A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2025

2020 for example, the Amazon saw its highest deforestation rate in over a decade. Renewable energy expansion Brazil’s renewable energy sector continues to grow, with hydropower providing around 60% of the country’s electricity, making it one of the world’s largest producers of hydropower.

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Scientific American

JUNE 17, 2025

Environment Program, 2020 ( primary references ) WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CLOTHING PRODUCTION Here we break down the dominant linear pathway of garments, punctuated with details for each stage that impact sustainability from both a human-rights and an environmental point of view. Collection and Sorting • Per a 2020 U.N.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

4 - Repurposing Underutilized Lands For Energy - Marginal Farmlands, Abandoned Mine Sites, Brownfields [PaEN] -- EPA Awards $34 Million In Grants To Reduce Air Pollution At Schools; Highlights Efforts In Philadelphia [PaEN] -- DEP Awards $18.9 5-7 In Lancaster [PaEN] -- Wilkes-Barre Times: DEP Reduced Permit Backlog By 67% Under Gov.

Conservation

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The cost of clean energy technologies such as wind, solar, and battery technologies BNEF expects to decline further in 2025, in a boost to the viability of the sector. It was found that China, on average, can produce a MWh of electricity from significant power-generating technologies at 11-64% cheaper than other markets.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2024

They involve reduced protection for endangered species, eliminating energy efficiency rules, blocking new transmission lines, changing electricity regulation to favor fossil fuels, weakening air pollution rules, and encouraging sale of gas guzzlers. #1. 404-406] That’s because the renewables would be cheaper.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The idea had been kicked around for years, but through your efforts we were able to produce a product that gives the average consumer the ability to reduce their electric bill while simultaneously strengthening our energy grid. A 2020 Penn State study estimated that passage of this bill will stimulate more than $1.8

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2025

The original releases from the facility were first documented by DEP on February 3, 2020. Southwestern Energy is using the Act 2 Land Recycling Program to document the cleanup of the release and submitted a Final Report on November 6, 2024. Suchko abandoned conventional well: Row 3- Southwestern Energy Prod Co.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

4 - Repurposing Underutilized Lands For Energy - Marginal Farmlands, Abandoned Mine Sites, Brownfields [PaEN] -- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Upcoming Events, Programs In November -- PA Resources Council To Hold Nov. 12 [PaEN] -- PA Assn. Cents/kWH Up From 10.04 Cents/kWH -- National Fuel Gas Increases Natural Gas Costs 3.7%

Air Pollution

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 24, 2025

Several conservative-led jurisdictions have proven that supporting renewable energy doesnt mean abandoning careful money management. Not all conservative-leaning governments treat the development of renewable energy the same. When Ford first took office, he made a controversial decision about renewable energy.

Government

Enviromental Defense

JULY 23, 2025

This is influenced by a combination of factors, including a slowdown in global steel production growth, increased recycling of scrap steel, and the potential for alternative steelmaking technologies, such as electric arc furnaces (EAF) powered by renewable energy. Background Timeline of Events Leading to Alberta’s $142.8

Waste

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Ohio- $2.80 PA- $3.27 -- Reuters: US Gasoline Prices Set To Climb As Presidents New Tariffs Kick In -- Bloomberg: Oil Posts 7th Weekly Loss On Easing War Risk, Tariff Chaos -- American Gas Association: Presidents Tariffs On Canadian Natural Gas Will Cost US Consumers At Least $1.1 Ohio- $2.80 Ohio- $2.80

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2025

Of Justice Agreement -- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept. Of Justice Agreement -- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept.

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2025

The Inflation Reduction Act showed that we can fund renewables infrastructure but its an open question how fast we can build it. Even climate champion Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, has argued that We need to make it easier to build electricity transmission lines. The Trump administration has already taken on permitting reform.

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2025

. -- Establishing clear criteria and timeframes for timely repair of all leaks that pose a risk to public safety or the environment. 20-22; PJM Working With Gas Generators To Try To Get Them Online Before Extreme Cold Hits [PaEN] -- Gov.

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Nonetheless, potential policy changes in three areas could undercut new energy investment under a second Trump administration: protectionist trade measures and deglobalization; regulatory uncertainty and political risk; and fiscal and monetary policy. Renewable Energy Vs. Fossil Fuels Renewables or fossil fuels?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

On April 24, the Public Utility Commission held a public hearing to explore the impact of data centers and other large load customers on the states electric grid. Michael Fradette, Principal, Energy Service s The rapid growth of electricity demand presents both challenges and opportunities for the US energy infrastructure.

Carbon Emissions

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Rejecting False Solutions: The Inflation Reduction Act and the Fight for a Just Energy Transition By Savannah Collins and Mia Montoya Hammersley In 2024, scientists confirmed that, for the first time, the world had crossed the threshold of 1.5 economy away from being reliant on fossil fuels and into renewable energy.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

DEP estimated total 2020 methane emissions from conventional sources to be 365,103 tons and 102,297 tons from unconventional shale gas sources, according to the Regulatory Analysis Forms. Billion Olympus Energy Shale Gas Deal -- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Corp.

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Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It has been the central backbone of Germany`s energy turnaround, the Renewable Energy Act (Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz). By 2030 65 % of electricity in Germany shall come from renewable sources and by 2050 the share will be 100%. This way of amending laws is a standard procedure in the German legal system.

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

There’s good news in the recently released official data on electricity generation in the United States in 2022: renewable energy has continued to grow, coal power has continued to drop, and renewables are now firmly ahead of coal for the first time ever. percent of the country’s electricity supply (up 1.1

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) is one of the go-to sources for reliable information about the US power sector. They just released their 2022 “Annual Energy Outlook” (AEO), which is a big deal: it tells us where electricity is headed over the next 30 years. Carbon emissions remain high.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

At any point in the summer, extreme heat could trigger electricity supply shortages and rotating power outages. It issued five Flex Alerts in 2020, eight in 2021, but there’s only been one so far this year. For example, the two rotating blackouts in August 2020 occurred during energy supply shortages that happened at 6:38 to 7:40 p.m.

Solar Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 15, 2022

The ones that’ll soon be gracing areas over the horizon are powerful enough, each one, to generate the equivalent of an average home’s daily electricity use in just a few seconds. Even more important, though, wind is an impressive piece of our electricity supply. Wind is now the largest source of renewable energy in the country.

Wind Power

Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

Perhaps the most important development of the past decade has been the dramatic decline in the cost of renewables. Rooftop solar costs in 2020 were a third of what they had been in 2010. In 2020, the cost of single-axis utility scale solar was only a fifth of what it was in 2010. Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

But Nebraska has a unique approach to supplying electricity that provided a different pathway to climate action. Unlike any other state, Nebraska decided not to have private electric utilities. In 2019, the Utah State Legislature passed the Community Renewable Energy Act (HB 411).

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

As electric vehicle (EV) sales continue to increase, questions about how these cars and their batteries will be disposed of have been top of mind for current owners, future buyers, policymakers, and many experts in the automotive industry. After this second-life use, the batteries are then ready to be recycled.

Recycling

Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

Scotland set a 2020 goal of 100% renewable energy electricity generation. In 2020, they just missed this goal, at 97.4% renewable energy generation (62% coming from onshore wind) A climate plan adopted in 2018 sets a binding target of net-zero emissions by 2045. Northern Ireland.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University There is a renewable energy revolution happening all over the world: costs for renewable energy have dropped significantly in the last 10 years and the world is starting to adopt the technology at a very fast pace. kWh per day. kWh per day.

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Updated analysis from 2020 shows that emissions traced to the 88 largest carbon producers contributed approximately 60 percent?of The best solution: Replace fossil fuels with renewable energy. The transition to 100-percent renewables is possible. The same solutions will fix the energy crisis and the climate crisis.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Replacing petroleum with renewable electricity as the primary source of transportation energy will leave us all much better off. To achieve net-zero emissions in 2050 we must have 100% of new sales of light-duty passenger vehicles be electric by 2035, and of medium- and heavy-duty trucks at the latest by 2040.

Electricity

Environmental Progress

JANUARY 4, 2022

Germany is expected to increase its fossil fuel consumption for electricity generation in 2022, if its weather conditions and electricity demand are similar to 2021, a new analysis from Environmental Progress finds. With its 2021 and 2022 electricity generation profile, Germany would have missed its targets.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The renewable energy transition involves harnessing epic forces of nature. Sleek solar panels forged from silver and silica from the depths of the Earth translate the sun’s blindingly fiery light energy into electricity. Batteries help store surplus energy. Source: UniEnergy Technologies / Wikimedia Commons.

Wind Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

Chicago just released its Draft 2022 Climate Action Plan (CAP), an update of the city’s 2008 CAP to reduce citywide emissions 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels. A majority of city residents said they wanted reliable transit, better air quality, more renewable energy, higher household savings, and improved public health.

Renewable Energy

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

At the global level, however, Germany has its own claim to a leadership role, particularly in its early support for renewable energy. Although its track record has some complexities, this timeline of German actions shows just its early and sustained attention to clean energy policy: 1990. Renewables are 6% of power.

Nuclear Power

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Coal power, from mining to generation, is among the thirstiest and most polluting ways to produce electricity. Eliminating coal from the world’s energy mix is a no-brainer for climate policy and a win for water, as well as for human lungs. degrees Celsius than it was two centuries ago. It is already 1.1 degrees C higher.

Carbon Emissions

Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Between 1995 and 2020, BMW reduced its CO2 emissions by 53%. Also, in 2020, all the electricity it purchased to run its plants worldwide came from renewables. The post BMW Is Driven to Cut CO2 Emissions and Rely on Recycled Parts appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

Recycling

Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

There’s a lot of discussion of how the private sector is supporting renewable energy, but it’s almost all about power consumers like Apple and Walmart. American Electric Power. Xcel Energy. 1) NextEra Energy. Energy Mix (2020): [link]. 2) Duke Energy. Generated Energy Mix (2020): [link].

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