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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. electrical grids were increasingly “complex and vulnerable.” [2] Shellenberger. 5] The U.S.

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House Hearing: Shapiro Administration Supports Expanding Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards; Renewables Lower Energy Costs; Increase Grid Reliability; More Work Needed To Improve Gas Reliability

PA Environment Daily

On December 11, DEP told the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee the Shapiro Administration supports expansion of the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards to increase renewable energy generation, authorization of a community solar program and expanding energy storage in the Commonwealth.

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3 Days That Shook Washington County: Natural Gas Plant Explosion; Pipeline Leak Of 1.1 Million Cubic Feet Of Gas; 10,000 Gallon Spill At Compressor Station

PA Environment Daily

Energy Transfer has told neighbors to the facility since then information related to the explosion is confidential under Act 156 of 2006 the state Public Utility Confidential Security Information and Disclosure Protection Act and DEP should not be releasing copies of its inspection reports on the facility. the same day.

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Guest Essay: Solar Power Can Propel Pennsylvania Towards Meeting Energy Demands

PA Environment Daily

By Sharon Pillar, Pennsylvania Solar Center This guest essay first appeared in the Allentown Morning Call on March 20, 2025 -- In 2025, already soaring electricity costs are predicted to surge up to an additional 29%. Shapiro had not recently filed a complaint against PJM (our electric grid operator), things could have been even worse.

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Calling Out Climate Lies for a Living

Union of Concerned Scientists

Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO from 2006 to 2016. 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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The Dangerous Hypocrisy of Elon Musk

Legal Planet

The Low Carbon Fuel Standard is another one of California’s policy innovations, established as a result of the 2006 law AB 32. Ezra Klein recently pointed out that electric cars took off because of subsidies upon subsidies meant to level the playing field for electric cars when it was necessarily more expensive to build them. “I

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