PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2024

The 2024 current environmental issue focused on-- Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future. Pennsylvania won the International Envirothon competition in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2017 and frequently places in the top 10 finishers. Click Here for the complete announcement.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 19, 2024

Since then, the Conservative government has made a series of U-turns on its own net zero policies, attacked Labour’s green spending plans, and doubled down on its support for new fossil fuel projects, approving more than 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences. This comes as DeSmog and Democracy for Sale reveal that £6.8 percent (£1.8

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Fossil Fuels 2024 2019 Conservation 52

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

We all know that to successfully address climate change we need to phase out fossil fuels and switch to electric power. Unfortunately, the current Ontario government’s plan is to burn more fossil gas to generate power. . Between 2009 and 2016, Ontario built over 2000 MW of solar power and about 3000 MW of wind power.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 22, 2022

Photo credit: Department of Renewable Energy, MoEA Bhutan. With several new power-intensive IT industries proposed to be established, Bhutan’s domestic demand for energy is projected to more than double in the next two years, and its winter energy deficit will worsen, officials at the Department of Industry told me.

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Renewable Energy Solar Power Electricity Fossil Fuels 96

Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2023

On the generation side, replacing coal- and gas-fired power plants with renewables will change the location and the nature of our power supply; solar, wind, and battery-storage projects are already delayed as they wait for access to the power grid. To connect all that new supply to new demand, we need to upgrade our transmission system.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Notably, in the same proposal, the Commission has also included screening criteria for gaseous fossil fuels. Their inclusion appears to be the result of a political compromise with Member States rather than of scientific appraisal as in the case of nuclear energy.

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Fossil Fuels Regulations Technology Technology 52

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Clean Energy Support Pennsylvania voters favor the clean energy industry. -- Solar (80%) and wind (73%) are overwhelmingly popular, and a significant majority (84%) support spending taxpayer dollars on wind and solar development to increase renewable energy usage.

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Environment Blog

MARCH 25, 2020

It was created in 2009 by the anonymous programmer, Satoshi Nakamoto, and was designed to make it easier to transfer wealth from one party to another regardless of their geographical location. Once the mining company has paid for the solar panels, turbines, and other equipment, their energy expenditure is greatly reduced.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 13, 2009

Secretary Timothy Geithner said when speaking to Congress on March 4, 2009. Geithner explained, “we don’t believe it makes sense to significantly subsidize the production and use of sources of energy that are dramatically going to add to our climate change. By Emma Hinnigan U.S. billion from 2011 to 2019.

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Law Columbia

MAY 8, 2024

Decarbonizing the industrial sector is key to achieving these targets, as it is responsible for around 20% of the EU’s total emissions (not including emissions associated with energy consumption by industry). For one, during the legislative process of the NZIA, the source of CO2 eligible for storage was debated.

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Fossil Fuels Atmosphere 2030 Technology 72

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2022

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. Work toward a quick and just transition away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energies. And over the last 15 years, I've spent regular time in Danville.

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Natural Gas Waste Fossil Fuels 2007 117

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2022

“Every time a company or organization installs an energy-efficient heating, cooling, or lighting system, it’s another step for Pennsylvania and the nation toward independence from fossil fuels. It creates good-paying jobs in energy efficiency system manufacturing and installation. Sullivan in 1978.

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas Electricity 52

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

One of the great failures of climate finance has been that of developed countries to furnish the USD 100 billion per year by 2020 that they promised to developing countries back in 2009 to support climate action. Fossil fuels alone – coal, oil and gas – account for over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change Paris Agreement 2025 52

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Meanwhile, renewable energy is being sidelined. As Russia seeks new clients for its construction technology and fossil fuels, and with Pakistan desperate for a secure and cheap supply of natural gas, the visit could lay the foundations for Russia to build a pipeline to transport natural gas from Karachi to Lahore. “My

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Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels 2015 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

That means we’ll need to quickly add additional clean energy policies and policies to phase out fossil fuels just to meet our 2030 goals. Back in 2009, richer nations committed to a goal of providing $100 billion a year in climate finance by 2020, a goal that was reaffirmed in Paris in 2015. Article 2.1(c)

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Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement 2005 Climate Change 319

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The IRA will stimulate most of the near-term private investment in clean energy and related infrastructure to decarbonize the US economy, spurring more than a trillion dollars in capital investments through 2035. It also will save US consumers money because they will spend less on fossil fuels. Your thoughts?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2023

With 2,800 MW installed and operating by 2040, offshore wind would provide more than half of Maine’s electricity demand, even if the state’s demand more than doubled as the state moves to replace fossil fuels with clean electricity for transportation and heating.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 13, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen Whether or not to include the language stating ‘fossil fuels must be phased out’ rather than ‘phased down’ became the key contentious issue at this year’s UN climate talks. A draft text released Friday, with just under a week for the summit to conclude included the key fossil fuel language as an option.

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Fossil Fuels 2023 Climate Change 2009 102

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 21, 2023

Environmental Defence is calling on the Minister to fulfill the government’s promise and use this budget to finally eliminate fossil fuel subsidies. These technologies are not climate solutions: they are dangerous distractions that will prolong our dependence on fossil fuels. billion and $18 billion respectively.

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Fossil Fuels 2023 2009 Renewable Energy 52

Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

cities move toward their greenhouse gas reduction goals via a cleaner national electric grid, increased vehicle and building electrification, and new distributed renewable energy resources. Only portions of the legislation apply directly to units of local government, but taken as a whole it can be expected to help U.S.

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Clean Air Act Air Pollution 2026 Greenhouse 124

A Greener Life

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Norway is a leader in renewable energy and on the adoption of electric cars. I remember writing, all the way back in 2009, about an announcement from the New Zealand government that they wanted to be zero carbon by 2025. It’s an energy giant with an economy that depends entirely on fossil fuels.

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Climate Change 2003 Fossil Fuels 2009 98

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 21, 2022

will need to rapidly decarbonize its electricity generating system, replacing fossil fuel power plants with renewable energy systems. It will also need to electrify various end-use sectors that currently rely on fossil fuels (e.g., 689 was struck down in 2009 in Piedmont Environmental Council v.

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2005 Electricity Fossil Fuels Regulations 52

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

They might have a business person at the centre of the story, whether it is the Indian green energy entrepreneur, Sumant Sinha, or even the tech billionaire Bill Gates, but the issues are about government policies. This critical aspect, representing both the future and its associated challenges, is insufficiently explored.

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Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Climate Change 2029 52

Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

The High Cost of Renewables House Democrats propose spending hundreds of billions of public and ratepayer money on renewable energy, new transmission lines, energy efficiency, mass transit, electric vehicles, carbon capture and storage, and advanced nuclear energy. percent of its land for energy.

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2020 Climate Change Carbon Emissions Renewable Energy 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

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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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Scavello Introduces Bill Authorizing Community Solar Projects; $2 Billion Worth Of Projects Waiting For It To Pass -- Business, Environment, Energy Groups Praise Introduction Of Bipartisan Bills Increasing Solar Energy Mandate From 0.5% Labor Secretary Talk About Future Of $600 Billion Clean Energy ‘Marshall Plan’ -- Sen.

Conservation 48

Conservation 2021 Natural Gas Climate Change 48

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody). The anti-backsliding study was due in June 2009, 18 months after EISA’s enactment.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Several factors¾including the effects of the economic recession, shifts in energy markets from coal to natural gas and renewable energy sources, and carbon pollution mitigation and clean energy programs like renewable portfolio standards¾have been identified as principal drivers of these reductions. [2].

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Greenhouse 2015 2017 Regulations 40

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Cop stands for conference of the parties under the UNFCCC, and the annual meetings have swung between fractious and soporific, interspersed with moments of high drama and the occasional triumph ( the Paris agreement in 2015 ) and disaster (Copenhagen in 2009). Fossil fuel use must also end. What about net-zero?

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Paris Agreement Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide 2030 98

Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

In 2022, Texas, along with several other states and industry groups representing fuel manufacturers (together, Petitioners), challenged EPA’s new emissions standards in court. entered into more than 70 contracts to procure renewable energy, totaling more than 13,000 megawatts. Last year, local governments in the U.S.

Clean Air Act 59

Clean Air Act Air Pollution Climate Change Regulations 59

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Fossil fuel and chemical polluters, business lobbyists and conservative private land interests have fought these laws and the EPA since their inception and they made fresh headway during the Trump administration, which undertook a widespread effort to gut environmental protections and slashed staffing of the EPA back to levels of the 1980s.

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Carbon Dioxide Climate Change Clean Water Act Fossil Fuels 300

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The California Court of Appeal reversed a trial court’s determination that the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009 required the Delta Stewardship Council to adopt performance measure targets as legally enforceable regulations in the long-term management plan for the Delta to achieve certain objectives of the Act.

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2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents.

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Climate Change Fossil Fuels 2018 Clean Energy 361

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Several states and industry groups are challenging EPA’s 2024 rules which set greenhouse gas emissions limits for certain fossil fuel power plants nationwide (referred to here as the Power Plant Rules). Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in West Virginia v. That is followed by a summary of the two briefs filed by the Sabin Center.

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2024 Clean Air Act Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels 69

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

The City also alleged that the companies engaged in a “greenwashing” campaign by creating misleading impressions of the role of renewable energy in the companies’ businesses and of their efforts to reduce their carbon footprints. Maryland County Filed Climate Change Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies and Trade Group.

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2021 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

White House: The United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is requesting input to create an updated version of the 2009 “Climate Literacy: Essential Principles of Climate Science” report. USGRP aims to include advances in climate and social science since 2009 and adds a focus on informed climate decisions.

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2023 Ocean Clean Water Act Conservation 75