Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

Chicago’s new CAP aims to remedy those problems and chart an equitable path to cut the city’s carbon emissions by at least 60 percent by 2040. Residential, commercial and industrial buildings account for nearly 70 percent of Chicago’s carbon footprint. Building Retrofits. Building Decarbonization.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

DECEMBER 9, 2021

It attempted to move away from fossil fuels and toward zero-carbon sources like solar power to supply electricity. The production and transportation of oil and gas also cause significant environmental impacts, as does the use of enormous amounts of water for cooling the generators. The Plan was Obama’s signature climate policy.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Energy conservation can take a lot of different forms, starting with retrofitting existing structures with insulation and more efficient heating and cooling. Commercial buildings could benefit from new technologies using artificial intelligence to control their heating and cooling systems.

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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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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 11, 2022

The president’s executive order aims to use the US government’s procurement power to achieve “carbon pollution-free electricity” by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050. By Jennifer Roy and Julie Miles. These targets must be incorporated into performance management systems.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Colorado River water that cooled the plant is part of a broader legal impasse. Water Sector Carbon Emissions, But Its Potential Remains Underdeveloped 0 Comments / August 3, 2021 U.S. utilities have been slower to adopt the energy- and emissions-saving technologies than those in other parts of the world. Brett Walton.

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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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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2024

12 -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Newsletter Highlights Chesapeake Bay Report Card; Tioga River Mine Drainage Treatment Project; eDNA; New Cooling Tower Tech [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Aug. 21 Webinar - Water Testing Through Penn State's Ag Analytical Lab [PaEN] -- Learn How You Can Qualify For Free Well Water Testing During Aug.

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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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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

Republicans said the final regulations will increase the cost of electricity for individuals and businesses, have a negative impact on jobs and will not significantly reduce carbon pollution. And in those states RGGI energy efficiency investments of $2.8 billion have produced nearly $13.5 for every dollar invested.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

It used to be Global Warming and that wasn’t working because we’re actually cooling.” And investments in renewable energy are accelerating because prices have dropped dramatically: m ore than 80 percent of new electricity capacity around the world comes from carbon-free sources. We are suffering from climate change.

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