Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The LCFS is designed to hold fuel producers accountable for their supply chain emissions The LCFS and related Clean Fuel Standard policies are performance standards for transportation fuel based on lifecycle analysis. Negative CI scores undermine California’s goal of phasing out fossil fuels and combustion fuels in general.

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Fossil Fuels Regulations Renewable Energy Carbon Dioxide 252

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The number of supporters on this letter demonstrates the strength and breadth of public support for eschewing the Commonwealth's dependence on fossil fuels and for prioritizing an equitable transition to an economy fueled by clean energy and energy efficiency innovation.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Natural Gas Climate Change 63

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

Source: US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022). According to the forecast, while economy-wide CO 2 emissions decrease from 2022 to 2037 due primarily to the growth in renewable energy replacing retiring coal plants, emissions do increase after 2037 from increased usage of natural gas.

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Natural Gas Renewable Energy Climate Change Electricity 265

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 10, 2024

“Nanomaterials for carbon capture and their conversion to useful products for sustainable energy production.” Gull, N., & Khan, S. ” In K. Rizwan & M. Bilal (Eds.), Nanomaterials in Biomass Conversion (pp. Woodhead Publishing.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels 2024 Renewable Energy 52

Law and Environment

AUGUST 24, 2022

Lost amid the more high profile items in Massachusetts’ recently enacted Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind is a requirement that the Department of Energy Resources establish a program requiring large buildings across the Commonwealth to report energy usage on an annual basis.

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2025 Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Clean Energy 130

Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Notably, in the same proposal, the Commission has also included screening criteria for gaseous fossil fuels. Their inclusion appears to be the result of a political compromise with Member States rather than of scientific appraisal as in the case of nuclear energy.

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Fossil Fuels Regulations Waste Technology 52

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 4, 2024

For instance, mortgages are connected to homes, while fossil fuel finance is tied to infrastructure like pipelines, oil wells, and the reserves still in the ground. Up to $4 trillion of fossil fuel assets are at risk of being stranded, with $100bn at risk in Canada by 2036. However, Canada is falling behind.

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Climate Change Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement 2023 71

HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. As per the World Investment Report 2023, much of the growth in international investment in renewable energy, which has nearly tripled since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015, was concentrated in developed countries. ” (2021).

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Renewable Energy Paris Agreement 2015 2020 105

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 11, 2023

But 2023 found the new law subject to a referendum to overturn its terms, which will come before voters in November 2024. The law also requires the CEC and CARB to work together on a plan to transition the state off fossil fuels; this effort will certainly be aided by the access to new data the law affords.

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Law Clean Energy Fossil Fuels 2030 251

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The roadmap describes how to transition away from fossil fuel generation, fast-track electrification, increase energy efficiency, and leverage new technologies, including material efficiency, fuel switching, and carbon capture.

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Natural Gas Climate Change Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions 96

A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2023

India missed its target to install 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022, and is now trying to make up for that by boosting solar, wind, nuclear, hydropower and bio-power to 500 GW by 2030. Overall, India is also looking to boost its share of non-fossil capacity, which can include big hydro and nuclear to 50% by 2030.

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Clean Energy 2028 Wind Power Renewable Energy 52

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The GIANT Company recently announced a long-term renewable supply agreement with Constellation to power its Pennsylvania operations including select stores, fuel stations and perishable distribution centers with renewable energy. EPA estimates. Click Here for the complete announcement.

Renewable Energy 114

Renewable Energy Carbon Emissions Fossil Fuels Solar Power 114

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

It expects to clear another 26 GW of capacity in 2024 and 46 GW of new generation in 2025. PJM said the new generation capacity includes almost all investor-driven renewable energy and storage-- 50.8% Read more here. solar+storage, 12.7% storage and 6.1% Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Electricity Natural Gas Renewable Energy Nuclear Power 98

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

Currently, 59% of its electricity generation is fueled by natural gas, which has almost entirely displaced coal in the state’s energy mix. Only about 4% of in-state generation comes from renewable energy. It results in policies that favor building new fossil fuel resources or financially propping up existing ones.

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Electricity Natural Gas Clean Energy Fossil Fuels 108

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

“The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub is a vehicle for environmental racism, threatening Black communities already overburdened by air and water pollution with even more harmful fossil fuel and carbon capture infrastructure," said Archbishop Marcia Dinkins, Founder and Executive Director of the Black Appalachian Coalition. "In

Fossil Fuels 102

Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Waste Technology 102

Law and Environment

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The report seeks to establish a framework for a long-term reduction in emissions from heating fuels, to align with the Commonwealth’s emissions reduction target of net zero by 2050 and the 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap.

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Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Electricity Natural Gas 130

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Of Water Companies: PA Receives Significant Economic, Consumer And Environmental Benefits From Water, Wastewater Utility Privatization And Consolidation -- Reminder: DEP Sets Dec.

Fossil Fuels 91

Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Electricity Climate Change 91

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

PJM said the auction secured adequate resources to meet demand for the 2024/2025 Delivery Year. MW-day for the 2023/2024 auction in May 2022, at a total cost of $2.2 Prices in most areas were down, but up in areas with local constraints that indicate tightening conditions in certain areas. The auction produced a price of $28.92

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Electricity Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 2025 74

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 27, 2024

New analysis from Environmental Defence reveals that despite federal government promises, funding to the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries remains high Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – New analysis released today by Environmental Defence reveals Canada’s federal government provided at least $18.6

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Fossil Fuels Government 2024 Renewable Energy 124

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2023

PJM said 95% of the 260,000 MW projects now in its queue are renewable energy generation, battery storage or a hybrid of both. “In By the end of 2024, PJM expects to have cleared about 62,000 MW for connection, another 100,000 MW by the end of 2025, and an additional 100,000 MW by the end of 2026.

Natural Gas 80

Natural Gas Renewable Energy Electricity Clean Energy 80

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2023

18 PA Renewable Energy Policy Webinar - Time To Take Action On Demand: ReImagine Appalachia: Solar-Powered Faith Communities And Houses Of Worship, Saving Money And Ethical Labor PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Aug. Potter County To Sept.

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Fossil Fuels Conservation Solar Power 2025 86

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

“Why pay for polluting energy from a dirty power plant hundreds of miles away when Pennsylvanians can just soak up the sun on our rooftops?” Small-scale solar energy, of which rooftop solar is the largest component - is growing rapidly in the United States, producing 10 times as much power in 2022 as a decade earlier.

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Solar Power Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Electricity 65

A Greener Life

AUGUST 5, 2022

In 2024 a Solid Carbon pilot at Cascadia Basin off Canada’s Vancouver Island will set out to prove gigatons of captured carbon dioxide can be stored permanently as a rock within the subseafloor. Negative-emissions technology is not an excuse to prolong the use of fossil fuels. But Solid Carbon is no get-out-of-jail-free card.

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Carbon Dioxide Ocean Atmosphere Fossil Fuels 98

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

Updating Renewable Energy Standards - PRESS Twenty years ago, Pennsylvania led the nation by establishing the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS), which successfully promoted new and innovative forms of energy in the Commonwealth. General Richard Zilmer, USMC (Ret.), General Richard Zilmer, USMC (Ret.),

Electricity 109

Electricity Natural Gas Clean Energy Renewable Energy 109

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

31 More Abandoned Conventional Well NOVs On February 6 & 7, 2024 , DEP did routine inspections of 27 more conventional wells operated by Rock Oil Resources, Inc. On February 12, 2024 , DEP conducted a complaint investigation in Waterford Township, Erie County related to conventional gas wells operated by Medina Res Dev Co.

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Natural Gas 2024 2023 Carbon Dioxide 84

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

For those following offshore wind development in California, January 19, 2024, marked an important moment—the release of the long-awaited Draft Assembly Bill 525 Offshore Wind Strategic Plan from the California Energy Commission (CEC). Public comment on the draft Plan is due March 22, 2024.

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Ocean Fossil Fuels Air Pollution Government 162

Law Columbia

APRIL 1, 2024

On March 21, 2024, state regulators in Ohio approved the Oak Run Solar Project, an 800-megawatt (MW) solar generation project that will include 300 MW of battery storage, as well as 4,000 acres of crops and 1,000 sheep on site. Notwithstanding this opposition, Oak Run also found significant local support.

Renewable Energy 68

Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Government 2023 68

Edouard Stenger

MAY 30, 2023

PV Magazine published at the beginning of the year an article stating that fossil fuels already had peaked. Renewables are indeed on an exponential, as “By 2024, renewable energy capacity is expected to be twice that of the total cumulative installed capacity in 2019.

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Wind Power Fossil Fuels Electricity 2013 52

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Coal and coal production waste contain valuable rare earth elements that can be used to manufacture clean energy technology components, creating high-quality jobs in communities that have historically produced fossil fuels and helping to combat climate change. Of Energy Awards $1.95 PA-Related Projects -- Tetra Tech, Inc.

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Natural Gas Clean Energy Technology Technology 108

A Greener Life

JUNE 10, 2021

It followed Musk’s announcement earlier this month that his company would no longer accept Bitcoin in payment for its electric cars, due to the fossil fuels needed to create the digital currency. These computers use a lot of electricity , which is often generated by fossil fuels. Photo credit: AP.

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Climate Change Fossil Fuels Electricity Greenhouse 97

Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

While we don’t expect final, precise details until January, the Roadmap’s five major objectives, with high-level preliminary strategies shared under each, are likely to include: Harness Abundant Renewable Energy to Reduce Long-term Costs, Reliance on Fossil Fuels, and Fight Climate Change.

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2023 Fossil Fuels 2013 Government 130

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

More recently, much of the growth in renewable diesel has been from converted oil refineries, which already have the facilities for hydrogen treatment as well the logistics to receive trains or tanker ships of incoming oil (fossil or vegetable) and ship out finished diesel fuel. billion gallons by the end of 2024.

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Biofuels 2016 2022 Deforestation 286

Scientific American

MARCH 30, 2023

is in a better place to reach its climate goals after the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but the implementation of pollution rules and the outcome of the 2024 election could pose major hurdles

2030 92

2030 2024 Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 92

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Clean Hydrogen's Role in a Clean Energy Economy Truly low-emissions hydrogen has an important but limited role to play in an equitable clean energy future. For most energy uses there are cheaper, cleaner, and more energy-efficient alternatives, namely electrification or direct renewable energy use.

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Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Clean Energy Law 86

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 18, 2024

Contact: dresdencared@gmail.com Dundas Beers + Blooms 2024 Monday, April 22 at 7:00 pm SHED Brewing, 65 Hatt Street, Dundas, ON An evening with author and natural garden advocate Lorraine Johnson on Earth Day, Monday April 22, as we talk about the intersections of climate change and biodiversity. Contact: Elizabeth Carswell, elizabeth@cyoo.ca

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Earth Day Precautionary Principle Conservation Fossil Fuels 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

There’s good news in the recently released official data on electricity generation in the United States in 2022: renewable energy has continued to grow, coal power has continued to drop, and renewables are now firmly ahead of coal for the first time ever. They offer a lot of good news about clean energy progress.

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Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Solar Power 268

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Premier had made it very clear in past statements that she is biased against renewable energy, and instead favours projects that cause pollution, limit Alberta’s future economic growth, and contribute to global climate change. In 2023, Alberta led the country in renewable energy investment.

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Renewable Energy Government Fossil Fuels Wind Power 76