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. These range from supply chain disruptions and political dynamics to issues like anti-dumping tariffs and internal instability. GW of floating solar and a 4.68

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Inside Climate News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

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

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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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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen The UK government has said that the UK’s sixth renewable energy auction has delivered a record 131 clean energy projects. Under current projections and with no change to the scale, the 2024 record auction would power 11 million British homes. The Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm. Photo credit: Orsted.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

. -- Hold Erie Coke Accountable Calls On EPA, DEP, Erie County & City To Form Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Community Working Group On Site Cleanup, Revitalization [PaEN] -- Erie News Now: State Report Details Pollution At Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site -- Online Link Now Available For Aug. Potter County To Sept.

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Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2024

By 2022, the positions were reversed: onshore wind cost half as much as the cheapest fossil fuel power. The cost of solar PV fell even more steeply. A dozen years later, the cost of solar power had dropped by nearly 90% on a price per kilowatt basis. In 2010, it was seven times as expensive than fossil-fuel generation.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 17, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen With the support of the US government body, the Department of Energy (DOE) four clean energy projects are moving forward in the US territory of Puerto Rico.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 10, 2024

That caused a television meteorologist at NBC’s Miami affiliate to all but say that Florida is under a state of climate emergency, inflamed by political insanity. The top states for solar power growth since 2014 are Texas and Florida. Tampa hit a daily record of 97 degrees on May 29.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2023

Area Saturday In Bucks County -- City & State PA: Norfolk Southern Spent Millions On Lobbying And Political Donations In Harrisburg/Washington, D.C., Will It Pay Off? LNG Natural Gas Exports Back On Rising Track, Reached Record In March -- Reuters: U.S., Of Revenue Reports March State Revenues $499.4

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 21, 2021

Oil and gas boosters both from the political and corporate world will offer solutions that involve a significant role for oil and gas using unproven techno-fixes. The International Energy Agency’s analysis tells us these arguments should be ignored. . 2) Drive a “massive clean energy expansion” over next decade.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2024

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.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2024

Recently, the CBC , working with pollster Janet Brown, released the results of its annual spring report card on Alberta’s political and economic well-being. Solar panels and wind turbines produce electricity much more cheaply than gas turbines, coal plants and oil burners. Shifting that $4.8

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

In both Texas and in California, the expert authority, the grid operators, the scientists and engineers who knew what was needed, were overridden by political appointees. 5] Jesse Jenkins, “A Plan to Future-Proof the Texas Power Grid,” New York Times , February 18, 2021. [6] We need to respect our grid authorities. GW from its 4.9

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Degnan Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, will give the talk, “Repurposed Energy,” at 4:00 p.m. These obstacles include governance structures, political economy, decision-making dynamics and environmental justice concerns. on Monday, Nov. 4, in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus. Resource Link: -- Lt.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

It’s not as if the state’s extensive use of wind power is just a historical fluke, either. The state will soon get more power from renewables than natural gas. If anything, use of clean energy is about to accelerate. And like utilities everywhere, they hate the idea of rooftop solar.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Rose asked Tillerson open-ended questions on a range of subjects, including climate change and national energy policy. But in nearly every instance, Rose listened politely, refrained from challenging Tillerson on the facts, and went on to his next question.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2022

1:00 to 2:30 p.m. -- The Hill Guest Essay: Clean Energy Can Light A New Path Forward For Former Coal Communities - U.S. Million [Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Included] [PaEN] -- Black Appalachian Coalition , Emerald Cities Collaborative Host May 17 Listening Session On Justice40 & What It Means For Black Communities.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2023

“Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct. Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2023

Could Be Reactivated -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Looks To Climate Resilience To Ensure No One Gets Left Behind -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change? Hosts 3 Public Meetings To Gather Input On Youghiogheny River Conservation Plan Part I - Dunbar Creek To Headwaters Aug. Potter County To Sept.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 24, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen President Biden used Earth Day to ramp up his administrations commitment on tackling climate change, protecting the environment and investing in clean energy technologies. Biden said: “I will put tens of thousands of young people to work at the forefront of our climate resilience and clean energy future.”

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

But Breakthrough Energy calculated that the cost of new transmission, distribution, and storage would be $1.5 25] And that amount does not include the costs associated with local and state political opposition. The Future of Electric Power in the United States. trillion. [25] Accessed March 5, 2020. [26] 27] Thomas V.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

To help voters determine which candidates would deliver the needed course correction, Environmental Defence and its allies in the Ontario Priorities Working Group asked each of the province’s major political parties whether – and how – they would deliver the rapid emissions reductions Ontario will need to head off climate catastrophe. .

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

Germany is not doing all it can to cut back energy use and increase economic pressure on Russia, argues Arne Jungjohann. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended Germany’s energy, economic and security policies. Over the past few weeks, Germany’s political elite has finally realised that gas is Putin’s leverage over Europe and Germany.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2021

To Launch Young People Into Clean Energy Careers [PaEN] -- Senate Passes Resolution To Block Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Regulations; Now Goes To House [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Where Is RGGI Now? Senate returns to session Nov. 8, 9, 10, Dec. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

16 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: 25 Years Of Sleeping In The Snow In PA’s Wildest Place -- Asbury Woods Environmental Center: Maple Festival March 2-3 In Erie -- WTAE: Western PA Farmers Support Sunday Deer Hunting Legislation -- Courier Express: Fmr. ‘Bud’ National- $3.28

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2022

23 -- Citizen Science Parasite Hunters Needed: Penn State Researcher Asking Deer Hunters For Help In Biting Flies Research Effort - By Penn State News [PaEN] -- DCNR: Naloxone Available At State Parks To Help Combat Overdose Deaths -- Dept. Other States/National/International -- Financial Times: Can Big Oil Prove The Case For Carbon Capture?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2022

House returns to session March 28 (NV), 29. What’s Your Community Doing?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2022

Wolf Previews Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Project Funding In Southcentral Region Federal FY 2023 Budget Proposal -- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Work Gets A Boost From Federal Funding -- Reuters: Biden Administration Seeks To Cut Home Energy Bills With $3.2

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2024

We also acknowledged that their ambition could be higher when it comes to tackling climate change and unleashing the potential of clean energy and technology. But this is likely to change in the next few weeks as the new Energy Secretary and climate advocate, former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband , continues to build his team.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

As Ann Carlson has written at length, Project 2025 includes a proposal to give the President the power, through “Schedule F,” to convert as many as 50,000 jobs in the federal government from career positions to political ones. The EPA is a particular concern. The hypocrisy of Elon Musk is rich.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 15, 2024

And so, competition is not only helpful for scaling the clean energy sector, it is also essential. The way to beat China on cheap solar panels and wind turbines is not through isolation and anti-competition policies such as, for example, the increased tariffs on solar panels and electric cars recently placed on China.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Meanwhile, between 2012 and 2022, installed wind and solar power more than tripled , according to American Clean Power. percent of US electricity and utility-scale solar generated 3.4 It sets a framework for states and utilities across the country to fully reckon with their power plants’ carbon emissions.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2023

11 Hearing On Bill To Expand Renewable Energy Mandates In Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: What’s The Current State of Clean Energy Transition? -- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: Refund Should Be Due For University Of Pittsburgh’s Shale Gas Health Impact Studies - By Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

Room 205 Ryan Building. Click Here to watch online. -- Lt.

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Columbia Climate Law

AUGUST 6, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s climate change plan , released last week, centers on two goals: installing 500 million solar panels by 2021, and, relatedly, adding enough electric generation capacity from renewable sources to supply all residential electricity needs. The second component of Clinton’s plan is a “Clean Energy Challenge.”

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb. 27 Webinar Creating An Assessment Method For PA Old-Growth Forests. Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17

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