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

PA Environment Daily

On August 9, the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority announced it would be committing to the purchase of wind power and the use of clean energy to support the production and operations of water services. Committed to fostering sustainable practices, PWSA has been an active participant in WPEC's clean energy initiatives since 2008.

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

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

Environmental Progress

The Future of Electric Power in the United States. Stehn, “Whooping Crane Collisions with Power Lines: an issue paper,” Geography, 2008. [28] Power Density Slide Deck. 41] Matthew Shaner, “Geophysical constraints on the reliability of solar and wind power in the United States,” Energy and Environmental Science 11, no.

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Report from COP22: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s Call to Action

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