A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2022

A solar power field in Kawasaki, near Tokyo. Last week, regulators in the local assembly of Tokyo , the capital of Japan , ruled that all new homes constructed by large-scale homebuilders after April 2025 must install solar panels to cut emissions. Poor solar uptake. Photo credit: Reuters / Toru Hanai. By Anders Lorenzen.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Specifically, it is important to understand that solar is not being sited in equal quantities on these three types of land, as farmland hosts far more solar projects (33%) than either grassland (6%) or forests (4%). For comparison, nearly 3% of solar power is currently sited in urban areas. [1].

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

for Ontario to phase out polluting gas-powered electricity and produce all of its power using carbon-free sources. Take Action: Tell Ontario to phase out polluting gas power. Here are the measures that would lead Ontario to a fully clean electricity grid: Increase Wind and Solar Power. This is completely doable.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

“Clean, renewable solar energy is so important for Pennsylvania’s air quality and reaching one gigawatt is proof that we are making progress towards Pennsylvania’s Solar Future,” said DEP Interim Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Wind and solar power, paired with energy storage and energy savings, can almost entirely replace fossil fuels – and leave our communities better off. And one of their favourite tactics is to push technology that they claim can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions – especially carbon capture and storage and hydrogen.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 29, 2023

It’s meant to provide subsidies for clean energy projects in order to help Canada reach its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. Taxpayer money should go to climate solutions – like wind and solar power and energy storage. The CGF, which was set up last year, is a $15 billion independent and arm’s length public fund.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 30, 2023

Last year a total of 266 gigawatts (GW) of renewables was installed, with solar power leading the field. The President of the Energy Institute, a UK-based body, Juliet Davenport said : “Despite further strong growth in wind and solar in the power sector, overall global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions increased again.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2023

This is one reason why there was no runaway greenhouse warming when CO2 concentrations approached 20 times that of today. First, there is a strong case that these are solar-powered fuels. This inconvenient fact, despite its importance, is rarely mentioned because it undermines the theory of a future climate catastrophe.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2023

Solar Energy Help Now; Avoid Natural Gas Price Spikes [PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Solar Center, Generation180 Outline Benefits To Schools Switching To Solar Energy - Saving Money, Avoiding Costly Price Spikes [PaEN] NewsClips This Week: -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmaker Launches New Attempt To Allow Community Solar -- MCall: Lehigh University (..)

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 15, 2024

But its current target is too weak, and so is directly responsible for the level of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the province. We think that this misses the point: the Ontario government, through its laws, policies and actions, is actually contributing to climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Greater Philadelphia is committed to attaining net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and preparing our communities for the impacts of climate change,” said Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Ariella Maron. 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

It takes vast amounts of energy to pump and filter water throughout Pittsburgh, and by committing to this portion of wind generated power, PWSA will reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of removing 3,000 gasoline powered cars off the road each year,” said James J. Stitt, PWSA Sustainability Manager.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2023

This is outrageous, especially given that Ontario successfully phased out coal-fired power plants between 2005 and 2017 and brought down greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector by 93 per cent. Ontario recently announced it would contract new polluting gas plants to generate electricity for the province.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

By next year, Pennsylvania will get 50 percent of its electricity from ten new solar arrays around the Commonwealth – making Pennsylvania the first state in the country to commit to getting half of its energy from solar power.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2022

However, despite this growth, less than 2% of K-12 schools (108 total) generate solar power, which means many more school districts could be enjoying the cost-saving and other benefits solar offers. They anticipate energy cost savings of $11 million over the 40-year life expectancy of the solar panels.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Ontario has a successful track record when it comes to building renewable power. Between 2005 and 2017 Ontario phased-out coal plants, reducing greenhouse gas pollution from our electricity system by 93 per cent. And between 2009 and 2016, Ontario built over 2000 MW of solar power and about 3000 MW of wind power.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The World Meteorological Organization Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. The only way to bridge this gap is through rapid, transformational changes across the global economy in every sector within this decade. Source: UNEP 2022 Emissions Gap Report.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Further, while gas emits less carbon dioxide than coal, its main component is methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas that is released into the atmosphere when gas is burned—a fact that ConocoPhillips conveniently left out on its website. Methane is also a fast-acting greenhouse gas in terms of its impact on the climate.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2023

Oil/Natural Gas Production Other States/National/International -- WITF/NPR: The U.S.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Riding on one of the city’s “100% electric zero emission” buses, I noticed that much of the public lighting is solar powered. This is vital to meet rising demand for electricity among Moroccans, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate change. Currently, throughout Africa, 662.6

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The strategy was developed to integrate the short- and long-term actions in the Climate Action Plan into the City’s development review processes to help reach the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030. Events: -- Pennsylvania Leaders And Glasgow: Reflections On COP26 Climate Conference, Nov.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 26, 2021

In order to achieve the greenhouse gas reductions needed to sustain a livable climate, we must scale up renewable energy capacity at a rapid pace.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2024

You can sign petitions like this one to Stop Big Oil or you can write directly to your local, provincial or federal representative and ask them to support policies and plans that meet Canada’s goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Support clean energy Solar Power Plant in modern city: Sustainable Renewable Energy.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Hosts May 4 Webinar - Solar Schools: New Incentives Make Now The Best Time To Go Solar [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: PA Lawmakers Propose Grant Program To Fund Solar Projects At K-12 Schools, Colleges -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmaker Launches New Attempt To Allow Community Solar -- MCall: Lehigh University Begins Construction On 20 Acre (..)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Some of HSBC’s dealings were on behalf of Saudi Aramco, the world’s second-ranked company in Fortune’s Global 500 and often dubbed the world’s biggest polluter for being the largest corporate emitter of greenhouse gases. degrees Celsius, or 2.7 Many UN documents say emissions should be cut by 45 percent by 2030. trillion to $1 trillion.

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Law Columbia

MAY 31, 2023

These and other instances of local opposition to renewable energy facilities across the United States present a serious obstacle to meeting state and federal climate targets and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Global Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is from transportation. This accounts for 28% of emissions, coming in above agriculture, commercial & residential, industry and power generation. The average North American drives about 10,500 miles per year.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2022

Whilst he also supports boosting the nuclear energy industry, he equally supports the renewable energy industry: “Exiting renewables today would be a complete aberration, we would be the only country in the world doing that,” Macron said adding that Le Pen’s plan would mean: “spending hundreds of millions of euros dismantling existing (..)

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2023

And while the construction of wind turbines generates small amounts of greenhouse gas emissions , DOE has recognized that–like solar PV–wind energy significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution emissions in the long term.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

Utilizing manure nutrients efficiently means that risk of loss of nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment, and greenhouse gas is minimized. It complements Phoenix Contact’s Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power (CCHP) system, which generates about half of the facility’s electric requirements.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2022

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2021

-- Ed Wytovich Discusses Catawissa Creek's Unique Potential, Threats It Faces, What's Needed [PaEN] -- Clearfield Conservation District, Trout Unlimited, DEP Potts Run Passive Mine Drainage Treatment - Video -- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Announces 2021 Environmental Award Winners; Nov. Messiah University [PaEN] -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2022

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal A solar power boom generated by new renewable energy mandates is unfurling in the Chesapeake Bay region. Virginia, for example, was ninth in the nation for new solar capacity in 2021. At the upper end of the estimated need for solar acres, there would not be enough sheep to cover that ground.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2023

Managing the role of the energy sector will be a key challenge in meeting this target, being responsible for 53% of the country’s emissions, according to the latest update of its greenhouse gas inventory in 2019. The transition away from fossil fuels has, however, been an elusive goal for Argentina to date.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Enacted in 2019, the CLCPA transformed the state’s earlier clean energy standard efforts from administrative fiat to law and sets more aggressive goals to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide to 60% from a 1990 baseline by 2030, and 15% from a 1990 baseline by 2050.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Under the LCFS each fuel pathway gets a unique carbon intensity (CI) based on a lifecycle analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and use of the fuel. The CI of an electric vehicle charged with solar power is zero, and most of the biofuels fall somewhere in the middle [i].

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Acoel

MAY 18, 2021

The claim is that foreign companies (not Mainers) will benefit, specifically: Canadian power company Hydro-Quebec and the ultimate parent company of Avangrid, the Spanish energy company Iberdrola (incidentally, one of the largest developers of wind and solar power in the U.S. and worldwide).

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