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Analysis: Thailand’s solar sector faces hurdles in net-zero push

A Greener Life

The Ubolratana Dam hydro-floating solar hybrid power plant in Khon Kaen, Thailand. The country needs to rapidly scale up solar power to hit its 2050 net zero target, experts say. Over the last decade, Thailand has been very aggressive on solar power development. Photo credit: Lin Hao / Xinhua / Alamy.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.2.25

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Thats Up To Shapiro, McCormick, Fetterman -- Post-Gazette: New Congress Convenes On Friday, Heres What It Means To PA -- Triblive: Report: Nippon Steel Offers 10-Year Guarantee To Gain Approval Of US Steel Acquisition -- Inquirer: Philadelphia Saw Historic Drop In Murders In 2024, What Changed?

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COP30: Twelve environmental facts about Brazil in 2025

A Greener Life

Pantanal wildfires In 2024, wildfires devastated 760,000 hectares of the Pantanal wetlands, one of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems. However, the country is diversifying its energy mix, and solar and wind power are expanding rapidly. In 2024, Brazil’s installed capacity for wind power reached approximately 22.6

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Penn State EarthTalks Series: Nov. 4 - Repurposing Underutilized Lands For Energy - Marginal Farmlands, Abandoned Mine Sites, Brownfields

PA Environment Daily

These obstacles include governance structures, political economy, decision-making dynamics and environmental justice concerns. The talk is part of the EarthTalks fall 2024 series, “Legal Elements of the Energy Transition,” which is exploring the legal elements of decarbonizing our energy system. Reprinted from Penn State News.)

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Analysis: US hits record clean energy landmark: What Trump’s policies mean for the future

A Greener Life

All-time low for fossil fuel generation This surpasses the previous low for fossil fuel generation at 51%, which was recorded in April 2024. Solar and wind generation records It was driven by an increase in solar and wind generation, which, as the largest renewable energy sources, reached a record 24.4% of generated electricity.

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Just How Endangered is Clean Energy?

Legal Planet

Solar power and energy storage dominate interconnection queues and remain in accelerated growth mode (especially in large, growing states like Texas and California). The reasons are simple: wind and solar power are less costly and more quickly deployed than alternatives fueled by natural gas or coal.

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How Some Conservative Governments Embrace Renewables

Enviromental Defense

Despite sharing ideological leanings with other Canadian conservative jurisdictions like Ontario, and to a lesser extent Nova Scotia, and states such as Texas, Alberta remains an outlier, placing heavy restrictions on renewable power development. Tim Houstons Progressive Conservatives won in a romp in the fall 2024 provincial election.