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). These low gas prices play an interesting role in the US and world energy markets. Transformative change to our energy system is needed if we are to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Acoel

JANUARY 5, 2024

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Sam Gutter Ten miles by water from our home on Cape Cod in Falmouth, Massachusetts, you would think that the future of offshore wind is now. With my zoom on full extension, I took this photo of a wind turbine (some assembly required!) en route to the Vineyard Wind site.

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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.

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Law and Environment

JULY 27, 2023

state to pursue a competitive solicitation of offshore wind energy. ” The legislation bodes well for the future auction for offshore wind lease sites in the Gulf of Maine, which the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) anticipates will occur in 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

By next year, Pennsylvania will get 50 percent of its electricity from ten new solar arrays around the Commonwealth – making Pennsylvania the first state in the country to commit to getting half of its energy from solar power.

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Law Columbia

JULY 30, 2024

The draft of New York’s Clean Energy Standard Biennial Review was published July 1 by New York State Department of Public Service (NYS DPS) and New York State Energy Research and Development (NYSERDA). The 2024 offshore solicitation process is currently underway and awards will be announced Q1 of 2025.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2024

By Patrick McDonnell, CEO of PennFuture , Former Secretary of DEP This guest essay first appeared in the Observer-Reporter on October 17, 2024 Politicians often speak out against higher taxes, grocery bills, or utility rates, promising to work hard in office to prevent you from paying more. We will pay and the companies will eat the profits.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Parts of it have in recent years experienced the nightmare and havoc of climate-fuelled wildfires is increasing its effort to accelerate a clean energy transition. This week, the country moved forward with plans to construct its first offshore wind farms.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 6, 2024

For background, in January 2024, Green Oceans filed a complaint in the U.S. In its April 2024 and May 2024 motions for preliminary injunctions, Green Oceans asked the court to halt all construction during the adjudication of Green Oceans’ claims.

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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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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2024

Past polls have indicated high levels of concern about the economy – the broader issues such as taxes, unemployment and investment – but in 2024, those concerns have narrowed to become hyper-local. As we move away from polluting fossil fuels, investing in renewable energy is key to a cleaner and more affordable future.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 17, 2024

Exus chose to repower the facility thanks to the clean energy plan’s 30% production tax credits for American wind power. Click Here to learn about more investments in clean energy in Pennsylvania. billion in new clean energy investments in Pennsylvania supporting 2,881 new jobs. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- Reclaimed Abandoned Coal Mine Land In Clinton County Dedicated In Memory Of Joe Schueck, DEP Hydrologist With PA's Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program [PaEN] -- Assn. 17 -- Williamsport Sun: Oct.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Following a catastrophic 2023 and the first half of 2024, the US offshore wind sector appears to have stabilised in the second half of 2024 with several new projects being confirmed in the last few years, bouncing back after several projects had been cancelling last year and in the beginning of 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2024

18 Planet Philadelphia Radio Program Provides Updates On Wind Power, Local Green Energy Efforts -- Observer-Reporter: Fayette County Zoning Board Nixes Request For Georges Township Solar Energy Facility -- Citizens Voice: Fairview Twp. 10 And Learn About The Watershed Landscape You Live In!

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2024

Posted: March 17, 2024] PA Environment Digest Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Million To Allegheny Electric Cooperative Under Rural Energy Programs [PaEN] -- TribLive Guest Essay: We Must Build On, Not Kill, Clean Energy Momentum - by Adam Forgie, Mayor, Turtle Creek Borough -- DCED Begins Accepting Applications For PA Solar For Schools Grants Nov. Of Agriculture Invests Over $6.7

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A Greener Life

APRIL 10, 2024

The New England project continues a surge of momentum that the administration is delivering to grow the American offshore wind industry, power millions of American homes with clean energy, and create good-paying, climate jobs.”

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) visits a hybrid power plant where “green” hydrogen is made using wind power and fed into the gas grid. Germany is not doing all it can to cut back energy use and increase economic pressure on Russia, argues Arne Jungjohann. Photo credit: Fabian Sommer / Alamy. By Arne Jungjohann.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 16, 2024

The wider US offshore wind challenges It is a bitter blow to both the Danish company, as well as the Biden Administration who are pinning big hopes on offshore wind as part of its clean energy strategy.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the investment of $24 million in 112 clean energy projects in Pennsylvania to create jobs and help lower their energy bills through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) and the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. USDA is also investing $20.5

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 22, 2024

Consider this: “If you make donuts, anything you make has to do—and when they ended our energy, we were energy-independent. And who “ended our energy”? Joe Biden with his clean energy policies. Then we’re going to be energy-dominant.” Think of this.”

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2024

Secretary of State for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) Ed Miliband addresses the staff at the department upon being confirmed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer to head up the department on Friday 5th of July, 2024. My message- together, we will deliver the bold energy and climate plan our country needs.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 15, 2024

And so, competition is not only helpful for scaling the clean energy sector, it is also essential. The way to beat China on cheap solar panels and wind turbines is not through isolation and anti-competition policies such as, for example, the increased tariffs on solar panels and electric cars recently placed on China.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2024

The new global record in the generation of renewable energy was powered primarily by solar and wind. Solar power has been the fastest growing source of electricity in the world for 19 years in a row according to Ember’s Global Electricity Review 2024. Providing just 1.1 percent of the supply.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2024

Bradford County [PaEN] -- The Derrick: Public Utility Commission Starts Investigation Into Possible Order For Another Utility To Permanently Acquire Venango Water Company Impacted By Conventional Oil Well Spill [PaEN] -- DEP Issues Violation To CNX Gas Company For Withdrawing Over 1.8

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Some scientists and energy experts say the U.S. can’t wholly abandon fossil fuel as it ramps up renewable energy sources. Fossil fuel, they argue, will still be needed in the near term as a backstop for the intermittency of solar and wind power and to keep consumer power bills affordable.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2024

But it is also the leader of something else which contrasts and in the future could compete with oil; clean energy. Texas broke the solar record yesterday, reaching 20,459 megawatts; solar power provided 26% of peak demand. gigawatts (GW), and met 26% of the state’s electricity demand, with wind power accounting for 21%.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

Shapiro’s Offer To Work On Legislation To Make The Electric Grid More Reliable, Diversify Our Energy Sources, Lower Energy Costs For Ratepayers, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2024

2024 Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. Monitoring Soil Moisture; Pond & Lake Wildlife; Private Wells & Water Systems; Water-Related Education Programs -- Penn State Extension Aug. 21 Webinar - Water Testing Through Penn State's Ag Analytical Lab [PaEN] -- Learn How You Can Qualify For Free Well Water Testing During Aug.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

billion for electric vehicle charging infrastructure and $27 billion for clean energy research, development, demonstration and commercialization. Energy and Natural Resources. It’s seen as a way to quickly increase clean energy use without hiking electric bills for consumers. Allocation : $198 billion. Chair : Sen.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This article was originally published in Forbes , for which he is a contributor, on November 7, 2024. When Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office in January 2025, his second presidency will have widespread implications for the energy industry, especially new investments, but not necessarily in the ways his supporters might expect.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2024

He also said that the Inflation Reduction Act would worsen inflation, harm economic growth, drive up energy costs for consumers, and make the energy system less reliable. But, he says, “we’re not yet at the point innovation-wise where we can rely mostly on intermittent, renewable sources to power electric grids.”

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