PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on February 21 to discuss a proposed scope of work for the 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment and state Climate Action Plan as required by Act 70 of 2008. Wolf: 2021 Climate Impacts Report Projects Pennsylvania Will Be 5.9°

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

Chicago just released its Draft 2022 Climate Action Plan (CAP), an update of the city’s 2008 CAP to reduce citywide emissions 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels. To improve the lives of all Chicagoans, the plan prioritizes environmental justice, household savings, public health, and clean energy.

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Capaccio

MARCH 30, 2021

On 3/26/21 , Governor Baker signed comprehensive new legislation to support its commitment to Net Zero emissions by 2050, and builds on previously issued 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap and Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2030.

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

Boyd teaches courses and seminars on energy and climate change law, and developed a new course in renewable energy project finance , offered for the first time this spring and taught by Ed Zaelke, a UCLA Law alumnus and pioneer in the clean energy field. Boyd also leads the Ph.D.

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Law and Environment

JULY 27, 2023

state to pursue a competitive solicitation of offshore wind energy. Governor Mills said in a press release announcing her approval of the legislation: Offshore wind, done responsibly, offers Maine the opportunity to secure abundant clean energy, stable energy prices, good-paying jobs, and a healthier environment for future generations.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2023

From 2008 to 2013, Barrow served as Chief of Staff in the Office of Commissioner Wayne E. Gardner, where she provided legal advice regarding utility regulation, reviewed draft public utility legislation, and authored statements of policy for the Commissioner.

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A Greener Life

JULY 30, 2021

It was evident how much influence they had on Merkel’s government after the latter did not want to take meaningful action against them following the Dieselgate scandal from 2008 – 2015. They also get renewable energy from other European neighbours, mainly Denmark.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The DEP Energy Programs Office began developing state climate action plans about 10 years ago, as required by the Pennsylvania Climate Change Act of 2008. Clean energy is the fastest growing energy job sector in Pennsylvania. Find resources at: Agricultural Energy Use.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

Climate policy has been boosted by dramatic changes in the economics of clean energy. Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021. The Department of Energy estimates the cost of an electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack declined 89% between 2008 and 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2021

Herrin To Discuss Rebuilding PA’s Energy Infrastructure, Helping Communities Transition To Clean Energy In July 28 Webinar [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Launches Master Watershed Steward Program In Adams And Franklin Counties [PaEN] -- Register Now For 2021 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Virtual Conference Oct. Comitta, Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

“At BCI Steel and Full Tilt Energy Systems , we are very proud to have our manufacturing and engineering base right here in Western PA. We have been in the solar industry since 2008 and recognize how critical renewable energy is to our future in so many ways. Click Here to sign up for regular updates.

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2022

The initial plan was approved in 2008 , with the second in 2013 , and the most recent iteration in 2017. Health & Safety Code § 38561(d). CARB must update this plan at least once every five years. at § 38561(h). Each of these plans provides a snapshot of the tools (e.g.,

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 23, 2022

In fact, the first commercial-scale offshore WEC device to sell electricity to a national grid was a 150-meter-long attenuator produced in 2008 off the coast of Portugal. The possibilities for wave energy seem to be as wide as the ocean. The post What is Wave Energy? appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 25, 2016

million in auction proceeds that have been collected since the program was launched in 2008. As noted in a letter to Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders from a large coalition of environmental groups: The wise stewardship of RGGI funds has ensured the deployment and use of renewable energy and efficiency initiatives.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

And aluminum prices are higher than at any time since the financial crisis of 2008. So as much as some might want to blame the current crisis on renewables and climate policy, what is abundantly clear is that we are paying the price for an energy system that has become heavily dependent on natural gas. Zinc hit a fifteen-year high.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

While serving as vice president at Pittsburgh’s Western Pennsylvania Conservancy from 1999 to 2008, Bonomo increased the operating budget for Conservation Programs in eight years from $1 million to $5.7 energy technology policy. Since her promotion into the role of president, PennFuture has raised over $11.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2023

A proposed offshore wind procurement bill in Maine would go a long way to enable the state to meet its climate and clean energy targets and become a national leader in floating offshore wind technology. That said, offshore wind development will be critical to meet state and regional climate and clean energy requirements.

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Washington Nature

JULY 11, 2023

In 2008, she emerged as a Legal and Policy Advisor at the U.S. Changing course, Jennifer did like “many people who don’t know what to do with their lives and went to law school.” She received a Juris Doctorate and Master of Public Policy at Georgetown University, propelling her into the realm of public service.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

“This project is the largest single-site solar system that Safari Energy has acquired, and we hope to build on this success with other projects and solar portfolios across the country,” he added. Since 2008, Safari Energy has developed or acquired more than 500 solar projects in 24 states and Washington, D.C.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

While solar PV and wind power are grabbing headlines, another clean energy revolution is silently taking place. From New York to Nairobi, from rural communities in China to the heart of the European Union, biogas and anaerobic digestion (AD) solutions are becoming increasingly larger and more common.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2022

Funding for the project will also be provided by the Pennsylvania Capital Budget Act 41 of 2008 and Act 82 of 2010.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The attorney general said that PwC also served from at least 2008 to 2013 as global advisor and report writer for the Carbon Disclosure Project, a non-profit organization that functions as a global disclosure system for environmental information, including greenhouse gas emissions, from companies including Exxon.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2022

Now a new report, the Pitt Climate Action Plan , spells out how the University will achieve that goal through investments in clean energy, transportation, efficiency and other areas.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

We are producing twice as much oil and gas as we did in 2008, and we still can’t control the prices at our own pumps. Moving away from dirty fossil energy will take time, but these kids can’t wait. We are held hostage to OPEC embargoes, global conflicts, and any kind of disturbance to the fragile global supply chain.

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 11, 2022

On December 8, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability (EO), which aims to set the federal government — the largest purchaser in the country with an annual purchasing power of $650 billion — on a path to net zero emissions by 2050.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

In Pennsylvania, there was a study that came out in 2019 by two reporters at the Pittsburgh Post Gazette that found that there was a spike of rare childhood cancers in southwestern Pennsylvania between 2008 and 2018. They found 27 cases of a very rare bone cancer called Ewing's sarcoma.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 17, 2022

His last bill-- Senate Bill 137 -- was given a hearing by the Senate State Government Committee in May of 2007, but never saw action before his tragic death in 2008. Read more here. Read more here. Groups as different as the conservative Commonwealth Foundation and Common Cause supported the legislation.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Energy Conservation. We live in an age of dwindling fossil fuels and inaction on renewable energy. In 2008, there were 400,000 with over 90% of them in captive herds with a gradual increase in wild herds of both plains and woodland bison. This is one of the most important issues of our time. Bat Conservation.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Pennsylvania Climate Change Act of 2008 requires the state Department of Environmental Protection to provide the Legislature and governor every three years a report on current and projected climate change impacts, and a plan of actions to reduce carbon emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2022

Retail Electricity Prices Rose At Fastest Rate Since 2008, Driven By Natural Gas And Energy Commodities [Whose Price Is Determined By Foreign Energy Markets And Despots] -- NPR: U.S. Oil Companies Not Pumping More Oil Despite High Prices -- AP: U.S.,

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Natural Gas Clean Energy Conservation 2008 62

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

Candidates did not use climate change as a defining issue in the 2008 presidential general election because there was no daylight between presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama with respect to climate science, a sense of urgency, and policy solutions! Cannot the past be prologue?

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

Neidell, Shinsuke Uchida, and Marcella Veronesi, “Be Cautious with the Precautionary Principle: Evidence from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident” (Working Paper 26395, National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, MA, October 2019), [link] [25] Breakthrough Energy Sciences, “Modeling Clean Energy for the U.S.,”

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. The FWS concluded in 2008 that the trout should be listed but reversed course in 2014 and concluded that listing was no longer warranted. West Virginia v. 15-1363 et al.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2022

True Energy Independence Means Renewables [We’re Not Independent If Foreign Markets, Despots Set The Prices We Pay For Energy ] -- Financial Times: ExxonMobil Flags Highest Quarterly Profit Since The Boom Year Of 2008 When Russia Invaded Georgia [Anyone See A Pattern?

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In his address on Wednesday, Secretary Kerry noted that “the world is now beginning to move forward together, towards a clean energy future.” where wind generation has tripled since 2008 and solar generation has increased thirty times over, creating thousands of well-paying jobs.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2023

Furthermore, the EPA case studies in question were published in 2008 and the findings are for the first round of grants ever awarded under the Problem-Solving Program. In 2008, the EPA also published a model guide for the program that directly addresses the challenges covered in the case studies.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2022

Reduce Demand For Natural Gas/Transition To Clean Energy Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry and their politicians want you to forget the agreement has a second major objective-- reduce overall natural gas demand by accelerating market deployment of clean energy measures.

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