Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 9, 2025

Attacks on nature, clean energy, and livable communities filled the headlines. But what about for 2025? Lets take a look at some key issues and explore how we can work together to create a better 2025. Lets take a look at some key issues and explore how we can work together to create a better 2025.

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2025 Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Cooling 79

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 14, 2025

As the climate crisis deepens, so does the urgency to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for decades of deception. As the fossil fuel industry spares no expense to obscure these truths, the work of scientists who engage with climate litigation is increasingly vital.

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change Government Law 167

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

By February 2025, the next round of NDCs is due and it’s clear that all countries—especially richer nations like the United States—will need to step up significantly if we are to have any chance of meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement. see Articles 4.2 of the Paris Agreement ). For the next round of NDCs, the U.S.

Fossil Fuels 278

Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement 2005 Climate Change 278

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

That includes 25 sponsorship deals with Big Oil companies as well as 36 deals with lesser-known utility companies that generate electricity predominantly from fossil fuel-burning power plants and sell fossil gas directly to consumers. He didn’t single out sports teams, but he could have. billion industry. Far from it.

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Fossil Fuels 2025 2026 Climate Change 264

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 13, 2024

As electric vehicle charging stations sprout like mushrooms along our roads and clusters of new wind turbines come online, these two clean energy solutions to the climate crisis are becoming more commonplace. The United States needs to speed its transition to clean energy in order to stave off even worse impacts of climate change.

Fossil Fuels 234

Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Electricity Climate Change 234

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 23, 2024

The design of this pricing change is meant to keep the total revenue to the utilities constant while reducing the cost of switching from fossil fuels to electricity to power homes and cars. cents per kilowatt-hour for most customers of these utilities when the charge is rolled out between the end of 2025 and early 2026.

Electricity 264

Electricity Fossil Fuels 2026 Climate Change 264

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

Minnesotans are facing concurrent crises of climate change, high energy prices and inflation, and the inequitable public health impacts of fossil fuel air pollution. Renewable energy will help with all of that—but we need a grid that is designed for wind and solar instead of having to rely on expensive coal and gas plants.

Renewable Energy 350

Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Solar Power Electricity 350

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

Real-time energy production and savings data are displayed in each school, integrating sustainability into the educational experience. Solar energy is a key part of this transformation. By harnessing the power of the sun, we can significantly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, which have long been a staple of our energy production.

Electricity 106

Electricity Renewable Energy Clean Energy Solar Power 106

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 25, 2022

Today, the regional entity overseeing much of the electric power grid in the Midwest—the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)—approved a set of major new transmission system upgrades that will bring billions of dollars in benefits to the region while better enabling states and utilities to pursue transitions to clean energy.

Solar Power 302

Solar Power Clean Energy Carbon Emissions Electricity 302

Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

It turns out that most of them are 50-60% reliant on fossil fuels, with a lot of the remainder coming from nuclear and hydro. This table shows how much power is generated from fossil fuels by the top ten utilities (ranked by market value). There was more fuel oil in use in some places than I expected. Carbon Goal.

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2030 Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 2007 246

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

Community Advocates for Clean Energy will host an April 1 webinar starting at 7:00 p.m. The Green Schools Campaign is developing the leadership and grassroots organizing of young people to spearhead initiatives to transition their schools and communities to 100% clean energy.

Clean Energy 50

Clean Energy Fossil Fuels 2025 Recycling 50

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

Fossil Fuels 79

Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 2029 Clean Energy 79

Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

Based on numerous sources, Governor Baker has now signed an Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind. This bill includes a number of key advancements for increased adoption of zero emission vehicles and clean transportation throughout the Commonwealth. According to the U.S.

Clean Energy 130

Clean Energy Electricity Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 130

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. billion, which could increase retail power bills by as much as 29% starting mid-2025. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day Read more here.]

Natural Resources 107

Natural Resources Clean Energy Electricity Fossil Fuels 107

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2025

data centers risks deepening Americas reliance on fossil fuels and can put consumers and communities at risk, according to the report. Rising electricity demand from U.S. In many cases, much of that demand is for data centers.

Nuclear Power 80

Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Electricity 80

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

Gavin Newsom made a habit of waiving all state environmental rules to allow fossil fuel power plants and backup generators to run without restrictions when the grid was under stress. All that being said, it’s still 2022 and September is upon us.

Solar Power 285

Solar Power Fossil Fuels Electricity 2020 285

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.

Electricity 269

Electricity Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 269

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

But smarter approaches, if carefully applied, could help to reverse costly reliance on gas, and accelerate the clean energy transition in PJM, and nationwide. Department of Energy estimated that unrestricted exports of LNG will increase wholesale domestic gas prices by over 30% by 2050. of the proposed generation in the queue.

Natural Gas 69

Natural Gas Electricity Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 69

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. foothold.

Clean Energy 111

Clean Energy Natural Gas Electricity 2025 111

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

To no one’s surprise it contained zero funding to address climate change – not even for clean energy – which the document referred to multiple times. So while it likes to talk about Ontario’s “clean energy advantage”, the government is actively dismantling it. It will be something to watch.

Clean Energy 101

Clean Energy Government Electricity 2017 101

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 24, 2021

IEA says its report is designed to be used as a handbook for policy-makers at the COP26 summit and offers a critical opportunity to accelerate both climate action as well as the clean energy transition. In this scenario, demand for fossil fuels peaks by 2025, and global CO2 emissions fall by 40% by 2050.

Clean Energy 98

Clean Energy 2030 Fossil Fuels Technology 98

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

By Matthew Carroll, Penn State News Moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar will require better ways to store energy for use when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. Posted: March 19, 2025] PA Environment Digest

Technology 70

Technology Technology Renewable Energy Clean Energy 70

Law and Environment

AUGUST 24, 2022

Lost amid the more high profile items in Massachusetts’ recently enacted Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind is a requirement that the Department of Energy Resources establish a program requiring large buildings across the Commonwealth to report energy usage on an annual basis.

Fossil Fuels 130

Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 2025 Clean Energy 130

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a major—forthcoming—refresh for one of the biggest policy drivers of the nation’s clean energy transition to date: tax credits subsidizing the deployment of clean electricity resources. Clean must mean clean, meaning no polluter loopholes, and no polluter giveaways.

Electricity 275

Electricity Clean Energy Greenhouse Technology 275

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

By Liu Lican On November 8, China issued its first Energy Law , which aims to support the development and utilisation of renewable energy and increase the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption. However, the law also states that there will be “rational development and clean and efficient use” of fossil fuels.

Law 52

Law Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 2025 52

PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

In order for states in PJM to take full advantage of incentives under the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), PJM must remove barriers to meeting the market and policy demand for cheap and clean energy. For context, there were 200 GW of clean energy resources operating in the entire U.S. Read more here.]

Renewable Energy 75

Renewable Energy Clean Energy Natural Gas Electricity 75

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Pennsylvania voters broadly favor the clean energy industry and express concerns about air and water pollution. Click Here for poll results narrative. Click Here for presentation slides. One in ten (11%) voters say they strongly oppose the practice. An additional 19% say they’re not sure. 28 to Oct. 28 to Oct.

Regulations 131

Regulations Natural Gas Clean Energy Electricity 131

A Greener Life

JANUARY 2, 2025

Chinas oil demand could peak in 2025 At the moment, both new coal and non-coal capacity are needed to meet electricity demand. This, as there, of course, as with all fossil fuels, is a finite amount. but it is unclear whether enough non-coal capacity is being added to signal a decline in consumption.

2027 52

2027 Nuclear Power Renewable Energy Electricity 52

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 1, 2023

To no one’s surprise it contained zero funding to address climate change – not even for clean energy – which the document referred to multiple times. So while it likes to talk about Ontario’s “clean energy advantage”, the government is actively dismantling it. It will be something to watch.

Clean Energy 52

Clean Energy Government Electricity 2017 52

Legal Planet

JANUARY 26, 2023

Limits on sustainable removals arise primarily in requirements for land, water, materials and clean energy. Delivering large removals would likely drive up costs of food and energy, exacerbating food insecurity and fuel poverty. Yet if that is to balance residuals in a net zero world, emissions must be cut by 90-95%.

Fossil Fuels 147

Fossil Fuels Air Pollution Carbon Emissions Clean Energy 147

A Greener Life

MAY 20, 2022

With more than 300,000 panels deployed over an area of 214 hectares, it is the largest of its kind in the country, with a production capacity of 100 megawatts (MW) – a sizeable output, but not enough on its own to turn Bolivia’s energy mix away from fossil fuels and towards renewables. Advantageous and encouraging.

Solar Power 98

Solar Power Fossil Fuels Radiation Natural Gas 98

Manning Law

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Although criticized for half measures and loopholes, blamed in part on the influence of petrostates, the agreement reached at the conference should be welcomed as a significant step in the move away from fossil fuels. C limit in their next round of climate action plans (known as nationally determined contributions) by 2025.

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Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement 2030 Climate Change 40

A Greener Life

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Britain’s Octopus Energy has joined the Italian solar and wind developer Nexta Capital Partners in an ambitious project that aims to produce 1.1 gigawatts (GW) of new onshore wind and solar farms in Italy by 2025. Currently, Octopus Energy Generation manages 3 GW of renewables assets across Europe.

Fossil Fuels 97

Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 2025 Clean Energy 97

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2024

Second, coal and natural gas-fired power plants that are work horses of the grid are retiring prematurely both because of the climate policies of some states (not Pennsylvania) and because the federal government discourages or bans fossil-fuel power plants and give preferential treatment to renewable energy. Read more here.]

Renewable Energy 84

Renewable Energy Electricity 2028 Natural Gas 84

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 23, 2022

Canada needs a strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, which must include phasing out high-carbon sectors like the fossil fuel industry. For example, investors used the premise of transitioning high-carbon industries to draft guidelines that greenwash new fossil fuel investments and false solutions like carbon capture.

Fossil Fuels 85

Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 2025 Climate Change 85

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 22, 2024

Bill C-50 is a necessary tool to set Canadian workers up for success in a low-carbon economy Countries around the world are choosing to ditch fossil fuels, like oil, gas and coal, to use renewable energy and increase the energy efficiency of homes, cars and factories. This shift is a major opportunity for Canada.

Fossil Fuels 96

Fossil Fuels Government Paris Agreement Renewable Energy 96

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2024

On August 1, PennFuture released this statement related to the latest PJM Interconnection electricity auction that resulted in a dramatic increase in electricity prices in the PJM footprint for delivery in 2025-26. At the most recent auction, the clearing prices for the 2025/26 delivery year, soared to $269.92 Read more here. "At

Electricity 84

Electricity Natural Gas 2025 Fossil Fuels 84