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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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

As of 2020, the three largest sources of emissions in Pennsylvania are: -- Electricity Generation (29% of gross emissions) -- Transportation Fuel Consumption (22% of gross emissions) -- Industrial Emissions (19% of gross emissions) Emissions from electricity generation decreased 10.4% from 2005 to 2020.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

A report commissioned by the Ontario Power Authority (now the Independent Electricity System Operator) identified 64 potential offshore wind power sites in the Great Lakes that could produce nearly 35,000 MW of electricity which is 50 per cent more than our current energy demand. Construction worker installs new energy-efficient windows.

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Physics World

JUNE 28, 2021

The device uses waste heat from the solar cell for desalination, thereby cooling the solar cell. However, current desalination systems can be expensive and energy hungry, producing significant carbon emissions. Climate change is also driving demand for renewable energy, like solar power.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 13, 2024

The United States needs to speed its transition to clean energy in order to stave off even worse impacts of climate change. One place to look is the power grid , responsible for a quarter of the United States’ carbon emissions. But beyond more electric cars and solar panels, what can everyday people do?

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2024

For example, lots of solutions for reducing emissions and adapting to climate change will happen at the local level. Support clean energy Solar Power Plant in modern city: Sustainable Renewable Energy. Transitioning how we produce and consume energy is crucial for reducing fossil fuel emissions.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Advocates of renewable energy have argued since the 1970s that the variable, weather-dependent nature of sunlight and wind is a modest obstacle at best to relying on 100 percent renewables. Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable.

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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. There is huge potential for developing renewable energy in Inner Mongolia, which could be used to power other industries.

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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. The campus also features ground and roof solar arrays, and WCU purchases renewable energy credits.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In the EU’s carbon market, EU ETS , the cost of emitting a tonne of CO2 on Monday the 20 th of February, became close to breaching 100 euros at 98.30 Forecasts of cool weather and expectations of lower wind power output had driven up demand for more fossil-fuel produced energy.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 13, 2024

What drives emissions from ‘big sport’? Reusing venues and replacing fossil fuel with renewable energy use is essential to cutting emissions at a large sporting event. Paris 2024 has also committed to using 100% renewable energy, primarily wind and solar but also biogas. million people to 1.58

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

The system, which went live in early 2022, can generate up to 30% of the facility’s energy needs during peak hours (although performance will vary depending on conditions.) The project is reducing emissions and Phoenix Contact’s carbon footprint.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

However, several analyses—including a recent one by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)—have concluded that the IRA, even when coupled with the bipartisan infrastructure act and other federal and state climate policies, will not be enough to meet US carbon emission reduction goals. EN: We have already seen a great deal of progress.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

We've demonstrated this commitment through our Climate Pledge goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. We recognize that bringing on new sources of baseload, carbon-free energy is critical to meeting society's growing electricity needs and meeting our customers' demands.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This historic funding will bolster more than 60 Energy Department programs focused on increasing system reliability and resilience and expanding access to renewable energy resources. All told, IRA climate-related initiatives are expected to cut US global warming emissions 30 to 40 percent by 2030. How cool is that?

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Two sturdy and growing sources of renewable energy, wind turbines and solar power, use negligible amounts of water. But other low-carbon technologies do not tread as lightly. Nuclear plants demand enormous volumes of water for cooling, and they kill aquatic life and make rivers warmer in the process. It is already 1.1

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Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Extreme heat is not just an abstract notion: if we can’t cool our bodies enough, we’re in danger of neurological failure, organ failure and even death, with the risks highest for children and the elderly. Overall, cement accounts for 3% of the world’s carbon emissions. Where are they most likely? Wood you believe?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Million In Solar For All Funding From Self-Imposed Freeze [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Solar Power Supporters In PA Say Outlook Is Positive, Even As Policies Could Change Under President -- City Of Reading Begins Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy Project To Save $13.3

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

degree warming by the end of the century and to minimise the effects of climate change, cities need to be at net-zero carbon by 2050 (Coalitions for Urban Transition, 2019). So what needs to change: Cities of the future will need to rely less on fossil fuels and invest in renewable energies.

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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). Australasia: Gibson Desert (Semi-Arid).

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

They said, depending on how the proceeds of the final regulations are invested, it will not have a negative impact on jobs, but will be a job creator and energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives will reduce energy costs. In addition, last July, Sen.

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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. Jordan and Israel signed a pact to swap renewable energy for desalinated water. Water Sector Carbon Emissions, But Its Potential Remains Underdeveloped 0 Comments / August 3, 2021 U.S. Brett Walton. And the U.S. Laura Gersony.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 29, 2025

Wind and solar are not only greener, they are also cheaper energy sources than gas and nuclear. Detail how it will help get Ontarians homes off of gas and give people the opportunity to get highly efficient heat pumps that reduce heating and cooling bills.

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 11, 2022

To promote this policy, the EO also requires that federal agencies develop carbon pollution-free electricity generation and energy storage capacity on their real property assets. This directive raises the possibility of a greater opening of government land — in particular military bases — for renewable energy projects.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Another example is presented by Trump’s effort to lighten requirements for environmental impact statements — uniformly opposed by environmentalists, but supported by the renewable energy industry. Commercial buildings could benefit from new technologies using artificial intelligence to control their heating and cooling systems.

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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.” More than 40 percent of all global power in 2023 came from renewable sources. trillion in tax incentives, grants and loans over ten years to stimulate faster and broader cuts in carbon emissions than would occur in their absence.

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