PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2022

On March 17, the Community College of Allegheny County officially “flipped the switch” to solar power. The extensive new 543-kilowatt solar installation will produce enough electricity to power 30–40% of CCAC North Campus’s electrical energy needs. Solar (Galvanizing our Energy Transition) program.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

.” The partnership between the family-owned Bluenergy and Udinese is not new as the utility has been a partner of the Serie A outfit since 2018, supplying the club with energy exclusively from renewable sources for the last few years, and recently they acquired naming rights to the stadium.

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A Greener Life

JULY 31, 2024

Cambodia Solar energy in Cambodia, comprising only 7% of the country’s energy capacity, has emerged as the fastest-growing energy source , expanding over 14% in 2023. Cambodia aims to achieve 70% of renewable energy generation by 2030, with hydropower expected to contribute 55%. GW by 2040.

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Global Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Throughout the US, coal has been the leading source of energy for electric power generation. Electric energy generation by renewable sources has doubled since 2008. Almost 90 percent of the increase in renewables came from wind- and solar-power generation. In 2018, eighty-two dams were removed.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

An Energy Foundation China report published at the forum shows that Inner Mongolia’s emissions are still growing quickly, with the highest per-head emissions in the country, at the equivalent of 22.8 tonnes of CO2 in 2018. But five years later, the policy is to increase the percentage of renewables in the energy mix.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

By Dave Blehi, Penn State News In November 2018, Pennsylvania adopted a Solar Future Plan to increase the state’s solar energy generation 10% by the year 2030. Photo: Penn State University solar farm in Franklin County. ) (Reprinted from Penn State News.) Visit the fall 2022 EarthTalks webpage to learn more.

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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 Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . It’s mostly due to a combination of poor planning coupled with an ideological opposition to renewable energy. Source: IESO [link].

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In response, the industry is seeing a varying degree of investments in renewable energy and commitments to climate-related goals. As companies make this transition into renewable energy, one sector picking up speed is wind energy. The wind energy sector is gaining global traction, as exemplified by U.K.

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Columbia Climate Law

AUGUST 6, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s climate change plan , released last week, centers on two goals: installing 500 million solar panels by 2021, and, relatedly, adding enough electric generation capacity from renewable sources to supply all residential electricity needs. The second component of Clinton’s plan is a “Clean Energy Challenge.”

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

“Solar arrays, like the original wind and water-powered feed grinders (still in use in parts of Pennsylvania), are fueled by the elements. The Municipalities Planning Code (MPC) : The MPC highlights the importance of local renewable energy development in its preamble.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In response, the industry is seeing a varying degree of investments in renewable energy and commitments to climate-related goals. As companies make this transition into renewable energy, one sector picking up speed is wind energy. The wind energy sector is gaining global traction, as exemplified by U.K.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 1, 2024

Opponents emphasized visual impacts (or, as they put it, “the inconsistency of the industrial solar facility with the rural character of the area”), as well as concerns about the loss of farmland. Notwithstanding this opposition, Oak Run also found significant local support. Smaller projects are permitted at the county level.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 19, 2024

million as chief strategy officer of Gulf Keystone Petroleum from 2015 to 2018 while serving as a Conservative MP. Lord Theodore Agnew, who sits on the board of right-wing broadcaster GB News , has shares worth at least £100,000 in Equinor, the Norwegian state-owned energy producer.

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Columbia Climate Law

JULY 9, 2015

Understandably, there are concerns that tier flattening does not adequately incentivize efficient use of energy. According to The Utility Reform Network (TURN), “changing the rate structure to devalue conservation flies in the face of our state’s commitment to renewable energy, efficiency and reduced emissions”.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

A 2018 Penn State study showed that individuals in the state’s mandatory certification program worked on an average of 38.5 It complements Phoenix Contact’s Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power (CCHP) system, which generates about half of the facility’s electric requirements.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2022

gigawatts (GW), according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). From 2018 to 2019, US capacity increased from 234 to 402 megawatts (MW), mostly in California. The clean energy industry is continuing to deploy significant amounts of storage to deliver a low-carbon future.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. 7] Nuclear plants are among the most reliable components of America’s power grids.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 4, 2024

Similar extreme cold weather caused grid emergencies in 2011, 2014, 2018, and again in 2022. These recurring electric supply crises revealed the vulnerability of conventional power plants and the gas supply to cold weather. The repeated failures in cold weather reflect outmoded thinking about both gas and extreme cold weather.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 19, 2022

The commission in April approved a 25-year state contract offering billions of dollars to Hydro-Quebec, a corporation tied to the Quebec government, for delivering renewable energy. Existing dams and reservoirs qualify under the state’s renewable standards. the company building CHPE. Photo by Caldwell Marine.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Million Planted Since 2018 [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: Life Depends On Protecting The Natural World, Federal Rollbacks Are Threatening Our Future - By Michael Kensinger, Juniata Valley Audubon Society [PaEN] -- TribLive: Flight 93 Memorial Supporters In Somerset County Step Up Fundraising As Potential Job Cuts Loom -- Gov.

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Physics World

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Durán, a physicist at the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid, played a key role in building support for the project while serving as president of the International Commission on Glass (ICG) between 2018 and 2021. In renewable energy, glass is used for concentrated solar power, photovoltaics and the fibreglass of wind turbines.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2022

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal A solar power boom generated by new renewable energy mandates is unfurling in the Chesapeake Bay region. Virginia, for example, was ninth in the nation for new solar capacity in 2021. Twenty states have sheep grazing on solar sites. Sheep are the natural fit for solar.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2021

Senate/House AP: Judge Tosses Lawsuit Seeking End To Delaware Watershed Fracking Ban SpotlightPA: PA Lawmakers Are On Summer Break, Here Are 5 Issues They’ll Face This Fall Farewell To Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee After 53 Years Air The Center Square: SW PA Family Urges Governor To Broaden Pending Rule (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

PA] Natural Gas - PA Chamber Of Business & Industry -- Erie Times Guest Essay: Support Reliable, Affordable PA Natural Gas, Coal, Petroleum And Grow Renewable Energy - Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Scavello Introduces Bill Authorizing Community Solar Projects; $2 Billion Worth Of Projects Waiting For It To Pass -- Business, Environment, Energy Groups Praise Introduction Of Bipartisan Bills Increasing Solar Energy Mandate From 0.5%

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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. On the research side, DoD has major collaborations with the National Renewable Energy Lab. It’s part of the annual funding bill for the military.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

An Oregon Circuit Court set aside the Oregon Secretary of State’s decision to reject two clean energy ballot initiatives and allowed the measures to be processed and circulated for the November 2020 election. 452044/2018 (N.Y. Lawsuit Filed Challenging Solar Power Facility in California. Exxon Mobil Corp. ,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Later in the hour, Tillerson told Rose that the federal government should end subsidies for renewable energy. “I Likewise, they understate the potential consequences, contend that we can easily adapt to them, and fight government efforts to curb carbon emissions and promote renewable energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

Koch family-controlled foundations donated more than $145 million to a network of 90 think tanks and advocacy groups from 1997 through 2018 to disparage climate science and block efforts to address climate change. In the 2018 and 2020 election cycles, Koch Industries’ total outlay of $26.7 Investing in Clean Energy While Trashing It.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Instead, President Carter initiated two sets of major legislation that created the Department of Energy and restructured energy industries addressing both conventional fossil fuels and alternative and renewable energy resources. Quite simply, the latest statistics from the Department of Energy clearly refute this claim.

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