% out of 1,200 total bills per CalMatters. The 2024 veto rate is on par with previous years. This passage is another move toward protecting the health of disadvantaged frontline communities in California.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 18, 2024

But hydrogen can be cleanly produced and, with the right guardrails in place, that clean hydrogen can then be used to clean up polluting parts of the economy that can’t readily convert to running on renewable electricity. Otherwise, hydrogen will slow the clean energy transition, not speed it. the “three pillars”).

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 26, 2024

In addition to removing the threat that old wells pose, some active wells could find new life as geothermal wells, capturing buried heat for clean energy.” So far in 2024, DEP has issued 711 new and continued violations to conventional oil and gas well owners for well abandonment. Read more here. This practice continues today.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

1 capturing three seats on the board by successfully arguing that ExxonMobil was failing to adapt for the transition to clean energy. ExxonMobil’s advertising campaigns mislead consumers, overstate its current and planned clean energy endeavors, and increase its own liability.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Using an interactive online dashboard-- Renewables on the Rise 2024 -- documents the growth of six key clean energy technologies across the United States over the past decade and ranks states accordingly for solar power, wind power, battery storage, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Niger Delta Climate Change Conference 2024 This was just a sliver of what I learned at the Niger Delta Climate Change Conference convened by the Lekeh Development Foundation with a range of local, national, and international partners. C pathway.

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Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2024

After much anticipation and deliberation, the California legislature approved a $10 billion climate bond measure just before the summer recess began on July 3, 2024. Innovative investments in creating a clean energy workforce, bolstering wildfire resilience, and building climate-resilient water supplies were just a few of the priorities.

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