Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 13, 2025

But climate change is all too real, and theres no getting away from the many ways its showing up in our daily lives, from catastrophic wildfires and floods to rising property insurance costs. And what better way to boost fossil fuels than to hide the facts on their true costs and spread lies and propaganda instead?

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

APRIL 15, 2025

The news that started leaking last Friday is that the Trump administration wants to break up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and essentially end NOAAs climate work by abolishing its primary research office and forcing the agency to instead help boost U.S.

Law

Legal Planet

APRIL 30, 2025

Heres what else has happened in the last 7 days No Climate Assessment: The Trump administration has unceremoniously dismissed all the expert authors of the next authoritative look at how climate change is affecting the US.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 3, 2025

You can imagine my surprise when upon receiving a request to speak at a 2022 Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) meeting to consider how the entity might value the benefits of new transmission investments to avert power outages during extreme weather events, I learned that I was to be the first climate scientist to speak in this space.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2025

-- The Citizens Voice: May 30-31 BioBlitz In Nesbitt Park, Kirby Park Natural Area In Wilkes-Barre -- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: First-Ever Wilkes-Barre BioBlitz Uncovers Hundreds Of Species -- Gettysburg Connection: Calling Planting Volunteers, Join Watershed Alliance Of Adams County May 31 For Pine Run Planting -- KYW: Emergency Siren Tests At Limerick, (..)

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2025

It is not too soon to be explaining that storms like this are becoming more intense as a result of climate change. Attribution science has progressed rapidly, but it will take some time to study the Texas flood, according to scientists on  a webinar panel held this week by Climate Central.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

There has been comparatively less attention to the decision by climate scientist Dr. Susan Avery not to seek re-election to the ExxonMobil board of directors. Yet this shift in corporate leadership is significant, marking the end of a chapter in ExxonMobil’s long and ongoing history of climate deception and disinformation.

Climate Scientist

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Last year, I met Dave Schneider, a climate scientist who studies ice sheets and climate systems, work very similar to my own. that’s specifically about climate change and fossil fuel accountability. I checked out the science books, and there were some interesting titles but literally nothing about climate change.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Michael Mann - Climate Champion Award PennFuture honored Dr. Michael E. Mann, one of the world's best-known climate scientists and author, with the Climate Champion Award for his life's research on climate studies and the impacts of human-caused climate change. from Villanova University School of Law.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen The former Chief Scientist for the UK Government, Sir David King did not hold back the scientific reality of years of climate inaction when he addressed the audience at the Net Zero Festival in London, organised by Business Green, a clean energy publication.

Sea Level

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 11, 2022

Proponents of clean energy and thinks tanks have long said it’s possible to reduce emissions and keep an economy growing. Read the full story from the Associated Press.

Climate Scientist

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2021

NewsClips: -- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Climate Activists Set Their Sights On Naming Members To PA PUC -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Climate Scientist Says State, Country Should Take The Lead On Solutions Related Articles - Community Solar: -- Rep.

Electricity

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Despite being in the same political party that created it, the UK’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, is in the process of completely changing the country’s energy policy. Gone are the net-zero promises and focus on a rapid clean energy transition, and in its place is a new narrative that more fossil fuels will solve the country’s energy crisis.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

. -- Hold Erie Coke Accountable Calls On EPA, DEP, Erie County & City To Form Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Community Working Group On Site Cleanup, Revitalization [PaEN] -- Erie News Now: State Report Details Pollution At Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site -- Online Link Now Available For Aug. Potter County To Sept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 24, 2021

. -- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Aqua PA Seeks 17.9% 26 With Ely Farm Visit In Bucks County [PaEN] -- SunburyDI Guest Essay: Methane Emissions From Low Producing Wells Must Be Regulated - Responsible Drilling Alliance -- Washington Examiner Guest Essay: Strengthen U.S.

Climate Scientist

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2023

.; Olympus Energy Expects To Begin Construction In June 2025 -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee Revenue For 2023 Estimated To Be Among Lowest On Record -- PennLive Guest Essay: We Can’t Let Pennsylvania Become The Next Petrochemical Cancer Alley - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council -- Delaware RiverKeeper Network (..)

Endangered Species Act

A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2023

With our children already paying a terrible price for climate change, we must act to protect their future, urges an IPCC scientist. When heatwaves disrupt our children’s education, it is time to demand climate action. I am writing this as a climate scientist and a mother of two young children.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2024

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy: 2024 Starts With A Grim Climate Milestone, But Hydrogen Policy Hope - By John Quigley, Former DEP/DCNR Secretary -- PennLive Letter: Climate Change Is Costing Pennsylvanians Plenty, And Someone Has To Pay For It - By Sen. Schuylkill County -- PA Solar Center Jan.

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 1, 2024

BloombergNEF calculated Citi’s 2022 Energy Supply Banking Ratio (that is, financing for low-carbon projects and companies compared to financing for fossil fuel activities) at 0.6:1. Scientists are joining this powerful and growing movement to hold Big Banks accountable on climate because we know that the science is clear.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2024

Summer Lee Questions EPA Administrator Over Cancer Rates In Braddock [Video] -- WHYY: How To Prepare For Power Outages If Your Health Depends On Home Medical Devices -- University Of Maryland Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card Shows The Same (Watershed) Or Improving (Bay) Water Quality [PaEN] -- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Report Card Gives Chesapeake (..)

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2024

Schuylkill County -- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy: 2024 Starts With A Grim Climate Milestone, But Hydrogen Policy Hope - By John Quigley, Former DEP/DCNR Secretary -- PennLive Letter: Climate Change Is Costing Pennsylvanians Plenty, And Someone Has To Pay For It - By Sen. 22 -- Penn State EarthTalk: Jan.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Related Articles: -- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Catches Up In National Rankings For Solar Energy Adoption By Schools; G.E.T. Solar Energy Help Now; Avoid Natural Gas Price Spikes [PaEN] -- Stroud Water Research Center Honors Dr. Michael E.

Renewable Energy

Academy of Natural Sciences

MARCH 16, 2022

I led the development of global transparent data authentication system to drive the scale-up of electric mobility and clean energy in alignment with circular economy, human rights and community development. We cannot solve these problems with a myopic view of what climate and environment looks like.

Clean Energy

Enviromental Defense

JULY 11, 2023

The world is moving toward a clean energy future, which means the fossil fuel industry won’t be around forever. degrees, the upper limit described by climate scientists to avoid irreversible climate catastrophe. We must phase out oil and gas production in order to ensure global heating doesn’t exceed 1.5

Fossil Fuels

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

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The largest state by population, California has joined more than 40 cities, counties, and states across the United States and its territories that are suing the fossil fuel industry over climate damages or deception, or both. Climate scientists, that’s who. degrees C) as “something magical.” is not good enough?”

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 20, 2023

We should expect to hear more, as climate impacts are only going to get worse. As a climate scientist recently said on CNN, “Until we stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere we have no idea what the future looks like.” Nevertheless, today in New Hampshire we hear crickets from candidates despite history and polls.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 30, 2022

Fossil fuels are the root cause of climate change, of long-standing environmental injustices, and are also frequently connected to geopolitical strife and violent conflicts. Quite the opposite: today’s high oil and gas prices are a fresh reinforcement, if we needed that, for why a rapid transition to clean energy is imperative.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The Zero Emission Credit (ZEC) program was established as part of the PSC’s proceeding to establish a Clean Energy Standard to achieve the statewide goal of obtaining 50% of New York’s electricity from renewable sources by 2030. Arizona Board of Regents Filed Notice of Appeal in Climate Scientist Public Records Case.

2016

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 31, 2024

According to the report, residents of Highland Park experienced prolonged energy outages in 2021 during weather events—heat waves, winter storms—and the pandemic. This led residents to ask fundamental questions around energy sovereignty, like: ‘What if we empower communities to choose clean energy and generate electricity locally?’

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

And the rigorous teaching of climate science does not inculcate anyone with anything except a greater understanding of the physical world and how humans are altering it. I’d bet a climate scientist would have been glad to make the short trip to talk to Senator Cirino. Clean energy is where the job growth is and will be.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2023

A 2022 peer-reviewed study that built on UCS’s Climate Accountability Scorecard found that BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell continue to depend almost entirely on fossil fuels, with insignificant and opaque spending on clean energy. Please join us—and share your additions to this glossary!

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2022

Key provisions include-- -- Clean Energy Investments: $30 billion for solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, geothermal plants and advanced nuclear reactors, including tax credits over 10 years. House Vote Next -- NYT: Senate Passes Climate, Energy, Tax Bill After Marathon Debate -- NPR: U.S. billion for EQIP, $6.75

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2022

We need to act now to mitigate the impact of rising energy prices, diversify our gas supply for next winter and accelerate the clean energy transition. “ The quicker we switch to renewables and hydrogen, combined with more energy efficiency, the quicker we will be truly independent and master our energy system.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Climate Envoy Kerry: No Rolling Back Clean Energy Transition PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Inquirer: 100 Days: A Look At Shapiro’s ‘Common Ground’ Approach To Governing One Of The Nation’s Most Politically Divided States -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s House Takeover - A Tale Of Two Speakers - By Fmr Rep.

Earth Day

Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Joe Biden has pledged to get the US on a path to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a key target that climate scientists have identified as necessary to stave off catastrophic effects of climate change. On the way there, Biden envisions a 100 percent “clean” power sector by… Read more →

Clean Energy