Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 28, 2023

to integrate food and farm policy in a way that addresses climate change and helps farmers reduce their carbon emissions. Agriculture needs to be a part of the climate solution, given that it is responsible for about 11 percent of heat-trapping carbon emissions in the United States.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It adds Michigan to the growing list of states, including Illinois and Minnesota , that have adopted standards to increase renewable energy on the grid and move toward 100-percent decarbonization of the power sector. It also will expand energy efficiency programs, streamline utility-scale renewable project siting approvals, and more.

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E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

11, 2023, the City Planning Commission approved amendments to the New York City Zoning Resolution, called “City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality,” proposed by Mayor Adams’ administration to advance the city’s climate goals, including an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2023

On January 11, the PA Audubon Council announced the release of Guidelines For Municipalities On Bird-Friendly, Environmentally Responsible Utility Scale Solar Energy Facilities. The Guidelines were developed by the Council's Renewable Energy Committee and presented to PA Audubon Chapter leaders in a webinar on December 6.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

Twenty-one school, business and community projects were honored with the 2023 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence. These Allegheny River Towns are building on a strong collaborative history to promote sustainable community development through the shared lenses of: Equity, Food, Water, Energy, Air Quality, and Mobility.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

The House Oversight Committee found that BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell handed out more than $44 billion in stock buybacks and dividends when profits started to rise last year, and those numbers are only going up: in April, ExxonMobil upped its buyback program from $10 billion to $30 billion through 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Department of Energy and other cooperating federal agencies determine appropriate distribution of funding – noting that the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 is providing approximately $50 billion for infrastructure and renewable energy projects. NewsClip: -- York Dispatch: FERC Rejects $3.1

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 26, 2022

The White House has taken a strong stance in expanding the production and use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to reduce carbon emissions in the aviation industry. The Administration has identified the aviation industry as a climate priority in its push to reduce the country’s carbon footprint.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Read more here ] -- Renewable Energy Generation Isn’t Coming Online Fast Enough: A study PJM released February 24 showed renewable energy generation sources were not coming online fast enough to replace fossil fuel plants that are retiring. However, the final calculation process will take several months.” Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

Additionally, this agreement further safeguards the region’s energy needs by providing a long-term hedge against rising energy prices. Committed to fostering sustainable practices, PWSA has been an active participant in WPEC's clean energy initiatives since 2008. PaEN] [Posted: August 9, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

WEDNESDAY 9:30: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1215 (Vitali-D- Delaware) the state Act 108 tax credit for hydrogen production would be limited to hydrogen produced for hard-to-electrify sectors, expanded to include a larger incentive to companies using hydrogen produced from renewable energy sources (..)

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

M-2023-3024990. Related Articles The Week - Energy: -- PA Taxpayers To Give $130.9 23 Webinar On Solar Energy For Municipalities And Water Authorities [PaEN] -- Penn State: Stable Profits, Land Preservation Matter To Farmers Debating Solar Energy Facility Leases [PaEN] -- Penn State Hosts Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2023

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Natural Gas Climate Change Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 87

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

2023 is forecast to be an eventful year for climate litigation: legal actions aiming to hold polluters accountable for their role in climate change, ensure that international treaties and agreements are followed, and protect human rights that are being negatively impacted by climate change. legal system.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Signs Off On Solar Energy Facility -- USDA Funds 31 Local Projects Totaling $5.69 Signs Off On Solar Energy Facility -- USDA Funds 31 Local Projects Totaling $5.69

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2023

Shapiro’s FY 2023-24 budget request. This proposed budget includes a boost in funding for geological mapping and modeling to capitalize on opportunities for carbon capture and storage. -- Protect residents and communities through essential services such as collecting geological and seismic data and training community firefighters.

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Natural Resources Conservation 2023 Carbon Emissions 96

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In July 2022, the High Court of England and Wales in R (Friends of the Earth Ltd and Others) v Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy found that the UK Government’s plans to cut carbon emissions were inadequate and breached national law. Uniper’s ICSID proceedings are currently paused until January 2023.

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2022 Carbon Dioxide Climate Change Law 123

A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

Yang Fuqiang thinks it is unreasonable to make energy-producing provinces such as Inner Mongolia solely responsible for cutting carbon emissions. If it benefits, it has to help cut carbon. There is huge potential for developing renewable energy in Inner Mongolia, which could be used to power other industries.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 23, 2023

clean hydrogen industry that creates good-paying jobs, while also reducing carbon emissions. The Treasury Department’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) provides definitions of key terms in the statute, including lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, qualified clean hydrogen, and qualified clean hydrogen production facility.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

In 2022, tech firms’ payrolls fell by 164,000 employees, with a further 166,000 jobs cut in the first quarter of 2023, according to tracking platform Layoffs.fyi. In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

When it comes to the transition to clean energy, 2023 was quite a year for progress: record-breaking amounts of solar installed in the United States, a solid drop in carbon emissions from the US power sector, more than one million electric vehicles sold in the country for the first time, “breakneck” growth in renewable energy globally, and more.

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Clean Energy Renewable Energy 2024 Electricity 156

A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

There is talk that a global “hydrogen economy” can emerge to save the climate from carbon emissions. But for other fossil-fuel guzzling transport systems which cannot easily plug into the mains, such as long-distance shipping and aviation, hydrogen may turn out to be the key to lowering carbon emissions.

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Fossil Fuels Electricity Carbon Dioxide Carbon Emissions 98

E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Enacted in 2019, the CLCPA transformed the state’s earlier clean energy standard efforts from administrative fiat to law and sets more aggressive goals to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide to 60% from a 1990 baseline by 2030, and 15% from a 1990 baseline by 2050. 1, 2024.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

The environmental impacts of coal power – from local air and water pollution to carbon emissions – have made the project controversial. “We Just 3% of generated electricity in the 2022 fiscal year came from non-hydropower renewables. The NDC also states: “From 2020, new coal power plants are subject to a moratorium.”

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

This data is relied on by institutions worldwide, including the IPCC and IEA itself, to calculate their carbon footprint projections, including the sixth assessment report published as recently as March 2023. Basic reasoning suggests the manufacturing shift must have added to solar’s carbon intensity.

Electricity 139

Electricity Fossil Fuels Government Carbon Emissions 139

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Using a different benchmark, EPA also projects a range of 49-83% reduction in the level of electricity sector emissions below 2005 levels. Rhodium found that “the full suite of current policies on the books as of June 2023 drives US emissions to 32-51% below 2005 levels in 2035. Download as PDF

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 19, 2022

A Pennsylvania judge blocks the governor’s attempt to put a price on carbon emissions. A pivotal decision last week brought New York one step closer to achieving its clean energy goals. This is a big win for New York City…It’s a down payment on the renewable energy future we’ve been promised.”. Other News.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A recent National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study shows that it would take less than 1 percent of the land in the Lower 48—that’s an area comparable to or even smaller than the fossil fuel industry’s current footprint. EIA also projects US battery storage capacity to more than double in 2023.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2023

The SEC has now signaled that it will finalize the proposed climate disclosure rules in October 2023. The proposal requires companies to report information related to “Scope 1” direct carbon emissions (think fuel use and greenhouse gases), “Scope 2” indirect carbon emissions (e.g.,

Carbon Emissions 130

Carbon Emissions 2023 Clean Air Act Carbon Dioxide 130

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The International Energy Agency said the world last year saw record growth in solar power, adoption of electric vehicles, and global clean energy investments that outstripped fossil investments last year by $1.74 All of that is on top of reports earlier in 2023 by consortiums of environmental groups. trillion to $1 trillion.

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Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement 2030 Climate Change 334

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In addition, the avoided climate damages from reduced carbon emissions, calculated using the social cost of carbon, exceed $400 billion by 2035 under the IRA Reference case and nearly $1.3 But with focused, ambitious action, nations can sharply bend the emissions curve. The reductions in PM2.5

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In 2023, we are pleased to report that environmental progress in Canada outran the efforts to slow it down. This move will free up taxpayer money to invest in the clean energy transition for Canadians. You can read more here. Read more about the bans here. You can read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

By Penn State News With a goal of achieving 100% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2035, Penn State – under the direction of President Neeli Bendapudi -- is moving forward with several of the recommendations presented by the University’s Carbon Emissions Reduction Task Force in Spring 2022.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Earlier this year, the MPSC approved a settlement agreement on Consumers Energy’s integrated resource plan that commits the company to retire all its remaining coal-fired power plants by 2025, construct no new fossil gas infrastructure, and build large amounts of new solar power between now and 2040. What’s in DTE’s proposed plan?

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Clean Energy 2028 2025 Electricity 258

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2023

Shapiro’s FY 2023-24 budget proposal on Monday, March 20. DCNR Posts FY 2023-24 Budget Proposal Documents DEP Posts Documents On Proposed FY 2023-24 Agency Budget Request DEP Staffing This budget expands DEP’s capacity by providing $5.75 Click Here for Proposed 2023-24 Budget Spreadsheet. Click Here for Gov.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2023

What’s also clear is that this is a challenge that goes well beyond carbon emissions—it is deeply rooted in an inequitable fossil energy and economic system. We need a more modern, climate-resilient electric grid that can help integrate higher and higher levels of renewable energy.

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change Clean Energy Politics 277

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2023

Since 2010, WCU has cut energy costs by millions of dollars, lowered per capita carbon emissions by more than a third, and significantly reduced the environmental impacts of its campus operations. The campus also features ground and roof solar arrays, and WCU purchases renewable energy credits.

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