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PJM Interconnection Extends Hot Weather Alert To July 24 And To Entire Service Area

PA Environment Daily

PJM’s record summer peak is 165,563 MW, set in 2006. PJM Decisions Have Driven Up The Cost Of Electricity [PaEN] -- PUC: Pennsylvania Doubles Solar Power Generation In Just 17 Months To 2 Gigawatts [PaEN] -- Registration Open! Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. As of 9:00 a.m.

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PJM Interconnection Issues Maximum Generation And Load Management Alerts For July 24

PA Environment Daily

PJM’s record summer peak is 165,563 MW, set in 2006. PJM Decisions Have Driven Up The Cost Of Electricity [PaEN] -- PUC: Pennsylvania Doubles Solar Power Generation In Just 17 Months To 2 Gigawatts [PaEN] -- Registration Open! Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. As of 1:30 p.m.

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Maryland Resets it Trajectory with Greenhouse Gas Reduction Law

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With legislation that became law last week, without the Governor’s signature, Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. only days from now). only days from now).

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Nuclear Energy and Drought: A Recipe for Disaster

Vermont Law

However, what is often overlooked is the impact of nuclear power on our water systems, especially in drought prone areas. Many leading energy experts often deem nuclear an acceptable form of sustainable energy. billion gallons per day in the US if developers continue to build new power plants with evaporative cooling, an amount.

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Maryland is the First State to Regulate Carbon

Greenbuilding Law

Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. The statute explicitly requires the State to reduce statewide GHG emissions by 60% from 2006 levels by 2031, a near term target unmatched by any other state.”.

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Lead Counsel On Court Cases Striking Down Provisions In Act 13 To Preempt Local Regulation Of Oil & Gas Operations Raises Concerns About Proposed Legislation Establishing A RESET Board To Site Large Energy Projects

PA Environment Daily

In striking down Act 13 [of 2012] that removed local government's constitutional obligations and constitutional rights afforded to all Pennsylvania citizens , the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held, “ [ n ] o principle of law permits us to suspend constitutional requirements for economic reasons, no matter how compelling those reasons may seem.

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Testimony of Michael D. Shellenberger Founder and President, Environmental Progress For the House Oversight Committee August 5, 2020

Environmental Progress

For example, the IPCC notes that France had 4,000 fewer deaths than anticipated from a heat wave in 2006 thanks to improved health care, an early-warning system and greater public consciousness in response to a deadly heat wave three years earlier. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez last year called for the closure of US nuclear power plants.