Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Last year, Congress passed the most ambitious climate bill ever enacted, the Inflation Reduction Act. The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

We’re now in the midst of “Danger Season” – the months between May and October when we witness extreme events turbo-charged by climate change. As temperatures rise, so too does the demand for energy as more people turn to AC to keep cool. But first we need major investments in climate resilience.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The fossil fuel industry is the problem, not the solution Despite their well-funded campaigns to convince us otherwise, here are five reasons why we need to be skeptical about fossil fuel industry engagement in global climate policy. Let’s start with the obvious: the burning of fossil fuels is the main driver of climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

And this problem will only get worse as the impacts of climate change become more frequent and severe. While it’s clear we need to rapidly reduce gas generation to help limit the worst impacts of climate change, it’s less clear how much fossil gas capacity we actually need to maintain reliability in a future decarbonized grid.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

With the clean energy transition already under way, the US electricity mix is set to continue changing this year. Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

On January 26, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed House File 7 —the 100% Clean Energy Bill. Now, with climate and clean energy majorities in both chambers, Minnesota is poised to join other leading states in updating its clean energy policies equitably with benefits for all residents.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Four important global reports released in the last two days set up a deeply sobering context for the upcoming annual international climate talks in Egypt, also called COP27. Source: UN Climate Change 2022 NDC Synthesis Report. Source: UN Climate Change 2022 NDC Synthesis Report. The UNEP Emissions Gap Report.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Energy Efficiency Alliance , Environmental Entrepreneurs , Sustainable Business Network of Philadelphia , and Sustainable Pittsburgh will host an August 16 webinar Shaping Pennsylvania's Clean Energy Workforce Future starting at 2:00 p.m. The webinar is free, but registration is required.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

These models are essentially designed to determine what resources need to be added to the grid to meet certain goals, such as clean energy or emissions reduction goals. Capacity expansion modeling helps determine how many clean resources, such as solar and wind, need to be added to the grid to meet clean energy goals.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Finding the best way forward Solar is different from the technologies that have dominated our power systems for many decades. Other energy development, in this country and elsewhere, has most often gotten it wrong with respect to local communities and the environment, not to mention climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

During climate disasters and extreme weather events like hurricanes, wildfires, or winter storms, people with underlying health conditions and disabilities face global mortality rates that are four times higher than those without disabilities. It can also provide a host of other benefits at the transmission and distribution levels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

As human actions worsen climate change, severity and frequency of extreme weather events increase. When the power fails , our homes are similarly unable to regulate their interior temperatures. Overall, climate change is complicated, and the areas of most intense temperature change will vary.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2023

This article first appeared on TribLive.com August 2, 2023 -- Local nonprofits with a commitment to clean energy/utility efficiency can win $50,000 and media coverage through a new program from Citizens Financial Group and Trib Total Media. In Pittsburgh, 53 nonprofits have been honored, receiving more than $1.5

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A Greener Life

MAY 20, 2022

The new 100 MW Oruro solar plant is a boost to Bolivia’s energy transition, but there are obstacles to harnessing the radiation potential of its western highlands. Perched at 3,730 metres above sea level in the community of Ancotanga, the Oruro solar power plant is one of the flagship projects in Bolivia’s energy transition.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

schools to obtain solar power and benefit from cost savings, educational opportunities, and climate protection. This exciting collaboration will help spur on the growing movement of schools across the country making the switch to clean energy,” said Tish Tablan, Director of Generation180’s Solar for All Schools Program. “We

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Climate change contributed to many deadly and costly disasters in recent years. looks to combat climate change, solar energy is increasingly seen as a large part of the answer. However, ground-mounted solar facilities occupy large areas of land. Read the full story from Argonne National Laboratory.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a major—forthcoming—refresh for one of the biggest policy drivers of the nation’s clean energy transition to date: tax credits subsidizing the deployment of clean electricity resources. These incentives aren’t just historically important.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Likewise, pipeline giant Williams Companies now refers to its gas projects as “clean energy” projects. Here’s why the claims are wrong: UCS has pointed out that while gas burns cleaner than coal at a power plant, it is far from a “clean” fuel because it still results in significant toxic air pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

All across the country, coal- and gas-fired power plants are still running, still polluting, and still showing signs of staying relentlessly online. And more gas is slated to come. But to bring those solutions fully to bear, we also need to force a reckoning with the problem itself. Will EPA use CCS or other means as the BSER?

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Deployment of solar power – More solar photovoltaic systems will be installed on available rooftop spaces of airport buildings at Changi Airport and Seletar Airport. By the end of 2023, Changi Airport generated approximately 4% of its 2019 electricity consumption [ii] through solar power deployment.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 29, 2023

It’s meant to provide subsidies for clean energy projects in order to help Canada reach its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. Prioritizing Dangerous Distractions Not Real Solutions We know that fossil fuels are causing the climate crisis. Not to the companies and activities which are fueling the climate crisis.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

After a welcome keynote, each of the 90 – 120 minute sessions will include agency-specific presentations, a panel discussion, and a Q&A session. All the sessions will be recorded and available for viewing after the event. Click Here to register or for more information.

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A Greener Life

JULY 13, 2021

India, the world’s second-most populous country and predicted to overtake China soon as number one, and with a growing middle class and a growing economy the demand for energy is huge and surging. Coal has long been king in the country and is continuing to be the backbone for growth in energy provision.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 26, 2024

In August of 2023, Premier Smith imposed a seven-month industry-wide moratorium on new approvals for wind, solar, geothermal, and other forms of renewable energy. We’re falling behind Europe, China, much of Asia, and the United States in investment in renewable energy. We’re losing good-paying clean energy jobs.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2021

The milking shed for her 80 dairy cows that can yield 1,100 litres of milk per day, along with the barn that houses 21,000 chickens at a time, will soon sit alongside a photovoltaic solar plant with 85 panels. of the country’s energy generation. “More and more people are embracing this kind of clean energy.

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Inside Climate News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The push and pull of progress and catastrophe made 2023 one of the most discordant—and consequential—years for the world’s climate. By ICN Staff In 2023, clean energy progress and the horrors of a radically warming climate fought almost to a draw.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University There is a renewable energy revolution happening all over the world: costs for renewable energy have dropped significantly in the last 10 years and the world is starting to adopt the technology at a very fast pace.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

Congress is investing huge sums in agriculture, and this money should be directed to help farmers mitigate and adapt to climate change by paying farmers to reduce emissions, on-farm renewable energy, and research on soil health. As the Farm Bill is negotiated, climate change must be a priority.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Yet even with this growth, Pennsylvania ranks middle-of-the-pack compared to other states in the nation, ranking 15th in the growth of rooftop solar over the last decade. Why pay for polluting energy from a dirty power plant hundreds of miles away when Pennsylvanians can just soak up the sun on our rooftops?”

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Other research and development opportunities identified include innovation in energy storage, alternative biofuels, electric vehicle batteries, and advanced wind and solar power. The post Biden Announces New Initiative on “Game-Changing” Technologies for Achieving Net-Zero Emissions first appeared on Law and the Environment.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 3, 2024

Many of these false claims center on three categories of impacts commonly attributed to renewable energy development: impacts to the environment, impacts to human health, and impacts to the economy. jobs ( it does not ).

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The first is the possibility of green nationalism, promoted by political commentators who recognise the unique power of a national agenda with popular support and wonder if it could be bent to climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

By next year, Pennsylvania will get 50 percent of its electricity from ten new solar arrays around the Commonwealth – making Pennsylvania the first state in the country to commit to getting half of its energy from solar power.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Clean renewable electricity – such as wind and solar power – is the lowest cost source of new electricity supply. Clean electricity is absolutely integral to efforts to decarbonize the economy and fight climate change. And it is a competitive advantage for the province.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

We know that clean, renewable, and affordable energy must be at the center of that transition." Scott Wolovich, Executive Director, New Sun Rising “At Phipps, solar power is a vital component of our efforts to address climate change,” said Richard Piacentini, president and CEO of Phipps Conservatory.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2023

Join the Pennsylvania Solar Center for a free action-oriented webinar that will offer tools, resources and activities that everyone can use to build support to pass this important clean energy bill. 16 Webinar: Why Should We Care About, Advocate For A Climate-Friendly Federal Farm Bill? We’ll be joined by Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

By Odette Mucha , Vote Solar and Liz Robinson , Philadelphia Solar Energy Association As we know, solar power provides a wide range of benefits to Pennsylvanians. It creates local jobs, with Pennsylvania currently home to over 400 solar companies with over 4,300 solar workers. What is energy storage?

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