A Greener Life

APRIL 21, 2025

The global energy transition The theme promotes a global transition to clean, renewable energy. Reduce the dependency on fossil fuels It urges governments, companies, and individuals to reduce fossil fuel dependency and scale up sustainable alternatives.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

Data Center Infrastructure; Amazon Told PUC It Has Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Goal By 2040 [PaEN] -- Utility Dive: Talen Energy To Sell Amazon 1.9

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

The charges for both of these components are governed by the utility and the specific state and do not involve PJM. The power grid is a complex machine governed by the principles of engineering, mathematics and economics. One involves the delivery of power to your home or business from your local utility.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Here are 153 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Blast Furnaces, Carbon Emissions -- Register Now!

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

Data Center Infrastructure; Amazon Told PUC It Has Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Goal By 2040 [PaEN] -- Better Path Coalition: Data Centers - Dirty Energy Deals Anything But Cheap [PaEN] -- 25 Environmental Groups; Local Government Associations Oppose House Bill To Fast Track Large-Scale Energy Generation, Storage Projects Proposed By Gov.

Electricity

Legal Planet

APRIL 24, 2025

It’s a tribute to the significance of state climate policies that Trump devoted an entire executive order to excoriating them as “fundamentally irreconcilable” with his own, fossil-fuel promoting, energy policy. MINNESOTAThe utility commission approved an Xcel Energy plan to achieve 100% clean power by 2035.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

PJM Overview Electricity prices in PJM, which serves all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia, are rising dramatically due to a failure to transition to clean energy. Lack Of Clean Energy Transition The fundamental reason behind the price spike is the lack of a clean energy transition in PJM.

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

JANUARY 30, 2025

Transportation is now the largest source of carbon emission in the U.S. Normally, only the federal EPA can regulate tailpipe emissions from vehicles. States can also use green banks and other methods to nurture clean energy innovation. Trump had a terrible litigation record last time. Defend Californias car waiver.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2025

Data Center Infrastructure; Amazon Told PUC It Has Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Goal By 2040 [PaEN] -- WHYY: Gov. Data Center Infrastructure; Amazon Told PUC It Has Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Goal By 2040 [PaEN] -- WHYY: Gov. Shapiro Announces Amazon Plans To Invest $20 Billion In Pennsylvania For A.I.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2025

Joint Hearing Of Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure and Environmental Resources & Energy Committees on PJM grid Reliability Resource Initiative Planning and generation market updates. Room 8E-B East Wing. Click Here to watch live. Read more here on agenda. Room 8E-A East Wing. Click Here to watch live. And Saved $44.2

Air Pollution

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 21, 2025

For companies in the oil and gas sector, 80 to 90 percent of carbon emissions result from the use of their fossil fuel products. These companies have not only failed to take responsibility for their role in the climate crisis but also actively obstructed efforts to transition to a clean energy future.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Key targets include regulations substantially limiting carbon emissions from coal-fired powerplants, cars, and trucks. But scores of other regulations are in the cross-hairs, such as energy efficiency standards that benefit consumers and a variety of rules that protect clean air and water. Political action is key here.

Paris Agreement

Legal Planet

MARCH 10, 2025

EPAs efforts to regulate carbon emissions from powerplants have had a tortuous history, and were about to go through another round, with a rule from a Democratic Administration being repealed and replaced by a Trump rule.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2025

reduction in carbon emissions in 2024, or 406,000 metric tons of CO2e emissions avoided. This marks the first year that 2030 District Partners have hit the target goal of achieving a 50-65% reduction in carbon emissions by the year 2030 since the Pittsburgh District was founded in 2012. energy reduction 33.3%

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2025

GW To Move Forward To Address Near-Term Electricity Demand Growth-- 39 Upgrades, 12 New Construction [PaEN] -- PUC Hearing On Data Center Growth Impacts Finds 30-40% Of Utility Demand Could Be From Data Centers; Concerns About Stranded Costs; Major Commitments To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Energy Use -- North American Electric Reliability Corp.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

Here are 121 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Conservation

Legal Planet

APRIL 28, 2025

Apparently, EPA means to challenge the massive scientific evidence that human carbon emissions are causing dangerous climate change. Attacks on Clean Energy Trump froze permitting for wind turbines and called for reconsideration of existing permits. The list also included a repeal of the Obama-era Endangerment Finding.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

He has launched an illegal effort to claw back $20 billion in EPA clean energy funding significantly targeted for disadvantaged communities. He said , There is no climate crisis, and we’re not in the midst of an energy transition. Zeldins latest lock-step actions cap an already-breathtaking first month in running the EPA.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2025

Million In Energy Costs In 2024 [PaEN] -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Critics Slam Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant For Not Reporting Fire In Damaged Unit 2 Reactor Building Feb. 11-13 In State College -- Penn State Master Gardeners: Ken & Mee Park In Montgomery County Recognized With Pollinator Habitat Of Merit Award; Aug. And Saved $44.2

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2025

The benefits resulting from energy source diversification to include additional reliable clean energy sources does not diminish the role of other Pennsylvania energy sectors. Our current crisis demonstrates that the initial clean energy goals established under AEPS were far too modesttotaling only 8 percent.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

Of course, we recognize that solving the mismatch between energy supply and demand will require many solutions, but the Summit has underscored three actions for right now to govern how large-load customers — i.e., the owners of hyperscale data centers — build, operate and connect to our shared grid.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2025

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Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2025

Billion From Nippon Steel Set Aside For Mon Valley Facilities -- Wall Street Journal: Nippon Steel To Invest $6 Billion To Cut Carbon Emissions In Japan -- AP: US Government To Have Control In Nippon Steel- US Steel Deal, President, McCormick Say -- TribLive Editorial: Now Its On You, Nippon Steel [Posted: June 1, 2025]

Politics

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2025

Here are 134 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. And Saved $44.2 GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Here are 126 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Conservation

Legal Planet

JANUARY 15, 2025

In terms of the IRAs strengths, I personally really like the expenditure on nascent technologies like carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), direct air capture, and CCS pipelines. These seem like the kind of things that government should be spending money on early-stage technologies. Do you expect to see large impacts on U.S.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2025

Here are 153 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

“We also lament the proposed repeal of protections to limit carbon pollution from carbon-based power plants. The oil and gas industry has known for decades that failing to capture their carbon emissions would harm communities, families, and businesses by fueling more extreme weather, as witnessed last year in Asheville, NC. “At

Fossil Fuels

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 16, 2025

The president hasn’t directly targeted the nascent industry, but his clean energy rollbacks could hurt it. 438) Local government (438) Public lands (54) National parks & forests (45) State government (182) U.S. Trump’s first 100 days Trump 2.0 GOP cuts could crush similar efforts. DOE (19) U.S.

Recycling

Legal Planet

AUGUST 13, 2025

That catch phrase from Season 1, Episode 1 where Trump officials lied about the size of his inauguration crowd has now metastasized into a governing philosophy for how federal agencies plan to ignore, and ultimately exacerbate, the climate crisis. government position. Remember alternative facts? is pushing alternative science.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 21, 2022

The most consequential vote to advance a clean energy future won’t be happening in Washington, D.C., billion in new transmission investments to accommodate a shift to clean energy. billion in new transmission investments to accommodate a shift to clean energy. or your state capital next week. billion to $11.6

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

AUGUST 25, 2022

If you do corporate work, you can focus on ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance). If you become an IP lawyer, there’s work to be done on clean energy technologies. Or you can work for the government — for instance, as someone who prosecutes environmental crimes. One important area for work involves the energy sector.

Law

Legal Planet

JULY 15, 2021

Meanwhile, the launch ceremony for China’s emissions trading program will be held on Friday. The system will involve over 2000 firms, accounting for one-seventh of global carbon emissions. The delays were apparently due to gaps in emissions data along with political maneuvering. Download as PDF.

2030

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Last week, on Monday November 14, as part of its Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review , the Ontario government officially announced it would be developing a voluntary clean energy credit (CEC) registry. Now, the Ontario government is crafting an official Clean Energy Credit system that will presumably require transparency.

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2023

Last year’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a clean hydrogen production tax credit (known as “45V”) that is one of a slew of new incentives intended to help catalyze the next and necessary phase of advancing the nation’s clean energy transition as a whole. The framing is consequential.

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 18, 2022

The US Supreme Court’s recent decision dramatically limiting EPA’s ability to curb carbon emissions is bad news for our fight against climate change. In Massachusetts, this near-term opportunity would drive progress on clean energy, clean transportation, and equity. Accelerate responsible clean energy.

Clean Energy