Environmental News Bits
MAY 10, 2024
Liu, Purdue University Small-scale solar power, also known as rooftop or distributed solar, has grown considerably in the U.S. by Yihsu Chen, University of California, Santa Cruz and Andrew L. over the past decade.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 3, 2022
The polling also showed an appetite for increased solar deployment in the Commonwealth. 65 percent of respondents would like to see Pennsylvania produce more solar, citing reasons ranging from reduced air pollution to energy bill savings. For more information, visit the Vote Solar - Pennsylvania webpage.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 22, 2022
Minnesotans are facing concurrent crises of climate change, high energy prices and inflation, and the inequitable public health impacts of fossil fuel air pollution. Renewable energy will help with all of that—but we need a grid that is designed for wind and solar instead of having to rely on expensive coal and gas plants.
Enviromental Defense
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
These communities are often already exposed to lots of air pollution from things like other industries, airports, and nearby highways. Pollution control is expensive and air pollution regulations are not strict enough. Focus on increasing truly renewable, low-emission energy such as wind and solar power.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The International Energy Agency said the world last year saw record growth in solar power, adoption of electric vehicles, and global clean energy investments that outstripped fossil investments last year by $1.74 million people die prematurely from the ambient air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). gigawatts (GW) of planned solar projects expected to come online this year is almost double the previous 13.4 Solar” only includes large-scale solar.
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 9, 2021
My last post argued that EPA should immediately repeal the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan. It attempted to move away from fossil fuels and toward zero-carbon sources like solar power to supply electricity. Here are the options going forward for regulating existing power plants.
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