Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 18, 2024

Availability has also increased , with many auto dealers offering a wide range of new and more affordable electric passenger car and pick-up truck models. Disinformation and misconceptions about electric vehicles are a major reason for this lag. some essential facts about electric vehicles in rural areas.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

Community Advocates for Clean Energy and Highland Electric Fleets will host an April 30 Southeast PA Electric Bus Lunch & Learn webinar starting from 11:00 a.m. Posted: April 22, 2024] PA Environment Digest to 12:30 p.m. Click Here to register and for more information.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Postal Service will buy 66,000 vehicles to build one of the largest electric fleets in the nation, Biden administration officials announced Tuesday, turning to one of the most recognizable vehicles on American roads — boxy white mail trucks — to fight climate change…. Great news all around. But let’s not get too excited too quickly.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 10, 2024

Analysts project another record year for sales of electric vehicles, driven largely by surging demand in China, the biggest market for battery-powered cars. Read more on E360 →

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Department of Energy (DOE) released long-awaited final guidance on its process to designate National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (commonly referred to as “NIETCs,” pronounced NIT-sees). The initial window for submitting information and recommendations closes on February 2, 2024 at 5:00 PM. On December 19, 2023, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

On March 7, the Independent Fiscal Office issued its latest Pennsylvania Electricity update that reports the electricity grid is dependent on one fuel for 59% of the state’s electricity generation-- natural gas-- followed by nuclear power-- 31.9%, coal-- 5.4% from other sources. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 3, 2024

McNamee is an energy and regulatory attorney at the McGuireWoods law firm who has represented natural gas and electric utilities. The stakes in the 2024 election are impossibly high—for American democracy, but also the world’s response to the climate crisis. He has served as a policy advisor for right-wing Republicans including Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2024

The state Department of Transportation will open the next round of funding (Round 1B) from the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program on May 13. April 30 Webinar PennDOT will host a NEVI Round 1B webinar on April 30th, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 1:45 PM EDT. The deadline for applications will be July 10.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Looking forward to 2024, we expect the federal government will make progress on efforts that are already underway and deliver real results. Here’s our list of the top 10 predictions for the environment in 2024 (in no particular order): 1. Renewable solar and wind are the cheapest forms of electricity and they don’t pollute.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 24, 2023

This past year represents a real turning point in the transition to electric vehicles, demonstrated by new major incentives and regulatory activities at both federal and state government levels and several notable accomplishments in the private sector. National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan $9,397,238 actual FY 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

By John Quigley, Kleinman Center For Energy Policy , University of Pennsylvania The challenge of decarbonizing the electricity grid while ensuring its reliability is acute in Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth is the nation’s third-largest electricity producer , and exports more of it than any other state. per year over the next ten years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

At the Union of Concerned Scientists, we’ve been looking into the benefits rural drivers could enjoy from switching from a gasoline vehicle to an electric vehicle. The lack of an accessible outlet to charge an EV at home is one such challenge faced by drivers when considering switching to an electric vehicle.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2024

On April 4, the Public Utility Commission approved a final policy statement establishing guidelines for the use of electricity storage by electric distribution companies (EDC). Documents related to this policy can be found at PUC Docket No.: M-2020-3022877. Photo: Pittsburgh-based EOS energy storage facility paired with solar energy.)

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 18, 2024

Design of Recycling Processes for NCA-Type Li-Ion Batteries from Electric Vehicles toward the Circular Economy. link] Abstract NCA batteries represent 8% of the market share, and … Continue reading Design of Recycling Processes for NCA-Type Li-Ion Batteries from Electric Vehicles toward the Circular Economy

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

On February 20, the Department of Environmental Protection presented six major legislative proposals to the Climate Change Advisory Committee it would like to see adopted to implement the 2024 PA Climate Action Plan. Posted: February 20, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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Renewable + Law

JANUARY 29, 2024

At its January 26, 2024 meeting, the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC) approved an ambitious rulemaking schedule for 2024 that will include consideration of changes to a wide range of EFSC rules. Detailed information regarding EFSC’s rulemaking projects can be found on EFSC’s website.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Moving the requirement for 100 percent zero-emissions HDV sales up to 2036 from 2040 would result in more than 130,000 additional electric trucks on the road in 2050, according to research recently contracted by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Shapiro proposed a 2024-25 state budget that includes a $10 Million DEP permit modernization initiative to increase permit review staff and upgrade permitting IT systems, expand testing for PFAS “forever chemicals,” support the expanded conventional oil and gas well plugging program and improve air quality monitoring. On February 6, Gov.

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Cresforum

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

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. electricity supply in 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2024

On April 4, the Department of Transportation announced $20 million in investments for Round 1A of the federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) funding for 29 projects in 19 counties. Charging stations will expand access to, and the reliability of, electric vehicle (EV) charging within Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2024

The Public Utility Commission published notice in the January 20 PA Bulletin it will hold a February 1 virtual meeting of stakeholders on the issue of proposed rules for distributed energy resources participation in wholesale electricity markets. To participate in this meeting, contact Kayla Cobaugh, kacobaugh@pa.gov by January 31, 2024.

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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.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Lately, a different story has emerged from China, as its factories started producing enormous amounts of solar panels, wind turbines, electric cars and other staples of the global energy transition. — Aside from electricity generation, transportation is a massive greenhouse gases emitter.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

By next year, Pennsylvania will get 50 percent of its electricity from ten new solar arrays around the Commonwealth – making Pennsylvania the first state in the country to commit to getting half of its energy from solar power. Click Here to learn more about Gov. Shapiro’s Energy/Climate Plan.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee is schedule to meet February 20 to hear presentations on the 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment, PA Greenhouse Gas Inventory and an update on the PA Climate Action Plan. 23 Webinar On Solar Energy For Municipalities And Water Authorities [PaEN] -- PUC Invites Comments On Williams Natural Gas Pipeline Co.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

I’m going to let you in on a little secret: Without power grid modeling tools, the transition to clean electricity would be an absolute mess. Luckily, we don’t have to resort to guesswork because we have sophisticated grid modeling tools that help guide the transition to clean electricity. Surely that would not end well. Ewert/Flickr).

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2024

On April 25, Moms Clean Air Force will join lawmakers and business leaders for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Steelton-Highspire High School as they begin deploying brand new electric school buses. The event will also feature a ‘ride-along’ in an electric bus and a press conference. Related Articles: -- DEP Awards $2.9

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A Greener Life

APRIL 10, 2024

gigawatts (GW) of electricity. It will be built by Park City Wind, in a two-phased project plan comprising up to 129 wind turbine generators, with up to five offshore export cables transmitting electricity to onshore transmission systems. They will serve the towns of Barnstable and Bristol County in mainland Massachusetts.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The solar energy facilities are proposed to provide electric to Transco natural gas compressor stations in Columbia (Station 610) and Wyoming (Station 605) counties. The Public Utility Commission published notice in the February 17 PA Bulletin seeking public comments on a petition by the Williams Companies, Inc. Read more here.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 5, 2024

If you have somehow managed to escape the frenzied political headlines about electric vehicles, first I envy you and second, I must regrettably inform you that the EV has become an acronym of partisan rancor on par with IVF, DEI, and CRT. So, are most Americans down on electric cars? times more carbon pollution” than an electric car.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

An important part of the solar development process is connecting a newly installed solar system into the appropriate electrical grid, commonly referred to as “interconnection.”

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Iraqi Lawmakers Call for Probe Into GE, Siemens Electricity Contracts The Wall Street Journal PaulaR Mon, 02/19/2024 - 17:59 Friday, August 20, 2021 Read more Benoit Faucon & Ghassan Adnan Parliamentary commission members want scrutiny over billion-dollar deals amid extended power outages By Benoit Faucon Follow and Ghassan Adnan

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 27, 2024

“Utilizing waste heat from natural gas engine and LNG cold energy to meet heat-electric-cold demands of carbon capture and storage for ship decarbonization: Design, optimization and 4E analysis.” Zhu, Y., & Jing, H. ” Journal of Cleaner Production, 446, 141359.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2024

The KEEP Home Energy Loan program will offer affordable financing to assist homeowners who are interested in reducing their energy costs by making energy efficient upgrades, such as installing storm windows, ductless heating and cooling, smart thermostats, solar water heaters, electric vehicle chargers, and more.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 14, 2024

It would boost the state’s large renewable energy industry which currently provides a third of its electricity needs. Producing electricity from gas still supplies more than half of California’s power needs. Calpine which currently has 2 GW of battery capacity under development is best known in the state for its fleet of gas plants.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2024

refuse, delivery vans, school and transit buses) and 9 to 40 percent for tractor-trailers, compared to the current 2024 standards. EPA extended multipliers for electric trucks by a year (e.g., one battery-electric truck sold counts towards the regulation as 4.5 Increased flexibilities are a critical problem with the rule.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 31, 2023

This entirely new and emergent body of law in response to climate change is bursting onto the scene in 2024 and businesses are beginning to monetize it as a new revenue stream. In New York City Local Law 97 the mandatory reporting period of greenhouse gas emissions data for many commercial buildings also begins January 1, 2024.

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