Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

They include: ramping up energy efficiency across all sectors of the economy; a dramatic increase in renewable electricity while phasing out fossil fuels, especially with wind and solar power displacing coal; a rapid expansion in electric vehicles and shifts in behavior that drive reductions in oil use; and electrification of buildings and industry.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 27, 2023

Ontario does not need any more fossil gas, it can easily meet its growing electricity demand with clean sources like wind and solar power, which would be less expensive for residents too. While Ontario’s Energy Minister indicated that new gas projects would require municipal resolutions in support, that doesn’t seem to be the case.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

At least twice between 2015 and 2017, former environment minister Amina Mohammed visited the wetlands in Yobe to study the situation. Though a 2017 senate probe revealed that ?530 The Great Green Wall project seedlings and a solar-powered borehole are under construction at a 10-hectare orchard in the Kirikasama area of Jigawa.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2022

Celebration when Emmanuel Macron was elected President of France in 2017. Photo credit: By Lorie Shaull CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen. France could be at a crossroads, and it could be a worrying one if you care about the climate crisis.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Utility lines include power lines as well as oil and gas pipelines, among other things. The Corps issued NWP 12 in 1977, and most recently reissued NWP 12 in 2017. In April of this year, the U.S.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

“We hope the Gwadar power plant’s construction begins as early as possible to ease the power shortage there.” This project was approved in 2017, long before the Chinese president’s proclamation.” The 300 MW coal power plant will be a lifeline for Gwadar,” he asserted.

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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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Columbia Climate Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

U-18090, May 31, 2017 Order (Mich. U-18091, July 31, 2017 Order (Mich. Power Serv. Otter Tail Power Company , MPUC Docket No. Interstate Power and Light Co., FCU-2017-0004 (Iowa Util. Follow Jeffrey on twitter at @jt_hammons. Footnotes. [1] 1] See generally In re Consumers Energy Company , Case No.

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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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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

5] Jesse Jenkins, “A Plan to Future-Proof the Texas Power Grid,” New York Times , February 18, 2021. [6] Terrorism and the Electric Power Delivery System. The Future of Electric Power in the United States. 23] CAISO, “Wind and Solar Curtailment March 21, 2021”, caiso.com, accessed 3/22/2021. GW from its 4.9

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

In 2012, 2017, and 2021 the National Academies of Science and Engineering published three separate reports on threats to the grid, resilience, and the future of electricity. [1] 1] In its 2017 report, the Academies warned that U.S. Terrorism and the Electric Power Delivery System. The answer is, ‘Yes, of course.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Darren Woods, ExxonMobil CEO from 2017 to the present. “We do not support climate denial,” he replied. “We We do not ask people to lobby for anything different than our publicly supported [climate] positions.” Photo: Pool/Getty Images) The history of that lie bears retelling.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It has been projected that increasing the goals to at least 5 percent solar would create more than 50,000 jobs, preserve thousands of family farms (PA lost more than 7,000 between 2012 and 2017), and help countless cash-strapped municipalities and nonprofits make ends meet – particularly institutions of faith and education.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Fuel costs don’t change for wind- and solar-powered electricity over time because the wind and sun are free, and clean energy produced in the U.S. Fuels needed to power fossil fuel plants, however, are traded globally and subject to supply chain and other constraints that impact their availability and price. stays in the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 21, 2023

T he bill was introduced at the request of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation which was unhappy with an April 17, 2017 settlement with DEP over an appeal of a stormwater pollution prevention permit for its West Point, Montgomery County plant (Environmental Hearing Board Docket No. 2015-011-L ). Posted: June 21, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

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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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Stroud Water Research Center Hosts 4 Workshop Series On Becoming A PA Certified Meaningful Watershed Education Experience Ambassador Starting April 19 [PaEN] -- Ohio Research Confirms Health, Environmental Hazards In Conventional Oil (..)

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Yes, wind and solar power are rapidly becoming economic options. Fri, 09/15/2017 - 04:27. A few months ago, you could read all sorts of exhortations about the apparent, or at least impending, decoupling of carbon emissions and economic growth rates. Such predictions are practically a growth industry themselves. Consequences.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

In addition, Koch Industries spent more than $38 million on its Washington lobbying operation during the last two full election cycles, from 2017 through 2020. Koch Engineered Solutions is also bullish on solar, but not on distributed rooftop solar, which the Koch network has been trying to stop. million was more than the $21.7

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Under the settlement, the company will retire all of its coal-fired power plants by 2025 and install nearly 8,000 megawatts of solar power by 2040. More than 70 percent of the climate litigation cases filed in the United States since 2017 have cited UCS research. Our work is having a major impact.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The court noted that the administrative record currently documented the Corps’ decision to reissue NWP 12 in 2017. Lawsuit Filed Challenging Solar Power Facility in California. In 2017 Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission modified a fuel rule to allow a maximum of 10% ethanol in gasoline sales, up from 5.8%.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Despite the United States having spewed a quarter of all the world’s cumulative global warming gases, Johnson blathered at a 2017 town hall: “What about Africa? Four of the top five congressional districts for solar power output are also in Republican districts. He holds that climate change is due to “natural cycles.”

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Legal Planet

JUNE 14, 2021

The Defense Department remains the biggest single consumer of energy in the country, and it has made major investments in solar power. Each of these programs received at least a $31 million plus-up over FY 2017.”. It’s part of the annual funding bill for the military. It also plays a major role in developing new technologies.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Michael Mann To Receive Leo Szilard Lectureship Award From American Physical Society -- AP: Nun Imprisoned Over Peace Activism Dies In Montgomery County At 91 -- PA State Parks Offer Dozens Of Ideas For Using Halloween As A Teaching Opportunity For Students [PaEN] -- ReadingE: Sensory Trail At Blue Marsh Lake 25 Years Old -- LehighValleyLive: Moving (..)

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