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Latest UN, IEA, WMO Climate Reports Show Global Emissions Dangerously High, Emergency Action Required

Union of Concerned Scientists

Getting to net zero emissions by 2050 from our current trajectory (which the IEA calls its Stated Energy Policies Scenario or STEPS) will take an unprecedented increase in investments in clean energy. Energy investments, which accounted for just over 2% of global GDP annually between 2017 and 2021, rise to nearly 4% by 2030.

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PennEnvironment Report Finds PA Lags Behind Many States In Rooftop Solar Facilities, Recommends Policies For Improving Growth

PA Environment Daily

Yet even with this growth, Pennsylvania ranks middle-of-the-pack compared to other states in the nation, ranking 15th in the growth of rooftop solar over the last decade. Solar energy stands as an abundant and affordable solution crucial to America's transition to renewable sources.

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

PA Environment Daily

In 2017, the Felician Sisters completed the final phase of a nationwide solar panel project which involved the installation of solar panels at six Felician properties across the United States. “The We know that clean, renewable, and affordable energy must be at the center of that transition."

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PEC: Northeast PA Environmental Partnership Award Winners - The Stourbridge Project & Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society

PA Environment Daily

By Lily Jones, PEC Communications Director What does a local Audubon chapter have in common with a solar-powered business incubator? The Stourbridge Project generates 40-50 percent of its annual electricity through its rooftop solar panels. The panels were financed by a public-private partnership and by the Clean Energy Co-op.

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Analysis: Mapping the future of solar capacity in Southeast Asia

A Greener Life

In 2021, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) identified a solar potential of 3294 GW. The government set ambitious targets: 3.61GW of rooftop solar by 2025, 26.65 GW of floating solar and a 4.68 GW large-scale solar power plant by 2030. GW of solar power.

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Ontario Election 2022 Issue Guide: How Each of the Political Parties Would Tackle Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

Bring emissions from electricity to 2017 levels, and achieving zero emissions by 2030. Expand hydro capacity, increase intermittent renewables including wind and solar power, create more grid scale storage, increase rooftop solar capacity on buildings, and major grid interconnection with Quebec and Manitoba to enable electricity imports.

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

Law Columbia

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.