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Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority To Buy More Wind Energy From Western PA Energy Consortium

PA Environment Daily

Committed to fostering sustainable practices, PWSA has been an active participant in WPEC's clean energy initiatives since 2008. Additionally, this agreement further safeguards the region’s energy needs by providing a long-term hedge against rising energy prices.

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PA Solar Center Honors 25 Organizations For Leadership In Clean, Renewable Solar Energy From Allegheny County

PA Environment Daily

We have been in the solar industry since 2008 and recognize how critical renewable energy is to our future in so many ways. We want to help Western PA take its place as a technology leader in the Solar industry,” said Matt Carroll, CEO of BCI Steel and Full Tilt Energy Systems. “The

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Electric Vehicles Combat Climate Change

Global Green

Throughout the US, coal has been the leading source of energy for electric power generation. Electric energy generation by renewable sources has doubled since 2008. Almost 90 percent of the increase in renewables came from wind- and solar-power generation. Recently that has changed.

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

When I started working on biofuel policy back in 2008, there was a lot of criticism of corn ethanol because in some cases it had lifecycle emissions higher than gasoline. The CI of an electric vehicle charged with solar power is zero, and most of the biofuels fall somewhere in the middle [i].

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Another RGGI Raid? New York State Senate Proposes Pulling $138 million from the RGGI Fund

Law Columbia

million in auction proceeds that have been collected since the program was launched in 2008. If the Senate proposal is approved, the diversions will total $269 million—nearly 30% of the $925.8

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PPL: PA's Largest Municipal Solar Project Inaugurated To Supply Chambersburg With Electricity In Franklin County

PA Environment Daily

Safari Energy, a PPL company, is a leading developer of solar power for commercial, industrial, and institutional customers nationwide. 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.

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Conservatives Who Support Climate Action

Legal Planet

The Climate Change Act of 2008 was amended in 2019 under a coalition government of the Conservatives and their North Irish allies. Rather than weakening the 2008 law, the amendment set a target of net-zero GHG emissions by 2050. There’s only a very tentative embrace of solar power — maybe too many places for the grouse to hide!