Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 18, 2024

But hydrogen can be cleanly produced and, with the right guardrails in place, that clean hydrogen can then be used to clean up polluting parts of the economy that can’t readily convert to running on renewable electricity. Otherwise, hydrogen will slow the clean energy transition, not speed it. the “three pillars”).

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Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 2028 Carbon Emissions 262

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

The IRA was passed into law to propel our nation’s clean energy transition forward. These have been the stalwarts of clean energy progress to date and will remain so moving forward. Treasury and the IRS are right to propose clear rules for solar- and wind-powered electricity generation. Feedstock eligibility.

Electricity 289

Electricity Wind Power Greenhouse Clean Energy 289

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Once the battery looks up to code, it is off to the grid to power our renewable energy future! Battery energy storage is powerful and growing. Battery energy storage can help store clean energy for the grid. Challenges and Opportunities in Mining Materials for Energy Storage Lithium-ion Batteries.

Wind Power 286

Wind Power Renewable Energy Electricity Clean Energy 286

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2022

The November 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL, includes an $8 billion “regional clean hydrogen hubs” program that charges the Department of Energy (DOE) with the development of at least four hydrogen hubs to advance the nation’s clean hydrogen sector.

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Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Natural Gas Waste 279

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 25, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act’s new hydrogen production tax credit , known as code 45V, is intended to incentivize a shift to low-carbon hydrogen production by offering producers a credit that increases in value as the carbon emissions associated with produced hydrogen declines.

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Clean Energy Carbon Emissions 261

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2025

Penn Energy Savers Rebates Are Coming Soon To Help Eligible Households Upgrade To Energy Efficient Appliances, Do Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- City Of Reading Begins Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy Project To Save $13.3

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Renewable Energy Carbon Emissions Cooling Clean Energy 86

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 19, 2023

Richer nations, which are most responsible for heat-trapping emissions, must provide low- and middle-income countries the funding they require to transition to clean energy and better withstand worsening climate extremes. And we must invest in protecting critical ecosystems too.

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change Clean Energy Carbon Emissions 246

Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

[iii] Low-carbon electricity imports – The majority of carbon emissions from airport operations arises from electricity consumption. Adopting low-carbon electricity imports will support the Blueprint’s goal for the aviation sector to reach net zero domestic emissions by 2050.

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Solar Power 2019 Biofuels 2030 130

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 27, 2023

At the international and federal levels, significant progress was made on climate action, plastic waste, toxic chemicals and biodiversity conservation. This move will free up taxpayer money to invest in the clean energy transition for Canadians. You can read more here. Read more about the bans here.

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2024 Fossil Fuels Government Electricity 140

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The agreement will help Sheetz avoid nearly 78,000 metric tons of carbon emissions associated with its energy use annually, the equivalent of taking nearly 17,000 cars off the road, according to U.S. The RECs from the in-development solar projects are not included in this agreement. EPA estimates.

Renewable Energy 113

Renewable Energy Recycling Carbon Emissions Electricity 113

PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2024

Of Conservation Districts Awarded Nearly $37,000 To Support 21 District Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Projects Call For Presentation Proposals: PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct.

Conservation 94

Conservation 2024 Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 94

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2022

On December 7, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced it has begun providing renewable natural gas (RNG) for the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority in Bellefonte, Centre County, supporting a transition to a cleaner, low-carbon fuel produced from organic waste.

Natural Gas 52

Natural Gas Recycling Carbon Emissions Clean Energy 52

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Rare earth elements and other critical minerals and materials are key to manufacturing clean energy technologies here in America—such as solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and hydrogen fuel cells. Of Energy Awards $1.95

Natural Gas 84

Natural Gas Technology Technology Clean Energy 84

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Also on the Committee agenda are-- -- House Bill 2393 (Friel-D-Chester) setting standards for the storage or land application of food processing residual waste on farms. An amendment is expected. -- House Bill 2594 (Friel-D-Chester) providing for the certification of food processing residual waste haulers and brokers.

Natural Gas 93

Natural Gas Electricity Nuclear Power Clean Energy 93

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2022

Senate climate and energy bill -- “After much deliberation, Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) and Chairman Manchin (D-WV) recently announced their agreement to tackle inflation, lower health care costs, and invest $369.75 billion in climate and clean energy. These investments will put the U.S.

Carbon Emissions 52

Carbon Emissions Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Air Pollution 52

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Read more here. -- Bill Killing Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants: Senate Bill 119 (Pittman-R-Indiana) would kill the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Program covering power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Click Here for the Senate Republican Accomplishments Report.

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Regulations Clean Energy Greenhouse 2021 75

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 22, 2022

The government has often justified the pipeline by promising that its eventual profits will fund clean energy projects; this is flimsy logic given the disastrous climate and environmental impacts of the project.

Carbon Emissions 52

Carbon Emissions Clean Energy Government Waste 52

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 30, 2022

At the international and federal levels, significant progress was made on climate action, plastic waste, toxic chemicals and biodiversity conservation. British Columbia was a welcome exception due to initiatives like the province’s clean car standards , plastic waste policies and climate plan. . You can read more here. .

2023 87

2023 Fossil Fuels Electricity Carbon Emissions 87

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The Philadelphia Energy Authority continues to position Philadelphia as a national leader in using clean energy to drive equitable economic development," said Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson. I started with taking small steps such as buying a bicycle and reducing plastic waste.

Renewable Energy 52

Renewable Energy Clean Energy Carbon Emissions Climate Change 52

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Pennsylvania Climate Change Act of 2008 requires the state Department of Environmental Protection to provide the Legislature and governor every three years a report on current and projected climate change impacts, and a plan of actions to reduce carbon emissions. DEP published Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan 2021 in September.

Carbon Emissions 52

Carbon Emissions Climate Change Electricity Renewable Energy 52

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

StreamWatch Volunteer Training May 20 In Monroe County [PaEN] -- CBF: Proposed Settlement Of Lawsuit Against EPA For Failing To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Meeting Chesapeake Bay Water Pollution Reduction Goals Focuses On Actions In 7 PA Counties [PaEN] -- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, (..)

Conservation 80

Conservation Earth Day Natural Gas Climate Change 80

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 23, 2023

clean hydrogen industry that creates good-paying jobs, while also reducing carbon emissions. The Treasury Department’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) provides definitions of key terms in the statute, including lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, qualified clean hydrogen, and qualified clean hydrogen production facility.

Regulations 76

Regulations Natural Gas Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels 76

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.

Regulations 52

Regulations Clean Energy 2030 Climate Change 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions. How is that going to happen? Their report, however, comes with a warning.

Carbon Emissions 331

Carbon Emissions Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 2030 331

Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Worse than that, it might end up misdirecting the world’s clean energy efforts into dirtier than appreciated energy technologies because of the country’s ongoing dependence on coal-fired energy. Basic reasoning suggests the manufacturing shift must have added to solar’s carbon intensity. million cars to the road.

Electricity 134

Electricity Fossil Fuels Government Carbon Emissions 134

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

23 Innovative CEOs Enabling And Expanding Decarbonization; Part Of Global Clean Energy Action Forum Erie 2030 District Achieves 22.4% Decline In Energy Use; $4.6 Million In Energy Savings; 14.6%

Conservation 52

Conservation Nuclear Power 2009 Pollution Control 52

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

And what happens is, you've mentioned this, that 95% of the [proposed] energy [facilities], the new coming online in the [JPM] queue, is wind and solar and that means only 5% is natural gas, or coal, or nuclear or whatever. So it seems to me, and I love it when people say, oh, well by 2035 we're going to have totally clean energy.

Nuclear Power 98

Nuclear Power Natural Gas Electricity Renewable Energy 98

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2023

Yaw Statement On Virginia Withdrawal From RGGI -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Republican Lawmakers Hopeful After Virginia Rejects RGGI Carbon Pricing -- EnergyWire: PA Coal Plants Keep Closing, Does The State Need Carbon Trading? From Baseline; Savings Of $59.7

Natural Gas 81

Natural Gas 2023 Climate Change Conservation 81

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 18, 2023

When It Comes To PA Senate’s Vote Changing DEP’s Name, It Accomplishes Nothing - By Joseph Powers, Former DEP Acting Secretary, Executive Deputy -- TribLive Editorial: ‘Protection’ Still Core Of DEP’s Job -- DEP Posts Solicitation For Bids To Plug 23 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Waste Injection Wells Owned By ARG Resources, Inc.

Conservation 83

Conservation Natural Gas Electricity Recycling 83

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Today’s choice to pass the most ambitious and transformative climate and clean energy investments in our nation’s history will reverberate throughout the generations that follow, making our air purer, our communities safer, our economy stronger, and our families and neighbors healthier. It is time for serious, historic climate action.

Clean Energy 40

Clean Energy Climate Change Conservation Greenhouse 40

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

23 Innovative CEOs Enabling And Expanding Decarbonization; Part Of Global Clean Energy Action Forum [PaEN] -- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Suburban Philadelphia Firm Bets On New Technology to Store Solar Power 24/7 -- Erie 2030 District Achieves 22.4% Decline In Energy Use; $4.6 Million In Energy Savings; 14.6% 12 to Nov.

Conservation 48

Conservation Waste Climate Change 2009 48

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 21, 2022

Cambria County -- TribLive: Fox Chapel Officials To Make Solar Panel Installation Less Cumbersome -- New Poll: Strong Majority Of PA Voters Support Climate Action To Cut Carbon and Methane Pollution [PaEN] -- U.S. Million Push To Save 208 Acres Of Crebilly Farm In Westtown Twp.,

Conservation 48

Conservation Climate Change Law Clean Energy 48

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

On June 7, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held its third information session on carbon capture technology and covered its job potential, how it could help reach a net-zero carbon emissions goal and the environmental and other impacts and risks.

Regulations 71

Regulations Technology Technology Natural Gas 71

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Acknowledging that the United States is a leading contributor to carbon emissions, the Biden administration has committed to cutting US emissions 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. Offshore wind turbines also have a relatively small footprint and are able to use much larger turbines than land-based projects.

Electricity 357

Electricity Fossil Fuels Solar Power 2030 357

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

On January 26, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed House File 7 —the 100% Clean Energy Bill. Now it’s on to the state Senate, where the question is: Will this be the year Minnesota sets a path toward 100-percent carbon-free electricity? Removing trash burners’ ability to qualify as “renewable energy” facilities.

Electricity 264

Electricity Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 264

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

When I met former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson, I asked about his clean energy solutions and explained that his predecessor Governor Mike Huckabee spoke at a New Hampshire climate conference I organized in 2007, where he affirmed his support for mandatory limits on carbon emissions.

Climate Change 246

Climate Change Politics Sea Level 2007 246

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The full lifecycle of fossil fuels, which includes exploration, extraction, processing, storage, transportation, combustion, and waste disposal, threatens the health of our planet and communities—with the burden disproportionately being borne by communities of color and low-income communities. result in billions of dollars saved.

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Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Emissions 290