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

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Billion On Their Sports: Report -- PG - John Hayes: Southwest PA Hunters Add $312 Million To PA’s Economy -- TribLive: How Westmoreland Fishing Community Is Preparing For Trout Season Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

From 2019 through 2021 , additions of large-scale generating capacity have been led by wind—not gas—and the US Energy Information Administration says solar power is on track to lead this year. Solar was actually the leading capacity addition from 2019 through 2021 if you include smaller-scale systems such as rooftop solar.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Acknowledging that the United States is a leading contributor to carbon emissions, the Biden administration has committed to cutting US emissions 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

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Physics World

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Could you explain why these materials are so important for solar power? AK: I have studied perovskite materials since 2005, at which time I had a rough idea that they could be used in solar cells. Congratulations on winning the 2022 Rank Prize for Optoelectronics for your work on perovskite semiconductors.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Earlier this year, the MPSC approved a settlement agreement on Consumers Energy’s integrated resource plan that commits the company to retire all its remaining coal-fired power plants by 2025, construct no new fossil gas infrastructure, and build large amounts of new solar power between now and 2040.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Wind and solar energy are the least expensive sources of energy in Canada. The cost of solar power has been reduced by 90 per cent over the past 10 years. Because the “feedstock” for both wind and solar are free, the cost of these energy sources decreases the more that are built.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 15, 2022

Achieving a reduction of net US emissions of at least 50%–52% below 2005 levels by 2030, as President Biden has set out to do , requires unprecedented development of wind, solar, and other renewable energy facilities. Mississippi was the only state without identified local opposition or restrictions. Photo by Karsten Würth on Unsplash.

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Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2024

Biden sets target of at least 50% reduction in carbon emissions below 2005 levels by 2030. Biden and the EPA award $7 billion toward “solar power for all” from the IRA’s Solar for All program—which will deliver residential and community solar in disadvantaged communities. April 22, 2021. October 26, 2022.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Over the last 12 years, I wrote eight columns on the Koch network’s escapades, including: Its attempt in 2012 to scare consumers about the cost of state renewable energy standards, which require utilities to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels by increasing their use of wind and solar power.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

Will your party commit to reducing the province’s greenhouse gas emissions by 60% from 2005 levels by 2030? Ontario New Democratic Party: Our commitment is to reduce emissions from 2005 levels by at least 50% by 2030 , and to achieve net-zero by 2050 or earlier. . Progressive Conservative (PC) Party of Ontario: .

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 were 21 percent below 2005 levels, which is nearly a one-quarter larger reduction than that promised by the United States under the Copenhagen Accord target of a 17 percent reduction. Evaluation of a proposal for reliable low-cost grid power with 100 percent wind, water, and solar,” PNAS 114, no.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Regarding solar power, at least 55% must come from utility-owned facilities, while up to 45% can be purchased from small third-party generators. By the end of next year, the commission must to develop a plan for reaching these goals involving the “least cost path.”.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new power plant carbon pollution standards that, if strengthened, would go a long way to help meet the Biden administration’s goal of slashing carbon emissions in half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade. percent of US electricity and utility-scale solar generated 3.4

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Tied To Globally Priced Fossil Fuels, Critical Minerals -- The Guardian Guest Essay: This Is How We Defeat Putin And Other Petrostate Autocrats - More Renewables -- PA Cap-Star: Renewable Energy Project Backlog Hampers Projects, Industry Group Says; 13 GW Of Solar Power Waiting In PA Alone Would Create 45,000 Direct Jobs -- NYT: U.S.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Lawsuit Filed Challenging Solar Power Facility in California. A California community services district and a neighborhood group filed a lawsuit challenging San Bernardino County authorizations for a solar power generating facility across 3,500 acres. County of Kern , No. BCV-20-100080 (Cal.

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