Global Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In 2018, eighty-two dams were removed. In 2018, about four percent of the total electric energy generated came from solar panels. Adding in the contributions of nuclear power plants could bring the total share of US electricity generated by “zero-carbon” sources up from 40 percent, where it is today, to almost 70 percent in 2030.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

The PA Coal Alliance said, “In February of 2014, during a cold snap, PJM found that 23% of total generator outages were due to interruptions of natural gas supply, and in January of 2018, during the polar vortex, half of the total PJM natural gas capacity was not available to supply peak demand.” Read more here.

Nuclear Power

Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

Japan , their case challenging the legality of a governmental approval that allows for the construction and operation of new coal-fired power plants. This will be the first climate change case heard before the Supreme Court. Japan’s climate change context. Civil law cases. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

Paris Agreement

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

Here are a couple examples of recent UCS studies that have used capacity expansion models: Federal Clean Energy Tax Credits utilized the ReEDS model to evaluate several federal tax credit policies, assessing their impact on the buildout of renewable energy resources and power sector global warming emissions.

Electricity

Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

Coal-Fired power plants targeted at the case, taken by Attorney Shunsuke Sugit In March 2023, two important decisions regarding the operation of newly built coal-fired power plants were handed down by courts in Japan. Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Kobelco Power Kobe No. Kobe Steel Ltd.,

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2023

Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN] [Posted: March 7, 2023] PA Environment Digest EIA said January and February weather "may be close to the warmest on record for that period in data going back to 1895." Click Here for more details.

2023

PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2022

By Hilary Mercer , Shell Polymers/Pennsylvania Chemicals Project & Kevin Walker, President/CEO Duquesne Light This guest essay first appeared on TribLive.com May 11, 2022 -- Climate change demands that the world, including our region, transition its energy profile to a low-carbon one.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2023

Room 8E-A East Wing Capitol Building. Click Here to watch online. Click Here to read more on the agenda. TUESDAY 11:30: Governor’s Budget Address. Click Here to watch online. . -- March 6 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- Sen.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

EIA: 'Increasing Electricity Generation From Renewable Sources Contributes To Lower Power Prices' In 2023 [PaEN] -- Bill Setting Decommissioning Rules For Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities Passes The Senate [PaEN] -- Senate Passes Bill Blocking Local Elected Officials From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Combat Climate Change [PaEN] -- Sen.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Senate Panel Probes How Cryptocurrency Mining Increases Energy Consumption In Nebraska And PA -- Senate Passes Bill Blocking Local Elected Officials From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Combat Climate Change [PaEN] -- Rep.

Natural Gas

Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

The rest of our power comes from a mix of nuclear power, renewables like hydro, wind and solar power, and biofuel. Ontario’s electricity system operators have been planning for this drop in nuclear capacity for a long time. And the climate change impacts of using natural gas are severely under reported.

Electricity

Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. By way of example, this new law requires the State to adopt the 2018 International Green Construction Code (. All of which is true, but.

Regulations

Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 17, 2022

With legislation that became law last week, without the Governor’s signature, Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. only days from now). All of which is true, but.

Greenhouse

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

MGD Out-Of-Basin Transfer [PaEN] -- Senate Passes Bill Blocking Local Elected Officials From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Combat Climate Change [PaEN] -- Rep. Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN] -- U.S.

Natural Gas

Vermont Law

MARCH 16, 2018

Many civil disobedience activists in the 1960s and 70s attempted to use it to justify their illegal actions in protests over foreign wars or nuclear power, for example, but achieved little to no success. Climate change issues have cast doubt on our legal system’s ability to address systemic problems. Although no U.S.

2016

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In addition, FirstEnergy—owner of the two uneconomic nuclear power plants H.B. 6 originally bailed out—reported in a 2018 bankruptcy filing that it lost $12 million annually due to its stake in OVEC, and Ohio legislative analysts discovered that Ohio utilities paid $94 million over market prices for OVEC’s electricity in 2018.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2022

million from ETC Northeast Pipeline for the 2018 explosion of the Revolution Pipeline in Beaver County that was deposited into the Fund supporting the Oil and Gas Management Program. Million; Still Short Of 2018 Revenue Of $251.8 Read more here.] In January 2020, DEP did collect a penalty assessment of $30.6 Read more here.

2022

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen [PaEN] -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: 45 Years After Infamous Accident, Why Are They Still Cleaning Up Three Mile Island?

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN] -- Senate Passes Bill Blocking Local Elected Officials From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Combat Climate Change [PaEN] -- Republicans On Senate Committee Report Out Bill Allowing General Assembly To Kill Regulations (..)

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2023

MGD Out-Of-Basin Transfer [PaEN] -- Senate Passes Bill Blocking Local Elected Officials From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Combat Climate Change [PaEN] -- Rep. Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN] -- U.S.

Natural Gas

Vermont Law

JUNE 29, 2020

Under Governor Northam’s direction, Virginia’s Energy Policy shifted quite dramatically from when he first took office in January 2018 to what we have at the end of the 2020 Legislative Session. The effects of climate change in Virginia are apparent and affecting the well-being of Virginians every day. greenhouse gas emissions.

2020

Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

As background, I am an invited expert reviewer of the next assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and a Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment.” My name is Michael Shellenberger, and I am Founder and President of Environmental Progress, an independent and nonprofit research organization.

2020

Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

USA: Defense Contractor: Climate Change Could Create “Business Opportunities” Jeremy Schulman | Mother Jones | August 14, 2013 Raytheon is worried about the risks of global warming. But it also thinks climate-related “security concerns” could boost demand for its military products. “He

Technology

Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

USA: Defense Contractor: Climate Change Could Create “Business Opportunities” Jeremy Schulman | Mother Jones | August 14, 2013 Raytheon is worried about the risks of global warming. But it also thinks climate-related “security concerns” could boost demand for its military products. “He

Technology

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Defense Contractor: Climate Change Could Create “Business Opportunities” Jeremy Schulman | Mother Jones | August 14, 2013 Raytheon is worried about the risks of global warming. But it also thinks climate-related “security concerns” could boost demand for its military products. “He

Technology

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Defense Contractor: Climate Change Could Create “Business Opportunities” Jeremy Schulman | Mother Jones | August 14, 2013 Raytheon is worried about the risks of global warming. But it also thinks climate-related “security concerns” could boost demand for its military products. “He

Technology

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Defense Stocks Soar as Trump Wages War on Syria The Real News Network PaulaR Mon, 06/12/2023 - 07:47 Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Read more William K. USA: Defense Contractor: Climate Change Could Create “Business Opportunities” Jeremy Schulman | Mother Jones | August 14, 2013 Raytheon is worried about the risks of global warming.

Technology

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Defense Contractor: Climate Change Could Create “Business Opportunities” Jeremy Schulman | Mother Jones | August 14, 2013 Raytheon is worried about the risks of global warming. But it also thinks climate-related “security concerns” could boost demand for its military products. “He

Technology

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Defense Contractor: Climate Change Could Create “Business Opportunities” Jeremy Schulman | Mother Jones | August 14, 2013 Raytheon is worried about the risks of global warming. But it also thinks climate-related “security concerns” could boost demand for its military products. “He

Technology

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Defense Contractor: Climate Change Could Create “Business Opportunities” Jeremy Schulman | Mother Jones | August 14, 2013 Raytheon is worried about the risks of global warming. But it also thinks climate-related “security concerns” could boost demand for its military products. “He

Technology

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Defense Contractor: Climate Change Could Create “Business Opportunities” Jeremy Schulman | Mother Jones | August 14, 2013 Raytheon is worried about the risks of global warming. But it also thinks climate-related “security concerns” could boost demand for its military products. “He

Technology

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

At the same time, the natural gas industry was in disarray, coal burning was damaging the environment, and the nuclear power industry collapsed. Additionally, in the 2010s, solar and wind generated electricity became cost competitive with, if not outright cheaper than coal, natural gas, and nuclear power.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Why We Need Climate Action At the heart of Trumps action is denial of climate change as a problem. Climate change is not, of course, an ideology as the Merchants of Doubt over at the WSJ op-ed page argue. I wont rehash all the arguments, but lets just look at the economic reasons for climate action.

Fossil Fuels