Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

API specifically targets Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules to reduce carbon emissions from automobile tailpipes and fuel economy standards established by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. is producing more oil and gas than ever before, having achieved “energy independence” years ago. Yet the U.S.

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

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 16, 2025

Renewable energy in the United States has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. Here’s the clean energy momentum at stake, the threats to that momentum, and why there is still reason for hope. The most powerful reason for optimism around US renewable energy, though, is the clear advantages that renewables can offer.

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

Minnesotans are facing concurrent crises of climate change, high energy prices and inflation, and the inequitable public health impacts of fossil fuel air pollution. Renewable energy will help with all of that—but we need a grid that is designed for wind and solar instead of having to rely on expensive coal and gas plants.

Renewable Energy

Legal Planet

MAY 23, 2022

Together we can take advantage of the opportunity for Australia to be a renewable energy superpower.”. Climate change wasn’t a central issue in the campaign, but resistance to climate action no longer provided a political advantage. Polling showed broad public support for more aggressive cuts in carbon emissions.

Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage. carbon emissions today.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

At the global level, however, Germany has its own claim to a leadership role, particularly in its early support for renewable energy. Although its track record has some complexities, this timeline of German actions shows just its early and sustained attention to clean energy policy: 1990. Renewables are 6% of power.

Nuclear Power

Legal Planet

APRIL 29, 2024

Fourteen states now have net-zero emissions targets for the economy as a whole, and sixteen have zero-carbon targets for the grid. New California legislation will require corporations to disclose their carbon emissions. Climate policy has been boosted by dramatic changes in the economics of clean energy.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, providing $369 billion in tax credit and spending to reduce carbon emissions. The Democrats lost control of Congress, eliminating the chances for significant climate/energy legislation in the next two years. It will reduce cumulative GHG emissions by an estimated 6.3

Carbon Emissions

Legal Planet

JULY 15, 2021

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. The system is designed to reduce carbon intensity, the amount of emissions per unit of energy.

2030

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

CO 2 emissions remain mostly level through 2050—nowhere close to meeting US climate goals. Carbon emissions remain high. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022). Renewable energy generation increases faster than any other technology.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Over the last 15 years, Penn State University has cut its carbon emissions by more than 35 percent, putting the University ahead of schedule to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas outputs to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. The group began meeting this summer and aims to share its recommendations by the end of this year.

Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Indeed, a peer-reviewed study published in September linked nearly half of all global carbon emissions from the biggest energy companies to just 10 financial institutions, led by Vanguard and BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager. A good example would be screening out tobacco company stock.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This dangerous delay in action is largely due to the fossil fuel industry continuing to increase carbon emissions and standing in the way of change. . Colombia announced plans to stop developing oil and gas. The fossil fuel industry’s nefarious role is still very much evident at COP27.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It adds Michigan to the growing list of states, including Illinois and Minnesota , that have adopted standards to increase renewable energy on the grid and move toward 100-percent decarbonization of the power sector. It also will expand energy efficiency programs, streamline utility-scale renewable project siting approvals, and more.

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2024

This needs some thought, as both the laws of physics and the principles of supply and demand will apply, even if legislatures and regulators have not yet spoken about allocating costs and resources related to data center energy demands. The size and growth of US solar farms’ energy production has nearly matched this for those same years.

Electricity

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 24, 2024

Albertans want and need leadership to address the climate crisis, energy affordability, and the fair and unbiased development of the renewable energy industry. 65 per cent of Albertans support reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and 70 per cent believe that the Alberta economy is too dependent on fossil fuels.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A simple statement that masks just how complicated the issues are: mixing politics, economics, livelihoods, fisheries and endangered species in the ocean body that is the Gulf of Maine. He was on to something And the lobsterman was correct: we can blame carbon emissions for ocean acidification and warming in the Gulf of Maine.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

MAY 22, 2024

In Alberta, the future of our country’s effort to cut our greenhouse gas emissions is on the line. Alberta is responsible for 1/3rd of Canada’s polluting emissions. Note: According to the International Energy Association, global growth in demand will be cut in half to 1 per cent in 2024-26, and to just.5

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- 118 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] -- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN] -- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN] -- Centre Daily Times Guest Essay: Time To Make Our Electric Grid (..)

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2023

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Natural Gas

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2024

Embrace political advocacy Photo by Kempton via Flickr Creative Commons Political action and advocacy is crucial to climate action, because changing the larger system is the greatest opportunity to reduce emissions, and changing the way our economy and society operate requires government action.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2023

From Baseline; Savings Of $59.7 Billion In PJM Interconnection Winter Storm Elliot Nonperformance Penalties [Primarily Natural Gas-Fired Generation] -- TribLive: Claims For Property Damage Caused By Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestack Implosion Due Friday Evening -- WKBN: PA U.S.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2022

Germany’s response to Putin is to end reliance on Russian fossil fuels by moving to 100% renewable energy by 2035. “PA This is partisan politics! Let’s get back to reducing our carbon emissions by joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and by reducing our energy dependence on foreign nations.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2022

“Members of industry and labor, understandably, see vast potential for our commonwealth’s economy and job growth, while environmentalists questioned whether this is an actual pathway to clean energy or a detour away from embracing renewable energy. Meanwhile, experts from environmental groups raised concerns. “We

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

In addition to all those benefits, solar schools projects have immense local benefits such as reducing carbon emissions and creating family sustaining jobs.” It will not only help schools to reduce energy costs, but it will also help to set the standard for solar energy construction jobs. IBEW 98 Political Director T.J.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2024

. - A Life Dedicated To The River's Flow [PaEN] -- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Marshall Middle School Wins Western PA Science Bowl, Moves On To Nationals In April -- MCall: Judge Upholds Lehigh Valley Township’s Ruling Against Building Warehouses On Golf Course -- Spotlight PA: PA Pays Property Owners For Land Lost To Eminent Domain, But (..)

Nuclear Power

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The Philippines Commission on Human Rights published report on Carbon Majors’ responsibility for climate change. The strategy required the UK Government to set and meet legally binding targets to reduce carbon emissions. In Greenpeace v.

2022

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 1, 2023

1: Sunak is standing against short-term thinking for political gain. Can we put the long-term interests of our country before the short-term political needs of the moment?” This is perhaps the most offensive of the false statements in Sunak’s speech, because short-term political need is exactly what motivates him here.

Politics

Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Advocates of renewable energy have argued since the 1970s that the variable, weather-dependent nature of sunlight and wind is a modest obstacle at best to relying on 100 percent renewables. Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable.

2021

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Although politics is a new world for her, she has been involved in a number of different capacities for some time. For Ana Lia Rojas, executive director of the Chilean Association of Renewable Energies (ACERA), Huepe’s immediate challenge as minister will be to confront the country’s stretched electricity system.

Government

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 9:30: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1215 (Vitali-D- Delaware) the state Act 108 tax credit for hydrogen production would be limited to hydrogen produced for hard-to-electrify sectors, expanded to include a larger incentive to companies using hydrogen produced from renewable (..)

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

WEDNESDAY 9:30: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1215 (Vitali-D- Delaware) the state Act 108 tax credit for hydrogen production would be limited to hydrogen produced for hard-to-electrify sectors, expanded to include a larger incentive to companies using hydrogen produced from renewable energy sources (..)

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2023

Operations Headquartered In Pittsburgh -- WHYY: PA Residents Receiving LIHEAP Or Weatherization Assistance Can Get Free Air Conditioners This Summer -- PUC Urges Consumers To #CheckForID When Dealing With Door-To-Door Or In-Person Energy Sales Agents -- TribLive: Allegheny County Health Dept. A hearing was held on the bill June 5.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

These protests, triggered by an issue in Kazakhstan’s energy sector, have rapidly expanded to cities all over the country and have broadened to include political demands and tense standoffs between protesters and the police. Historically, 90% of Kazakhstan’s coal has been used internally , for energy.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

. -- Natural Gas In Homes: Over half of Pennsylvania households use natural gas as their primary home heating fuel, and the state’s 48 underground gas storage sites–the most for any state–help meet regional heating demand in winter. -- Electricity Exporter: Pennsylvania is the second-largest net supplier of total energy to other states, after Texas.

Nuclear Power