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 billion in clean energy tax credits as of May 2024. million in early December 2024.

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

JULY 3, 2025

Cleaning the air: Emission controls and net-zero industry Decarbonising power generation remains the cornerstone of global climate mitigation efforts. In 2024, global renewable electricity capacity expanded by 15.1%, with China accounting for over 60% of new additions.

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2025

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

2025

A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2025

Yet Brazil has abundant sources of renewable energy , and although access to the power they generate is uneven, these two communities are proving such problems can be solved by tapping into the potential of solar. Reliance on the local utility company also remains a frustration.

Renewable Energy

HumanNature

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Guest Post by Taylor Bacon, 2022-2024 InTERFEWS Fellow, Ph.D. As our hostess set a plate of steaming biscuits and homemade peach preserves down on the table, she said something along the lines of were sad to see so much of our beautiful farmland being turned into solar panel fields. million acres. But maybe this tradeoff is avoidable.

Solar Power

Law Columbia

APRIL 11, 2025

Over the last five years, several states, including New York (2020), California (2022), Illinois (2023), and Michigan (2023) have adopted comprehensive permitting reforms that curtail the power of local governments to block development of large-scale renewable energy projects.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

11 -- Pike Conservation District: 2024 Water Quality Data Report Now Available -- Stroud Water Research Center Cut The Salt Citizen Science Project Invites You To Test Your Nearby Stream For Salt [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts Jan. 1 -- Altoona Mirror: Peoples Gas Natural Gas Rates To Increase Jan.

Conservation

Enviromental Defense

JULY 2, 2025

According to the International Energy Agency , data centres accounted for around 1.5 per cent of the world’s electricity consumption in 2024, while this is set to more than double by the end of the decade. Goldman Sachs analysis predicts that by 2028, AI will represent about 19 per cent of all data centre power demand.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Over 1st Quarter 2024; Price Of Natural Gas Increased 218% Over 1st Quarter 2024 [PaEN] -- Erie Times Guest Essay: Understaffed DEP Can’t Uphold Law And Protect Public Health - By Rep.

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Despite trade-war rhetorics by the US and EU on Chinas clean energy products, the country is the worlds largest clean energy market, BNEF expects that the levelized cost of electricity produced by clean energy sources could fall by between 22-49% by 2035. Global costs fell by 21% last year for a typical fixed-axis solar farm.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On October 24, the PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center released new data showing Pennsylvania ranks 48th in the nation for rate of growth in total solar, wind and geothermal generation over the past decade. Visit the Renewables on the Rise 2024 webpage for more information. Click Here for video from the event.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The impacts of these obstacles are very real and apparent, with large renewable energy generation and transmission projects regularly facing denials or uneconomical delays. A national policy of repurposed energy may help counter local opposition and accelerate clean energy development.” Reprinted from Penn State News.)

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

APRIL 5, 2025

By Anders Lorenzen A leading energy think tank says that last month, less than half of the US electricity capacity came from fossil fuels. All-time low for fossil fuel generation This surpasses the previous low for fossil fuel generation at 51%, which was recorded in April 2024. Date showing US fossil fuel generation in March 2025.

Clean Energy

Law Columbia

JUNE 30, 2025

While federal policy can have a significant impact on renewable energy development, local policy—and local sentiment—can be just as consequential. Between 2018-2023, at least 30% of utility-scale wind and solar projects were cancelled during the siting process, largely because of community opposition, local ordinances, and zoning.

Law

Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2025

Q: Renewables have seen a chill since the November election made chillier still by various Trump executive orders. A: Investment in renewable energy remains robust, at least for now. The reasons are simple: wind and solar power are less costly and more quickly deployed than alternatives fueled by natural gas or coal.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 19-21, Sept.

Conservation

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 24, 2025

Several conservative-led jurisdictions have proven that supporting renewable energy doesnt mean abandoning careful money management. Not all conservative-leaning governments treat the development of renewable energy the same. When Ford first took office, he made a controversial decision about renewable energy.

Government

Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2025

She organized a major 2024 conference that explored the ICJ proceedings with Prof. In the case of Gaza, a 2024 report found that the immediate emissions of aerial and ground attacks during “the first 120 days of the Israel-Gaza conflict were greater than the annual emissions of 26 individual countries and territories.” Alexander C.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Is Nuclear The Hot New Clean Power Source?

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2025

23 Webinar On Data Centers - How To Ensure AI And Cryptocurrency Mining Don't Delay Transition To 100% Renewable Energy [PaEN] -- Washington & Jefferson College: Feb.

Electricity

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This article was originally published in Forbes , for which he is a contributor, on November 7, 2024. When Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office in January 2025, his second presidency will have widespread implications for the energy industry, especially new investments, but not necessarily in the ways his supporters might expect.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Million In Solar For All Funding From Self-Imposed Freeze [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Solar Power Supporters In PA Say Outlook Is Positive, Even As Policies Could Change Under President -- City Of Reading Begins Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy Project To Save $13.3

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Kate Harper (R) and Fmr Cong.

Conservation

A Greener Life

JUNE 6, 2025

As of November 2024, South Africa’s programme had spent about USD 2 billion, with specific plans for a further USD 7.3 As of June 2024, Indonesia had only published details of how approximately USD 300 million in donations and technical assistance was to be used. This makes up just 2.6% Almost USD 1.2

Paris Agreement

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2025

23 Webinar On Data Centers - How To Ensure AI And Cryptocurrency Mining Don't Delay Transition To 100% Renewable Energy [PaEN] -- Washington & Jefferson College: Feb.

Conservation

Legal Planet

AUGUST 5, 2025

The number of vehicles imported to Brazil from China tripled between 2023 and 2024, NYT’s Sengupta reports. Proving that a picture’s worth a thousand words, I submit an actual Energy Department social media post: a pinup photo of a lump of coal. of all new vehicle sales in the state, the Energy Commission said.

Fossil Fuels

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. It supplied 10.5 percent of the country’s electricity supply (up 1.1

Clean Energy

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 26, 2024

The Premier of Alberta has a problem with renewable energy. In August of 2023, Premier Smith imposed a seven-month industry-wide moratorium on new approvals for wind, solar, geothermal, and other forms of renewable energy. The report said that “renewables pose little threat to Alberta’s agriculture and environment.”

Renewable Energy

HumanNature

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Guest Post by Ben Platt , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. In 2022, the installed capacity of wind and solar power grew almost 10% in the United States [1]. In Colorado, renewable energy generating capacity has more than quadrupled since 2010 [2]. kWh per day. It would cost $102.60

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2024

While the number of solar facilities in Pennsylvania is growing, the state currently ranks 24th in the nation for installed solar power capacity. “We Reaching that 10 percent target would help to create an estimated 60,000 jobs. Click Here for video and photos from the event. Related Articles: -- Lt.

Solar Power

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. Wind and solar energy are the least expensive sources of energy in Canada.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

schools to obtain solar power and benefit from cost savings, educational opportunities, and climate protection. One component of that goal is renewable energy procurement for its facilities. With 26 facilities generating on- and off-site solar energy, we can offer key insights on the transition to renewable energy.

Solar Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2023

It also makes offshore wind an important seasonal complement to the region’s abundant and growing solar power capacity. Power everywhere. And it will make it even more important when winter electricity demand increases because more households are using electric heat pumps. The US offshore wind map.

Electricity

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. In June 2020, The GIANT Company completed a two-phase solar project at its Carlisle, Pa.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Shared Energy Manager Program helps local governments and municipalities hire experts from an engineering services firm, who evaluate and assist with implementation of energy savings, sustainability/resiliency, and renewable energy installation projects.

Government

A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen The UK government has said that the UK’s sixth renewable energy auction has delivered a record 131 clean energy projects. Under current projections and with no change to the scale, the 2024 record auction would power 11 million British homes. Photo credit: Orsted.

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This is a little different than other similar sounding policies like Renewable Energy Standards, which can create some confusion. But while a Renewable Energy Standard treats all sources of qualifying renewable energy equally, the LCFS has a more complicated approach, based on lifecycle analysis.

Fossil Fuels