Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

Minnesotans are facing concurrent crises of climate change, high energy prices and inflation, and the inequitable public health impacts of fossil fuel air pollution. Renewable energy will help with all of that—but we need a grid that is designed for wind and solar instead of having to rely on expensive coal and gas plants.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

Climate policy has been boosted by dramatic changes in the economics of clean energy. Perhaps the most important development of the past decade has been the dramatic decline in the cost of renewables. Cheaper renewable energy attracts private investment and makes limits on fossil fuels more feasible.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Therefore, it is crucial to rapidly transition from the production and use of fossil fuels to sustainable renewable energy sources to reach our global climate goals so we can leave a habitable planet for future generations. Offshore wind energy is a crucial piece of the renewable energy mix.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The best solution: Replace fossil fuels with renewable energy. Climate change is overwhelmingly caused by burning fossil fuels, and the most immediate path to avert climate disaster is to stop investing in those fuels and start powering our economy with an equitable transition to renewable energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 4, 2023

And, while renewable energy is growing fast too, it’s not happening fast enough—and can never happen fast enough if its outpaced by fossil fuel expansion. These climate, health and justice imperatives are the reason the world needs to phase out fossil fuels and transition to clean energy rapidly.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

At the global level, however, Germany has its own claim to a leadership role, particularly in its early support for renewable energy. Although its track record has some complexities, this timeline of German actions shows just its early and sustained attention to clean energy policy: 1990. Renewables are 6% of power.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Some of the better-known computer and data companies—understanding the impact of this much higher demand—have been actively buying energy from new renewable energy power plants. These owners understood both the need for a supply of energy, and the value and reliability of clean energy.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Earlier this month at COP28 countries committed to transitioning off of fossil fuels and massively scaling up renewable energy instead. It’s meant to provide subsidies for clean energy projects in order to help Canada reach its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. It turns out, we were right to worry.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

Source: US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022). According to the forecast, while economy-wide CO 2 emissions decrease from 2022 to 2037 due primarily to the growth in renewable energy replacing retiring coal plants, emissions do increase after 2037 from increased usage of natural gas.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2022

Right now, states and the federal government have a choice that will define our country’s options for clean energy and planning the power grid for the challenges ahead. This choice reveals how the electric grid, and the work to cut global warming emissions, are shaped by our political structures. Shared Duties, with Leadership.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

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. That doesn’t seem to be politically feasible at the national level, at present. In order to push the transition forward, we need to get them on board.

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A Greener Life

JULY 4, 2024

Editorial Today (4th of July) the British public heads to the polls to decide who will govern the country that has been through several political earthquakes for the past decade, for the next five years. These are symbolic and cultural attachments as much as it is the challenge of putting a proper energy transition in place.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

By Jeremy Williams Over the past 200 years, political power has become deeply entwined with fossil fuels. The energy transition is now troubling the peace, and those alliances are shifting. As renewable energy takes over from fossil fuels, there is a tug-of-war underway to control the narrative. Who owns the sun?

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Scientific American

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The outcomes of state elections this week may mean more natural gas plants in Texas, greater use of climate law funds in Kentucky and the continuation of the status quo in Maine and Mississippi

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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). I’ll start off with the good.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Sounding Green” has not only become politically correct, but also a possible finance-generating mechanism. Climate is a global issue and when complex political systems around the world are brought together, solutions cannot be straightforward. Developing countries need renewable energy investments of about US$1.7

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A Greener Life

JULY 30, 2021

Some might see Germany as a climate leader already with its huge focus on building clean renewable energy capacity through its ‘energiwende ’ flagship initiative. While Germany has had a huge focus on renewable energy this has done little to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. In Germany, fossil fuels are king.

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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. All this is not to say there is no place for hydrogen in a clean energy future.

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Acoel

JULY 3, 2024

Therefore…. Independence Day fireworks, which nationally introduce 42 percent more pollutants into the air than are found on a normal day. Independence Day fireworks, which nationally introduce 42 percent more pollutants into the air than are found on a normal day.

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Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2024

Innovative investments in creating a clean energy workforce, bolstering wildfire resilience, and building climate-resilient water supplies were just a few of the priorities. Environmental justice organizations, labor unions, renewable energy companies and others have urged the legislature to support this bond.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Climate Envoy Kerry: No Rolling Back Clean Energy Transition PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Inquirer: 100 Days: A Look At Shapiro’s ‘Common Ground’ Approach To Governing One Of The Nation’s Most Politically Divided States -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s House Takeover - A Tale Of Two Speakers - By Fmr Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Throughout his career, Minott and the Clean Air Council earned a reputation for holding government agencies and fossil fuel companies accountable. Mr. Minott holds two degrees in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. Kraybill has played a significant role in several clean energy initiatives in Pittsburgh.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

The petitioners who brought this case include state-level political officials and coal companies who are single-mindedly determined to block climate action and perpetuate fossil fuel dependence to serve their narrow political or business interests. The West Virginia v.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This post was originally published on the Law and Political Economy blog as part of a symposium on inflation. Energy prices have been much in the news over the past several months, occupying a prominent place in mainstream discussions of inflation. Ras Laffan LNG terminal in Qatar. Photo credit: Matthew Smith, Flickr.

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

Boyd is recognized as one of the country’s leading energy and environmental law scholars and has written pathbreaking articles on public utilities, risk regulation, forestry, and the role of science and technology in environmental law. Wang is a leading expert on environmental governance and the law and politics of China.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 17, 2024

The recommendations include possible changes to Cuban domestic policies to, among other things, encourage greater public and private investment in the country’s energy transition. But over the past 10 years, Cuba’s policymakers have identified some potential pathways towards a clean and resilient energy system.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Governmental agencies and utilities involved in the energy sector can pair an energy justice framework with meaningful community engagement to assess their actions and decisions and realize the benefits of energy equity for their constituents.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 5, 2024

Impressive CV The 55-year-old crown prince already has an impressive CV, having gained an MSc degree in political science from the University of Aarhus, with the concluding year spent at Harvard University. He has participated in expeditions, forums and events on climate, and has represented Denmark as a promoter of renewable energy.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The possibilities for hydrogen in a clean energy transition? Prizing efficiency above all else, it has been locked in through the economics profession and political systems. Connected and renewable-energy-powered ‘third industrial revolution’ economies. Rifkin wrote a book about that in 1995. He’s also influential.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

On September 12, former DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell was appointed President & CEO of PennFuture , a statewide advocacy organization dedicated to protecting public health, restoring and protecting natural resources, and moving Pennsylvania toward a clean energy future.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

He has spent his career championing environmental issues like clean air and water, advocating for a transition away from fossil fuels, and promoting clean energy solutions such as energy efficiency, wind, solar and geothermal. Joe is a sought after environmental voice and leader across the state and the region.

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A Greener Life

JULY 31, 2024

Sunny Southeast Asia has made significant strides in solar energy, with solar farm capacity exceeding 20 gigawatts (GW) across ASEAN countries. Despite this rapid growth and ambitious renewable goals, nations in the region face diverse challenges. Laos Laos, blessed with abundant sunshine , has significant solar energy potential.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

As one of the largest energy producers in the country with a legacy of driving American industry forward, Pennsylvania is well positioned to lead in the clean energy transition,” said John Carlson, Senior Northeast Regional Policy Manager at CATF. “We Read more here ] Yet, these challenges have not stopped progress.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A simple statement that masks just how complicated the issues are: mixing politics, economics, livelihoods, fisheries and endangered species in the ocean body that is the Gulf of Maine.

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A Greener Life

JULY 18, 2024

The CCC has warned that credible plans and policies cover only a third of the emissions reductions required to achieve the country’s 2030 target.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2022

The law will provide $379 billion in subsidies to clean energy in the form of direct payments and tax credits. Federal subsidies also change the dynamics in laggard states, where renewable energy isn’t a priority and talk about climate change is anathema. Federal subsidies create new national political dynamics.

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 3, 2024

National Clean Energy Week (NCEW) 2024 brought together policymakers, industry leaders and advocates to discuss the future of clean energy in the U.S. With a robust lineup of panels, congressional speakers , and thought-provoking discussions, NCEW 2024 highlighted several key wins for clean energy advocates everywhere.

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