Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

Working Group 3: Mitigation of Climate Change Evaluates pathways for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, sustainable development strategies, and the role of finance, technology, and policy in achieving net-zero emissions. Delegates questioned when (or if) the IPCC should develop methodologies for technologies with unclear risks.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

By Anders Lorenzen A BloombergNEF (BNEF) report has revealed that 2024 was a bumper year for clean energy investments across the globe. In Energy Transition Investment Trends 2025, the energy analysts found that in 2024, clean energy investments reached a record high of $2.1tn and were responsible for the sector’s growth by 11%.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

On April 25, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the release of the 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update and 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report. Click Here for a copy of the 2024 Climate Action Plan Update. Click Here for a copy of the 2024 Climate Action Plan Update. from 2019 to 2020 and 44.4%

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 25, 2025

One growing conversation in the use or non-use of GenAI is the environmental implications of the technology in every step of its life cycle. The communities breathing polluted air near data centers or those experiencing increased energy costs are the ones at the frontline of the technology’s impacts and often last its benefits.

Air Pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 20, 2025

While New York (102% of 2019 levels) and Washington DC (96%) have largely returned to pre-pandemic service levels in 2024, in states like Colorado (80%), Michigan (85%), and Pennsylvania (88%) transit agencies have cut service and are far from returning to normal. Put simply, buses and trains come less frequently than they used to.

2019

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The future of Albertas energy-based economy depends on advancing wind, solar and battery storage technologies. The survey was conducted by Abacus Data with 2,700 Canadians over the age of 18, from November 29 to December 4, 2024. Albertans understand this. Our government needs to stop impeding clean energy development.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

Working Group 3: Mitigation of Climate Change Evaluates pathways for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, sustainable development strategies, and the role of finance, technology, and policy in achieving net-zero emissions. Delegates questioned when (or if) the IPCC should develop methodologies for technologies with unclear risks.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The bill mandates that the revised rule reflect new data and technology that would improve SCAQMDs oversight of these facilities and help reduce the negative impacts of pollution in adjacent communities. These common-sense measures draw on already available technology and solutions.

Recycling

Circle of Blue

MAY 20, 2025

The Great Lakes ground zero for data center growth With artificial intelligence and the demand for cloud computing set to grow in the years and decades ahead, technology companies are increasingly eying up the Great Lakes regions comparatively cooler climate and ample water resources. There are so many things we are concerned about.

Cooling

Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

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

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Amazon says its investment includes manufacturing capacity to develop the SMR equipment to support more than five gigawatts (GW) of new nuclear energy projects utilizing X-energy’s technology.

2024

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 13, 2025

Despite repeated claims to the contrary, the current approach is neither technology agnostic nor does it reflect that Ontarios peak demand is a maximum of six hours in any 24-hour cycle in both winter and summer.

Renewable Energy

A Greener Life

JULY 10, 2025

The notice published by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Energy Administration opens the first round of applications for industrial zones aiming to reduce their carbon footprint.

Carbon Dioxide

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 10, 2024

But it ran out of money and was pulled down, for now, in May 2024. CEQ released that study in July 2024. It captured more than 26,000 NEPA documents, including more than 12,600 downloadable pdfs, and was used by 5,500 active users, with more than 78,000 visits. While it lasted, it was a fantastic research tool.

2003

Circle of Blue

JULY 24, 2025

Although the Khmer Empire is long gone, the use of the Mekong river system has only increased with population growth and the advancement of technology. Almost 20,000 people were killed from 1979 to 2024 and more than 45,000 injured by the millions of landmines left over from Cambodia’s civil war. In 2024, Cambodia produced 1.7

Government

Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2025

Last year, legislators passed, the governor signed, and California voters approved, a ten billion dollar climate bond (the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024, SB 867 (Allen), which appeared on the November ballot as Proposition 4). billion); Wildfire and forest resilience ($1.5

Clean Energy

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Clean Transition Tariffs: A New Solution In June 2024, Google launched a new partnership with NV energy and introduced a new transition rate, also known as the Clean Transition Tariff (CTT). However, innovative new “clean transition tariffs,” such as those under consideration in Nevada, may provide a solution.

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This demonstration of the connections between people and systems, and the need for collective solutions to complicated problems, came to mind when I read about an idea for a different real estate host technology: nuclear power plant owners seeking to bring large data centers to co-locate on their land. Modernize, or bypass, the grid?

Nuclear Power

Scientific American

JULY 4, 2025

The first was that back in 1860, scientists in our “Gedanken world” had the technology to monitor global temperature changes in both the troposphere (the atmospheric layer extending from the surface up to about 15 kilometers) and the stratosphere (ranging from roughly 15 km to 50 km). We made three key assumptions.

Atmosphere

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 26, 2025

Hope Gas customers in West Virginia will have access to cutting-edge WATT Fuel Cell technology to provide back-up power to their homes starting in 2026. Hope Gas is excited to partner with WATT to bring this innovative fuel cell technology to the families we serve in West Virginia,” said Morgan O’Brien, chief executive officer of Hope Gas.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

JULY 3, 2025

In China, new energy solutions are being guided by digital technologies and ecological planning. In 2024, global renewable electricity capacity expanded by 15.1%, with China accounting for over 60% of new additions. This rapid growth plays a vital role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Clean Energy

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 13, 2025

The budget reconciliation text draws heavily from the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 , which did not move beyond the House Agriculture Committee in 2024.

Conservation

A Greener Life

APRIL 25, 2025

billion in 2023 to $723 million in 2024. But with net-zero deadlines rapidly approaching, demand for high-quality credits is primed to surge: The market is projected to recover to $10-40 billion by 2030 and could reach $135 billion by 2024. In 2024, biochar-based projects accounted for 86% of CDR purchases by volume.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Grantee activity has been both innovative and successful, from cooling tower evaporation capture for reuse to satellite leak detection technology. Since its launch in 2021, the grant program has awarded nearly $21 million to 64 projects.

Conservation

Law Columbia

JULY 21, 2025

The CLCPA had also set a target of installing 6 gigawatts (GW) of distributed solar by 2025, which the state achieved ahead of schedule at the end of 2024. These technologies improve grid reliability, decrease interconnection costs and allow the system to respond to urgent load growth. (2) It’s not all bad news, though.

Renewable Energy

Nanotech

DECEMBER 4, 2024

On December 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) will hold a webinar on its Bioenergy Feedstock Library, “a cornerstone database resource funded by DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), and how it supports bioenergy research.”

2024

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The year 2024 is on track to be the hottest year on record, with extreme weather events leaving a trail of death and destruction across the globe. The problem: ExxonMobil has its own misleading , dangerous definition of “advancing climate solutions” that its lobbyists are no doubt pitching to COP29 decisionmakers.

Fossil Fuels

HumanNature

APRIL 17, 2025

Guest Post by Chika Winnifred Agha , 2024-2025 Vice President for Research Fellow and Ph.D. Their ability to quickly absorb new tools, technologies, and methodologies allows them to become change agents in any organization. 2024) offer a powerful tool for engineering ethics education. 2021 ; Stepback et al., Omur-Ozbek et al.

2016

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2025

Governor Shapiros bipartisan 2024-2025 enacted budget allocated $25 million for Solar for Schools grants, which can save our schools hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. At the same time, these projects turn school buildings into living laboratories where students gain real-world experience in clean energy technology.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2025

Of Insurance/DEP Highlight 30 Years Of Underground Petroleum Products Storage Tank Insurance Fund Work; Paid Over $1.3 2 In Selinsgrove PA Parks And Forests Foundation Welcomes New Staff And Interns Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Woodland Stewardship Webinar Series - Guided Engagement With Your Land Starting Sept.

Natural Gas

Circle of Blue

JUNE 25, 2025

The fourteenth flood in as many years, 2024 was one of the most devastating. In August 2024, a glacial lake outburst flood inundated a neighborhood adjacent to the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, requiring evacuations and causing property damage to homes and vehicles. Millions of dollars of property were sunk in mere hours.

2024

ESA

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Over 2023-2024, mAHTEG assessed the rapid advancements in synthetic biology, prioritizing issues that the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) must address moving forward. ESA student delegates David Baldwin and Zohra Zahir attending a conference during COP16 on October 22, 2024.

Biotechnology

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 27, 2025

In the next few years, California should modernize its gasoline regulations to reflect changes in vehicle emissions technology and the latest science, which can make the gasoline market more flexible and competitive while protecting air quality and public health. What if California allowed the use of conventional US gasoline?

Regulations

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Landing such developments in Alberta could lead to more than $100 billion of investment, says Chris Varcoe in the Calgary Herald (Dec 4), while creating thousands of technology jobs and spurring new demand for natural gas that will be needed to generate electricity to power such facilities.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2025

People across the country are trying to square the benefits that technology can bring with the real and growing impacts on the environment and consumers, said Ellie Kerns , Climate and Clean Energy Advocate with the PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center. The report shows that between 2021-2024, the number of data centers in the U.S.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The general permit sets Best Available Technology requirements to meet emission limits for oxides of nitrogen (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and other pollutants. Photos: EPA: Coal Mine Methane Flaring Technology & Case Studies ; Coal Mine Methane emissions from DEP research project.)

Carbon Monoxide

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Its influence continues to grow as new glass products and processes are developed to address global challenges in energy, the environment, healthcare, information technology, and more. John is also a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and the Society of Glass Technology.

Recycling