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Carrots and Sticks for Utilities

Legal Planet

With some notable exceptions, they’ve tended to drag their feet on the energy transition. The proposed Clean Energy Standard is one effort to deal with this problem. In those states where rates are regulated, regulators can do some things to shift these incentives. The Problem.

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The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

Legal Planet

It is significant because if its huge public health benefits and because it has provided the basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). Provides approximately $370 billion dollars for clean energy and other climate-related programs. Inflation Reduction Act.

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2021 Election Preview: The Expensive Battle in Maine over Hydropower Imports

Circle of Blue

The second-most expensive campaign in Maine history is a debate over energy infrastructure. New England Clean Energy Connect, a 145-mile-long transmission line will cut through the commercial timberlands of western Maine. Lobbying campaigns are being funded largely by rival energy groups.

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Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023 

Union of Concerned Scientists

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). I’ll start off with the good.

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141 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Susquehanna County [PaEN] -- Scranton Times: PA American To Provide Clean Drinking Water In Dimock To Replace Fracking-Contaminated Private Wells [ PDF of Article ] -- WVIA: PA American Water: Dimock Twp. Million In Growing Greener Plus Grants From DEP -- Volunteers Needed! Million In Growing Greener Plus Grants From DEP -- Volunteers Needed!

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

13 Webinar On EPA Clean School Bus Grant Program [PaEN] -- TribLive: Plum School District Working To Cover Costs Of Adding Electric Buses To Fleet -- WHYY: Philly Property Owners Could Soon Face Fines If Their Electric Vehicle Chargers Don’t Work Help Wanted -- Sustainable Pittsburgh Executive Director Joylette Portlock, Ph.D 22 , 1:00 p.m.

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Climate Finance Rule Stiffs Investors

Union of Concerned Scientists

But in trying to shape a regulation that would mollify opponents—largely industries responsible for the heat-trapping gases that cause climate change—the SEC failed to relieve investors of responsibility for determining how companies will fare in the clean energy transition.