A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

By Jeremy Williams Over the past 200 years, political power has become deeply entwined with fossil fuels. There are already competing stories, “each trying to be the first to make sense of what a politics anchored on renewable energy and climate action might look like.” They both risk ignoring ordinary citizens.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 19, 2024

By Adam Barnett DeSmog catalogues how oil and gas firms have forged ties with the highest levels of government, the media, and influential think tanks. Jolyon Maugham, director of the Good Law Project, told DeSmog: “Abraham Lincoln spoke of government ‘of the people, by the people and for the people.’ Graph credit: DeSmog.

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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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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

By Zofeen Ebrahim Progress towards the construction of a China-funded coal power plant in Gwadar raises questions about the climate pledges of both China and Pakistan. In 2021, China’s president Xi Jinping announced that China would not build any new coal-fired power projects abroad.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

This fundamental reality has been obscured by the high complexity of wholesale electricity “markets,” which were created by government policies and regulations and mask the high cost of integrating variable renewable energy sources — until, that is, disaster strikes. 14] The average age of a unit of wind or solar is 6.3

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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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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 21, 2021

The IEA is the world’s foremost authority on energy, relied upon by governments and the private sector around the world. The most obvious high-level conclusion from the IEA research is that we need governments to act collectively on our behalf. So what do we need governments to do? This is a huge deal. Starting now.

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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. What we can’t have, if you’ll allow me to stretch the metaphor, is a chef in the provincial government kitchen, who refuses to bake the cake in the first place. Shifting that $4.8

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 21, 2022

Other States/National/International -- WSJ: Solar-Power Developers Pledge To Buy U.S. Panels - If Someone Makes Them PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Woman Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. What’s Your Community Doing?

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A Greener Life

JUNE 18, 2021

A person walks past solar panels of the Isyangulovo solar power plant in Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan. After seven years of sanctions and accusations of malign activities by all sides, political relations between Russia and both the US and the EU are at their worst since the mid-1980s. Photo credit: Alamy.

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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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Legal Planet

MAY 26, 2022

The British government is firmly in the grip of the Conservative Party. The Climate Change Act of 2008 was amended in 2019 under a coalition government of the Conservatives and their North Irish allies. In 2022, the government adopted a new energy policy to combat dependence on Russian oil.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

But in nearly every instance, Rose listened politely, refrained from challenging Tillerson on the facts, and went on to his next question. Later in the hour, Tillerson told Rose that the federal government should end subsidies for renewable energy. “I And Rose did, at times, ask follow-up questions.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

I sometimes ask students to guess what state produces the most wind power. Republicans have an iron grip on Texas government. This difference in regulatory approaches may well reflect social, political, and economic differences between the two states that have led to a greater libertarian streak in the Texas version of conservatism.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 27, 2023

Billion In Federal Funding To Expand Affordable, High-Speed Internet Access -- Spotlight PA: How Pennsylvania State & Local Government Have (And Haven’t) Spent Billions Of COVID Stimulus Dollars -- Dept. Shapiro: PA To Receive $1.6

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2022

Here are 64 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.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Coal Prices Climb Past $200 As Global Energy Crunch Boosts Demand American Rescue Plan Funding -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested. 1 [PaEN] -- Register Now For Ohio River Basin Alliance Summit Nov. What’s Your Community Doing?

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

23] In response to Fukushima, the Japanese government shut down its nuclear plants and the cost of electricity went up. As a result, 1,280 people died from cold from unaffordable electrical power, researchers calculate, between 2011 and 2014. [24] While there has been talk of bringing solar manufacturing to the U.S. trillion. [25]

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2024

These obstacles include governance structures, political economy, decision-making dynamics and environmental justice concerns. Yet the hurdles to accomplishing such a massive industrial-scale transition are daunting. For more information about the fall 2024 series, visit the EarthTalks website. Reprinted from Penn State News.)

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

Now in place for three months, the new coalition has overhauled a decades-long political stance toward Russia which was centred on Wandel durch Handel (change through trade). Over the past few weeks, Germany’s political elite has finally realised that gas is Putin’s leverage over Europe and Germany. How has Germany reacted?

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A Greener Life

APRIL 24, 2024

According to the White House the aims of the initiative is to put more than 20,000 young people to work by training them, for example, to install solar panels , operate LiDAR cameras that detect methane emissions and restore mangrove ecosystems. ” You can watch the president’s full speech below:

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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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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2024

Of Agriculture: Protecting Our Waterways Starts At Home With Watershed-Friendly Lawn Care -- WNEP: Residents React To Proposed Warehouse In Carbon County At DEP Hearing -- WNEP: EPA Investigating Potential Wastewater Violations At Environmental Services Corp In Lackawanna County -- Delaware RiverKeeper Aug.

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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. What’s Your Community Doing?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2022

What’s Your Community Doing? Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2022

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

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

14 On Hydrogen’s Potential As An Energy Source -- EPA Environmental Justice Technical Assistance Grant Deadline Extended To Nov. 14 On Hydrogen’s Potential As An Energy Source -- EPA Environmental Justice Technical Assistance Grant Deadline Extended To Nov.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Divided Ninth Circuit Said Juliana Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Press Constitutional Climate Claims Against Federal Government. Ninth Circuit Heard Oral Argument in California Local Government Cases; Fossil Fuel Companies Said Juliana Decision Supported Their Position. Environmental Council of Sacramento v. County of Sacramento , No.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

9 [PaEN] -- TribLive: Stop Polluting Sewickley Creek, EPA Tells Max Environmental Yukon Landfill Operator -- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Bhopal Survivors Bring Message About Chemical Exposures To Western PA, Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Victims -- DEP Sets Oct. Ohio- $3.20 Ohio- $3.20

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Here are 99 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. To Host A Virtual Symposium Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2022

Refiners -- Bloomberg: Saudis Cut Oil Prices From Record Highs Amid China Lockdowns -- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Drops As Russia Tries To Calm Clients Over Payments American Rescue Plan Funding -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.

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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 The report also found that 173 coal plants are scheduled to close by 2030—54 percent of the fleet—and another 55 by 2040.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2024

- That’s Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Pooling Along The Side Of The Road During Spring Dumping Season [PaEN] -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Federal Rules Push Average Well Plugging Cost To $100,000 -- The Energy Age: Act 14 Notice To Local Governments Offering The Chance To Comment On EQT For Habanero Well 22 In Washington County -- (..)

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2024

It sets a different tone to that of the party of the outgoing government – who have dithered back and forward on energy and climate policies, lacking a clear and consistent vision. pic.twitter.com/aMjZ6aXBUf — Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) July 6, 2024 As the government is less than a week old, there is very little concrete policy news.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The monitoring of the atmosphere, of the surface of the Earth, of what’s going on in the ocean and under the ice — all of that is overwhelmingly funded by the federal government.”. Haven't we actually moved beyond relying on government to reduce carbon emissions? Yes, wind and solar power are rapidly becoming economic options.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2022

Other States/National/International -- CNN: Wind And Solar Power Are ‘Bailing Out’ Texas Amid Record Heat, Energy Demand PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- MCall: National Hate Group Monitor Unmasks Lehigh Valley-Area Publishing Company - Antelope Hill- Peddling Nazi, Fascist Literature -- LancasterOnline: Critics Bash St.

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