Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This is a little different than other similar sounding policies like Renewable Energy Standards, which can create some confusion. But while a Renewable Energy Standard treats all sources of qualifying renewable energy equally, the LCFS has a more complicated approach, based on lifecycle analysis.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2022

PNC Bank will receive approximately 148 million kilowatt hours of energy per year through its retail agreement with Constellation, with that energy matched by Green-e® Energy Certified Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) sourced from other renewable facilities located throughout the U.S. “At

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

You can read their insights from their experiences—including being denied the opportunity to take the floor—and their efforts to engage with Dr. Avery in 2017 , 2018 , and 2019. At ExxonMobil’s 2017 AGM—when Dr. Avery was added to the board—a majority of shareholders for the first time approved a climate-related shareholder proposal.

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E2 Law Blog

JULY 1, 2021

On June 29, 2021, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2021-41 (the “Notice”) granting additional relief for certain renewable energy projects planning to claim the U.S. In general terms, the amount of PTC or ITC available for a renewable energy project depends on when the construction of the project begins.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 5, 2022

After having phased out coal and successfully decreased pollution between 2005 and 2017, emissions started to rise again in 2018 – when the current government came into power. That renewable energy could have helped reduce the province’s greenhouse gas emissions. Investing in renewable energy projects .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2023

Source: Government Accountability Office (GAO) 2017 Good RTOs must include a broad set of stakeholders Although the RTOs in the eastern United States vary in their governance structures, they generally have an independent board of governors that approve final decisions as well as stakeholder sectors that vote on issues.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The CES, first enacted in 2017, requires retail sellers of electricity in Massachusetts to provide increasing quantities of clean electricity over time. The CES relates to the state’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) in several ways, including that compliance with RPS programs counts toward certain CES compliance obligations.

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

Boyd is recognized as one of the country’s leading energy and environmental law scholars and has written pathbreaking articles on public utilities, risk regulation, forestry, and the role of science and technology in environmental law. Boyd also leads the Ph.D. Through the project, Prof.

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Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 16, 2018

2017 will remain for me the year energy storage broke ground. Until then, I never thought batteries could play a significant role in our much needed energy transition. Large energy users and well off sustainability-oriented peole could store the electricity from their own solar PV arrays in a cheap way.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 2, 2025

IEA analysts expect this amount to remain relatively stable until around 2027, when consumption levels will start to level off as renewable energy sources start to play a more significant role, particularly in China – the worlds largest coal consumer and producer. billion tonnes in 2024. billion tonnes.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A 2017 survey of 37 utilities found that about half of the surveyed utilities collected fixed charges to cover only customer-related costs (including “the costs of the meter, service drop, a portion of the transformer, billing, and customer service”) while others also included “elements of distribution facilities or minimum system costs.”

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Six environmental groups launched the proceeding challenging the stay after EPA published notice of the stay in the June 5, 2017 issue of the Federal Register. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017). Murray Energy Corp. June 29, 2017). June 28, 2017). Clean Air Council v.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2022

Celebration when Emmanuel Macron was elected President of France in 2017. But since his election five years ago, Macron has aggressively been expanding renewable energy capacity, such as solar and wind. Photo credit: By Lorie Shaull CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 29, 2024

Similarly, the IESO plans to provide 25 per cent of the electricity we need from burning gas for the next six years, up from just 4 per cent in 2017. The world is going through an energy transition yet the Ontario government is stuck in the past. We have cheaper, cleaner options available to us now, such as wind and solar.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 20, 2022

In Case You Missed It: HotSpots H2O: In Chile’s Lithium Mines, Climate and Environment Are Dueling Priorities – A battle is brewing over the future of lithium, an essential component of the world’s transition to renewable energy. waterways more than 3,000 times between 2017 and 2021. 3,000 ILLEGAL SEWAGE DISCHARGES.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 5, 2023

The potential contribution of the BBNJ agreement to strengthen environmental protection in the development of marine renewable energy technologies in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Nearly two-thirds of the global ocean and almost half of the planet are marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). 11, Issue 2 p. 1-30. 

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Looking at the current polls compared to the results of the elections of 2017, VVD, PvdA, CU, PvdA, FvD and JA21 increase their amount of seats, while D66, GL, SP, 50+ and Denk fear their amount of seats declines. The use of biomass for the production of energy is another hot item.

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Physics World

MARCH 15, 2022

Solar energy is playing a crucial role in India’s transition to renewable energy. Having abundant insolation, the country was ranked fifth in the world for solar energy capacity in 2020. This aims to reduce aerosol pollution by 20–30% (compared to 2017 levels) by 2024.

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Physics World

JULY 28, 2021

She leads SciBridge, an award-winning international project at NC State that develops renewable energy research and education collaborations between universities in Africa and the United States. Her research group was recognized with a 2019 Sloan Fellowship in Chemistry, 2019 DOE Early Career Award, and 2017 NSF CAREER Award.

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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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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Between 2012 and 2017, four major companies — including Peabody energy, the world’s largest coal company, which produces 20 percent of the coal in Illinois — shed more than $5 billion owed for environmental cleanup, and health care for retired workers. . In the committee hearing, Rep. In a wide-ranging comment, Rep.

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Physics World

AUGUST 1, 2021

But even in best case scenarios for renewable energy and industrial decarbonization, it looks certain that significant carbon dioxide emissions will continue for decades. That’s the finding of a new study that evaluates this proposed geoengineering scheme and estimates the costs involved.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 17, 2024

The recommendations include possible changes to Cuban domestic policies to, among other things, encourage greater public and private investment in the country’s energy transition. But over the past 10 years, Cuba’s policymakers have identified some potential pathways towards a clean and resilient energy system.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

Spring is a glorious time for renewable energy. Then came a crescendo: Solar and wind generated more than 5 percent of monthly electricity for the first time in 2013, passed the 10 percent point in 2017, and soared past 15 percent in 2021. It didn’t pass the 1 percent mark on a monthly basis until 2007.

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Environmental Leader

JULY 28, 2021

Form Energy, a new technology company founded in 2017 and funded by ArcelorMittal to develop long-duration battery systems, has introduced its first commercial product, a rechargeable iron-air battery capable of delivering electricity for 100 hours at system costs competitive with conventional power plants and at less than 1/10th the cost.

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Environmental Leader

JULY 12, 2022

Best Buy set out in 2017 to reduce its carbon emissions in its operations by 60% by 2030 — from a 2009 baseline. The post Best Buy Excels at Carbon and Waste Reductions appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. It has met that goal. Now it is upping the ante.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 3, 2023

As a result, between 2005 and 2017 greenhouse gas pollution from Ontario’s electricity system dropped by 93 per cent. In fact, the current government is actively making our energy grid a lot dirtier. Early in its first term, it canceled over 750 renewable energy projects , some of which had already been built.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In 2017, the investment value for AI technologies totaled nearly 520 million dollars; it is expected to be 2.6 Finally, AI is making impacts on sustainable energy generation. Machine learning algorithms maximize the ability for renewable energy systems like wind turbines and solar panels. billion by 2025.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Advocates of renewable energy have argued since the 1970s that the variable, weather-dependent nature of sunlight and wind is a modest obstacle at best to relying on 100 percent renewables. Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

So it’s up to governments to choose and procure renewable energy sources for their grids. Trading schemes like the one being proposed (well, already being used), do almost nothing to increase investments in renewable power or drive down greenhouse gas emissions. . corporations, or any other bidders. .

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2021

The 2021 honorees are-- -- Young Woman of Conservation Leadership: Hannah Burke, Schuylkill County: A Senior at Blue Mountain Area High School, CEO of Best Buds All Natural Gardening - a conservation business she founded in 2017, Schuylkill Haven Community Garden Manager, and Vice President of the Schuylkill County 4-H teen council. -- Woman of the (..)

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The Central Asian country of just seven million people will construct the 100-megawatt (MW) wind farm, which is to be constructed by Rosatom Renewable Energy JSC. The country that gained independence when the Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991 is heavily reliant on energy imports.

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Physics World

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

My idea was that I would fund [the businesses] with a key,” Bushnell told Fast Company in 2017. In 1997 there were around 25 incubation environments in the UK, but by 2017 that number had risen to almost 400, according to a report from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 28, 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.

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Law Columbia

JULY 27, 2023

The Report builds upon previous reports from 2017 and 2020 , providing a comprehensive update on the current state of, and trends in, climate change litigation worldwide. It provides invaluable insights into the key legal issues that courts face in climate change cases.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Last week the Sabin Center and the American Bar Association held an event on addressing landowner concerns in renewable energy siting. Wind and solar farms often spark siting battles between local residents who welcome renewable energy projects and their neighbors who are concerned about visual or other impacts.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

Comments By Award Winners “At Eaton, we’re simplifying the energy transition and accelerating sustainable energy systems to power our operations, customers and communities.” At BCI Steel and Full Tilt Energy Systems , we are very proud to have our manufacturing and engineering base right here in Western PA.

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