HumanNature

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Guest Post by Ben Platt , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. In 2022, the installed capacity of wind and solar power grew almost 10% in the United States [1]. In Colorado, renewable energy generating capacity has more than quadrupled since 2010 [2]. Energy Information Administration. 2] U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

After a welcome keynote, each of the 90 – 120 minute sessions will include agency-specific presentations, a panel discussion, and a Q&A session. All the sessions will be recorded and available for viewing after the event. Click Here to register or for more information.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

Congress is investing huge sums in agriculture, and this money should be directed to help farmers mitigate and adapt to climate change by paying farmers to reduce emissions, on-farm renewable energy, and research on soil health. As the Farm Bill is negotiated, climate change must be a priority.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 29, 2023

It’s meant to provide subsidies for clean energy projects in order to help Canada reach its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. Prioritizing Dangerous Distractions Not Real Solutions We know that fossil fuels are causing the climate crisis. Not to the companies and activities which are fueling the climate crisis.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 26, 2024

The Premier of Alberta has a problem with renewable energy. In August of 2023, Premier Smith imposed a seven-month industry-wide moratorium on new approvals for wind, solar, geothermal, and other forms of renewable energy. We’re losing good-paying clean energy jobs.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2023

Join the Pennsylvania Solar Center for a free action-oriented webinar that will offer tools, resources and activities that everyone can use to build support to pass this important clean energy bill. 16 Webinar: Why Should We Care About, Advocate For A Climate-Friendly Federal Farm Bill? We’ll be joined by Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

2, 3, 4 [Unless Sooner Recalled] -- Committee Schedule House next voting day September 26, 27; October 2, 3, 4, 16 [Unless Sooner Recalled] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY, THURSDAY: Penn State's 2023 Ag Progress Days. “Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 26, 2024

I had to figure out how to bridge the silos that existed in our society – between the renewable energy sector, climate organizations, government policy-makers, project financers, utilities, labour, engineers – the list goes on. to usher in the inevitable and desperately needed transition to renewable energy.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

We know that clean, renewable, and affordable energy must be at the center of that transition." Scott Wolovich, Executive Director, New Sun Rising “At Phipps, solar power is a vital component of our efforts to address climate change,” said Richard Piacentini, president and CEO of Phipps Conservatory.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And Eversource Energy’s New Hampshire utility won approval from the state Public Utilities Commission over the summer to increase electric rates by a whopping 53 percent through the end of January 2023 to account for high gas prices in New England. Methane is also a fast-acting greenhouse gas in terms of its impact on the climate.

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A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2023

A woman pours water over her head to cool off during soaring temperatures in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 11 April 2023. With our children already paying a terrible price for climate change, we must act to protect their future, urges an IPCC scientist. I am writing this as a climate scientist and a mother of two young children.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

They offer a lot of good news about clean energy progress. Here’s a taste: Wind power , the largest single source of renewable electricity in the country, grew the most of any renewable energy source in overall generation from 2021 to 2022. With small solar included, renewable electricity all together provided 22.7

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

20, 2021, the New York State Climate Action Council (Council) voted unanimously to approve the most recent draft of the scoping plan, a roadmap to achieve compliance with the state’s landmark climate law, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). The final plan must be sent to the Legislature by Jan.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The hypocrisy of the world’s biggest banks on climate change keeps mounting. The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that all scenarios to meet the Paris Agreement ’s targets for holding planetary temperatures under 1.5 It was another corporate spit in the face of science.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2022

The clean energy industry is continuing to deploy significant amounts of storage to deliver a low-carbon future. Having enough energy storage in the right places will support the massive amount of renewables needed to add to the grid in the coming decades. Currently only 4 percent of US electricity comes from solar.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Most studies show that achieving these targets will require an unprecedented increase in wind and solar power to decarbonize the power sector and meet the increased demand for zero- carbon electricity to replace fossil fuels in building, industrial and transportation sectors. times current levels by 2035.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2023

PJM is a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia, including Pennsylvania.

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Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2024

In his four years in office, Donald Trump rolled back essentially every existing federal policy to limit climate change. Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act , which provides at least $369 billion in funding for clean energy and climate, leading many to hail the law as “the largest investment in clean energy and climate action ever.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Most of these pieces were about the company’s support for a seemingly independent network of anti-regulation, “free-market” nonprofits that spread falsehoods about the reality and seriousness of climate change. We do not support climate denial,” he replied. “We Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO from 2006 to 2016.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- Pennsylvania Envirothon Team Places 2nd In International NCF- Envirothon Competition! 7 [PaEN] -- DCNR Webinar: Advancing Climate Resiliency In Pennsylvania Aug. 9; Blooming At The Bog; More!

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2023

PaEN] -- Northeast PA Environmental Partners Announce 2023 Environmental Partnership, Shelburne And Emerging Leaders Award Recipients [PaEN] -- Richard Negrin Sworn In As DEP Secretary By Gov. 8 [PaEN] -- EPA Hosting Online Investing In America - Climate Action Funding Fair Starting Aug. Shapiro With Former Sen. Chris Deluzio -- Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2023

Administered through the DOE’s Energizing Rural Communities Program , the funds will help the partner team guide businesses, nonprofits, and other non-residential organizations in making the transition to solar energy and in joining the new clean energy economy. I am thrilled that the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2023

Part I: Start At Home -- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Aug. 16 Webinar: Why Should We Care About, Advocate For A Climate-Friendly Federal Farm Bill? Thank you for your leadership! -- Water Resources Assn. Potter County To Sept. Potter County To Sept. 19 At Adams Ricci Butterfly Garden, Enola 10:00 a.m.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2023

[PaEN] -- Citizens Voice: Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant To Test Emergency Sirens Thursday, Aug. 17 -- PA Solar Center Hosts Aug. 18 PA Renewable Energy Policy Webinar - Time To Take Action [PaEN] -- Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County 2023 Pollinator Festival Aug. Potter County To Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2023

“Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct. Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2023

Host 2023 Forest Products Equipment & Technology Exposition June 9-10 In Centre County [PaEN] -- Beaver County Times: Penn State Master Gardeners Of Beaver County Hosting Field Studies Of Trees In Regional Ecosystem -- Registration Open! RGGI] -- Pittsburgh 2030 District Announces Significant Progress In Reducing Carbon Emissions - 44.8%

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2023

Annual Symposium To Focus On Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy & Technology Sept. 24-26 In Altoona [PaEN] -- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Provides $100,000 Grant To Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. 6 [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Northwest PA Woodland Assn. Hosts Woodland Stream Protection Program Saturday, Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2023

Annual Symposium To Focus On Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy & Technology Sept. 21 Backyard Stream Repair Field Day In Allegheny County; Other Extension Watershed Resources [PaEN] -- Scholarships Available For 2023 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

Posted: April 9, 2023] PA Environment Digest Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

It plays a smaller role in electricity generation yet has been called the bridge fuel to the age of renewables – a flexible power source needed to complement variable wind and solar power. Investment in clean energy “is also an investment into our security and our freedoms,” said Foreign Minister Baerbock.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2022

Wolf Previews Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Project Funding In Southcentral Region Federal FY 2023 Budget Proposal -- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Work Gets A Boost From Federal Funding -- Reuters: Biden Administration Seeks To Cut Home Energy Bills With $3.2

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Meyer, Celebrated Former Executive Director Of The Morris Arboretum & Gardens, Has Died At 71 Upcoming Events -- Federal Interagency Working Group On Coal & Power Plant Communities Holds Oct. 28 -- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Mini-Grants; Webinar Nov. Fetterman, Cong.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Rob Mercuri Presents Allegheny County Resident Lynn Appman With Keep PA Beautiful Community Pride Award [PaEN] -- Penn State Ranks 4th In US In 2024 QS World University Rankings For Sustainability -- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. 7 Outreach Session In Luzerne County On Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives -- DEP Hosts Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Comitta: Let's Work Together To Address Climate Change, But Stop Rehashing The Same Old Arguments Against RGGI That Are Not Protecting Our Planet And Our People [PaEN] -- Courier Express: Fmr. 23 Webinar On Solar Energy For Municipalities And Water Authorities [PaEN] -- Penn State Hosts Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

-- Hydrogen Tax Credit Changes, Riparian Buffers, Light Pollution On House Environmental Committee Agenda For Dec. In 2023 -- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. 7 Outreach Session In Luzerne County On Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives -- DEP Hosts Dec. 13 [PaEN] -- House Environmental Committee To Hold Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Honors Nancy Bake r [PaEN] -- Keep PA Beautiful Announces Recipients Of 2023 Volunteer And Community Partners Awards [PaEN] -- TribLive: Aspinwall, Allegheny County Teen’s Passion For Conservation Earns Him Spot On Western PA Junior Achievement’s 18 Under Eighteen List -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2023

Gives Preliminary OK For Lithium-Ion Battery Farm -- TribLive Guest Essay: Solar Energy A Budget Solution For PA Schools - By Micki Dutrow, Retired Superintendent Of West Branch Area School District, Clearfield County -- House/Senate Vote To Extend I-95 State Disaster Proclamation Until Nov.

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