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STATEMENT: Government’s New Climate Target Cements Canada’s Position as a Global Laggard

Enviromental Defense

In recent advice to the government, the Net Zero Advisory Body made clear that even a 50 to 55 per cent reduction wouldnt represent Canada doing its fair share in reducing greenhouse gas pollution. These will only keep increasing unless Canada seriously commits to replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy.

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Steelton-Highspire School District, Tröegs Independent Brewing Show Benefits Of Going Solar, Driving Electric Busses In Dauphin County

PA Environment Daily

In 2011, Tregs Independent Brewing worked with Solar Renewable Energy to install a rooftop solar array large enough to produce 15-20 percent of its annual electricity usage. The 1,628 panels, partnered with a new white roof membrane and added insulation, make the brewery more energy efficient while saving on their electricity bills.

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Bridging the Gap: Ensuring a Just Transition for Rural Communities in the Clean Energy Revolution

Vermont Law

Bridging the Gap: Ensuring a Just Transition for Rural Communities in the Clean Energy Revolution by Olivia Moulton As we begin transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy, we must be mindful of the disproportionate effects that the existing energy system has had on certain communities.

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Alberta Premier too busy fighting with Ottawa to support jobs and the economy 

Enviromental Defense

The Premier and her government are so focused on picking fights with Ottawa that they are missing the fact that there are now more people employed in the development of renewable energy around the world than people working in oil and gas. 57 per cent Leger) want to see the oil and gas industry’s pollution capped.

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PennTAP: Small & Mid-Size Industries Must Complete Pollution Prevention & Energy Efficiency Site Assessment To Be Eligible For RISE PA Decarbonization Grants

PA Environment Daily

DEPs RISE PA Program will offer grants for small-, medium-, and large-scale decarbonization projects at industrial facilities to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) and co-pollutant emissions.

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Energy & Climate CounselFoley Hoag LLP Amendments to Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Standard Finalized, Accelerating Progress Towards Decarbonization of the State’s Electricity Sector

Law and Environment

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) announced that proposed amendments to the state’s Clean Energy Standard (CES) were finalized earlier this month without substantive changes from draft language initially proposed by the agencies in April 2022.

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Without Sufficient Guardrails, the Hydrogen Tax Credit Could Increase Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

Last year’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a clean hydrogen production tax credit (known as “45V”) that is one of a slew of new incentives intended to help catalyze the next and necessary phase of advancing the nation’s clean energy transition as a whole. The costs will be too great otherwise.