A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

According to the UNs 2024 Emission Gap Report , 107 countries, covering approximately 82% of global greenhouse gas emissions, had adopted net-zero pledges as of June last year. For example, the take-up of electric vehicles has rocketed, cutting fuel emissions.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 Data Centers, Rising Electricity Prices, Lagging Energy Development [PaEN] -- Food & Water Watch Hosts Aug. Data Centers? -

2023

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

1 Electricity Price Changes; Rates Will Vary From 8.4% PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. Decrease To 31.2% 1 -- WVIA: Heating Bills To Rise 8.7% For UGI Gas Customers Starting Dec. 1 -- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.06 Ohio- $3.03

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2025

So Far This Year [PaEN] -- Spotlight PA: Why Pennsylvanians May See Higher Electric Bills This Summer And Next [PJM Auction, A.I. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 5 Webinar On Protecting Your Pennsylvania Community With Local Zoning [PaEN] -- Planet Philadelphia Radio Program: Aug.

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2025

“In Pennsylvania, we’ve seen firsthand the success of well-designed Energy Efficiency and Conservation programs, including mandatory electric and voluntary natural gas programs,” said Chairman DeFrank. Data Centers, Rising Electricity Prices, Lagging Energy Development [PaEN] -- Food & Water Watch Hosts Aug. Data Centers? -

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The case involves EPAs 2024 Vehicle Standards that set new air pollutant and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for model year 2027 through 2032 Light- and Medium-Duty Vehicles, which have been challenged by states and industry groups. EPA as part of our ongoing amicus efforts to support strong federal climate regulations.

Clean Air Act

Law Columbia

JANUARY 22, 2025

Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) 2024 greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles (the HDV Rule) that went into effect on June 21, 2024. Yesterday, January 21, 2025, the Sabin Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of the National League of Cities (NLC) and the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) in support of the U.S.

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2025

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Nuclear Power

Law Columbia

JULY 7, 2025

The OBBB Act ushers in a consequential shift for local governments and community groups building clean energy projects, investing in electric vehicles (EVs) and, in some instances, navigating IRA grant programs. Entities can claim the ITC or the PTC if their FEOC-eligible solar or wind project is placed in service before December 31, 2027.

2026

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 21, 2025

In other words, if a regulation mentions electric vehicles, its probably on the target list. The executive order also attacks clean vehicle incentives and federal support for electric vehicle charging stations, important complementary policies helping families around the nation make the switch to cleaner vehicles. Whats at stake?

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

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Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

emissions, and just under 15 percent of climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions from the states on-road vehicles. Battery-electric tractor trucks at a charging depot near the Port of Oakland.

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2025

Data Center-Fueled Rate Hikes -- PJM Electric Auction Impacts: 1 In 5 PA Households Report Problems Now Paying Energy Bills; Electric Utility Shutoffs Up 38.1% So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 Muth Seeks To Protect Pennsylvanians From A.I. Data Centers? - Starting Aug. 9 Webinar On Growth Of A.I.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

Now, it’s more important than ever to consider the interests of average utility customers in our region, whose electricity bills and reliable service could be materially affected. PJM, the company that manages the regional electric grid, has projected a 30- to 40-gigawatt energy shortfall (the equivalent of 30 million homes!)

Electricity

Legal Planet

MAY 14, 2025

One more reason were not ready for COP30 is that only 21 countries 11% of the parties have put forward new targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions through to 2035, as required by the Paris Agreement. Housebuilders will be legally required to install solar panels on the roofs of new properties by 2027 under the plans.

Paris Agreement

Legal Planet

APRIL 10, 2025

And the search for gold bars has shockingly been fruitless EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has said that the greenhouse gas reduction program was vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse. Maryland is one of the states that aimed to spur the adoption of electric vehicles by adopting California’s clean-car and clean-truck regulations.

Nitrogen Oxides

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2025

Recyclable EV batteries Between now and 2030, battery electric vehicle retirements will increase rapidly and if we do not have a strong policy in place we could end up with batteries in landfills or being abandoned all together. Senator Josh Becker is authoring SB 540 to allow California to join a regional electricity market.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2025

Data Centers To Ensure PA Consumers Don’t Foot The Bill -- PJM Electric Auction Impacts: 1 In 5 PA Households Report Problems Now Paying Energy Bills; Electric Utility Shutoffs Up 38.1% So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 14 [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: Sept. 9 Webinar On Growth Of A.I.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 5, 2025

The 2009 endangerment finding on climate emissions is the underlying basis for EPA’s regulatory responsibility for taking actions to address greenhouse gas pollution. Source: EPA ) This latest attack on vehicle standards specifically covers EPA’s greenhouse gas standards for cars and commercial medium and heavy-duty trucks.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2025

Data Centers To Ensure PA Consumers Don’t Foot The Bill -- PJM Electric Auction Impacts: 1 In 5 PA Households Report Problems Now Paying Energy Bills; Electric Utility Shutoffs Up 38.1% So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 14 [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: Sept. 9 Webinar On Growth Of A.I.

2025

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2025

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Nuclear Power

Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Goods imported into the UK from countries with a lower or no carbon price will face a levy by 2027. The UK ETS puts a price on greenhouse gases emitted by domestic producers, through a “cap-and-trade” system, in which total carbon emissions and allowances under the scheme are capped. Davies , Michael D.

Government

E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The changes are designed to support a renewable energy grid, make buildings more energy efficient, support the use of electric vehicles, and reduce waste and stormwater runoff. This will provide greater flexibility for electric equipment such as heat pumps. The proposal will now advance to the City Council for final approval.

Renewable Energy

Law Columbia

AUGUST 1, 2024

The grants will enable investments in solar projects , building energy-efficiency upgrades , the buildout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure , and the promotion of climate-smart agricultural practices , among many other projects. Environmental Protection Agency announced the 25 successful applicants for a shared $4.3

Clean Energy

Acoel

APRIL 24, 2023

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Economic Sector in 2021. Readily available technologies like electric heat pumps and induction stoves are better for our health and the climate, far more efficient than their gas predecessors, and increasingly cost-effective. Posted on April 24, 2023 by Kristen Boyles Total U.S.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just finalized its Phase 3 greenhouse gas regulation as a part of the administration’s plan to decarbonize the transportation sector. The Phase 3 regulation will cut new greenhouse gas emissions from trucks in 2032 by 32 to 62 percent for vocational trucks (e.g., And if so, where?

2027

A Greener Life

JUNE 10, 2022

Most of the work relates to greening the city’s buildings — electric heat pump installations, weatherizations and solar panel and battery installations. However, trainees also have the opportunity to learn other in-demand skills, such as electric vehicle charger maintenance and Wi-Fi installation. Roughly a third of U.S.

Cooling

Capaccio

APRIL 22, 2024

Keeping this in mind, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for compliance with the new rules. Greenhouse Gas Emissions The rules require large accelerated filers (LAFs) and accelerated filers (AFs) to disclose material Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 ( i.e., electricity, steam, heating, or cooling) greenhouse gas emissions.

Greenhouse

Columbia Climate Law

AUGUST 6, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s climate change plan , released last week, centers on two goals: installing 500 million solar panels by 2021, and, relatedly, adding enough electric generation capacity from renewable sources to supply all residential electricity needs. The second component of Clinton’s plan is a “Clean Energy Challenge.”

Climate Change

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. As the mainstay of its energy supply – thermal power plants (coal, oil and gas) supply 56% (239 GW) of the country’s total installed electricity – coal remains crucial for Indian energy security.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

leader in cleaning up the light duty fleet quietly released its own proposal in August: the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed to improve fuel economy of passenger cars and trucks steadily from 2027 through 2032 and heavy-duty pickups and vans from 2030 to 2035.

Electricity

Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Regulation’s proposed criteria for gaseous fossil fuels (which includes both conventional natural gas, and synthetic gas derived from coal gasification) allow investment in their consumption without restriction in function, scale, or time period, as long as greenhouse gas emissions are no higher than 100 gCO2eq/kWh (see §4.29-31

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule has the potential to significantly reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as harmful air pollutants like fine particulates (PM2.5) This new regulation would apply to delivery vans, big rigs, box trucks, and buses.

Electricity

Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

The bill is sprawling, covering climate and energy topics as diverse as electric vehicles, building decarbonization, clean energy manufacturing and supply chains, agriculture, and greening the electricity system, all through a range of tax incentives and direct grants. Still, how does a local government tap in?

Clean Air Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2024

They will go into effect in model year 2027 and steadily increase in stringency through model year 2032. This is arguably the first time that the availability of plug-in electric vehicles has factored so significantly into the setting of US vehicle standards. Encouraging EVs EPA has set standards before, so what’s different this time?

2027

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Now that California has taken the lead and set a goal for all passenger vehicles sold in the state to be electric by 2035, the next logical step is electrifying medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. This is an integral step towards cleaning our air and reducing climate-warming emissions. There are more than 1.8 pollution from vehicles.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I recently wrote a (very wonky) paper about how giving credits to technology deployment in advance of the beginning of the rule in 2027 could pose a serious problem to the long-term effectiveness on the rule at driving the cleanest technology to market, but it’s worth summarizing here. EPA has proposed three different early credit programs.

Regulations