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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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Regionalizing the grid could allow California to take advantage of renewable energy in other states such as wind power from Wyoming and hydropower in the Pacific Northwest. But it also would require California to give up some of its energy autonomy.

2023 297

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 9, 2025

2024 had some bumps in the road for environmental protection. Attacks on nature, clean energy, and livable communities filled the headlines. Speaking of homes, heating and cooling a home in Canada where we see 50 degree temperature swings over the course of the year requires lots of energy. But what about for 2025?

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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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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.

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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.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2024

Past polls have indicated high levels of concern about the economy – the broader issues such as taxes, unemployment and investment – but in 2024, those concerns have narrowed to become hyper-local. As we move away from polluting fossil fuels, investing in renewable energy is key to a cleaner and more affordable future.

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A Greener Life

JULY 19, 2023

An offshore wind farm in Europe. Colombia’s Caribbean coast has great potential for offshore wind power projects but is also home to protected areas of ecological importance. Among these is the Windpeshi wind project , owned by Enel Colombia and located in the department of La Guajira in the country’s far north.

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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. Wind power is set to play a key part in the target of 50 GW of new green energy tenders each year at 10 GW.

Clean Energy 52

Clean Energy 2028 Wind Power Renewable Energy 52

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen If you ask the world’s key players in the global wind power industry, 2023 was a year to forget. While the industry sentiment is that 2024 will be a more positive year, the impacts of 2023 are starting to be felt.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 7, 2024

Over the last 10 years, dozens of townships in Michigan have effectively halted renewable energy development by adopting severe zoning restrictions, such as moratoriums. In the event that the PSC assumes control over an application, it will be allowed to preempt any local restrictions that would otherwise apply.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) visits a hybrid power plant where “green” hydrogen is made using wind power and fed into the gas grid. Germany is not doing all it can to cut back energy use and increase economic pressure on Russia, argues Arne Jungjohann. Germany will be fully renewable by 2035.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 30, 2023

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. ” A recent study by Ember Climate shows that King Coal is already on its way out as it is being replaced by solar and wind.

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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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Electricity Government Clean Energy Renewable Energy 85

Law Columbia

JULY 30, 2024

In light of this attrition, New York Governor Hochul announced in October a 10-Point Action Plan to affirm the State’s commitment to and provide clear benchmarks for renewable energy development , including an expedited competitive solicitation process announced by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) in November.

2023 69

2023 Clean Energy 2024 Renewable Energy 69

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.

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Regulations Clean Energy 2030 Climate Change 52

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.

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A Greener Life

JULY 4, 2024

Polls suggest that the Labour Leader, Keir Starmer will be the next Prime Minister of the UK. Photo credit: Rwendland – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

Some scientists and energy experts say the U.S. can’t wholly abandon fossil fuel as it ramps up renewable energy sources. Fossil fuel, they argue, will still be needed in the near term as a backstop for the intermittency of solar and wind power and to keep consumer power bills affordable.

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides 98

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

Shapiro Calls For PA Carbon Cap-And-Trade Market, Plus Higher Clean Energy Requirements -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Gov. Million Gallons Of Water For Fracking For 22 Days Without Permission [PaEN] -- TribLive: Friends, Neighbors Remember Victims Of Crescent Twp.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2024

txlege #energytwitter pic.twitter.com/WNjNJtAXqO — Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) August 1, 2024 On the back of extreme heat which has gripped huge parts of the US over the past couple of weeks, Texas set a new solar power generation record and beat the high of 13.2 Likely to have another 50% increase before next July.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 6, 2024

In those two briefs, CARI argued that the motions for preliminary relief should be denied because impeding construction of the renewable energy facilities necessary to stop climate change, such as the Revolution Wind project, would not serve the public interest.

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Endangered Species Act Ocean Clean Water Act Climate Change 64

A Greener Life

JUNE 18, 2021

Public support for President Putin is strong and on the current trajectory he would comfortably be re-elected in March 2024, should he wish to stand again. Part of this plan will be to make greater use of so-called green bonds, which will be issued to fund specific climate change and renewable energy projects.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Following a catastrophic 2023 and the first half of 2024, the US offshore wind sector appears to have stabilised in the second half of 2024 with several new projects being confirmed in the last few years, bouncing back after several projects had been cancelling last year and in the beginning of 2024.

Wind Power 52

Wind Power 2024 Clean Energy 2030 52

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.

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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.

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Clean Energy Technology Technology Wind Power 56

Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2024

Cornyn’s Senate website emphasizes expansion of fossil fuel production but also touts Texas as a “trailblazer in renewable energy.” This is part of the cult, or religion, of renewable energy.” John Thune (SD). Lifetime LCV score of 11% (half of Susan Collins’s lifetime score).

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Renewable Energy Nuclear Power Biofuels Fossil Fuels 246

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2024

The new global record in the generation of renewable energy was powered primarily by solar and wind. Solar power has been the fastest growing source of electricity in the world for 19 years in a row according to Ember’s Global Electricity Review 2024. But first, the undeniably good news. Providing just 1.1

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Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Paris Agreement 336

A Greener Life

MAY 16, 2024

The exact share of coal in the electricity mix for those first four months of 2024 was 15.6% and is still larger than any individual renewable energy technology source for the same period. Through to April coal output stood at 8.3 million megawatt hours (MWh), this represents a drop of 1.8%

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Electricity 2024 Cooling Wind Power 52

Legal Planet

JANUARY 22, 2024

Donuts, it seems, are threatened by renewable energy and depend on fossil fuels. Donald Trump has been talking a lot about donuts lately. Maybe because he’s heard that they’re cooked in oil? Trump’s knowledge of cooking is likely pretty minimal, given that it’s unlikely he’s ever been inside a kitchen.

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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 80

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The list includes solar PV, wind systems, and battery technologies, as well as 40% of electrolyser manufacturing. The latter is the only exception where the US is producing more than China.

Clean Energy 52

Clean Energy 2024 Electricity Technology 52

Legal Planet

MAY 7, 2025

electricity generation for a whole month March 2025 thanks to record-high solar and wind power, according to data released by energy think tank Ember. This milestone, achieved in March 2025, represents a turning point in the evolving energy mix of the worlds largest economy, writes Robert Rapier.

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Fossil Fuels 2028 Climate Change Conservation 130

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.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Instead, President Carter initiated two sets of major legislation that created the Department of Energy and restructured energy industries addressing both conventional fossil fuels and alternative and renewable energy resources. Today, energy production exceeds energy consumption by approximately 10 percent.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In my state there is serious, thoughtful work going on to push offshore wind development forward In 2022, the federal government leased five areas off the coast of California for development (near Humboldt and Morro Bay), but these projects are still in the early planning stages. Offshore wind is an important component of the global response.

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