Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This marked a career shift toward direct climate and equity advocacy, where I could use my background in electrical engineering to more directly tackle the climate challenges threatening our planet’s critical resources, including the glaciers I would soon visit. After leaving the road, we began the steep ascent up to Swiftcurrent Pass.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The report’s authors claim that success in lowering carbon emissions will be determined by how well the world manages its water. Freshwater ecosystems like marshes and wetlands store carbon, protect biodiversity, and improve soil and water quality. Nuclear plants, for instance, require enormous volumes of water for cooling.

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Physics World

JUNE 28, 2021

A device that can generate electricity while desalinating seawater has been developed by researchers in Saudi Arabia and China, who claim that their new system is highly efficient at performing both tasks. The device uses waste heat from the solar cell for desalination, thereby cooling the solar cell.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Coal power, from mining to generation, is among the thirstiest and most polluting ways to produce electricity. But as diplomats meet in Glasgow starting on October 31, with plans to keep the planet from dangerously overheating, water experts say they need to keep more than carbon in mind. These technologies require even more energy.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 11, 2022

One reason to save energy is to limit carbon emissions from the energy we use. But energy conservation is important for reasons that go beyond the direct effect on emissions. If cooling your house gets cheaper because you’re more energy efficiency, you might decide you can afford to keep your house even cooler.

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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. But beyond more electric cars and solar panels, what can everyday people do?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2024

Last year, my UCS colleagues working on climate science and corporate accountability found, in a peer-reviewed study , that 37% of the area burned in western North America since 1986 is attributable to the carbon emissions of just 88 fossil fuel companies and cement manufacturers. That 37% equates to 19.8

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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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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2025

On March 6, the City of Reading announced it is now moving into the construction phase as part of a strategic partnership with Schneider Electric to implement a Guaranteed Energy Savings Act (GESA) project, reinforcing Reading's commitment to sustainability and energy efficiency. With over 4,300 solar panels generating more than 1.78

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2025

Kate Harper (R), former member of PA House, and former Congressman Conor Lamb (D) are Co-Chairs of Energy Future PA Related Articles: -- PUC House Budget Hearing: We Arent Going To Build Our Way Out Of Electric Generation Shortfalls On PJM Grid; We Need To Diversify Our Generation Sources [PaEN] -- Frozen Hoping For A Thaw: Eastern PA Coalition For (..)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

These new protections will include updates to power plant standards on carbon emissions , mercury pollution , and toxic coal ash pollution , just to name a few. Last year, for the first time ever, US renewable electricity generation surpassed coal-fired electricity generation.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The company is falsely claiming that “natural” gas, better described as fossil gas, is the most cost-effective way for people to heat their homes, when in reality electric heat pumps are a significantly cheaper option. Natural Gas vs Electric For a long time, fossil gas was the cheapest way to heat buildings.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 25, 2023

According to the report, the transportation, electricity and residential heating and cooling sectors are responsible for almost 75% of Connecticut’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 10, 2024

Natural Gas vs Electric For a long time, fossil gas was the cheapest way to heat buildings. But now, electric heat pumps are a much cheaper option. Upfront equipment costs can also be lower because heat pumps provide both heating and cooling in one unit and they qualify for a number of government rebate programs.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

We all know that to successfully address climate change we need to phase out fossil fuels and switch to electric power. A s we transition our homes and vehicles to electric power, it’s imperative that the electricity sector be clean. creating ice in off peak periods to supply cooling in peak periods. As the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 11, 2022

We are at a game-changing moment for all of humanity, as climate science tells us exactly where we’re headed if we don’t reduce carbon emissions urgently. percent, compared to an average of 2.3 percent for non-low-income households). We must prioritize investments in climate resilience for historically marginalized communities.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Ontario needs to do our part in reducing global emissions and phasing out fossil gas is a smart way to do it. Nearly a third of our current carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions come from burning fossil gas for electricity, home heating and other uses! BONUS – COOL TECH ALERT! Electric Vehicles Charging.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On the other end of the electric grid, advanced technologies can help reduce the amount of energy that is required for basic services like lighting, heating, and cooling. The average electricity consumption per household in the US in 2009 was 11,320 kWh per year [3]. However, there is a big piece of this puzzle that is missing.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2023

. -- Help Wanted: Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds - Executive Director - John Dawes Retiring [PaEN] -- Bay Journal: Satellites, Drones, Special Cameras Join The Fight Against Methane/VOC Pollution From Oil/Gas Wells, Petrochemical Plants, Landfills, Coal Mines In Pennsylvania - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN] -- Environmental Health (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2023

From freezer upgrades in labs to geothermal heating and cooling at Johnstown, the winner will move the University of Pittsburgh toward its carbon neutrality goal. Excessive food waste and dying soils are having a profoundly negative global impact, notably in creating extreme atmospheric carbon levels.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable. Adding more variable energy sources to electricity grids, all else being equal, might not in itself make electricity less reliable. But all else is not equal. GW of wind produced at a rate of 0.65

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2023

Since 2010, WCU has cut energy costs by millions of dollars, lowered per capita carbon emissions by more than a third, and significantly reduced the environmental impacts of its campus operations. Also visit the Commonwealth’s Pathways to Green Schools program webpage for more information on school sustainability initiatives.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

The project is reducing emissions and Phoenix Contact’s carbon footprint. It complements Phoenix Contact’s Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power (CCHP) system, which generates about half of the facility’s electric requirements. In total since its construction, the Resource Center has grown and donated nearly 10,000 lbs.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2024

For example, it may lead you to improve your building’s insulation, or switch your home heating system to an electric heat-pump, which also provides cooling in the summer. If it’s within your means, you can purchase an electric vehicle (EV) or a plug-in hybrid car. Look for ways to embrace clean, renewable energy.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 13, 2024

Reusing venues and replacing fossil fuel with renewable energy use is essential to cutting emissions at a large sporting event. Approximately 95% of venues for the Paris Games will be pre-existing or temporary facilities, and this factor alone is expected to reduce carbon emissions by one million tonnes compared to new buildings.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

Yang Fuqiang thinks it is unreasonable to make energy-producing provinces such as Inner Mongolia solely responsible for cutting carbon emissions. If it benefits, it has to help cut carbon. Yet the industry still causes pollution and carbon emissions. Power importers are likely to prefer green power.

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Physics World

JANUARY 7, 2022

Electric vehicles already offer a viable route to zero-emission road travel, but more innovation is needed to build better batteries that enable longer journeys and faster charging – and all within an affordable price tag. One of the biggest challenges in tackling the climate crisis will be to clean up our transportation networks.

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Some context is helpful, especially for those just getting their arms around measuring and reducing GHG emissions: Scope 1 GHG emissions are “direct emissions” that occur from sources that are controlled or owned by an organization (e.g.,

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Onya

OCTOBER 10, 2019

An estimated 10,000 people gathered in Perth for the Global Strike 4 Climate rally, demanding government and businesses commit to a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2030. Look for ways to keep your home cool in the summer without an air conditioner. Switch to an electric or hybrid vehicle. Take public transit.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2024

Fiedler: PA School Superintendents Voice Support For Solar For Schools Legislation -- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials: Is A Solar Electric Systems A Good Fit For Me?

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Environmental Science

JULY 22, 2018

It also incorporates both a warm and a cool period during the oscillation - both of which impact upper atmospheric winds (10). In more recent times, Krakatoa in the East Indies cooled the planet's temperature rise and halted sea level rise for at least two decades, and that was one volcano - albeit an intense one (20).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Power lines are all underground, which means that electricity to the community isn’t as easily affected by strong hurricane winds. When it’s dangerously hot outside and you don’t have air conditioning or can’t afford to pay for it, where do you go to cool off? Now, in addition to being a community hub, BHAC serves as a cooling center.

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Environmental Science

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

There may also be an extreme variation between warm and cool seasons, including extreme winds and storms due to the mixing of cold and warm air. They have, however, developed a great defense mechanism against extreme heat in that they lick their bodies and the saliva cools the blood (22). Sponsored Content.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

SG: One great example of progress is the dramatic decline in coal-fired electricity in the United States. In 2012, coal accounted for 37 percent of US electricity, while natural gas and renewables—including hydropower—accounted for 30 percent and 11.7 percent respectively, according to US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data.

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Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2022

As the state moves toward all-electric buildings, replacing older gas-powered furnaces and air conditioning units with heat pumps can reduce carbon emissions and indoor air pollution while increasing efficiency, comfort and resiliency, especially as extreme heat events increase.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 25, 2021

This week’s episode features research on the carbon emissions of dam reservoirs, officials in Taiwan battling an unusually severe drought, and an investigation by USA Today that found a patchwork of regulations for cleaning U.S. Underground pipe networks, which reach 800,000 people in Gaza, have burst. water towers and tanks.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

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