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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 16, 2022
CO 2 emissions remain mostly level through 2050—nowhere close to meeting US climate goals. Carbon emissions remain high. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022). Renewable energy generation increases faster than any other technology.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 22, 2024
Josh Shapiro joined Department of General Services Secretary Reggie McNeil, Constellation President & CEO Joseph Dominguez, and Lightsource bp Senior Vice President Alyssa Edwards to unveil the Commonwealth’s renewable energy initiative, the Pennsylvania Project to Utilize Light and Solar Energy (PA PULSE).
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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.
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The results include two developers cancelling their offshore wind power contracts with states and utilities, another cancelling two projects altogether, and hesitation elsewhere. The good news-bad news balance, though, would seem to tip decidedly in favor of a whole lot more offshore wind.
Legal Planet
JANUARY 8, 2024
The changes target emissions from the production and transport of building materials like concrete, steel, insulation and wood. The 2024 initial phase will apply only to new commercial buildings over 100,000 square feet. Maine Maine adopted legislation calling for the state to procure 3 GW of offshore wind power by 2040.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 3, 2021
Critical questions The practice of carbon storage is hotly debated. Some scientists and energy experts say the U.S. can’t wholly abandon fossil fuel as it ramps up renewable energy sources. Carbon capture and storage could help lessen the environmental impact of the fossil fuel production that they say must continue.
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