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Why Energy Bills Will Be Even Higher This Winter

Union of Concerned Scientists

These higher costs are being driven by a major overreliance on natural gas, which has sharply spiked in price and is currently the dominant fuel source in the US for both home heating and electricity generation. Likewise, pipeline giant Williams Companies now refers to its gas projects as “clean energy” projects.

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DEP Celebrates $30 Million In Low-Interest Loans For High-Impact Commercial Energy Efficiency Projects

PA Environment Daily

Background DEP and Reinvestment Fund launched the Green Energy Loan Fund in 2009 with $12 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Since its founding, the program has suffered no losses, and has in fact revolved its capital more than once to continue to drive energy savings—all at no additional cost to taxpayers.”

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Realizing Maine’s Tremendous Offshore Wind Potential

Union of Concerned Scientists

According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory ( NREL ), floating offshore wind represents 63 percent of the total technical potential for offshore wind in the North Atlantic and 65 percent at the national level. Incentives in the historic federal climate bill passed last fall will help lower the costs even further.

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Analysis: Renewables on the burner as gas pipeline dominates Imran Khan’s Russia trip

A Greener Life

The Pakistani prime minister is visiting Moscow as Russia looks for new clients to build infrastructure, and Pakistan seeks a steady supply of natural gas. Meanwhile, renewable energy is being sidelined. The long-term consequences, though, have almost everything to do with the future of natural gas.

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Four cheap solutions to climate change

Edouard Stenger

At a time where scientists are trying to figure out how to suck the excess carbon out of our atmosphere, Mother Nature has known how to do it for millions of years. Trees are very efficient at absorbing carbon dioxide. — Ditching coal and natural gas for solar and wind. per watt in 2008 to $3.36/watt

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U.S. Supreme Court v. EPA Climate Rule

Smith Enviorment

Supreme Court issued a decision striking down an Obama era rule regulating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing power plants. In 2009, EPA made a finding that six greenhouse gasses endanger public health and welfare because of their contribution to climate change. EPA decision or EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding.

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Senate Hearing: Body Of Evidence Is 'Large, Growing,’ ‘Consistent’ And 'Compelling' That Shale Gas Development Is Having A Negative Impact On Public Health; PA Must Act

PA Environment Daily

So when this industry and its drilling took off in the late otss, you know, 2009, 2010, we were sort of in the right place at the right time. Finally, this industry has fugitive emissions of methane and the burning of gas releases carbon dioxide. And over the last 15 years, I've spent regular time in Danville.