Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 9, 2022

We suggest rephrasing the query such that it is about using renewable energy to reduce the environmental harms associated with fossil fuel energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase the supply of renewable energy and foster a just transition to an ESG driven economy.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2023

A lot has happened this year, with political turmoil in the House of Representatives, indictments of Donald Trump and associates, and a close scrape with default on the national debt. In the world of energy and environment, the picture has also been mixed, but with more good than bad.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2022

Federal subsidies also change the dynamics in laggard states, where renewable energy isn’t a priority and talk about climate change is anathema. Federal subsidies create new national political dynamics. These policies can reduce opposition to tougher energy policies. There are also some more subtle effects.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2023

News: Norfolk Southern Train Got Alarm Before Train Derailment In New Castle, Lawrence County - NTSB -- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion -- PUC Alerts Consumers To Electricity Price Changes Coming June 1-- From 20.7% Oil And Gas Slowdown; Weakening Prices Accentuated Pullback -- Bloomberg: U.S.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 7, 2022

But public intervention ultimately means that our electricity and energy systems will be under greater political control. We can leverage that variation to examine whether public ownership means that policy efforts to advance renewable energy production are more effective or not. Download as PDF.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17 National- $3.28 National- $3.28 National- $3.28

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Perry; May Try To Oust Republican Speaker McCarthy -- Politics PA: Republican PA Cong. Shapiro -- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Won’t Share Daily Calendar, A Departure From Previous Governors -- Scranton Times Editorial: Open Opioid Meetings, Reveal Gov.

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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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 16, 2024

The law authorized the creation of new transmission to serve “renewable energy zones” and a process to identify and select such zones. That became a model used in the Illinois Clean Energy Jobs Act ( CEJA ), which also combined new clean energy goals and state designation of renewable energy zones and related transmission.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 18, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro -- AP: Gov. Shapiro: Collapsed Stretch Of I-95 In Philadelphia To Reopen Within 2 Weeks -- Inside Climate News: Secretive State Climate Talks Stir Discontent With Gov. Senate/House -- WKBN: PA U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Climate action is limited by political will (not technology) In this pivotal moment of history, where the imperative to avert the worst impacts of climate change is clear, the world stands at the cusp of a transformative shift toward a renewable energy paradigm. What’s lacking is political will.

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E2 Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2022

12 and now heads to the president’s desk, would apply to the renewable energy industry. This GT Alert outlines how the Inflation Reduction Act, which the House passed Aug. Click here to continue reading.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

Cheaper renewable energy attracts private investment and makes limits on fossil fuels more feasible. The resulting economic growth also helps create a stronger political base for aggressive expansion of clean energy. I don’t mean to imply that technological progress will automatically fix things.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 6, 2022

However, there are a range of other policy tools in the electricity sector that might help advance decarbonization, policy tools that might be less politically polarizing. We then examined whether restructuring policies at the state level were associated with greater renewable energy capacity or production. Download as PDF.

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Environmental Europe

JULY 1, 2020

Deploying renewable energy technologies is a key way to reduce emissions, but the EU’s own Environment Agency warned in late 2019 that current policy efforts are insufficient to reach the 2030 and the 2050 (net zero) emissions targets. insufficient renewable energy targets) or “delivery gaps” (i.e.,

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In 2019, the Utah State Legislature passed the Community Renewable Energy Act (HB 411). This bill allows Utah municipalities that are serviced by Rocky Mountain Power to achieve a net-100% renewable energy portfolio by 2030. There may be hope that the politics of climate change is beginning to detoxify.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Mastriano, After Big Defeat To End 2022, Climbs Back Onto Political Stage -- PennLive: Republican Sen. Mastriano, After Big Defeat To End 2022, Climbs Back Onto Political Stage -- PennLive: Republican Sen. Shapiro -- Gov. Mastriano Considering Run For U.S.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

No doubt the real motives are more mundane: ignorance, financial gain, political ambition, or fear of change. His administration attempted to eliminate every regulation limiting carbon emissions, promoting energy efficiency, or expanding renewable energy. Donald Trump is, of course, the poster child for this campaign.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Capitol -- State Constitutional Amendments -- Spotlight PA: Complete Guide To More Than 70 Proposed Amendments To State Constitution -- Ohio/PA Train Derailment -- Pennsylvania State Actions On Ohio/PA Train Derailment - Week Of Feb. Of Homeland Security - By Gov.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Trump continues to loathe renewable energy, in particular wind. Right now we have energy that’s weak, substandard and unaffordable,” Trump said in announcing his energy plan. “It’s All of these possibilities fall within what might be considered “normal” political behavior. It’s made by the wind.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The best solution: Replace fossil fuels with renewable energy. Climate change is overwhelmingly caused by burning fossil fuels, and the most immediate path to avert climate disaster is to stop investing in those fuels and start powering our economy with an equitable transition to renewable energy.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

At the global level, however, Germany has its own claim to a leadership role, particularly in its early support for renewable energy. Although its track record has some complexities, this timeline of German actions shows just its early and sustained attention to clean energy policy: 1990. Renewables are 6% of power.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Some analysts are predicting that as China’s rate of renewable energy deployment exceeds the rate of energy demand growth it will lead to reduced USE of coal-fired power plants. this is an affirmation from this administration that the goal is to deploy renewable energy in a way that supplants coal, oil and gas.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Growth in renewable energy, which was likely driven by state energy policies, took an extra bit out of the market for coal. Taken together, the growth in gas (and secondarily renewables), combined with a stagnant electricity market, explain why coal use has plummeted. Another key factor is often overlooked. In 2010, U.S.

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Global Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Michael Moore’s last movie, Planet of the Humans , questions the reliability, affordability and sustainability of renewable energy. The thought-provoking film also highlights the renewables’ dependence on fossil fuels. What are the limitations of renewable technologies? the 25% of the total renewable energy share.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 1, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- January 3 - Senate, House Begin 2023-24 Legislative Session -- January 17 - Gov.-elect elect Shapiro, Lt. Wolf Ends Term With Strong Ratings After Tumultuous Times -- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Capitol Attack -- Warren Times Editorial: Unstable Republican Cong.

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Cresforum

MARCH 13, 2024

In the ever-evolving world of renewable energy, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) emerged as a piece of legislation aimed at accelerating the adoption of clean energy practices have become a point of contention among political parties.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

.” Some of the EU’s biggest companies operating in the wind sector such as Siemens Energy, Vestas and Nordex have all suffered losses as a result of how the wind industry’s market has been designed. of electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030. Recently an offshore wind auction in the UK failed to attract any bids.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2024

Cornyn’s Senate website emphasizes expansion of fossil fuel production but also touts Texas as a “trailblazer in renewable energy.” This is part of the cult, or religion, of renewable energy.” John Thune (SD). Lifetime LCV score of 11% (half of Susan Collins’s lifetime score).

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

Which seems a little hard to square with the state’s reliance on renewable energy. Instead, Texas is doubling down on renewables. The state will soon get more power from renewables than natural gas. The state will soon get more power from renewables than natural gas.

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Acoel

JUNE 23, 2021

The Biden administration has committed to significantly expanding development of renewable energy. They have the potential to generate significant amounts of energy with a minimal carbon footprint. Generation of wind energy involves little or no water use, few if any chemicals, and virtually no waste disposal.

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Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2022

Together we can take advantage of the opportunity for Australia to be a renewable energy superpower.”. Climate change wasn’t a central issue in the campaign, but resistance to climate action no longer provided a political advantage. The new premier’s views sharply contrasted with those of his predecessor.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 6, 2023

However, it’s a disappointment to the initiative’s proponents and to a larger group of environmental advocates who seek to promote California’s quick transition from reliance on heavily-polluting and climate-damaging fossil fuels to renewable energy resources.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2022

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Governor’s Race -- Erie Times: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Calls Shapiro The ‘Extreme’ Candidate -- Politico: Republican PA Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Threatens To Renege On Testifying Before U.S. House Panel Investigating The Assault On U.S.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Renewable energy target raised to 50% by 2030. Requires 90% renewable energy and zero-carbon electricity by 2035, 95% by 2040 and 100% by 2045 CARB prohibited sale of new gas and diesel cars after 2034. Effectively prohibited California utilities from using electricity from coal-fired generation. 2015 SB350. 2016 SB 32.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

(UCS) UCS’s findings are consistent with the conclusions of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Transmission Needs Study , which it released last October. It’s a contentious issue fraught with political and social dynamics that have largely doomed previous attempts.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

Delaware On August 3rd, the governor signed seven pieces of climate legislation that strengthen the state’s climate targets, increase electric vehicle and renewable energy requirements, and update building codes. The governor of Rhode Island signed legislation to accelerate the state’s shift to renewable energy.

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