Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It’s not going to be enough for the federal government to push money out the door and be hands off about it,” Dr. Cleetus states. “We The best way policy makers can do so is to seize these climate and clean energy opportunities. States are critical to global and US success. Indeed, each state must punch above its weight.

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Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Green , and James Bee On 18 December 2023, the UK government announced a proposal for a new carbon border adjustment mechanism (UK CBAM). The government intends the UK CBAM to work alongside the UK ETS to mitigate the risk of carbon leakage. Davies , Michael D.

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Law and Environment

MAY 11, 2023

The fact sheet provides an endorsement of the Building American Energy Security Act of 2023, establishes several major objectives for permitting reform, provides several recommendations to streamline federal permitting processes, and urges Congress to include the objectives and recommendations as part of bipartisan permitting reform legislation.

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Cresforum

DECEMBER 21, 2023

It’s time for the United States to expand its energy infrastructure, but due to regulatory barriers imposed by both federal and state governments, many companies are being forced to delay projects that would help advance the clean energy transition. Watch the full discussion here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

During the third quarter of 2022, Congress passed major legislation to subsidize clean energy but failed to authorize new funding for the COVID-19 response or strengthen requirements for evidence in Food and Drug Administration user fee programs. Looking ahead: The 117 th Congress will adjourn on January 3, 2023. EPA decision.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Join the Pennsylvania Solar Center and a panel of experts to learn more about Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) on November 17 starting at Noon for an opportunity to learn more about how Pennsylvania boroughs are advancing clean energy in their communities. Posted: November 8, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Washington Nature

APRIL 24, 2023

The Washington State Legislature has adjourned for the 2023 session, and our team is reflecting on some of our biggest successes, and where we can build to from here. An additional bill directs planning for energy generation and transmission expansion to ensure Washington has a connected, affordable, and reliable clean energy grid.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 9, 2023

Today kicks off the 2023 state legislative session for our elected state leaders. As 2023 is the first year in which the state will be collecting revenue from the Climate Commitment Act, the stakes for these budget decisions are especially high. © Courtney Baxter/TNC. Aerial view over Plum Creek / Checkerboard Forest Lands.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 31, 2023

Petro indicated that his government will not allow the mine to proceed. Instead he favors support for clean energy production. The post What’s Up With Water – January 31, 2023 appeared first on Circle of Blue. The mine is expected to produce 3 billion pounds of copper over 23 years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

Here are six ways that science has helped advance fossil fuel company climate accountability over the past year—and six key levers for science-driven action in 2023. For a more in-depth look at the prospects for climate accountability litigation in 2023, read this blog by my UCS colleague Dr. Delta Merner.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

New UCS study shows how we can accelerate US clean energy ambition An interdisciplinary team of UCS experts set out to explore how the US can meet its goals to cut heat-trapping emissions 50%-52% below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions no later than 2050.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In the final days of 2023, the Ontario Energy Board released a decision that is good for the climate and reduces energy costs for existing gas users and new home buyers. Some 15 hours later, the Government of Ontario threatened to pass legislation that would reverse that decision.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 23, 2023

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Huron-Wendat – Keith Brooks, Programs Director: Ontario continues to talk up its “Clean Energy Advantage” though the province is planning to build new gas plants and increase our reliance on gas, making the electricity grid dirtier.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

State governments began cutting emissions at a time when the federal government was essentially doing nothing about climate change. it’s not for nothing that 2023 has been called a banner year for state climate action. State climate policy is a big deal. Who knew cheese was such a pollution problem?)

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

to Noon. -- May 18: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG): What Small Businesses Need To Know Webinar. PaEN] Related Article: -- PA Solar Center: USDA Offering Grants To Install Solar Energy To Reduce Skyrocketing Energy Bills For Businesses, Municipalities, Nonprofits [PaEN] [Posted: February 13, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Committee, called for hearings on the failure of the Commonwealth to invest in the state's clean energy infrastructure. Pennsylvania is a net energy exporter. PJM reminded us that we have 140 percent of the energy we need to power Pennsylvania.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

February 7, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. government halts new mining leases in a northeast Minnesota national forest for 20 years. ” — Deb Haaland, U.S. secretary of the Interior.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 25, 2023

As recently as last September, the government issued warnings to fishermen because shellfish in the area had been exposed to algal biotoxins, and were dangerous to eat. Petro took office last August with “clear positions” against mining and fracking expansion in favor of clean energy, Bloomberg Línea reports.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just released an updated 2023 Equity Action Plan explaining how the agency intends to “imbed equity, civil rights, and environmental justice” into all aspects of its work. This order requires federal agencies to develop and update EJ strategic plans, thus the EPA’s new 2023 plan came into being.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 21, 2023

Environmental Defence is calling on the Minister to fulfill the government’s promise and use this budget to finally eliminate fossil fuel subsidies. Yet, the federal government extended even greater financial support in 2022 than the previous two years, which totalled $8.6 The post Will Budget 2023 Eliminate Fossil Fuel Subsidies?

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 26, 2023

New England Clean Energy Connect, a 145-mile-long transmission line will cut through the commercial timberlands of western Maine. Water from the White Nile — over which plumes of smoke are ever present, Osman reports — is not reliably clean. Red and blue fabric dye often flow into the river.

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Cresforum

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

With the doors closed on 2023, the new year offers the chance to look back at the progress the United States has made in emissions reduction and clean energy deployment. The 2024 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook found a combination of natural gas (43 percent) and renewable energy (23 percent) provided the majority of U.S.

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Acoel

MARCH 8, 2023

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Leslie Carothers During a pandemic paper purge, I found a corporate newsletter showing me and my boss, George David, then CEO of United Technologies Corporation, at the Earth Technologies Forum admiring a display captioned “Why is UTC a Leader on Climate Change?” We don’t have another 24 years to waste.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

Federal Register ESA Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients Visit Capitol Hill The 2023 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) Cohort of 15 students flew in from around the country to learn about science policy and meet with lawmakers. 2988 ) and the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy ( H.R.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2022

Department of Energy announced its partnership with Carnegie Mellon University to launch and host the 2022 Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh September 21–23. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. The Global Energy Forum will also for the first time hold a joint plenary of CEM and MI. Granholm. “We

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2022

Department of Energy issued a Request For Information (RFI) to inform a $500 million program funded by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to place clean energy demonstration projects on current or former mine lands across America. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. million acres in the United States.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 18, 2023

This came up especially when talking about HB 1216, a priority bill to expand clean energy development while taking local needs into consideration. Trustee Lobby Day is a highlight every year for the Government Relations team here at The Nature Conservancy.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

These two pieces of legislation have historic amounts of funding available for climate work, clean energy, clean water, dealing with legacy pollution issues, really a lot of money and a lot of opportunity. “So, But grants will be made available to anyone who can prove that they have the equipment to plug a well.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It also requires a deep reduction in fossil fuel finance and an opening of the vaults for clean energy. 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

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It eliminates or slashes funding for clean energy and energy efficiency efforts throughout the Department of Energy and defunds a national Climate Corps , modeled after the New Deal era Civilian Conservation Corps. It blocks funding for state net zero programs and tighter building energy codes.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Graphic by Danielle Anz It’s an understatement to say that 2023 was a transformative year for the U.S. Here are the 12 most popular topics based on our most-read posts from 2023. The Cuyama carrot boycott In 2023, residents of Central California’s Cuyama Valley rallied together to boycott Bolthouse and Grimmway farms.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The right-wing approach to energy in this critical 2024 election is straightforward: The U.S. should prop up fossil fuels, constrain renewables wherever possible, and claw back the federal government’s historic investments in clean energy, while reinvesting in nuclear energy and new nuclear weapons.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2023

On August 14, the PA Association of Environmental Professionals announce winners of its 2023 student scholarships-- Elizabeth Bruner and Alysha Ulrich and the first winner of the new Zulene Mayfield Scholarship-- Grace Hassing. Grace Hassing Grace is beginning her Senior year at Pennsylvania State University. With a 3.86

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 30, 2022

British Columbia was a welcome exception due to initiatives like the province’s clean car standards , plastic waste policies and climate plan. . Looking forward to 2023, we expect the federal government will make progress on efforts that are already underway and deliver real results. Check out our recent work on this issue here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

The US federal government is, once again, about to reach the limit on our national debt. Alarmingly, this proposed legislation would abandon recent investments in renewable energy while boosting fossil fuel production, alongside other potentially harmful provisions.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 20, 2023

For the first time ever, the CER, an independent energy regulatory agency, has modelled a net-zero scenario in their Energy Futures 2023 report – and what they found is no surprise. To keep global average temperature to 1.5 degrees, we must quickly transition off of fossil fuels.

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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 falling behind Europe, China, much of Asia, and the United States in investment in renewable energy.

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