Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 9, 2025

Advisory opinions interpret international law Unlike a trial or ruling in a specific case, AOs provide a court’s interpretation of binding international law in response to a question from an agency or government. In this instance, the governments of Chile and Colombia requested this AO in early 2023.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2024

As quick background, the basic driver for a PES approach is that we need much more funding to conserve natural capital than philanthropy and governments can provide. This can happen through stringent government regulation, reputation, private certification, or some combination of these. The need could not be more critical.

Deforestation

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 14, 2025

It is unlikely that the government will last long once Parliament resumes. At the top of the list of key climate regulations that need to be finalized before March 24th is the governments cap on pollution from the oil and gas industry. The Government of Canada promised the new rules by the end of 2024, but they missed their deadline.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

12 on how the electric vehicle transition could affect state road budgets as part of its Energy Lecture Series starting at 11:00 a.m. “A Pennsylvania recently approved an Electric Vehicle Road User Fee that will cost owners $200 in 2025, rising to increase to $250 in 2026, to help fill the gap. At Syracuse University.

Electricity

A Greener Life

APRIL 10, 2025

A 100 year journey The journey began in 1925, and it is a hundred years to the day since the first electric train ran in India, a suburban service running into Mumbai. It was in 2014 that the government ramped up ambitions and committed the funds for a fully electric railway. The pace of change doubled and then doubled again.

Electricity

Legal Planet

JUNE 25, 2025

Knowing what I know now, I would have tried to steer toward all-electric,” Bernal said. “I I would have done a heat pump system and electric water heater. The RRA creates a government agency that can purchase, hold, and redevelop those properties en masse. We just didn’t know at the time.”

2019

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As governments and the auto industry advance the switch to electric vehicles, this rapid technology transition may disrupt traditional mobility patternsand, without equitable planning and policy, it has the potential for negative impacts to mobility and affordability in underserved and lower-income communities.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2025

The electric grid is the generic term for the complicated system of power plants and wires that provides electricity to 92% of the worlds inhabitants. Generation consists of large, centralized power plants that produce electric energy. Source: Lee Shaver/UCS. Source: Lee Shaver/UCS.

Fossil Fuels

Circle of Blue

JULY 24, 2025

This river system is the basis of millions of livelihoods, enabling transportation, agriculture, fishing and electricity generation. Yet not enough attention is given to the river’s care by the local government or population. In 2022, almost 30% of Cambodia’s electricity , about 1,331 megawatts, came from hydropower.

Government

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

On June 11, the Public Utility Commission released the 2025 Summer Readiness Overviews submitted by the Commonwealth’s major electric distribution companies and the regional electric grid operator, PJM Interconnection, LLC. Read more here.]

Electricity

Circle of Blue

JULY 31, 2025

Faced with resource mismanagement and over-consumption, Iran has faced recurrent electricity, gas and water shortages during peak demand months. “In Tehran, if we cannot manage and people do not cooperate in controlling consumption, there won’t be any water in dams by September or October,” Pezeshkian said on Thursday.

Sustainable Development

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 10, 2025

There are currently two states with transmission authorities: New Mexico with the Renewable Energy Transmission Authority (RETA) and Colorado with the Colorado Electric Transmission Authority (CETA). Many states have state transmission authorities or agencies with the authority to issue public debt for transmission development.

Clean Energy

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 13, 2025

So why are renewable energy developers hesitant about participating in the upcoming opportunity to submit proposals for new electricity generation for the Long-Term 2 (LT2) procurement? Delays by government Ministries are jeopardizing renewable energy business case development and potential investments.

Renewable Energy

Circle of Blue

JULY 24, 2025

This process mirrors China’s broader governance style—flexible and adaptive rather than rigidly planned. For years, Beijing had relied on SOEs to manage their own overseas ventures, assuming its deluge of financial support for the projects ensured that host governments would implement them smoothly.

2011

A Greener Life

JANUARY 8, 2025

However, their current status as dominating the car market will soon be a thing of the past, with electric vehicles heading the market. New data shows that no other developed economy has made as much progress as the Scandinavian country in transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs). are fully electric.

Electricity

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 6, 2025

If the Prime Minister wants to build a new economy for Canada, his government should invest in the energy of the future. Projects that should be considered to be truly nation-building should include: A resilient electricity grid with new east-west interties and with access for solar, wind and storage.

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This experience, not far from Seattle and with ties to the information tech industry, highlights some of the issues surrounding the electric power needs of data centers. He was obviously oblivious to the fact that old-style electric heat (i.e. He assured me he hadnt: it doesnt require electricity! Modernize, or bypass, the grid?

Nuclear Power

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 23, 2024

It would seem that the Grinch has once again made off with a ramshackle sleigh full of wind turbines and solar panels and they aren’t likely to return from their shop, not unless the heart of the ole ‘Grinchy-Claus’ (aka the Alberta Government) has an unexpected growth spurt. Stay tuned.

Renewable Energy

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 2, 2025

Made up of five cascade hydropower stations with the capacity to produce 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, equal to the amount of electricity consumed by Britain last year, the dam will be located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo.

Electricity

Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 31, 2024

CNRL is a member of the Pathways Alliance – a tar sands lobby group that is trying to rebrand this polluting industry as a clean one while pushing back against government climate action behind closed doors. million homes’ electricity use for a year! But like any great villain, he’s a man of contradictions. Will you join the call?

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Route 220 in Bedford Township is being built for a facility that provides liquid natural gas as fuel for electricity generation, transportation and heat. The renewable energy source has generated more than 959,000 kilowatt-hours of energy, or 76% of the facilitys total electricity. And Going Higher?

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2025

I came to Madison ten years ago to pursue a masters in electrical engineering. Thats why I believe the Climate Accountability Act is a critical step for Wisconsin, especially given all the ways the federal government is trying to move us backward on addressing climate change. Madison is our home.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 9, 2025

Solar and wind energy has become much cheaper and solar is now the cheapest source of electricity on the planet. We will continue to push for government policy that reigns in sprawl and focuses growth inside of towns and cities. Building a Clean Energy future Nearly 85% of Canadas electricity comes from non-carbon polluting sources.

2025

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 7, 2025

A recent report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that data centers used about 4% of total US electricity consumption in 2023, and that total is expected to grow as high as 12% within the next three years. All of these issues could affect your electricity bill, your health, and the future of our climate.

Clean Energy

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 10, 2025

The federal government has long known that due to rapidly growing electric vehicle sales, funding for the iZEV program was going to run out early in 2025. There was an opportunity in Finance Minister Chrystia Freelands recent Fall Economic Statement to include stopgap funding to top up the program and prevent this from occurring.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2025

That means that, for a plant to generate the same amount of electricity, it needs to burn more of a gas-hydrogen blend. Electrolysis involves using electricity to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen. But where that electricity comes fromhow its generatedmatters. Because electrolysis requires large amounts of electricity.

Renewable Energy

Legal Planet

MARCH 7, 2025

Lets fast forward to today; more than half a century of government housing policy favoring sprawling, car-dependent development has spawned long commutes, increased exposure to air pollution, and segregated communities. But this American Dream has come at a steep cost. miles per day ). miles per day ).

Nitrogen Oxides

A Greener Life

MAY 1, 2025

There was a time when anyone who produced solar electricity would receive a buyback, resulting in the construction of numerous solar farms, which reached a capacity of around 3 gigawatts (GW) at the time. The government has also been guilty of overregulation, with three or four approvals needed to install solar systems.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

For our region, this is a significant win – one made possible by the rallying of 120-plus partners, including those from the federal, state and county governments. Read the official DOE news release and Mainspring’s release. Together, we were able to present the strongest value proposition which secured this job-creating investment.

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2025

"Meeting the substantial power demands of data centers often involves off-site energy infrastructure, ranging from the expansion of energy grid infrastructure such as new high-voltage electric transmission lines to the extension of new natural gas pipelines—each requiring separate and coordinated Chapter 102 and 105 permits.

Cooling

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

From cars and trucks to buses and trains, electric vehicles are playing an increasingly vital role in decarbonizing mobility and reducing oil dependence However, this transition brings with it a significant challenge: the immense pressure on battery supply chains.

Regulations

A Greener Life

JULY 10, 2025

This year’s Government Work Report also listed the programme as a key task within China’s “dual carbon” goals to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. According to the notice, industrial-park-construction projects can access support including existing public and local government funding channels.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2025

“We are committed to increasing sustainable and renewable energy and these grants will help local governments, businesses, school districts, and nonprofit organizations invest in alternative fuel solutions that are reliable, efficient, and often cheaper to operate,” said DEP Secretary Jessica Shirley. Click Here for a list of grants awarded.

Nitrogen Oxides

Circle of Blue

JULY 24, 2025

This river system is the basis of millions of livelihoods, enabling transportation, agriculture, fishing and electricity generation. Yet not enough attention is given to the river’s care by the local government or population. In 2022, almost 30% of Cambodia’s electricity , about 1,331 megawatts, came from hydropower.

Government

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The IRA also provides funding for electric vehicles and charging equipment, energy-saving appliances, battery-storage systems, and heat pumps, and has awarded a national total of nearly $8.4 As energy prices rise, those with solar see reduced electricity bills and have a stable energy price for 25 years or more.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

When the job is to ensure reliable electricity for 67 million people, being largely invisible is often a sign that the system is working as it should. We act like an air traffic controller, maneuvering electricity through outages and storms across a multistate grid to match supply and demand in real time. manufacturing.

Politics

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

On 15 October, the port in Shandong was certified as carbon-neutral by the China Classification Society Quality Certification Company, according to a government statement. Weifang Port’s “zero-carbon” certification was primarily achieved by transitioning away from fossil fuel use, according to China Electric Power News (CEPN).

Fossil Fuels