Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

Nearly all of the alliance members have a renewable electricity standard (RES), which requires utilities in their jurisdiction to increase their use of renewable energy to a particular percentage by a specific year. We found that states have technically feasible and highly beneficial ways to achieve 100-percent renewable energy.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

Based on numerous sources, Governor Baker has now signed an Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind. This bill includes a number of key advancements for increased adoption of zero emission vehicles and clean transportation throughout the Commonwealth. The Department shall approve the rebates not later than June 30, 2023; and.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

And, as it turns out, the infrastructure used to produce, store, distribute, transmit, and burn gas leaks like a sieve , making gas as bad as coal for the climate. Gas, which now generates 40 percent of US electricity, is considered by some to be critical to maintain grid reliability. That discrimination is still evident today.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Severe rains are becoming more frequent in the country as climate change worsens. The Associated Press reports that the environment commissioner in Maine suspended a permit for a high-voltage electricity transmission line intended to cross the state. It faces a daunting array of natural hazards that include drought and disease.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 24, 2023

This past year represents a real turning point in the transition to electric vehicles, demonstrated by new major incentives and regulatory activities at both federal and state government levels and several notable accomplishments in the private sector. National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan $9,397,238 actual FY 2022.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Climate Change Mitigation. The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. Clean Energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 30, 2023

And I love hearing about new renewable electricity records as spring unfolds. A few recent examples for that last love: California scored a new record for total generation from renewable energy in mid-April and a new record for solar production in mid-May. Spring tends to be a time when there is lower electricity demand.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on February 21 to discuss a proposed scope of work for the 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment and state Climate Action Plan as required by Act 70 of 2008. For more information and available handouts, visit DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee webpage.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

With the clean energy transition already under way, the US electricity mix is set to continue changing this year. Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Although the nuclear bailout was repealed and refunded in 2021, some of the law’s other egregious provisions requiring ratepayers across the state to subsidize money-losing coal plants and gutting renewable energy and energy efficiency standards are still in place today. Despite the partial repeal, H.B. Since H.B.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

Minnesotans are facing concurrent crises of climate change, high energy prices and inflation, and the inequitable public health impacts of fossil fuel air pollution. Renewable energy will help with all of that—but we need a grid that is designed for wind and solar instead of having to rely on expensive coal and gas plants.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

By: Deborah Klenotic, Deputy Communications Director Climate change is a major challenge facing Pennsylvania, and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is leading many efforts to fight back and protect communities. Find more materials at DEP’s Climate Change webpage.

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

On Wednesday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed a package of four clean energy bills. These bills move Oregon to the forefront of climate action. This is not only a major step forward for the state; it should also clear the path to closer collaboration among Washington State, Oregon, and California on climate issues.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

Whatever the weather in March and beyond—in-like-a-lion blustery or out-like-a-lamb sunny—spring tends to be a season of strong electricity production from solar and wind in particular. Spring is also a glorious time for taking stock, since the official data on the previous year’s US electricity generation become available.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Four important global reports released in the last two days set up a deeply sobering context for the upcoming annual international climate talks in Egypt, also called COP27. Source: UN Climate Change 2022 NDC Synthesis Report. Source: UN Climate Change 2022 NDC Synthesis Report. The UNEP Emissions Gap Report.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Wider repercussions, including the inequitable impacts of rising food and energy prices and the potential for a food crisis hitting vulnerable populations around the world, must also be urgently addressed by global leaders. Multiple crises colliding with climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 31, 2022

On the last day of the 2022 Minnesota legislative session, state legislators had a real case of the Mondays: They failed to deliver on climate and energy policies that would have accelerated renewable energy enough to forge a clear path to carbon-free electricity and set the state on track to meet science-based emission reduction targets.

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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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Just last week, we heard that with regard to climate change, “ humanity is on thin ice—and that ice is melting fast.” Yet policymakers still use the disinformation playbook to deceive and misinform the public about climate change, at the expense of our well-being and our future.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2022

Space missions are a federal matter, but states determine energy policy and infrastructure decisions. Right now, states and the federal government have a choice that will define our country’s options for clean energy and planning the power grid for the challenges ahead. Shared Duties, with Leadership. New Roles for States.

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Electricity Renewable Energy Clean Energy Government 251

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The fossil fuel industry is the problem, not the solution Despite their well-funded campaigns to convince us otherwise, here are five reasons why we need to be skeptical about fossil fuel industry engagement in global climate policy. Let’s start with the obvious: the burning of fossil fuels is the main driver of climate change.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

In March, start-up BasiGo became the first company to launch an electric passenger bus in Kenya. We selected BYD because they are the largest manufacturer of electric buses globally and they are known for battery technology that is state-of-the-art,” BasiGo co-founder and CEO Jit Bhattacharya told China Dialogue.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Winter is once again here, bringing great festivities and respite via holidays, but also great worries to energy regulators, grid operators, and communities about dangerous winter storms that can spread across large parts of the United States and negatively affect electric grid reliability.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

This would have enabled the CAISO to expand its operations into the rest of the west as a regional transmission organization (RTO), an independent entity that plans and operates the electricity grid. Here are the four biggest things that have changed since 2018 that make grid regionalization worth reconsideration.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Despite the clean energy transition that is well underway in the United States, methane gas, or natural gas, remains the largest source of U.S. electricity generation. This is a particularly dangerous risk given the coincident grid strain and high electricity demand that is typically triggered by these weather conditions.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Hydrogen could play a critical role in helping California to decarbonize its electricity grid and achieve carbon neutrality. The gas can be generated from surplus renewable energy resources (like solar or wind) to create zero-emission (or “green”) hydrogen. Establishing a state zero-emission hydrogen roadmap to support the U.S.

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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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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Wolf’s RGGI rulemaking in 2021. In fact, EEN Action team member Kim Anderson of Cambria County testified at the Independent Regulatory Review Commission committee hearing on September 1, 2021, which resulted in a 3-2 vote in favor of RGGI. So, we must use RGGI to both clean up God’s creation and to help workers and families.”

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It has helped to shape EU climate policy, while at the same time its own policies were shaped by the EU’s. Although its track record has some complexities, this timeline of German actions shows just its early and sustained attention to clean energy policy: 1990. Fifteen percent of electricity is renewable. trillion tons.]

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Fixing the cost of living crisis does not need to come at the expense of fixing climate change. Whether we experience an affordable and safe future, or one of spiralling costs and climate impacts, depends most on one thing: government action. Runaway climate change results in an increase in extreme weather events.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In response, Europe has scrambled to replace flows and decouple this dependence , in part by shifting away from gas to clean energy alternatives, in part by increasing local gas production, and in part by turning to imports of liquified natural gas, or LNG—including from the US. Credit: U.S. Let us at least stave off the worst.

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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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 16, 2023

There have been high-profile rotating power outages caused by a heatwave in California (August 2020), a winter storm in Texas (February 2021), and another winter storm in Tennessee and North Carolina (December 2022). The electric grid will need to be very reliable for this transition to go smoothly.

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Washington Nature

MARCH 17, 2023

HB 1181, updating the Growth Management Act (GMA) to include climate change, has been a priority for environmental partners for the last three years , and partners have done an incredible job keeping the momentum up – we cannot wait another year for this important update. © Morgan Heim.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

On May 31, Duquesne Light Company announced a new lineup of electric vehicle (EV) charging and fleet electrification programs to help local organizations save time and money on installing EV charging and transitioning to an electric fleet. In 2020, DLC installed the DCFC stations for Port Authority’s first two electric buses. “As

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

“Today Pennsylvanians have the ability to get their energy straight from their rooftops,” said Ellie Kerns, Climate and Clean Energy Associate with PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center. I believe Pennsylvania can be a leader in green energy,” said Rep. percent of all the electricity used in 2022 nationally.

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