A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) visits a hybrid power plant where “green” hydrogen is made using wind power and fed into the gas grid. At the same time, Germany is having to find ways to reduce its reliance on Russian fossil fuels and readjust its long-planned energy transition. By Arne Jungjohann.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

On August 9, the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority announced it would be committing to the purchase of wind power and the use of clean energy to support the production and operations of water services. PWSA holds the largest share at 30% of the total, underlining our strong commitment to sustainable energy practices. “It

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 2, 2023

These would be astounding news if it were coupled with increased efforts in sufficiency, efficiency and conservation (cf How can we quickly slash energy consumption is a trillion-dollar question …) But back to our energy revolution. I wrote about it before, both solar photovoltaic and wind power are on exponential curves.

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Edouard Stenger

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Not anymore as the IEA now states that global renewable power capacity growth is set to double over the next five years. In other words, between now and 2027, we will collectively install as much wind power and solar pv capacity than we did in the past twenty years, or 2,400 GW.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 30, 2023

PV Magazine published at the beginning of the year an article stating that fossil fuels already had peaked. ” A recent study by Ember Climate shows that King Coal is already on its way out as it is being replaced by solar and wind. I previously noted that renewables are to become first global electricity source by 2025.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2023

Fossil gas, which is used for heating, electricity, and industrial processes, is responsible for one third of Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions and is harmful to human health. It seems obvious that we should remove the middle process and use solar and wind power for our electricity needs directly. It’s a win-win.

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A Greener Life

JULY 4, 2024

The Conservatives have governed the UK for the past 14 years as Labour was unseated after having won three successive elections, in the culmination of the global financial crisis. But if you were to do so, do it wisely and not in seats where Labour or Conservative are the only likely winners. Happy voting!

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

from fossil fuels by impeding the construction of pipelines that feed fossil fuel power plants. On the other hand, the dramatic rise in renewable electricity generation, particularly wind power, has created a need for construction of new transmission lines to bring electricity to market.

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Acoel

MAY 18, 2021

Environmental groups are split: the Conservation Law Foundation supports it, but the Natural Resources Council of Maine opposes it. Note also that the hydropower is a “base-load” contribution, not an intermittent source like solar or wind power. The opposition offers several objections: (1) Mainers don’t benefit.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

To avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, it’s crucial that we shift energy production away from the unsustainable fossil fuels that cause climate change and towards those that release little to no greenhouse gases (GHG), such as solar and wind power.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen On Thursday the 4 th of July, after 14 years of Conservative Party (Tory) rule, the British public delivered a damning verdict to the Conservatives by giving the Labour Party an astonishing landslide victory. But at the election, it was just one of many seats that Labour took from the Conservatives.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A recent National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study shows that it would take less than 1 percent of the land in the Lower 48—that’s an area comparable to or even smaller than the fossil fuel industry’s current footprint.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The other is to improve the energy structure, replacing fossil fuel sources with alternatives. The National Development and Reform Commission’s Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection said in a statement that energy intensity increased 9.5% Neither of these will be easy for Inner Mongolia.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

ERCOT also expected, during peak demand events in winter, to have power from wind represent about 27% of installed wind capacity. In its most severe appraisal of the loss of wind capacity, ERCOT expected 8% of wind power compared to capacity. We can see the same impact of variable energies in Germany.

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Law Columbia

JULY 31, 2015

LA County can play an important role in addressing this paramount challenge of our time given that the Antelope Valley region happens to host one of the largest untapped concentrations of high-quality wind resources in all of California. And let’s not forget the many local benefits associated with wind energy development.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Healey issued the CID in connection with an investigation into unfair or deceptive acts or practices in trade or commerce with respect to fossil fuel products and securities. Conservation Groups Asked to Intervene in Oil and Gas Trade Association’s Suit to Compel Quarterly Federal Mineral Lease Sales. 4:16 -cv-06040 (N.D.

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A Greener Life

MAY 23, 2024

This will become increasingly important as solar and wind power expands because these energy flows are more difficult to adjust than, say, coal power. Unfortunately, due to trading-power difficulties between provinces, China’s east still relies on fossil fuels for much of its electricity generation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

And fossil fuel power plants may not stick to their retirement schedules for a variety of reasons. GW of gas capacity set to retire, but also slightly outpacing the planned additions of wind power. degrees Celsius, coal power should be entirely phased out by 2030. A bit more on those reasons later.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2024

will enable more than 15,000 megawatts (MWs) of new clean energy additions in Illinois, including nearly 10,000 MWs of wind power, more than 3,000 MWs of solar, and about 2,000 MWs of energy storage batteries. This is enough to power more than 3.5 projects, as much as $5.5 dollars will be returned in benefits.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 6, 2022

Glen Canyon Dam is now operating at about 60 percent of its designed hydroelectric capacity, according to Nick Williams, the Upper Colorado River Basin power office manager for the Bureau of Reclamation. Rated for 1,320 megawatts — roughly the size of a large fossil fuel plant — the dam is now capable of only 800 megawatts.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere have risen approximately 47 percent since 1750, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels for energy. Strategies for capturing carbon from fossil fuel power plants, to prevent it from entering the atmosphere, have long lingered on the sidelines. from 1990–2019.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2025

January 28-- Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee hearing on understanding your electric bill, what are you paying for power? January 28-- Penn State Extension Conservation Cornerstone Webinar On Climate-Smart Ag Project (CARAT). Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch online.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 24, 2023

These include cutting fossil fuel use and emissions, protecting nature, setting aside more land for wildlife and forest, and conservation zones such as rewilding initiatives. On the deal itself, the big issue was whether there was going to be a reference to fossil fuels in the final agreement.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 6, 2024

The briefs pointed to additional benefits from the project, including its potential to generate regional economic development and employment opportunities, and its potential to benefit public health by reducing reliance on the combustion of fossil fuels.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2024

Allegheny County; Private Gas Well, Propane Found And Secured -- Post-Gazette: 2 Killed In An ‘Absolutely Extreme’ Home Explosion In Crescent Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2025

27 What Does It Mean To Love A Forest Webinar; More Educational Opportunities [PaEN] -- Berks Nature Protects 607 Acre Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation In Schuylkill County [PaEN] -- Manada Conservancy Partners With Laudenslager Family To Preserve 575 Acres In Dauphin County [PaEN] -- Berks Nature Establishes Ruth E.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 24, 2025

Several conservative-led jurisdictions have proven that supporting renewable energy doesnt mean abandoning careful money management. True conservatives care about open markets and fiscal responsibility. Not all conservative-leaning governments treat the development of renewable energy the same.

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 24, 2021

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. This February, an extreme freeze in Texas left millions without power, took over 200 lives and caused dead fish to wash up along Texas shorelines. The Power of Making Smart Investments. Over the next 10 years, the fossil fuel industry in the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2022

A Slithering, Jumping Worm -- Minnich Family Partners With Lebanon Valley Conservancy To Preserve 16-Acre Farm [PaEN] -- PA Environmental Council Blog: New Developments For PA Outdoor Recreation & Transportation -- Warren Times: Night Sky Program Offered Oct. 21 In Allegheny National Forest -- Saving PA’s Forests Webinar: Oct.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017. 2:16 -cv-00285 (D.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2024

Announcing recently that the world broke a record by generating 30 percent of all electricity from renewable sources in 2023, the British think tank Ember said the data proves we are in a “new era” of energy in which a permanent decline in fossil fuels is “inevitable.” More on that shortly. But first, the undeniably good news.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Yet 85% of the announced clean energy projects and 68% of the jobs triggered by the IRA, such as those related to electric vehicles, wind power, solar power, and battery storage, have gone to Republican-held congressional districts, according to E2, a nonpartisan group that monitors the clean energy industry.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

But a major question is whether Manchin, a backer of fossil fuels, will go along with an effort that could eventually lead to less coal production in West Virginia. He has not ruled out supporting a clean energy standard, although he has been emphatic in saying he would fight any aimed at eliminating fossil fuels.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Meet the fossil fuel all-stars Trump has appointed to his administration. Trump attacks wind power in state that gets nearly third of energy from wind. Trump officially nominates climate-denying conservative talk radio host as USDA’s top scientist. Is a Conservative Climate Movement Heating Up? .

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. DECISIONS & SETTLEMENTS. On June 14, 2021, the U.S.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A renewed emphasis on fossil fuels is expected under another Trump administration, though coal will likely remain moribund thanks to poor economic fundamentals and constrained access to capital. Renewable Energy Vs. Fossil Fuels Renewables or fossil fuels?

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