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Enviromental Defense
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
The cost of electricity generated from solar panels fell by 89 per cent between 2010-2022. Both onshore wind and solar are less than half as expensive as the cheapest fossil-fired electricity sources. In the winter, homes are drafty, windows leak in cold air, and heating bills are skyrocketing.
Enviromental Defense
APRIL 16, 2024
A recent report found that one in five premature deaths is caused by air pollution from burning fossil fuels. Kicking fossil fuels out of our homes and our modes of transportation – with electric heat pumps, electric vehicles and electric buses – is key to addressing the cost of living crisis.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Like many other public-serving institutions throughout society, electricity and gas utilities are facing calls to be more equitable in their operations, planning, and treatment of customers. How are energy equity and energy justice connected? Energy equity lives under the umbrella of energy justice.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions. And third, increasing energy efficiency and lowering overall energy demand in those sectors.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 1, 2023
It complements Phoenix Contact’s Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power (CCHP) system, which generates about half of the facility’s electric requirements. Phoenix Contact estimates the solar power installation will reduce the company’s electricity costs by approximately $150,000 per year.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 6, 2021
million kilowatt hours of electricity from solar energy. million kilowatt hours of electricity from solar energy. The academy installed 1,080 solar panels that generate a half megawatt of electricity, providing a third of the power for the facility and 100 percent of the power to run AgWorks.
Greenbuilding Law
AUGUST 20, 2023
Last week, Colorado established mandatory energy performance standards for large buildings. As directed by a state law enacted in 2021, as HB 1286, the Colorado Health Department’s Air Pollution Control Division developed the newly finalized standards. It’s a major step forward in protecting both public health and clean air.”
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