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Western Grid Regionalization Is Back on the Drawing Board. Why Now?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Change #1: 100% clean energy goals have spread At the beginning of 2018, the only state in the country with a 100% clean or renewable energy goal was Hawaii. Now, 22 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have 100% clean energy goals on the books. The list goes on, but you get the point.

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Guest Essay: Climate Change Demands Southwestern PA Transition To A New Low-Carbon Energy Reality

PA Environment Daily

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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94 New Articles - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

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?

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U.S. Senate Hearing: Energy, Environmental Impacts Of Cryptocurrency Mining In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

To date, Stronghold has purchased the 94-megawatt (MW) circulating fluidized bed (CFB) Scrubgrass power plant in Venango County and the 94 MW Panther Creek CFB facility in Carbon County. Waste coal is a low-energy-value product that, before environmental restrictions were passed, was often dumped in piles near mining sites.

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House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

To date, Stronghold has purchased the 94-megawatt (MW) circulating fluidized bed (CFB) Scrubgrass power plant in Venango County and the 94 MW Panther Creek CFB facility in Carbon County. Waste coal is a low-energy-value product that, before environmental restrictions were passed, was often dumped in piles near mining sites.

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Right on Energy: Section 45V Hydrogen Production Tax Credit  

Cresforum

Introduction Hydrogen has been dubbed the “Swiss army knife” of clean energy, given its potential to become a tool to cut emissions in key sectors, as well as to assert U.S. global energy leadership and increase our nation’s competitive edge. According to the U.S. Siting and permitting.

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Climate Choices Part II — Session Law 2021-165 (Carbon Reduction Plan)

Smith Enviorment

Utilities Commission (NCUC) to “take all reasonable steps” to achieve a 70% reduction in carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) emissions from electric generating units (EGUs) by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality for the utility generation system by 2050. Carbon Reduction Plan. January 22, 2023. NCUC Order.

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