Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. The US Energy Information Administration is forecasting the wholesale price of gas to reach its highest level since the winter of 2009-2010 in inflation-adjusted terms.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2021

The installation of solar panels in Brazil is increasing amidst the water crisis. With fears of energy rationing and rising electricity bills, farmers and livestock breeders opt for sustainability and self-sufficiency. of the country’s energy generation. photo credit: Björn Wylezich / Alamy. MW to 791.32

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A quick glance at the latest data from CARB shows there are three large and growing sources of credits: bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity. Bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity are the largest and fastest growing sources of LCFS credits in recent years.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2022

Nuclear represents the core of her energy plan, in which she would build 20 EPR reactors, extending the life of existing plants to 60 years from more than 40 and re-opening the Fessenheim plant shut in 2020. Unsurprisingly, Macron has pushed back against the plans to ban wind turbines and solar farms calling it an “aberration”.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire April 17 PA Environment Digest 68 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic Inside Climate News: Gov. 27 Released 1.1

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 9, 2022

On June 30, 2022, the State of California joined the State of New York in adopting legislation that allows state authorities to bypass local laws in permitting large-scale renewable energy projects. Credit: New York Office of Renewable Energy Siting. Law § 94-c(2)(h). 94-c(4)(g). 94-c(5)(e) (emphasis added).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Critics of wind and solar routinely raise concerns about how much land would be required to decarbonize the US power sector. NREL LAND-USE MODELING Total area occupied by wind turbines and solar photovoltaic infrastructure (solid colored boxes) is roughly equal to the land occupied by railroads. Map courtesy NREL: Denholm et al.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

How do higher natural gas prices impact The Energy Co-op’s renewable energy programs? As we all know, there is only one set of wires to deliver electricity to consumers—what is commonly called the grid. And this will continue to be the case until there is more wind and solar power generation in our region.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

The Pennsylvania Conservative Energy Forum and the PA Land & Liberty Coalition stand in support of Herm Cvetan, a local Lawrence County farmer, who seeks to preserve his “Right to Farm” as defined in Pennsylvania Code and Statute. Feed grinders are identified as protected and appropriate for farms, under the Right to Farm Law.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

It also missed energy consumption and intensity targets in the 13th Five Year Plan (2015-2020). The National Development and Reform Commission’s Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection said in a statement that energy intensity increased 9.5% There were no improvements in 2020.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

By Kathy Cook, League of Women Voters of PA On May 25, 2021, a joint committee hearing on utility scale solar development was hosted by Pennsylvania’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Local Government Committees. Some counties in the PA Wilds have active proposals for solar fields going on old strip mine lands.

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A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

Japan, a long-time supporter of nuclear power, now has serious hydrogen ambitions. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be powered by hydrogen. Hydrogen may have lost the race to fuel electric cars but it looks a likely contender to replace fossil fuels in trucks, ships, planes and heavy industry. By Fred Pearce.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

“We are pushing the Chinese company to complete its financial closure by 31 December 2023, and start construction at the earliest so that it can be completed by 2025,” Shah Jahan Mirza, managing director of the Pakistan government-owned Private Power and Infrastructure Board told me. Pakistan’s energy sector is dominated by fossil fuels.

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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

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2021

Here’s A Guide To Identifying Them And Avoiding Bites Climate Rachel McDevitt: Will RGGI Affect Your Electric Bill? Million For PFAS Cancer Study WHYY: What’s In The Water? Million For PFAS Cancer Study WHYY: What’s In The Water? 27-28; Moraine State Park Regatta Aug. 27-28; Moraine State Park Regatta Aug.

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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. Studies find that sheep farmers often are paid $300–$500 an acre.

Renewable Energy 59

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

DTE’s proposal, known as an integrated resource plan, describes how the utility intends to fulfill its customers’ electricity needs over the next 20 years. These types of long-term energy plans include forecasting the amount of electricity customers will need and examining different options for supporting that need.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2022

In just one year—from 2020 to 2021—utility-scale battery storage capacity in the United States tripled , jumping from 1.4 gigawatts (GW), according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Currently only 4 percent of US electricity comes from solar. Currently only 4 percent of US electricity comes from solar.

Clean Energy 295

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

But what you probably haven’t heard is that our grid is getting dirtier again, with fossil fuels increasing in our electricity supply from burning natural gas. That means carbon emissions from electricity in Ontario will be rising back up again after years of decline. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 .

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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. percent, 47.4

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Circle of Blue

MAY 19, 2022

Barges up to 300 feet long and 90 feet across will carry 12 miles of spooled electrical cable, navigation equipment, a tall crane and a specialized crew. Construction may start in a few months and the cable could be laid in 2024 as part of a major transmission line called the Champlain Hudson Power Express.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. electrical grids were increasingly “complex and vulnerable.” [2] Shellenberger. 5] The U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

ExxonMobil spent at least $39 million on some 70 of these organizations from 1998 through 2020, more than any funder besides Charles Koch and his brother David, co-owner of Koch Industries until his death in 2019. Later in the hour, Tillerson told Rose that the federal government should end subsidies for renewable energy. “I

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2022

Energy Information Administration reported-- in our January Short-Term Energy Outlook , we forecast that rising electricity generation from renewable energy resources such as solar and wind will reduce generation from fossil fuel-fired power plants over the next two years. On January 18, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2022

By Patrick Monahan, PittWire In February 2020, the University of Pittsburgh announced its goal to go carbon neutral by 2037 -- 13 years sooner than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s call for global carbon neutrality.

Clean Energy 59

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

Or could it perhaps boost the transition to a renewables-based economy? In 2020, around 70% of its energy consumption was covered by imports of fossil fuels , including uranium. At 28% of final energy consumption, oil remains the country’s dominant fossil energy source, followed by natural gas (27%) and hard coal (4%).

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The district court scheduled a hearing for April 16, 2020 to consider the defendants’ motion to dismiss or transfer those cases. 4, 2020); California v. Tenth Circuit Vacated Extensions of Small Refinery Exemptions from Renewable Fuel Mandates. Renewable Fuels Association v. United States , No. 18-36082 (9th Cir.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2022

Wolf Announces Aggressive Push To Secure Clean Hydrogen Hub In PA [PaEN] -- Gov.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

Since the death of Charles Koch’s brother David in 2019, the Charles Koch Foundation has continued to finance this disinformation campaign, giving more than $17 million to 23 groups in 2019 and 2020 , pushing the Koch grand total north of $162 million. million on some 70 denier groups from 1998 through 2020. million and Chevron’s $39.47

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Rural Communities On The Front Lines Of Solar's Growth -- Sen. Mensch Introduces Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen -- 35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov. 24 Organizing Black Birders Week Webinar With Tykee James -- Keep PA Beautiful Local Affiliates Recycle 1.1

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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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