Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 22, 2022

looks to combat climate change, solar energy is increasingly seen as a large part of the answer. However, ground-mounted solar facilities occupy large areas of land. What will that land and soil … Continue reading Can solar power provide more than clean energy? As the U.S.

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Solar Power Clean Energy Climate Change Carbon Dioxide 40

Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

Since then, it has captured less than half of the carbon dioxide it is supposed to. Photo by Sask Power via Flickr Creative Commons Playing Pretend with the Planet Building out carbon capture on a large scale would require a huge network of dangerous pipelines to transport the carbon to storage sites.

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Renewable Energy Solar Power 64

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). gigawatts (GW) of planned solar projects expected to come online this year is almost double the previous 13.4 Solar” only includes large-scale solar.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Wind and solar power, paired with energy storage and energy savings, can almost entirely replace fossil fuels – and leave our communities better off. This is what is meant by carbon capture and storage (CCS). Carbon Capture is not a new idea – it has been around for more than 50 years. So what’s standing in the way?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Oil and gas major ConocoPhillips’ website says gas is “one of the safest and cleanest fuels available” and that when it is burned, it “produces mostly carbon dioxide and water vapor—the same substances emitted when humans exhale.” Likewise, pipeline giant Williams Companies now refers to its gas projects as “clean energy” projects.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2022

However, despite this growth, less than 2% of K-12 schools (108 total) generate solar power, which means many more school districts could be enjoying the cost-saving and other benefits solar offers. Solar is accessible for schools of all budgets “Solar is a huge win for Pennsylvania schools.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

According to a new national report on schools’ adoption of solar published last week by nonprofit Generation180 , Pennsylvania ranked 11th in the nation for the amount of solar installed by its K-12 schools, climbing up from 13th place two years ago. The report found that 87% of solar power installed at U.S.

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Natural Gas Solar Power Carbon Dioxide Clean Energy 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The WMO’s GHG bulletin’s headline takeaways are stark: Atmospheric concentrations of three major heat-trapping gases, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) hit all-time highs in 2021 (see table below). The World Meteorological Organization Greenhouse Gas Bulletin.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Each credit one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent pollution below the standard. I’ve written recently about why a Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard , which addresses the bio-based diesel credits. Source California Air Resources Board.

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Frontiers

APRIL 26, 2022

Specifically, they quantified the requirements of a nuclear-powered system against different photovoltaic and even photoelectrochemical devices. For example, CUBES is focused on engineering microbes to make plastics from carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen or pharmaceuticals from CO2 and light. Weighing the options.

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Nuclear Power Biotechnology Carbon Dioxide Solar Power 98

A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. The Olympic village will be powered by hydrogen made at a solar power plant in the exclusion zone created after the Fukushima nuclear accident a decade ago. Grey is made from natural gas or coal, and has a large carbon footprint.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2023

Oil/Natural Gas Production Other States/National/International -- WITF/NPR: The U.S.

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Natural Gas Air Pollution Politics Carbon Dioxide 109

A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2023

Research by the International Water Management Institute (which has not yet been published) has found that farmers with grid-connected solar-powered pumps have strong incentives to reduce groundwater pumping, leading to more sustainable outcomes. While these numbers are modest by international standards, and at 1.9

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Acknowledging that the United States is a leading contributor to carbon emissions, the Biden administration has committed to cutting US emissions 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 19, 2022

There are two types of solar technology for electricity generation. Another technology, concentrating solar power (CSP) , uses the sun’s heat instead. That technology accounts for 84% of US solar panels , according to the US Department of Energy. The most common type of PV panel is made using crystalline-silicon (c-SI).

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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.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 6, 2014

The first pillar, “ Cut Carbon Pollution in America ,” describes policies aimed at combatting the causes of climate change, principally by cutting carbon dioxide emissions. The Climate Action Plan presents three policy “pillars.”

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Clean Air Act Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels 40

Environment Blog

MARCH 25, 2020

megatons of carbon dioxide during the same period. Will Mining Cryptocurrency in the Desert Using Solar Power Make You Rich? A group of scientists, funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark, found that Bitcoin mining not only uses 31.3 Terawatt hours of electricity a year, but produces 17.3

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 21, 2023

The Committee also reported out a bill directing the state to apply for primary authority to regulate Class VI carbon dioxide underground injection wells from the U.S. Comitta said the legislation is a start at establishing parameters for how carbon capture can be employed, but it is incomplete. “I EPA [they already did].

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2024

Santarsiero -- US DOE Awards Mineral Basin Solar Project In Clearfield County $90 Million For 402 MW Facility On Abandoned Mine Lands; Filling Gap Left By Closure Of Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant [PaEN] -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Feds Send $90 Million For Largest PA Solar Energy Project Yet -- Electrek: Pennsylvania’s Largest Solar (..)

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Here in New York, for example, we already have three forms of more or less direct carbon pricing. The most direct of these is imposed on certain fossil fuel power plants by requiring them to purchase carbon dioxide emissions allowances as part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

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Electricity Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 40

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Fuel costs don’t change for wind- and solar-powered electricity over time because the wind and sun are free, and clean energy produced in the U.S. Fuels needed to power fossil fuel plants, however, are traded globally and subject to supply chain and other constraints that impact their availability and price. stays in the U.S.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The new bill seeks to put North Carolina on the road to carbon neutrality. Regarding solar power, at least 55% must come from utility-owned facilities, while up to 45% can be purchased from small third-party generators. There are also specific provisions for specific sources of generation.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

GW Of Clean Energy In PA, 4 Other PJM States Saving $1 Billion A Year [PPL included] -- DOE Invests $17 Million In 3 Projects To Strengthen Critical Minerals Supply Chain: 1 In PA, Another To PA Company, Both Coal-Related [PaEN] -- NYT: The Planet Needs Solar Power, Can We Build It Without Harming Nature?

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Natural Gas Recycling Climate Change Solar Power 82

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

18 Hearing On Panther Creek Power Application To Burn Waste Tires In Carbon County -- DEP Invites Comments At Jan. To Present Final Plan For Youghiogheny River Watershed Dec. 7 -- DEP Hosts Dec. 7 Outreach Session In Luzerne County On Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives -- DEP Hosts Dec.

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Natural Gas 2024 Climate Change Conservation 75

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

In 2023 -- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. -- Hydrogen Tax Credit Changes, Riparian Buffers, Light Pollution On House Environmental Committee Agenda For Dec. 13 [PaEN] -- House Environmental Committee To Hold Dec. 2 to 8 -- 9 Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Restore Shale Gas Pad; No Progress In Spill Cleanups [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17

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Conservation Natural Gas Clean Energy 2024 104

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

. -- February 12 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- JUST 14 DAYS: PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 27 to Feb.

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Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Solar Power 2024 60

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

The rule, which also applies to new gas plants, would avoid as much as 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042, the EPA calculated , the equivalent of the annual emissions of 137 million passenger vehicles—about half of the cars in the country. percent of US electricity and utility-scale solar generated 3.4

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2024

Becky Corbin -- AP: New York Moves To Update Its Fracking Ban To Include Liquid Carbon Dioxide Was Well As Water -- Post-Gazette: Federal Budget Delay Forces State To Temporarily Pause Some LIHEAP Home Utility Bill Assistance -- Solar United Neighbors Hails House Committee Action On Community Solar Legislation [PaEN] -- TribLive: Westmoreland Housing (..)

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Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Solar Power Politics 101

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The United States currently emits at least three times more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than all 54 nations in Africa combined. Four of the top five congressional districts for solar power output are also in Republican districts.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Kaufer Introduces Bipartisan Bill Authorizing Community Solar Projects; $2 Billion In Private Investment Waiting For This To Pass -- The Hershey Company Releases 2020 Sustainability Report -- Eco-Friendly Process To Convert Carbon Dioxide Back Into Fuel Offers Way To Close The Carbon Loop -- Ben Franklin BIG Idea Contest: Tech Innovators, Small Manufacturers (..)

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