PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2023

Under DOE’s Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office the nine organizations— eight regional and one national— will establish a network of Technical Assistance Partnerships to accelerate the integration and deployment of clean energy technologies. Posted: July 12, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Cresforum

MARCH 20, 2024

On the final day of the 2023 National Clean Energy Week Policymakers Symposium , Theresa Christopher of Amazon sat down with CEOs from across the clean energy industry—including Eric Dresselhuys of ESS Inc. As Wills said, “We all want the benefits of clean energy, and we all want clean power.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Air & Waste Management Association will hold its 15th annual Symposium on Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy, Technology September 26-27 in Pittsburgh. Posted: August 23, 2023] PA Environment Digest Click Here to register and for more information.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Recent progress in carbon dioxide capture technologies: A review. Clean Energy Science and Technology 1(1). Bhatti, U. H., & Fan, X. link] Abstract The continuous increase in anthropogenic CO2 emissions is widely acknowledged as one of the main reasons for global climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In 2023, DEP cataloged and analyzed its permitting activities under Executive Order 2023-07. DEP launched Project JumpStart in 2023 as a process improvement initiative focused on enhancing the quality and efficiency of Chapter 102 Erosion and Sediment Control and Chapter 105 Waterways and Wetlands permitting.

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Cresforum

MARCH 12, 2024

As part of the final day of National Clean Energy Week 2023, Director Jigar Shah of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) sat down with David Boyce, CEO of Schroders Greencoat , for an armchair discussion moderated by William Atcheson, an ESG & Sustainability Strategist at Jefferies.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

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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Cresforum

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

On the final day of the 2023 National Clean Energy Week, the Policymakers Symposium began with an in-person armchair discussion featuring Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy Mark Menezes. As Deputy Secretary Menezes commented, “By all measures, it is go time to invest and deploy these technologies.”

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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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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Here are a couple of positive trends we are encouraged about: Brands that get it Throughout 2023 we have worked with many global brands and organisations who all want to be part of the sustainable transition and revolution. But despite this, the sector has stayed strong and is on course to weather the storm.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

With a new federal budget in the works, Finance Canada is currently developing two new investment tax credits – one for clean technology and one for hydrogen. They are useful tools for incentivizing things that we want more of – like renewable energy. That’s what the proposed clean energy tax credit does.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

It’s worth delving into because it has some important implications for our clean energy future. Source: UCS Accelerating Clean Energy Ambition. US Electricity Generation Wind and solar lead the way in decarbonizing the power sector to meet near-term climate targets.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

An ambitious law that promises to accelerate the state’s clean energy transition, CEJA provides a detailed framework for greater utility transparency and accountability to update electricity distribution infrastructure to ensure a clean energy future. The ICC will review the plans and issue a decision by end of 2023.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

And, this spring, that clean energy production is looking more impressive than ever. Every month in the past two calendar years—and in 45 of the 48 months of 2020 through 2023—solar and wind supplied at least 10 percent of US electricity. Solar and wind hit their current peak on the graph in April 2023, at more than 21 percent.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

. -- PPL Electric Utilities (Allentown, Pennsylvania) , an electric utility, effectively leveraged the ENERGY STAR brand and certifications to encourage residential customers to upgrade energy intensive heating, cooling, and water heating systems. -- Ricoh USA, Inc. Posted: April 5, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Cresforum

JANUARY 30, 2024

The entire grid is really old, and it’s aging; there’s no way around it in the United States, and we need to revamp that in order to not just bring clean energy onto the grid but also to make sure that we actually decarbonize in a way that’s sustainable.” economy and national security.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

Commissioner Stephen DeFrank, Vice Chairman of the Public Utility Commission, told the House Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee in June-- “I think that Winter Storm Elliot, over the Christmas holiday, showed some vulnerabilities in our grid and in our system. Thermal energy, on the other hand, is available 24 hours a day.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2023

The Better Path Coalition and the PA Climate Convergent Network are hosting an April 26 webinar on No Miracles Needed - How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate, Clean Our Air from Noon to 1:00 p.m. We still have time to save the planet without resorting to 'miracle' technologies.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

This blog post was first published on Utility Dive on March 6, 2023. Fortunately, solutions like energy storage and clean energy technologies can provide safe, reliable, and equitable power during severe weather conditions. Energy storage could have saved Robert’s life.

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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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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

On December 31, 2023, he retired from the Clean Air Council after serving as the organization's executive director and chief counsel for over 35 years. Napoleon Nelson with the Champion of the Environment Award for his commitment to environmental justice and green technologies in Philadelphia and across the state.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Guest Post by Ben Platt , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. These statistics are extremely encouraging and are critical steps in the transition to a clean energy system. Utilization of these efficiency technologies severely lags the adoption of renewable energy. Today in Energy.

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E2 Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2023-18 establishing a program to allocate $10 billion of credits for qualified investments in eligible qualifying advanced energy projects under Internal Revenue Code Section 48C(e). The goal of the program is to expand U.S. The goal of the program is to expand U.S.

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Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Green , James Bee , and Kevin Mak On 3 December 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) unveiled the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (Taxonomy) at the United Nations COP28 climate conference in Dubai. The Taxonomy is also important for industries that struggle with technological limitations in achieving a 1.5°C–aligned

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 1, 2023

Heat pumps, a simple but effective technology, use electricity to remove heat from inside your home to cool it in the summer and pull heat in from outside to heat your home in the winter. The post New Study Finds Low Awareness Among Ontarians About Eco-friendly Technologies that can Cut Energy Bills appeared first on Environmental Defence.

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Cresforum

DECEMBER 21, 2023

During the 2023 National Clean Energy Week Policymakers Symposium , Bob Stout , a Senior Fellow at the Duke Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, moderated a panel discussion on the regulatory barriers facing the transportation industry. Watch the full discussion here.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Guest Post by Sabari Kumar , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. These models have greatly accelerated the pace of scientific progress in developing clean energy technologies and reducing chemical waste from costly experimentation. 2023-32-0052. SAE Technical Paper, 2023. ” (2023).

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Cresforum

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

During the 2023 National Clean Energy Week Policymakers Symposium , a group of industry leaders convened for a panel discussion on how the United States can leverage its carbon advantage. A critical component of achieving this is American innovation.

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Law and Environment

MARCH 14, 2023

In the same release, Rhode Island Acting State Energy Commissioner Christopher Kearns added: This will help our regional New England grid make the transition to clean energy, reduce our collective carbon emissions significantly, and deliver a major victory in our fight against climate change.”

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

"We are excited to partner with Sustainable Pittsburgh in the development of a Regional Quality Green Jobs Agenda, ensuring that individuals can move into high-quality, family-sustaining clean energy jobs through existing and new recruitment and training pipelines," said Robert Cherry, Partner4Work CEO.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

” In: Proceedings of the 62nd Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2023. link] Abstract The steel industry is transitioning to clean energy and away from fossil fuels, and as a result, many new technologies are being … Continue reading Eliminating GHG Emissions from Steam Production in Integrated Steel Mills

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The action to seek comments is the next step in a process that began in November 2023 with a joint motion by Chairman Stephen M. Documents related to this rulemaking can be found at PUC Docket No.: 28 Webinar: Meet Local Experts Making Our Communities Sustainable [PaEN] [Posted: February 22, 2024] PA Environment Digest .:

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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. The project being subsidized involved equipping a fossil gas power plant in Alberta with carbon capture technology – a massively expensive, risky, unnecessary and ineffective proposition.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

million to boost green energy manufacturing and workforce development through its Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) funding opportunity. On October 10, the federal Appalachian Regional Commission awarded two new grants totaling over $14.5

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2023

FirstEnergy is committed to supporting the global energy transition to renewable resources, and we are pleased to work with AES to help facilitate the delivery of clean energy through connection of these new solar projects," said Carl Bridenbaugh, FirstEnergy's vice president of transmission. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

Meanwhile, annual reports show corporations are pushing ahead with plans to expand production, betting on new technologies to somehow make it all okay in the future. DO: Dramatically increase your investment in renewable energy. DO: Pay your fair share of the costs of climate change.

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