PA Environment Daily
MARCH 13, 2024
On March 7, the Independent Fiscal Office issued its latest Pennsylvania Electricity update that reports the electricity grid is dependent on one fuel for 59% of the state’s electricity generation-- natural gas-- followed by nuclear power-- 31.9%, coal-- 5.4% from other sources. Read more here. Read more here.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Fifteen percent of electricity is renewable. Germany decides to phase out nuclear power, complicating efforts to decarbonize the power sector. Renewables are a third of electricity consumption. Renewables are 42% of electricity. Germany has dragged its feet on EVs because of its powerful car industry.
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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. To help avoid the worst possible consequences of climate change, however, the alliance states need to reach that 100-percent objective much more quickly.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 15, 2023
On October 13, the PJM Interconnection formally submitted proposed electric market reforms designed to support reliability of the electric grid now and in the future amid increasingly extreme weather and a changing generation fleet. Click Here for the complete announcement.
A Greener Life
APRIL 19, 2022
Celebration when Emmanuel Macron was elected President of France in 2017. While Macron has positioned himself as a pro-climate action word leader he is unpopular amongst many climate activists and people on the left, with many disliking his support for nuclear power and pro-business views. via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen.
Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Ontario Power Generation has been quietly selling off Clean Energy Credits from its hydro and nuclear power to businesses in the United States since about 2013. The agreement provides Microsoft ongoing Clean Energy Credits so it can claim to be using low carbon electricity. We lose our claim to clean electricity .
Enviromental Defense
JULY 11, 2023
This document is little more than a belated attempt to rationalize the government’s recent announcements for new nuclear and gas facilities. Numerous studies have shown that Ontario can meet its growing electricity demand with wind and solar, which can easily be combined with storage technologies to deliver power when needed.
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