Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

They just released their 2022 “Annual Energy Outlook” (AEO), which is a big deal: it tells us where electricity is headed over the next 30 years. Here are five key takeaways from this year’s AEO, focused primarily on the electricity sector: 1. CO 2 emissions remain mostly level through 2050—nowhere close to meeting US climate goals.

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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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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Emissions trading systems are often launched with relatively lenient design features, typically justified as giving the system a chance to “learn-by-doing” and to gain political buy-in for approval of a program. Yet it can be difficult to make emission trading systems more environmentally ambitious after program launch.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Senate Bill (SB) 271 requires utilities to achieve, at a minimum, renewable energy-generated electricity sales of 50 percent in 2030 and 60 percent in 2035. percent of electricity sales, but at a lower level than the 2 percent clean energy advocates proposed and that utilities have previously achieved. What’s In the Bills?

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

As part of Environmental Defences mission to inform voters about crucial environmental issues, weve put together a list of seven things that we believe all political parties should put in their election platforms to strengthen clean transportation options in Ontario. Join the movement and make a plan to vote!

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

Because beyond the importance of cleaning up the power sector itself, we also need a clean electricity system to enable the decarbonization of so many other aspects of our economy, from vehicles to homes and businesses to industrial processes. EPA ruling, EPA can still establish rigorous carbon emissions standards.

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Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Is this as opposed to a political purpose on the part of the managers? because the company engages in the exploration, production, utilization, transportation, sale, or manufacturing of fossil fuel based energy. ” Suppose instead that the company refuses to do business with firms with high carbon emissions. “.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

On the opposite side of the world, a Dutch court mandated a 40% cut over the next ten years in carbon emissions by Shell Oil, including the emissions resulting from the ultimate use of its oil and gas. On the corporate front, Ford announced it would invest $20 billion on electric vehicles over the next four years.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

Carbon emissions stayed about constant under Bush, with an average around 5.6 billion tons: The average gas powered car today produces about 55 tons of carbon over its dozen-year life. So the first 50 million electric vehicles sold in the US will basically go toward offsetting Bush’s contribution to climate change.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 2, 2024

These results are consistent across voters for all political parties. A clear majority (55 per cent) of GTA voters agreed that Canada should set a goal of doubling public transit ridership across Canada by 2035, similar to Canada’s target to increase electric vehicle sales to 100 per cent by 2035.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

What’s more, all of these intersecting and compounding crises reveal similar fundamental flaws in our current social, political and economic systems—including that those who are most marginalized in society suffer disproportionate harms.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

But with the recent influx of government incentives for hydrogen production, new and improving production and storage technologies, and greater political will than ever before, H 2 ’s reputation is gaining favor. Because of this, a 30% hydrogen mix by volume delivers only a 10% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2025

formal notice ) March 4-- Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance, Black Appalachian Coalition, PennFuture, Partners Webinar -- Why Is My Electricity Bill So High? Contact: Geoff Bristow, gbristow@pa.gov or (717) 783-8411. And Going Higher? 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. March 6-- In-Person.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

J)–while providing 65% support for a state tax on high incomes to fund electric vehicle investments (Prop. Certain targeted taxes–for example, on large commercial buildings’ carbon emissions or on vacant properties–can both raise revenue equitably and align with broader climate goals. 30), which voters statewide rejected.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 2, 2022

Other companies and sectors–electricity, heavy industry, and light manufacturing in particular–have reduced their carbon emissions as those from oil and gas companies have gone up and up and up. The cap should include all carbon emissions from oil and gas production and use.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2023

Are To Blame For One Of The Grid’s Biggest Vulnerabilities When Weather Gets Rough -- The Guardian: Solar Helps Texas Carry Energy Load As Heatwave Puts Power Grid To Test; Atypically Large Number Of Coal, Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Have Failed Amid Temperature Spikes -- Utility Dive: Texas Electric Grid Has Remained Stable Despite 9.6

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 30, 2021

As political parties prepare their election platforms and publish their climate priorities, it can be difficult to determine which parties are releasing strong climate plans that put us on a pathway to zero emissions – and what policies are actually dangerous distractions from real solutions. We need to be doing both.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

The CI is determined through a lifecycle analysis of the global warming pollution associated with the production and use of gasoline, diesel, biofuels, electricity, or other alternative fuels. A non-binding RFS is not a stable long-term situation, for both economic and political reasons. Unfortunately, this is far from the truth.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 12, 2024

And we’ve seen the government prioritize and pour taxpayer dollars into the oil industry’s carbon capture pipe-dream instead of cost-effective and readily available climate solutions.” Furthermore, a 2024 study showed that oil sands carbon emissions are drastically underreported.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Of Health Pushing For Changes To Reduce Adverse Health Impacts [PaEN] -- Senate Environmental Committee Meets Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

House returns to session Dec. 13, 14, 15 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session Dec.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The Philippines Commission on Human Rights published report on Carbon Majors’ responsibility for climate change. The strategy required the UK Government to set and meet legally binding targets to reduce carbon emissions. In Greenpeace v. In RWE and Uniper v.

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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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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2024

Embrace political advocacy Photo by Kempton via Flickr Creative Commons Political action and advocacy is crucial to climate action, because changing the larger system is the greatest opportunity to reduce emissions, and changing the way our economy and society operate requires government action.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

We just need our political leaders to take action. By making sustainable transportation options like walking, cycling and public transit safe, convenient and attractive, Canada has significant potential to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from transportation in our cities.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Although politics is a new world for her, she has been involved in a number of different capacities for some time. For Ana Lia Rojas, executive director of the Chilean Association of Renewable Energies (ACERA), Huepe’s immediate challenge as minister will be to confront the country’s stretched electricity system.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

“Let’s hope our political leaders in Glasgow can make that a reality.”. COP26 has four main aims , the first of which is to reach global net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century and to try to limit warming to 1.5 °C Global goals.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

These protests, triggered by an issue in Kazakhstan’s energy sector, have rapidly expanded to cities all over the country and have broadened to include political demands and tense standoffs between protesters and the police. Most emissions come from the energy sector (82%), followed by agriculture (9.6%) and industrial processes (6.4%).

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It also churns out around 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide—equal to Germany’s emissions—and other toxic pollutants into the atmosphere every year. If nothing is done to clean up shipping, its carbon emissions are projected to jump by almost 130% by 2050.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

A central limitation is that these RECs must have as their source a renewable energy resource “located in or directly deliverable into zone J load zone,” the New York City area of the electricity grid. This echoes the experience of other carbon markets. Despite carefully crafted markets, political factors push prices far too low.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

“Creating economic opportunity across all of Pennsylvania while advancing sustainability and industrial decarbonization will require all of us to work together outside the political fray, where policymakers hear from those who are on the ground building Pennsylvania's economy and where leaders from across the state's industries learn from one other."

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Since its inception three years ago, greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector are down 30%. In fact, the RGGI cap for carbon emissions, based on predictions, turned out to be far higher than actual emissions, meaning electricity producers have had few incentives to reduce emissions.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Rhodium reported that “the most rapid investment growth has been in clean technology manufacturing—with annual investment growing 125% year-on-year to $39 billion—and particularly within electric vehicle and solar manufacturing. They also show that cuts in electricity emissions lead the way. climate pledge.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2022

Federal subsidies create new national political dynamics. Eric Biber has been a pioneer in exploring one aspect of the politics: renewable energy policies create stronger renewable industries, which then push for even stronger policies. A less tangible effect is the sense of momentum created by major political victories.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

The environmental impacts of coal power – from local air and water pollution to carbon emissions – have made the project controversial. “We Electricity shortage is the biggest impediment to developing Gwadar,” he said. Just 3% of generated electricity in the 2022 fiscal year came from non-hydropower renewables.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”. For example, where car makers are setting up electric vehicle departments or energy firms are setting up renewable energy operations.” in 2015 to 13.3%

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Legal Planet

JULY 22, 2021

Today, I’ll explain how we might advance political feasibility through climate policy, how that is connected to technological innovation, and how we must necessarily balance between all four of these goals (efficiency, equity, political feasibility, and technological innovation) in developing climate policy. Green spirals.

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