Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2023

electricity to about one-fifth today. The passage of the 1970 Clean Air Act and its major 1990 Amendments don’t show up at all in a graph of coal use. In fact, there was a surge in construction of new coal plants after 1970 due to high electricity demand. electricity use hit a ceiling , and it has risen only slightly since then.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) contains a tax credit that can be used for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. You might have missed it because its name is a bit wordy and doesn’t contain the words “electric” or “charging.” The credit is called the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit. Why now and why in 2032?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Replacing petroleum with renewable electricity as the primary source of transportation energy will leave us all much better off. Tailpipes from our cars, trucks and buses are also a major source of toxic local air pollution that disproportionately harms overburdened and underserved communities.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Another is that the costs of renewable energy and electric vehicles have declined so greatly in the past ten years, making them more or less competitive with their fossil-fuel alternatives. They also reduce air pollution and benefit public health.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

Air pollution from ports comes from many sources: ships, trains, tugboats, cargo equipment, and – quite importantly – the trucks that move cargo containers to and from ports. A Volvo VNR electric truck used for drayage in Southern California. Volvo Trucks.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

It attempted to move away from fossil fuels and toward zero-carbon sources like solar power to supply electricity. Fossil fuel plants — coal-fired power plants in particular — cause serious air pollution problems. If the Democrats can pass some version of the reconciliation bill, renewable energy would get a really big boost.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

Community solar would allow thousands of Pennsylvanians, like me in the Lehigh Valley, and across the Commonwealth who do not have the property to handle solar panels to receive the benefits of clean energy, said Rep. Solar panels do not emit carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides, or other harmful air pollutants when theyre working.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 18, 2022

What’s on the table includes provisions to: Drive robust air quality monitoring so that targeted interventions can have the greatest impact, and we can more easily track progress in air quality improvements for residents most burdened by the harmful localized air pollution. Accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2024

I work in the electric utility sector, specifically on the grid issues that shape our energy supply choices. I heard some early warnings of data center growth running into grid limits first from tech companies and then from electric utility planners. This growth is a jolt to the usually slow-moving electricity sector.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

The [federal Bipartisan Infrastructure and Inflation Reduction Acts] provide billions of dollars in investment aimed at expanding low-and no-carbon technologies, accelerating a just energy transition, and building equity into climate adaptation efforts. 70% of the program proceeds will go toward electric bill rebates for ratepayers.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 9, 2025

The world is moving away from fossil fuels in favour of things like new and improved heat pumps and renewable energy sources. Heat pumps can now be used in most of the country all year round and replace more expensive, polluting and dangerous gas and oil. Protecting Nature As we mentioned, Southern Ontario has a sprawl problem.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

DTE’s proposal, known as an integrated resource plan, describes how the utility intends to fulfill its customers’ electricity needs over the next 20 years. These types of long-term energy plans include forecasting the amount of electricity customers will need and examining different options for supporting that need.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 16, 2023

We are well on our way to an electric transportation future, and that’s a good thing, too. Electrification is a key strategy to reduce climate warming and local air pollution emissions from the transportation sector. EVs can also support the grid by making use of the storage capacity of the vehicles’ batteries.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Like many other public-serving institutions throughout society, electricity and gas utilities are facing calls to be more equitable in their operations, planning, and treatment of customers. How are energy equity and energy justice connected? Energy equity lives under the umbrella of energy justice.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

Shapiro: FERC Approves Settlement With PJM To Prevent Unnecessary Prices Hikes, Save Consumers Over $21 Billion On Electric Bills [PaEN] -- New Report: Fixing PJMs Broken Electric Generation Approval Process Can Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs Across The Mid-Atlantic [PaEN] -- North American Electric Reliability Corp.

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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.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It’s also difficult to ensure that the right steps are being taken at the right time – for instance, when there’s a surge in electric vehicles, that there will be enough charging stations and enough renewable energy to keep them going. b) The range of projected air pollution reductions that result from the measure. (c)

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

Twelve percent of capacity comes from hydro, and an impressive 23% from renewables (10% wind, 9% solar). The national electricity plan projected that renewables will exceed coal in 2027. The roadmap calls for Mumbai to get half its electricity from renewables by 2030 and 90% by 2050. As in the U.S.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 4, 2023

In the coming years, Californians will begin to see a massive switch away from highly polluting fossil-fueled trucks to zero-emission electric trucks. ACF is anticipated to accelerate the annual adoption of zero-emission trucks in California by around 80% , which will reduce exposure-related health complications from air pollution.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

In March, start-up BasiGo became the first company to launch an electric passenger bus in Kenya. We selected BYD because they are the largest manufacturer of electric buses globally and they are known for battery technology that is state-of-the-art,” BasiGo co-founder and CEO Jit Bhattacharya told China Dialogue.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

By Leigh Hartman When Son Nguyen lived in the US, he saw rapidly advancing electric vehicle technology and heard stories from back in Vietnam about air pollution. Dat Bike is one of numerous partners the US government works with to meet this rapidly growing demand for clean energy. © NamLong Nguyen / Shutterstock.com.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

More is needed to produce the same amount of energy compared with higher calorific coal, requiring more land for mining, and creating more air pollution per unit of energy produced. The impact of emissions is high, but not much energy is produced,” said Pius Ginting, executive coordinator of AEER.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

Governor Shapiro also highlighted key components of the plan while visiting Penn England Farms in Blair County, where a methane digester is turning farm waste into clean energy, cutting electricity costs, and generating revenue. Read more here ] The Lightning Plan will expand access to shared digesters to help more farmers benefit.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

Air Quality Permits - Comments -- Diversified Production LLC - Compressor Station/Water Storage Facility On State Game Lands: DEP invites comments on an State Only Air Quality Permit covering multiple sources of air pollution at the facility located in Gaskill Twp., Jefferson County. ( Greene County.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Since Panther Creek started generating cryptocurrency it has not justified that it contributes more than one-third of its potential electric output capacity to a public utility for sale," said Russell Zerbo, an advocate with the nonprofit Clean Air Council. Panther Creek must explain how much of its power is for public use.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

But what you probably haven’t heard is that our grid is getting dirtier again, with fossil fuels increasing in our electricity supply from burning natural gas. That means carbon emissions from electricity in Ontario will be rising back up again after years of decline. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 .

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2024

In response, Carolyn Heckman, Associate Director of Pennsylvania Policy for EEN Action, released the following statement-- “It’s time to recognize our past and the workers who sacrificed their health and lives to make our Commonwealth the energy leader it is today. Comitta, Sen. Santarsiero, Rep. Friel-Otten, Rep. Abney Introduce Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2024

Together, these bills would cap climate pollution from the Commonwealth’s largest global warming polluters, and significantly increase the existing requirements for renewable energy produced by utility companies providing electricity in Pennsylvania to be at least 35% wind and solar by 2035.

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Earthava

MAY 17, 2021

Green technologies are eco-friendly inventions that’ concerned with energy efficiency, recycling, renewable resources , and more. In the transportation sector, green tech solutions include electric vehicles, such as eco-friendly electric scooters and e-bikes, and vehicle sharing, among others.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2024

As a major energy-producing state, we have a responsibility to lead the way in addressing climate change. PACER is the way forward to cleaner air, job growth, and consumer savings on electricity bills,” said Sen. Comitta, who serves as Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. “I

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2024

AFIG aims to increase sustainable and renewable energy throughout Pennsylvania's transportation sector, lowering greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality for many communities," said DEP Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley. "A The awards will save an estimated 895,231 gallons of gasoline per year. Partners Host Aug.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Bad for the budget: from spending hundreds of millions of dollars on peaker plants that will rarely ever be used; to burning gas when renewables are a cheaper way to provide electricity; and the increase of dirty power generation which will scare off future investors / businesses.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

Here, a look at just a few key pieces of note: Spurring clean energy deployment through broadened tax credits, expanded access to those credits, and new incentives for building out local clean energy projects.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2023

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - April 13, 14 Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - April 13 TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP Issues Three More Air Quality Violations To Shell Petrochemical Plant In (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

Free PA Industrial Energy Audits Available To First 20 Facilities To Apply [PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program To Help Small To Mid-Size Manufacturers Reduce Energy Costs Across The State [PaEN] -- April 18 Webinar: RISE PA - Decreasing Industrial Pollution For Pennsylvania Families [PaEN] -- Gov.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 1, 2024

billion in implementation funding under the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program. billion in funding over five years for electric vehicle charging and other alternative fueling infrastructure in communities and along alternative fuel corridors.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

DEP said it has the statutory authority in the 1995 law that created the agency, the state Air Pollution Control Act and other laws to establish grant and funding programs to implement the Plan. 1 Price Changes: Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8% Pennsylvania’s Climate Action Priority Plan is available online.

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