A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen The UK government has said that the UK’s sixth renewable energy auction has delivered a record 131 clean energy projects. Under current projections and with no change to the scale, the 2024 record auction would power 11 million British homes. Photo credit: Orsted.

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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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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. This is a collaborative, iterative process.

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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

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Department of Energy announced the selection of six projects totaling $11.6 million funded by the federal Inflation Reduction Act in the second round of a program that will improve planning, siting, and permitting processes for large-scale renewable energy facilities. Posted: September 10, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

There’s good news in the recently released official data on electricity generation in the United States in 2022: renewable energy has continued to grow, coal power has continued to drop, and renewables are now firmly ahead of coal for the first time ever. They offer a lot of good news about clean energy progress.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 22, 2024

On August 22, CPV Renewable Power (CPV Renewables) announced the start of construction for CPV Rogue’s Wind energy project in Pennsylvania. The 114 MW wind project, stretching across Cambria and Clearfield Counties, will be CPV’s third project that repurposes former coal mine land into a new source of renewable energy.

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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. DLC received more than $19.8 At the time of recognition, DLC was one of only two electric utility companies in the U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 12, 2024

is on the cusp of a major transition to clean energy, and 2024 is shaping up to be a critical year for the successful deployment of the technologies that will drive that transition.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing December 11 on House Bill 1467 (Otten-D-Chester) expanding the mandate for renewable energy under the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards to 30% by 2030. Related Article: -- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn.

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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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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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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. in 2022, the share of renewables has taken a huge leap forward in the same period from 9.4% Photo credit: Reuters / Amit Dave. in 2019 to 72.8%

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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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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Philadelphia Solar Energy Association is now accepting entries in the Student Imagine A Clean Energy Future Contest. The Association will award prizes for the winners in each of the categories and will exhibit the student work in a public venue in the Spring of 2024. Entry deadline February 29.

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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. to 2.8 °C C this century.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Oct 31, 2024, noon CTRegister here. Recent federal legislation to scale home energy efficiency and electrification projects nationwide is slated to create thousands of good-paying jobs while also fueling a growing demand for energy efficiency 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. This involves shifting to clean tech manufacturing and rapidly deploying renewable energy sources."

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2022

PNC Bank will receive approximately 148 million kilowatt hours of energy per year through its retail agreement with Constellation, with that energy matched by Green-e® Energy Certified Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) sourced from other renewable facilities located throughout the U.S. “At

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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. COP29 is a key moment for climate finance.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency announced the Green Power Leadership Award winners for 2024, honoring four leading organizations in EPA’s Green Power Partnership : Microsoft Corporation, MilliporeSigma, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens and Signature Aviation. The 2024 winners go above and beyond simply procuring green power.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Although the nuclear bailout was repealed and refunded in 2021, some of the law’s other egregious provisions requiring ratepayers across the state to subsidize money-losing coal plants and gutting renewable energy and energy efficiency standards are still in place today. The Union of Concerned Scientists opposed H.B. Since H.B.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2024

By Terry Fitzpatrick, Energy [Utilities] Association Of PA This guest essay was first published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on August 6, 2024 -- What can Pennsylvania lawmakers do about a looming regional power shortage that they didn’t cause and can’t easily fix? Pennsylvania’s energy policies have not caused this problem.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2023

announced it has begun work to connect a pair of solar energy projects in Fulton and Franklin counties to the electric grid. The University of Pennsylvania signed an agreement in April 2020 with Community Energy, later acquired by AES Corporation, to construct the two solar facilities in Franklin and Fulton counties. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

On November 11, Energy Justice Advocates announced PECO has agreed to contract for 25 MW of solar energy as part of its default power procurement for electric customers from June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2029 as a result of a settlement recently approved by the Public Utility Commission. PECO serves nearly 1.7

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2024

Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced USDA is partnering with farmers and small businesses to expand access to clean energy and lower energy bills through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) and the Rural Energy for America Technical Assistance Grant Program.

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Washington Nature

MARCH 18, 2024

The 2024 session of the Washington State Legislature has wrapped up, and at The Nature Conservancy in Washington we are celebrating new investments in the transition to a clean energy economy and a climate-resilient future for all Washingtonians. This is dedicated funding for nature-based solutions to the climate crisis.

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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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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2024

On March 26, 2024, the Pennsylvania House passed House Bill 1842 , a bill enabling the potential development of community solar projects in the state, paving the way for companies like SolarBank to expand into the region and provide clean energy to residents of various income levels.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 12, 2024

So far this year, 41 major clean energy projects and $12.6 … Continue reading IRA’s impact grows clearer in H1 2024 as guidance and incentives spur investment

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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

MARCH 16, 2022

Source: US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022). According to the forecast, while economy-wide CO 2 emissions decrease from 2022 to 2037 due primarily to the growth in renewable energy replacing retiring coal plants, emissions do increase after 2037 from increased usage of natural gas.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 27, 2024

The uptake of EVs and renewable energy is set to decrease the consumption of fossil fuels this decade. In fact, subsidies for carbon capture are likely to increase significantly in 2024. In 2023, the cost to society of the pollution from oil and gas companies operating in Canada was an estimated $52 billion.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

If we are to protect the ocean, its marine ecosystems and the people who depend on them, we must address climate change at its root: the burning of fossil fuels for energy. But this cannot happen without clean-energy solutions, such as offshore wind and other marine renewables , that can replace them.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

With support from FedEx, clean energy nonprofit Generation180 will expand its national Solar for All Schools program and the impact that K-12 schools can have in mitigating climate change and advancing clean energy adoption nationwide. One component of that goal is renewable energy procurement for its facilities.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 1, 2024

Moreover, other provisions of the IRA offer significant additional tools for states, tribes, local governments, community-based organizations, and the private sector to fund and finance clean energy, clean transportation, and building decarbonization investments. Grant applications are due on August 28, 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The solar system will benefit the public in four main ways: 1) by freeing up capital to improve the services provided by the Authority, 2) reducing energy demand, 3) increasing energy supply, and 4) providing education on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability through public tours and other programs.”

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