Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

million between 2022 and 2026. So it’s up to governments to choose and procure renewable energy sources for their grids. Trading schemes like the one being proposed (well, already being used), do almost nothing to increase investments in renewable power or drive down greenhouse gas emissions. . They won’t say.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 11, 2024

Finally, registrants must disclose any targets or goals related to climate change that materially affect the registrant’s business. In practice, this means initial disclosures under the regime will be filed in 2026. AFs and other registrants will follow suit as required on a more delayed timeline.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A recent National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study shows that it would take less than 1 percent of the land in the Lower 48—that’s an area comparable to or even smaller than the fossil fuel industry’s current footprint. NREL doesn’t consider changes to land use patterns, including climate change impacts on land availability.

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Electricity Fossil Fuels Solar Power 2030 351

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2022

A 2021 report by the US Department of Energy’s Solar Futures Study estimates that as much as 1,600 GW of storage could be available by 2050 in a decarbonized grid scenario if solar power ramps up to meet 45 percent of electricity demand as predicted. Energy storage has big obstacles in its way.

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Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Technology Technology 295

Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 20, 2023

This week’s regulation will drive Colorado’s statutory GHG emission reduction targets of 7% by 2026 and 20% by 2030 for the buildings covered in the program, as compared to 2021 levels. Newer, more efficient buildings may already meet the standards. About 20% of the buildings already meet standards for the 2030 target.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2024

EQT noted "China's current energy mix mirrors that of Pennsylvania and Ohio in 2005" saying with US-supplied natural gas, China could replicate the model for emissions reduction. EQT said "The only solution" to climate change is "unleashing US LNG" for China. Click Here for a copy of EQT’s presentation. Read more here.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

AUGUST 18, 2023

For each program, the IRA both provides additional money for Fiscal Years (FY) 2023-2026 and attaches climate-focused “guardrails” to that new money. Unlike many other USDA programs tailored to specific commodities, conservation programs are available to all farmers no matter what they produce.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 7, 2022

Instead of creating yet another fossil fuel subsidy, the government should have invested in proven climate solutions, including renewable energy, efficient affordable housing, and electrification of transportation. By relying on future unproven techno-fixes to cut emissions, the government is gambling with our lives.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

-- March 4 Penn State Extension Webinar On Monitoring Soil Moisture: A Climate Smart Ag Practice [PaEN] -- March 11 Streambank Stabilization And Stream Crossings On Farms Webinar [PaEN] -- Stroud Water Research Center: UpStream Newsletter: Tropical Freshwater Research; Building Natural Habitats With Native Plants, Feb. Month Starting Feb.

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Natural Gas Air Pollution 2024 Renewable Energy 97

Environmental Science

JUNE 15, 2018

They examine such geological features, forms and processes as glaciation and landscape change, landscape evolution such as hills and mountains, surface deposits, climate change cycles and stratigraphy. BLS predicts a job growth of 14% between 2016 and 2026. Geothermal Energy. Sedimentology. Shale Gas “Fracking”.

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Fossil Fuels Ocean Technology Technology 52

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2022

On August 16, President Biden signed the new federal climate, energy and healthcare bill into law making the largest federal investment-- $375 billion-- in climate change fighting strategies, including investments in renewable energy production, tax rebates for consumers for energy efficiency and electric vehicles and more.

Law 59

Law Fossil Fuels Climate Change Clean Energy 59

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2024

1 Virtual Stakeholders Meeting On Distributed Energy Resources Participation In Wholesale Electricity Markets [PaEN] -- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Hosts 10 Winter Artisan Workshops Starting Feb. Amanda Cappelletti (D) -- PennLive Guest Essay: 2024 Will Be A Critical Election Year For Pennsylvania Energy - By Fmr Rep.

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2024 Renewable Energy Natural Gas Waste 62

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2024

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy: 2024 Starts With A Grim Climate Milestone, But Hydrogen Policy Hope - By John Quigley, Former DEP/DCNR Secretary -- PennLive Letter: Climate Change Is Costing Pennsylvanians Plenty, And Someone Has To Pay For It - By Sen. Schuylkill County -- PA Solar Center Jan.

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Conservation Natural Gas 2024 Waste 105

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

29; FirstEnergy Companies Double Solar Rebates [PaEN] -- The Energy Age Blog: Electric Vehicle & Home Solar Energy Use January 2024 -- Planet Philadelphia Radio Show: Feb. Westmoreland County? Million Fine For Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: ‘This Is What Money Smells Like;’ $2.2

Conservation 110

Conservation Natural Gas Air Pollution 2024 110

Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

municipalities face from climate change, the special role that federal vehicle emissions regulations play in protecting municipal public health, and the threat that Petitioners’ radical interpretation of the major questions doctrine poses to the day-to-day operations of state and local governments. Conference of Mayors (USCOM).

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Clean Air Act Air Pollution Climate Change Regulations 55

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Degrees Of Warming, Scientists Warn Climate Shocks Could Trigger Unrest -- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In January Now Available [PaEN] -- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. Shapiro’s Support For RGGI Puts Us On A Dangerous Path - By Commonwealth Foundation -- Group Against Smog & Pollution: US Steel Appeals $2.2

Natural Gas 85

Natural Gas Air Pollution 2024 Conservation 85

Legal Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

State climate policy is a big deal. State governments began cutting emissions at a time when the federal government was essentially doing nothing about climate change. it’s not for nothing that 2023 has been called a banner year for state climate action. In 2026, the threshold will drop to 50,000 square feet.

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Climate Change Clean Energy 2030 Renewable Energy 238

PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2021

1:00 to 2:30 p.m. -- WESA: With No Climate Action In Congress, CMU Prof Says Fed ‘Green’ Interest Rate Could Help, But Some Warn Of Risks -- TribLive/AP: Northwest U.S. . -- WESA: With No Climate Action In Congress, CMU Prof Says Fed ‘Green’ Interest Rate Could Help, But Some Warn Of Risks -- TribLive/AP: Northwest U.S.

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Waste Conservation Recycling Climate Change 64

Legal Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

The Court held that EPA’s Clean Power Plan, which would have facilitated an ongoing power industry shift from coal and natural gas to renewable energy sources, violated the doctrine because such a shift fell outside the authority Congress created in 111(d). Sean Hecht and I co-authored an amicus brief in support of EPA in the case.)

Clean Air Act 130

Clean Air Act Fossil Fuels Regulations Politics 130

PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2022

To EQB At June Meeting [PaEN] -- Senate Democratic Policy Committee Holds June 2 Hearing On Health Impacts Of Shale Gas Infrastructure In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- House Local Govt.

Fossil Fuels 64

Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Conservation 2026 64

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

House passed compromise legislation that would make the largest federal investment-- $375 billion-- in climate change fighting strategies, including investments in renewable energy production, tax rebates for consumers for energy efficiency and electric vehicles and more. On August 12, the U.S.

Clean Energy 52

Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Climate Change Air Pollution 52

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Legislators provide $200 million to NOAA for weather, coasts, oceans and climate research, $100 million for NOAA competitive climate research grants and provides $100 million to NOAA for development and dissemination of climate science information products and services. 2026 ), sponsored by Rep. degrees Celsius.

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2021 Conservation Endangered Species Act Climate Change 105

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Scavello Introduces Bill Authorizing Community Solar Projects; $2 Billion Worth Of Projects Waiting For It To Pass -- Business, Environment, Energy Groups Praise Introduction Of Bipartisan Bills Increasing Solar Energy Mandate From 0.5%

Conservation 64

Conservation 2021 Natural Gas Climate Change 64

Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

In particular, the bill extends FY 2021 enacted levels through FY 2022 for federal transportation programs and reauthorizes various surface transportation programs for FY 2023-2026. That bill contained the substantive basis of many of the provisions adopted in the IIJA and offered a bipartisan framework for the IIJA energy title.

Electricity 52

Electricity Recycling 2021 Technology 52

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2022

Senate passed compromised legislation that would make the largest federal investment-- $375 billion-- in climate change fighting strategies, including investments in renewable energy production, tax rebates for consumers for energy efficiency and electric vehicles and more. On August 7, the U.S.

Clean Energy 80

Clean Energy Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 80

ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

Bill increases authorized funding for the National Science Foundation to $29 billion by FY 2026. Nobel Prize recipients urge G7 leaders to take transformative action to address climate change. Part two , scheduled for a November proposal, will make “broader changes,” according to the agenda. Scientist Elected to Congress.

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2021 Endangered Species Act Ocean Climate Change 98