Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 28, 2024

Statement from Keith Brooks, Programs Director, Environmental Defence Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – Today’s announcement by Energy Minister Stephen Lecce is a significant and shocking reversal on electricity planning in Ontario.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. Two thirds of generation capacity is based on fossil fuels, split evenly between coal and natural gas, with 17% nuclear, and 14% hydro and other renewables. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear. and Australia.

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Legal Planet

JULY 15, 2024

The first efforts to use of wind to generate electricity was 134 years ago, and the photoelectric effect was discovered six decades earlier. One thing you’ll notice is the importance of government-funded research and deployment incentives in helping to launch the solar and wind sectors. Early windmills developed in Persia. generation.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 7, 2024

Some 90 per cent of the gas used in Ontario is fracked gas, imported from the U.S. Ontarians should be aware of the impacts of expanding the use of gas in this province. All of this is just made all the more important when we factor in that most of this gas is fracked.” and Western Canada.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

How would that change if I hopped on the electric bus route at the end of my block? Even when accounting for pollution from electricity generation, electric trucks can significantly reduce air pollution and get us on a better track to addressing climate change.

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A Greener Life

MAY 1, 2025

By Chalie Charoenlarpnopparut Entrenched gas interests and domestic issues put a strain on Thailands solar potential, writes renewable energy expert Chalie Charoenlarpnopparut. Most of that hydropower comes from Laos, importing electricity from controversial dams which have been a subject of environmental concerns on both sides of the border.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

On May 1, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee was told the wholesale prices of electricity in the PJM regional electric grid are too low to support coal and natural gas power plants. The PJM Providers Group represents all forms of generation-- gas, coal, nuclear, solar, wind and other renewables.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The federal government is now supporting that role with federal funding for states. In the meantime, a number of states have moved a step further in plans to phase out gas and diesel vehicles. A key provision (IRA § 60114) appropriates $250 million to support emission reduction planning by state governments. climate policy.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

“ Natural” gas is not clean or green, as its misleading name implies Every reputable environmental organization and energy agency around the world is saying we can’t build new gas projects if we want to avoid complete climate chaos. But Ontario is in the process of expanding the use of fossil gas, not phasing it out.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2023

What happens when promise of electricity reliability fails in bad weather? How can gas power plant owners claim to be reliable but fail to make adequate efforts to purchase fuel? We know that consumers pay for electricity reliability and bear the cost when supplies are tight.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

trillion package are the investments in electric vehicle charging stations, clean-powered buses, and electric-powered ferries. These investments include: Creating new grants to build out electric vehicle charging station networks. Funding to state and local governments to procure electric or low emissions ferries.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Governments, including COP28 host the United Arab Emirates, acknowledge this fact. A poignant example is Mozambique, where foreign companies, notably Eni and TotalEnergies, have injected nearly $30 billion into offshore natural-gas reserves and liquid natural gas (LNG) capacity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Just how bad is fossil “natural” gas? And, as it turns out, the infrastructure used to produce, store, distribute, transmit, and burn gas leaks like a sieve , making gas as bad as coal for the climate. Gas, which now generates 40 percent of US electricity, is considered by some to be critical to maintain grid reliability.

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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.

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E2 Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and Deployment (RAPID) Act The RAPID Act proposes to streamline the environmental review and permitting of major renewable energy generation and electric transmission facilities. However, AGTA endeavors to decelerate further expansion of the natural gas system.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

On February 21, the PJM Interconnection and three other regional electric grid operators made a series of 14 recommendations to overcome vulnerabilities in natural gas infrastructure operations to improve electric grid reliability and gas-electric coordination, especially during adverse weather conditions.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 24, 2022

On December 24, the PJM Interconnection requested the public in its region to conserve electricity. The request is being made throughout PJM electricity grid region. PJM is asking consumers to reduce their use of electricity, if health permits, between the hours of 4:00 a.m. on December 24, 2022 and 10:00 a.m.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 4, 2022

Germany is expected to increase its fossil fuel consumption for electricity generation in 2022, if its weather conditions and electricity demand are similar to 2021, a new analysis from Environmental Progress finds. With its 2021 and 2022 electricity generation profile, Germany would have missed its targets.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The resulting government policies are forcing radical change on the energy system of a kind not seen in a century or more. Storage technology is threatening to upend one of the central axioms of the energy system: that the electricity generation and consumption must balance on a minute-by-minute basis. Technological changes.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Earlier this year, UCS experts worked with community groups to produce a report, On the Road to 100 Percent Renewables , which shows that two dozen states can reliably meet 100 percent of their electricity needs with renewable energy. Hydrogen infrastructure is not the same as natural gas infrastructure.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In that decade, the federal government created the U.S. And state governments began to secure those same rights for individuals in their constitutions. This hotly contested referendum is focused on the future of electric power in the region. The state of Maine also has a ballot measure linked to water.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

Energy Information Administration (EIA)-- -- Natural Gas: Pennsylvania’s marketed natural gas production, primarily from the Marcellus Shale, reached a record 7.6 We were about a third, a third, a third [in sources of fuel to generate electricity]. Yaw's Energy Beliefs You can get a better understanding of Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

On January 9, the Department of Environmental Protection encouraged local governments and authorities to take advantage of the Shared Energy Manager Program that has already worked with communities to identify more than $2.8 As of the end of November 2024, this program helped participating governments identify over $2.8

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Higher prices for oil, natural gas, coal, and electricity are all pushing up inflation across the economy, dampening consumer demand, canceling out wage gains, and compounding the burdens facing working families and the poor as they seek to recover from the pandemic. In the U.S.,

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2024

On July 30, the PJM Interconnection reported its latest electricity auction produced a wholesale price of $269.92/MW-day The reliability of natural gas was a significant part of these reliability concerns. Pennsylvania is dependent on natural gas for 59% of our electric generation. See Resource Links below.]

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2023

natural gas and oil as a long-term strategic asset during API’s annual State of American Energy event. As consumers face growing energy costs, API urges policymakers to take a more realistic approach and ensure that American natural gas and oil are prioritized as long-term strategic assets. We know the solution is here.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 23, 2024

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2025

May 13-- Senate Local Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 311 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) prohibiting local governments from banning any source of energy [like natural gas]. House Energy Committee informational meeting on electric transmission. Room 8E-B East Wing. Click Here to watch live. Ohio- $3.02

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

Natural gas, oil, and nuclear are minor players. The national electricity plan projected that renewables will exceed coal in 2027. the national government isn’t the only presence in terms of climate policy. The roadmap calls for Mumbai to get half its electricity from renewables by 2030 and 90% by 2050.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

By John Quigley, Kleinman Center For Energy Policy , University of Pennsylvania The challenge of decarbonizing the electricity grid while ensuring its reliability is acute in Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth is the nation’s third-largest electricity producer , and exports more of it than any other state. per year over the next ten years.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2025

May 13-- Senate Local Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 311 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) prohibiting local governments from banning any source of energy [like natural gas]. House Energy Committee informational meeting on electric transmission. Room 8E-B East Wing. Click Here to watch live. And Saved $44.2

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Here are 125 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. DeFrank Appointed Chair Of National Assn.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2023

Unless the government adopts a similarly holistic perspective when implementing the tax credit, though, the incentive could wind up doing more harm than good. Electrolysis, which uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, releases no carbon emissions at the point of production. The framing is consequential.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 23, 2024

The governing bodies that regulate California’s energy system are almost as complicated and arcane as the sprawling network of wires, poles, and power plants they oversee. At a more granular level, this includes critical decisions about where our electricity will come from and whether it will be clean. California needs a new approach.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 24, 2023

Electric vehicles (EVs) play an important role in reducing carbon pollution from transportation. But there are some false and half true claims being made about electric vehicles. Here we will separate fact from fiction about electric vehicles. grams of CO2 per kilometre, while gas guzzlers like Ford F-150 Truck emits 256.5

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs Gov. 12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs Gov. Shapiro Administration Launches New Discover State Grants Website To Streamline Access To Government Funding Opportunities DEP Holds Nov. 26 to Nov. 26 to Nov.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. Berkeley’s so-called “natural gas ban” was the first local ordinance in the country to effectively require all-electric construction of new buildings.

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