Circle of Blue

JULY 9, 2025

In China we found the Central Government building new clean energy plants to quadruple wind and solar generation. Stoked by billions more tons of carbon emissions from coal combustion, global temperatures are rising, more powerful storms are inundating communities, deeper droughts threaten the planet’s supply of food.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

It used to be Global Warming and that wasn’t working because we’re actually cooling.” The transformation to an economy fueled by clean energy – across sectors – has begun, and he can’t stop it. and the globe – will not abandon the transition to clean energy. We are suffering from climate change.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 22, 2025

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Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2025

Electricity Costs "You can see from 2006 to 2025, bills have almost doubled going from $55 to $98 [for baseload customers, meaning people who heat with some source other than electricity, so they could be heating with natural gas or kerosene or fuel oil]. Obviously to use more than this.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

At AWS, we share these concerns and are committed to being responsible partners in grid development and energy consumption. We've demonstrated this commitment through our Climate Pledge goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. In 2007, Google committed to carbon neutrality in its operations.

Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 16, 2025

Here’s the clean energy momentum at stake, the threats to that momentum, and why there is still reason for hope. Years of clean energy progress, month by month The graph of progress on clean energy from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) shown below says a lot about where we’ve come from, over the long term and in recent times.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

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Conservation

Legal Planet

AUGUST 13, 2025

Currently the EPA is on its way to cancel the Democrats CARBON FEAR Program by reversing the rules and regulations on Carbon emissions. This massive tax dollar-wasting infrastructure reform is based on the false premise that CO2 greenhouse emissions cause climate change,” another person wrote. It is a hoax.”

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The production and transportation of oil and gas also cause significant environmental impacts, as does the use of enormous amounts of water for cooling the generators. EPA could hold back from doing anything about carbon emissions from existing power plants, instead focusing on tighter regulation of their other environmental impacts.

Clean Air Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 13, 2024

As electric vehicle charging stations sprout like mushrooms along our roads and clusters of new wind turbines come online, these two clean energy solutions to the climate crisis are becoming more commonplace. The United States needs to speed its transition to clean energy in order to stave off even worse impacts of climate change.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

Chicago’s new CAP aims to remedy those problems and chart an equitable path to cut the city’s carbon emissions by at least 60 percent by 2040. To improve the lives of all Chicagoans, the plan prioritizes environmental justice, household savings, public health, and clean energy. billion Chicago Recovery Plan.

Renewable Energy

Legal Planet

APRIL 11, 2022

If we switch to renewables, we won’t need to worry about saving energy. One reason to save energy is to limit carbon emissions from the energy we use. That’s going to important until the energy system has been completely cleaned up. In the end, you might use more electricity, not less.

Conservation

Physics World

JANUARY 7, 2022

Those critical challenges will require inventive and practical solutions, which is why automotive manufacturer Toyota has teamed up with The Electrochemical Society (ECS) to award a series of research fellowships focused on the development of green-energy technologies that reduce both pollution and carbon emissions.

Clean Energy

Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Due to their high efficiency – three to five times higher than gas – annual energy costs for heat pumps are much lower. Upfront equipment costs can also be lower because heat pumps provide both heating and cooling in one unit and they qualify for a number of government rebate programs. What is “Natural” gas, really?

Carbon Emissions

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 10, 2024

Due to their high efficiency – three to five times higher than gas – annual energy costs for heat pumps are much lower. Upfront equipment costs can also be lower because heat pumps provide both heating and cooling in one unit and they qualify for a number of government rebate programs. What is “Natural” gas, really?

Carbon Emissions

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

For wind and solar energy to be available irrespective of weather conditions, they must be combined with storage systems that make electricity available anytime, especially during peak demand periods. . National Renewable Energy Laboratory notes, storage can take many forms , including: using batteries. As the U.S. The Path Forward .

Solar Power

HumanNature

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

These statistics are extremely encouraging and are critical steps in the transition to a clean energy system. On the other end of the electric grid, advanced technologies can help reduce the amount of energy that is required for basic services like lighting, heating, and cooling. Energy Information Administration.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2023

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Natural Gas

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In the EU’s carbon market, EU ETS , the cost of emitting a tonne of CO2 on Monday the 20 th of February, became close to breaching 100 euros at 98.30 Forecasts of cool weather and expectations of lower wind power output had driven up demand for more fossil-fuel produced energy.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2024

For example, lots of solutions for reducing emissions and adapting to climate change will happen at the local level. Support clean energy Solar Power Plant in modern city: Sustainable Renewable Energy. Transitioning how we produce and consume energy is crucial for reducing fossil fuel emissions.

Climate Change

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. How is that going to happen? Their report, however, comes with a warning.

Carbon Emissions

Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

This is far from the widely touted goal of 100 percent electricity from renewables, and much further from the goal of 100 percent of energy , which includes fuels used for transportation, heating and cooling, and would amount to two to three times more electricity than required today. [17] link] [19] Michael Greenstone et al.,

2021

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

To get an assessment of the progress thus far, as well as an idea if what has to happen next, I turned to two of my colleagues in the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Climate & Energy Program: Principal Climate Scientist Rachel Licker and Transmission Policy Manager Sam Gomberg.

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

These new protections will include updates to power plant standards on carbon emissions , mercury pollution , and toxic coal ash pollution , just to name a few. For coal-fired power, the economic case has been bleak for a long time now, which has brought US coal-fired generation down to less than half of its 2010 level.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2024

Last year, my UCS colleagues working on climate science and corporate accountability found, in a peer-reviewed study , that 37% of the area burned in western North America since 1986 is attributable to the carbon emissions of just 88 fossil fuel companies and cement manufacturers. That 37% equates to 19.8

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2024

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Recycling

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2024

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Conservation

Legal Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

If we can slow warming a bit, even if we end up in the same place ultimately due to carbon emissions, that gives us more time to prepare for what’s coming down the road. This program can cushion the economic impact of the transition to clean energy. Doing so makes sense as a policy matter.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

Democrats said the General Assembly has been holding hearings on the RGGI regulations since the concept was first proposed in October of 2019 and Senate Republicans have yet to offer a plan for reducing carbon pollution or a proposal for helping workers and communities caught in the market-driven transition to clean energy.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2024

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Conservation

Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 11, 2022

The president’s executive order aims to use the US government’s procurement power to achieve “carbon pollution-free electricity” by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050. By Jennifer Roy and Julie Miles.

Greenhouse

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Energy conservation can take a lot of different forms, starting with retrofitting existing structures with insulation and more efficient heating and cooling. Commercial buildings could benefit from new technologies using artificial intelligence to control their heating and cooling systems.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 11, 2022

We are at a game-changing moment for all of humanity, as climate science tells us exactly where we’re headed if we don’t reduce carbon emissions urgently. A just transition to a clean-energy economy is the priority and solution. percent, compared to an average of 2.3 percent for non-low-income households).

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 29, 2025

Wind and solar are not only greener, they are also cheaper energy sources than gas and nuclear. Detail how it will help get Ontarians homes off of gas and give people the opportunity to get highly efficient heat pumps that reduce heating and cooling bills. We need better.

Climate Change