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The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Is a Blow to Stopping Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage.

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Field Notes from India: Climate Adaptation from the Ground Up

Legal Planet

Climate educators from SEWA explaining solar power for salt gathering (L) and skylights that cool the interior of a house (R). They have neither employers to provide benefits nor political parties to represent their interests. Terms such as global warming and carbon emissions must be converted into everyday language.

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Building a Better Power Grid for Minnesota

Union of Concerned Scientists

These investments will help accommodate accelerating amounts of low-cost renewable energy like wind and solar power, laying the groundwork for a cleaner, cheaper grid. Minnesota’s current goal is to reduce statewide carbon emissions 30 percent by 2025 compared to 2005 levels and 80 percent by 2050.

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EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Are Critical—and Complex. Here’s What to Know, and What to Watch.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Multiple lines of analysis make clear that regardless of how cheap wind and solar power get, without directly addressing pollution from coal and gas plants, the country’s clean energy transition will not happen fast enough. EPA ruling, EPA can still establish rigorous carbon emissions standards.

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House Passes Bipartisan Bill Establishing Grant Program To Support Solar Energy Facilities At Schools

PA Environment Daily

NewsClips This Week: -- PA Capital-Star: Solar Energy Grant Program For PA School Districts Gets Bipartisan Support In PA House -- Capital & Main-Audrey Carleton: PA Could Be A Model For Solar-Powered Schools - If It Can Get Past Political Divisions -- TribLive Guest Essay: Solar Energy A Budget Solution For PA Schools - By Micki Dutrow, Retired (..)

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.19.23

PA Environment Daily

2022 Natural Gas House Explosion In Dauphin County [PaEN] -- WPXI: Mayor Of Economy Boro, Beaver County, Expresses Frustration At Ongoing Natural Gas Outage -- US DOE Awards $3.5

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 Five More Climate Actions You Can Take to Have an Impact 

Enviromental Defense

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.