Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

.” What would a victory by the Chosen One in 2024 mean for climate policy? He has doubled down on claims that climate change is a hoax and mocks climate advocates for worrying about whether “the ocean will rise by 1/100th of an inch over the next 350 years.” Download as PDF

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 13, 2023

The revolutions in power generation and vehicle technology are gaining momentum, and—given the climate crisis—they can’t come too soon. Last year, renewables generated more electricity in the United States than coal for the first time, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). of total auto sales.

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Law and Environment

JULY 1, 2022

The decision focuses on EPA’s authority under a specific section of the Clean Air Act. But a closer read suggests more sweeping, longer-term implications for incentivizing the development of clean energy projects nationwide. The Court ruled that EPA lacked the authority under the Clean Air Act to issue the Clean Power Plan.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 24, 2023

The topic of climate change got about 4 minutes of airtime during the first half of the first presidential primary debate held this week by Fox News. How will you as both President of the United States and leader of the Republican Party calm their fears that the Republican Party doesn’t care about climate change?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

PennFuture celebrated 25 years of fighting climate change and industrial pollution by holding anniversary celebrations in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to honor seven Pennsylvanians for their contributions to restoring and protecting the environment. Prior to her involvement in environmental advocacy, Ms.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 21, 2022

The most consequential vote to advance a clean energy future won’t be happening in Washington, D.C., It will be happening in the (virtual) boardroom of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), which has authority over the bulk electric transmission system across much of the Midwest. or your state capital next week.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 13, 2022

And yet, technological innovation is not what’s standing in the way of significant and necessary near-term climate progress. These pieces are critical to unleashing necessary change—regardless of the technologies at hand—yet are too often overlooked. Now we need to rapidly accelerate the clean energy momentum already underway.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 28, 2022

Last week was a big one for clean energy in Michigan. First, Union of Concerned Scientists and the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition released a new report on how Michigan and other states can achieve 100-percent renewable energy standards that benefit all communities. No new gas plants. The Path Ahead.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2022

The clean energy industry is continuing to deploy significant amounts of storage to deliver a low-carbon future. Having enough energy storage in the right places will support the massive amount of renewables needed to add to the grid in the coming decades. Currently only 4 percent of US electricity comes from solar.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

California’s Central Valley consistently experiences the country’s worst air quality, and climate change is poised to make air quality even worse. In a region known for its exceptional agricultural productivity, climate change is quickly amplifying a dangerous type of climate risk in California’s Central Valley: air pollution.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), which previously existed under a slightly different name and role, was given authority as this reliability entity. But the effects of climate change now are straining the grid with heatwaves and cold spells pushing it to its limits, and sometimes beyond.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 12, 2022

Extreme heat and heatwaves are growing more frequent and more severe because of climate change. While climate change is making our days hotter, the fingerprints of climate change are even clearer for nighttime temperatures than for daytime temperatures.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 31, 2022

Rising prices of methane gas used for power and heating, exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, are contributing to soaring electric and heating bills across the country. And between 2010 and 2020 across all economic sectors, the share of US primary energy consumption from methane gas increased from 25 to 34 percent. .

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2024

Department of Agriculture is funding more than 700 clean energy projects to lower energy bills, expand access to domestic biofuels and create jobs and new market opportunities for U.S. On April 23, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that the U.S. farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2024

As a major energy-producing state, we have a responsibility to lead the way in addressing climate change. PACER is the way forward to cleaner air, job growth, and consumer savings on electricity bills,” said Sen. Comitta, who serves as Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. “I

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The United States brought to COP27 in Egypt the historic Inflation Reduction Act , which Congress passed this summer, as evidence of our renewed participation with the rest of the world on climate action.?. Connecticut has an Office of Climate Planning. Rhode Island has the Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Most studies show that achieving these targets will require an unprecedented increase in wind and solar power to decarbonize the power sector and meet the increased demand for zero- carbon electricity to replace fossil fuels in building, industrial and transportation sectors. Rooftop solar deployment, meanwhile, doesn’t require any land.

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 25, 2023

need to deploy clean energy technologies to achieve net zero emissions? How will this energy transition impact energy security and the country’s position today as a major energy exporter? To see other panels from National Clean Energy Week, like and subscribe on YouTube. As the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Since the beginning of 2022, electric vehicle sales in the United States have been downright electrifying. Last year, US drivers bought more than 800,000 new electric vehicles (EVs), 65 percent more than in 2021, even as overall car sales declined. Given the climate crisis, which seems to worsen every day, the sooner the better.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

On January 26, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed House File 7 —the 100% Clean Energy Bill. Now it’s on to the state Senate, where the question is: Will this be the year Minnesota sets a path toward 100-percent carbon-free electricity?

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NAEP Leadership Blog

AUGUST 28, 2022

What might not be readily apparent to some who have not yet taken a deep dive into the IIJA is what the investment could do for climate change. Below are some of the key emissions reduction initiatives addressed by the IIJA: $65 Billion in clean energy transmission upgrades and installing smart grid technologies; $7.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Last year, Congress passed the most ambitious climate bill ever enacted, the Inflation Reduction Act. The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

Nearly all of the alliance members have a renewable electricity standard (RES), which requires utilities in their jurisdiction to increase their use of renewable energy to a particular percentage by a specific year. We found that states have technically feasible and highly beneficial ways to achieve 100-percent renewable energy.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

To no one’s surprise it contained zero funding to address climate change – not even for clean energy – which the document referred to multiple times. As a result, between 2005 and 2017 greenhouse gas pollution from Ontario’s electricity system dropped by 93 per cent.

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Law and Environment

MAY 11, 2023

The fact sheet provides an endorsement of the Building American Energy Security Act of 2023, establishes several major objectives for permitting reform, provides several recommendations to streamline federal permitting processes, and urges Congress to include the objectives and recommendations as part of bipartisan permitting reform legislation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

is a serious blow to the EPA’s ability to fight climate change—and could have dangerous repercussions beyond this case. The timing of the decision feels especially harsh, as the nation is in the throes of the “ Danger Season ” for hazards such as heat waves, drought, wildfires and hurricanes, all worsened by climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Fossil gas power plants currently provide the largest source of electricity generation and capacity in the United States. To meet our climate goals and reach net zero emissions by 2050, most studies show that we need to dramatically reduce gas use for generating electricity, heating homes and businesses, and running industrial processes.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

There’s good news in the recently released official data on electricity generation in the United States in 2022: renewable energy has continued to grow, coal power has continued to drop, and renewables are now firmly ahead of coal for the first time ever. They offer a lot of good news about clean energy progress.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2023

The accelerating transition to clean energy, which can transform the state’s economy and communities – if we act now to further investments in clean energy and climate action approved by Congress that are already bringing jobs and economic opportunities. A key driver of this growth? What’s in it for Pennsylvania?

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

Based on numerous sources, Governor Baker has now signed an Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind. This bill includes a number of key advancements for increased adoption of zero emission vehicles and clean transportation throughout the Commonwealth. The Department shall approve the rebates not later than June 30, 2023; and.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 3, 2024

In a new report , the Sabin Center identifies and examines 33 of the most pervasive false claims about solar energy, wind energy, and electric vehicles, with the aim of promoting a more informed discussion. jobs ( it does not ). jobs ( it does not ).

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Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

The bad news is that we’re not yet on track to avoid dangerous climate change. climate policy. Climate policy has been boosted by dramatic changes in the economics of clean energy. Cheaper renewable energy attracts private investment and makes limits on fossil fuels more feasible.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2024

For the rural communities living in or near national parks, electricity was a commodity. Something I really care about is to make sure the benefits of clean energy are reaching everyone in our society,” García said. Back home in Colombia, García’s family is witnessing the consequences of a fossil fuel-centered energy system.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

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. That discrimination is still evident today.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

I’m going to let you in on a little secret: Without power grid modeling tools, the transition to clean electricity would be an absolute mess. Luckily, we don’t have to resort to guesswork because we have sophisticated grid modeling tools that help guide the transition to clean electricity. Surely that would not end well.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

State climate policy is a big deal. State governments began cutting emissions at a time when the federal government was essentially doing nothing about climate change. it’s not for nothing that 2023 has been called a banner year for state climate action. This has been a busy time for climate action in Michigan.

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