Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable. Adding more variable energy sources to electricity grids, all else being equal, might not in itself make electricity less reliable. But all else is not equal. GW of wind produced at a rate of 0.65

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

It was also mentioned recently by Senator Casey, who proposed that natural gas — fitted with CCS technologies — be used, along with renewables, to increase clean electricity. CCS would seem to be an easy fix for our carbon woes. CCS would seem to be an easy fix for our carbon woes.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2022

On July 13, Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank announced a long-term renewable supply agreement with Constellation to power nearly 50 percent of its legacy operations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, District of Columbia, and parts of Illinois with renewable electricity.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

Yaw's energy beliefs by reading a transcript of the comments he made at the February 27 joint hearing on electric grid reliability by the Senate Environmental and Consumer Protection Committees. We were about a third, a third, a third [in sources of fuel to generate electricity]. We didn't have any reliability issues at all.” "And

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Law Columbia

MARCH 25, 2016

The amount that the Senate has proposed diverting from the RGGI fund for FY 2017 is more than 80% of the total value of RGGI auction proceeds earned by New York in FY 2016 (which totaled approximately $166 million ). Jessica Wentz. Associate Director and Fellow.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

For Marcelo Mena, himself a former Minister for the Environment (2017–2018), “water scarcity must be tackled through inter-sectoral coordination. The whole world values the reduction of carbon emissions and the protection of the environment. A keen cycling advocate, he has promoted a free public transport system.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

A sampling protocol was developed, as well as a field sampling tool using Field Maps in ESRI to record data for reporting purposes. -- Natural Lands for the Bryn Coed Farm Conservation: In 2017, Natural Lands acquired a 1,505-acre mosaic of forest and fields known as Bryn Coed Farms—which means “wooded hill” in Welsh.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

By 2017, half of all cars were “connected.” The Role of Telematics in the Electric Vehicle Transition As fleet managers look to transition to electric vehicles (EVs), telematics is an essential tool. For electric vehicles charging at employees’ homes, telematics can provide a source of truth for charging and location data. “We

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

3) Approval of New Feedstock for Cellulosic Biofuels – The EPA aims to increase the use of cellulosic biofuels, the fuels with the lowest carbon emissions.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”. And this came after the share of green jobs in all of China’s recruitment had actually been falling since 2017. in 2015 to 13.3%

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

The environmental impacts of coal power – from local air and water pollution to carbon emissions – have made the project controversial. “We Electricity shortage is the biggest impediment to developing Gwadar,” he said. Just 3% of generated electricity in the 2022 fiscal year came from non-hydropower renewables. “We

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

Since its founding in 2017, the US Climate Alliance —a coalition of states committed to meeting the goals of the Paris climate accord—has grown to 24 states and one US territory. Under current policies and plans, carbon dioxide emissions would decline by only 12 percent. EN: What were your top findings?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

On April 24, the Public Utility Commission held a public hearing to explore the impact of data centers and other large load customers on the states electric grid. Michael Fradette, Principal, Energy Service s The rapid growth of electricity demand presents both challenges and opportunities for the US energy infrastructure.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. 1] In its 2017 report, the Academies warned that U.S. electrical grids were increasingly “complex and vulnerable.” [2]

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. Opponents of EPA Carbon Standards for New Coal-Fired Power Plants Filed Initial Briefs. Petitioners challenging EPA’s new source performance standards for carbon emissions from power plants filed their opening briefs in the D.C. United States v. Ruffatto , No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

SG: One great example of progress is the dramatic decline in coal-fired electricity in the United States. In 2012, coal accounted for 37 percent of US electricity, while natural gas and renewables—including hydropower—accounted for 30 percent and 11.7 percent respectively, according to US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2025

DEP said Laurel Mountain Production also never complied with the basic requirement to register the impoundment with the agency since it was constructed in 2017 as required by state regulations. DEP classified the facility as abandoned. Photos from the April 15 inspection show the impoundment contains an unknown quantity of water.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Khan launched England’s first-ever hydrogen fuel cell double-decker buses, marking another major step towards making the capital’s bus fleet zero-emission and cleaning up London’s toxic air. . Hydrogen used in a fuel cell is free from harmful emissions.

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 27, 2018

The book also highlights energy efficiency opportunities in industry, such as converting the steel industry to Electric Arc Furnace which is as much as 90 percent more efficient than the current Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF). Other innovative breakthroughs presented include industrial ecology and integrative housing design.

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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. Renewables have the same impact everywhere in the world.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

This is especially concerning for a state like Pennsylvania where over half of households use natural gas to heat their homes , and much of Pennsylvania’s electricity is powered by natural gas-fired power plants, meaning even those who don’t use natural gas fuel directly for heating may still be affected by rising prices. stays in the U.S.

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Edouard Stenger

OCTOBER 29, 2018

LED bulbs are just one example among many on how doing more with less has a lot of potential as it is estimated that 570 million tons of carbon emissions have been prevented in 2017 alone by the adoption of more efficient lights. Biogas could provide cheap, low carbon heat. That is a lot for just one technology.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Elon Musk sees $56bn Tesla pay deal cancelled in Delaware court BBC PaulaR Thu, 02/01/2024 - 14:09 Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Read more Mariko Oi & Michael Race A judge in the US state of Delaware has annulled a $55.8bn (£44bn) pay deal awarded to Elon Musk in 2018 by the electric car company Tesla. billion tax break in Nevada.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

[link] Corporation Tesla Image Image Products Electric cars and trucks, battery energy storage, solar panels and solar roof tiles. Protest against Tesla factory Erkner Summary Car manufacturer Tesla makes electric cars in China, Germany and the U.S. Tesla has benefited from several billion dollars in government incentives such as a $1.3

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

JON BRODKIN - 2/1/2024, 2:30 PM Corporation Tesla Image Image Products Electric cars and trucks, battery energy storage, solar panels and solar roof tiles. Protest against Tesla factory Erkner Summary Car manufacturer Tesla makes electric cars in China, Germany and the U.S. billion tax break in Nevada.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Corporation Tesla Image Image Products Electric cars and trucks, battery energy storage, solar panels and solar roof tiles. Protest against Tesla factory Erkner Summary Car manufacturer Tesla makes electric cars in China, Germany and the U.S. Tesla has benefited from several billion dollars in government incentives such as a $1.3

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Corporation Tesla Image Image Products Electric cars and trucks, battery energy storage, solar panels and solar roof tiles. Protest against Tesla factory Erkner Summary Car manufacturer Tesla makes electric cars in China, Germany and the U.S. Tesla has benefited from several billion dollars in government incentives such as a $1.3

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Tesla beats US claim that it fired factory workers amid union campaign Reuters PaulaR Fri, 12/01/2023 - 13:29 Monday, November 27, 2023 Read more Daniel Wiessner Corporation Tesla Image Image Products Electric cars and trucks, battery energy storage, solar panels and solar roof tiles. billion tax break in Nevada.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The suit comes as Swedish postal workers have been blocking Tesla license plate deliveries as a show of solidar Corporation Tesla Image Image Products Electric cars and trucks, battery energy storage, solar panels and solar roof tiles. The Grünheide Citizens' Initiative sees the electric car factory as a danger to the environment.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

Public Health -- Berkeley Lab: Halfway to Zero: Progress towards a Carbon-Free Power Sector ( April 2021 ) “Switching from coal to natural gas for power generation played a big role in lowering carbon emissions. Natural gas generation grew rapidly, driven by the shale gas revolution and low fuel prices.”

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

12] Though pastureland and cropland expanded 5 and 16 percent, between 1961 and 2017, the maximum extent of total agriculture land occurred in the 1990s, and declined significantly since then, led by a 4.5 The global output of chicken meat has grown fourteen-fold, from eight metric megatonnes to 109 metric megatonnes, between 1961 and 2017.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Mensch Introduces Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen -- 35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov. Rural Communities On The Front Lines Of Solar's Growth -- Sen. Wolf To Investigate Health Impacts Associated With Natural Gas Fracking -- EPA Honors Energy-Efficient Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

US electricity sector emissions decreased 34 percent from 2005 to 2019, including an astonishing 10 percent in 2019, which is the largest year-on-year decline in history. By contrast, the Obama administration’s proposed carbon regulation of the power sector, the “Clean Power Plan,” proposed emissions reductions of 32 percent — by 2030.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

This can be developing energy-efficient homes to reduce raw materials burnt to produce electricity or efficiency savings of water resources. The second aspect is making our electrical devices, vehicles, buildings and so on far more energy efficient. Sponsored Content. When damage occurs, it is sometimes not possible to repair them.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

At least partly—if not largely—because the AGs and their political organization, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), receive substantial financial support from fossil fuel companies, electric utilities, and their respective trade groups. Electric utilities, meanwhile, gave her $44,750. How has Paxton responded?

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

still does not limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of our greenhouse gases. On June 2, 2014 , this blog led with an almost-identical sentence about EPA releasing its rule to regulate climate change-related carbon emissions from existing power plants, known as the Clean Power Plan.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

In recent years, states in New England and the mid-Atlantic region have made significant progress in reducing climate change-inducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the electricity generation sector. [1]. emissions from the electricity generation sector. [21]. budget trading program limits emissions of CO.

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