Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 7, 2025

A recent report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that data centers used about 4% of total US electricity consumption in 2023, and that total is expected to grow as high as 12% within the next three years. All of these issues could affect your electricity bill, your health, and the future of our climate.

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This experience, not far from Seattle and with ties to the information tech industry, highlights some of the issues surrounding the electric power needs of data centers. He was obviously oblivious to the fact that old-style electric heat (i.e. He assured me he hadnt: it doesnt require electricity! Modernize, or bypass, the grid?

Nuclear Power

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

From cars and trucks to buses and trains, electric vehicles are playing an increasingly vital role in decarbonizing mobility and reducing oil dependence However, this transition brings with it a significant challenge: the immense pressure on battery supply chains.

Regulations

A Greener Life

JANUARY 8, 2025

However, their current status as dominating the car market will soon be a thing of the past, with electric vehicles heading the market. New data shows that no other developed economy has made as much progress as the Scandinavian country in transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs). are fully electric.

Electricity

Circle of Blue

JULY 24, 2025

This river system is the basis of millions of livelihoods, enabling transportation, agriculture, fishing and electricity generation. Yet not enough attention is given to the river’s care by the local government or population. In 2022, almost 30% of Cambodia’s electricity , about 1,331 megawatts, came from hydropower.

Government

A Greener Life

MAY 1, 2025

There was a time when anyone who produced solar electricity would receive a buyback, resulting in the construction of numerous solar farms, which reached a capacity of around 3 gigawatts (GW) at the time. The government has also been guilty of overregulation, with three or four approvals needed to install solar systems.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The IRA also provides funding for electric vehicles and charging equipment, energy-saving appliances, battery-storage systems, and heat pumps, and has awarded a national total of nearly $8.4 As energy prices rise, those with solar see reduced electricity bills and have a stable energy price for 25 years or more. Department of Energy.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

When the job is to ensure reliable electricity for 67 million people, being largely invisible is often a sign that the system is working as it should. We act like an air traffic controller, maneuvering electricity through outages and storms across a multistate grid to match supply and demand in real time. manufacturing.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2024

times faster than the state's overall economy, according to the 2023 Clean Jobs PA report. Sustainable Pittsburgh has engaged tech firm Julius Education to build two career maps focusing on clean energy jobs in advanced manufacturing and the construction/electrical sector. This number is expected to grow.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Here are 107 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Of Environmental Professionals Host Dec.

Conservation

Earth 911

AUGUST 7, 2025

In 2024 alone, the world installed a record-breaking 597 gigawatts of solar capacity —a 33% increase over 2023, which brought global solar installations to over 1.6 Aug 6, 2025 Earth911 EcoTech Electric Scooters: Dirty or Green Transportation? Solar power has become the driving force of the global energy transition.

Recycling

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 15, 2025

Access to fast public electric vehicle charging is consistently cited as a top concern among car buyers considering the switch to an EV. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program was established to help make progress on this issue, with a focus on travel corridors.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 27, 2025

These unexpected closures add urgency to the process of planning for an orderly transition from gasoline to renewable electricity as California’s primary transportation fuel. Evaluate and adjust incentive programs based on changing conditions in the electric vehicle market.

Regulations

Law Columbia

MARCH 27, 2025

Similar to other challenges against local natural gas bans, the plaintiffs in this 2023 lawsuit argued that the federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) preempted Local Law 154. Now, with improved legal support, local governments may be more empowered to reconsider those building decarbonization ordinances.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Here are 153 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Conservation

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2025

Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in 2023 finding that the EIS was deficient because it did not include estimates of GHG emissions and other impacts from induced oil production or oil refining. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. The court vacated the EIS and the STB’s approval on these grounds. NRDC (1983).

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Shapiro Administration Launches New Discover State Grants Website To Streamline Access To Government Funding Opportunities DEP Holds Nov. 26 to Nov. 12 Joint Meeting Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council, Environmental Justice Advisory Board Nov. 12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs Gov. 26 to Nov.

Air Pollution

A Greener Life

JANUARY 2, 2025

The German example Germany, the economic and industrial powerhouse in Europe in 2023, decided, for ideological and emotional reasons, to wean itself off nuclear power , even though the low-carbon baseload energy source was key to stability and economic output. Ironically, Germany also imports nuclear-produced electricity from France.

2027

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

Here are 116 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. 1 -- Altoona Mirror: Peoples Gas Natural Gas Rates To Increase Jan.

Conservation

Legal Planet

JUNE 9, 2025

These pledges are memorialized in the leases that BOEM executed with the five developers on June 1, 2023 (See the “Existing Leases” tab on BOEM’s “California Activities” webpage ). State legislation pertinent to Pier Wind includes AB 3 (Zbur, 2023), AB 2235 (Lowenthal, 2024), and if passed, SB 787 (McNerney, 2025).)

Ocean

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Whether it is installing solar panels, upgrading irrigation systems, or modernizing heating and cooling equipment, these projects help reduce electricity consumption and increase energy independence, saving money that can be reinvested in the business. Pennsylvania ($83.4 million), Minnesota ($79.8 Grants can cover up to 50% of project costs.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2025

The federal government has primary jurisdiction related to operation of the pipeline itself under the Pipeline Safety Act. Governor Josh Shapiro also sent a letter to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), calling on federal leaders to hold Energy Transfer accountable under their authority.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

APRIL 3, 2025

Copper, lithium, cobalt, manganese, rare earth metals and graphite essential ingredients for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, renewable technologies and decarbonisation of industrial processes are plentiful across the continent. Without reliable electricity, industrialisation sputters. That paradox must be reversed.

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2025

However, recent efforts have focused on reversing this trend, with the government implementing stricter enforcement of environmental regulations and bolstering sustainable initiatives, such as promoting conservation efforts and enforcing land-use restrictions. drop in Amazon deforestation between 2023 and 2024.

2025

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Prior to leading the PUC, Chairman DeFrank spent 24 years in Pennsylvania state government, including leadership roles in the state Senate where he was instrumental in modernizing the Public Utility Code and advancing policies in energy, water, wastewater, and telecommunications.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Here are 108 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- Penn State Ag Council Recognizes Cong.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Here are 125 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2025

States and local governments are required to take steps to attain the standards 5. This reflects decades of hard work to enact regulations that help clean up not only transportation, but also electricity generation and other sectors. For instance, the standard level for the annual average PM 2.5 From 2000 to 2020, national PM 2.5

Ozone

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2025

History of the Case Background to the Claim In April 2021, a group of plaintiffs led by the Czech Climate Litigation Association ( Klimatick aloba R ), and including a municipality and several individuals, filed a case against the central government of the Czech Republic and four subsidiary ministries for their inaction on climate change.

Paris Agreement

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In 2023, Chinas listed firms earned CNY 72.7 Business is slow Our research references two Bloomberg Terminal ESG (environmental, social and governance) business databases. For example, the take-up of electric vehicles has rocketed, cutting fuel emissions. trillion (USD 9.9 That represents 57% of the GDP. of national emissions.

Carbon Emissions

Physics World

JULY 31, 2025

Ever since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident that caused the discharge of radionuclides from the power plant into the ocean, operators at the Tokyo Electric Power Company ( TEPCO ) have been implementing measures to reduce groundwater inflow into the damaged reactor buildings.

Ocean

Cresforum

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Nuclear energy provides reliable, zero-emissions electricity and has the highest capacity factor of any power-generation source. In 2023, U.S. The session explored the vital importance of nuclear assets for the future of energy in the U.S., nuclear plants operated at full capacity more than 93 percent of the time.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2024

These obstacles include governance structures, political economy, decision-making dynamics and environmental justice concerns. From April 2022 to July 2023, she served in the Biden-Harris administration as deputy general counsel for energy efficiency and clean energy demonstrations at the U.S.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

DEP reported last year that 86% of conventional well owners failed to submit 2023 production and waste reports covering 33,505 wells. DEP reported last year that 89% of conventional well owners failed to submit 2023 well integrity reports covering 34,455 wells. Read more here. 638 well owners covering 77,647 wells did report.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2025

Here are 161 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. GW Homer City, 3.6

Conservation

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

An Indigenous organization, Apache Stronghold, filed a lawsuit against the government in an attempt to reverse the land swap. As of 2023, these servers demand about 1-1.5% of the worlds electricity. Electricity consumption from these servers may … Continue reading "AI Is Mining More Than Data"

2011

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2025

So it kind of stifles business, could hurt local governments, maybe they need the tax base, maybe they need the jobs, said Rep. He added, I think local governing bodies already have the right, if they see a business trying to come in, that may be a pollutant or may be not good for the community, they already have a way to get around that.

Air Pollution