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

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Minnesota needs substantial investments now to build toward an equitable clean energy future. The bad news is, they have to find a compromise between two vastly different clean energy bills—by Monday. With such a wide gulf to cross, Minnesota could miss another opportunity to advance many key clean energy programs.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The United States supports Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) partners in meeting their clean energy goals. Over the last two decades, energy demand in Southeast Asia increased by an average of 3% annually, according to the International Energy Agency’s Southeast Asia Energy Outlook 2022.

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Cresforum

MARCH 13, 2024

In the ever-evolving world of renewable energy, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) emerged as a piece of legislation aimed at accelerating the adoption of clean energy practices have become a point of contention among political parties. As Wills said, “We all want the benefits of clean energy, and we all want clean power.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is chock-full of tax incentives for climate and clean energy projects. history during which entities that do not have federal tax liability – including local and state governments and agencies, nonprofit organizations, tribes and municipal utilities – can reap the benefit of these incentives.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 1, 2023

To no one’s surprise it contained zero funding to address climate change – not even for clean energy – which the document referred to multiple times. The current government acts like it’s somehow responsible for this feat. The current government acts like it’s somehow responsible for this feat.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 31, 2022

Rather, strong investments in clean energy, energy-efficient homes, and programs supporting energy-insecure households—coupled with stronger utility oversight—all could start to provide rapid relief directly to families who are feeling the pinch from elevated energy and heating bills. that collect shutoff data.

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 18, 2024

Green , and James Bee On 17 January 2024, the government launched the Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy (the strategy), which aims to safeguard UK supplies of goods including medicine, minerals, and semiconductors. Davies , Michael D. What Is a Critical Import? Latham & Watkins will continue to monitor developments in this area.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2021

Yet one of the key findings of “A People-Centered Clean Energy Transition,” a new report co-authored by an advisory committee—of which I am a member—and the Union of Concerned Scientists, is the centrality of the electricity system in creating an equitable clean energy future.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The US government is also committed to bolstering domestic recycling. Since 2019, the Department of Energy’s ReCell Center has been researching effective and affordable battery recycling technology. The same goes for the energy storage battery supply chain. Source: Courtesy of Li-Cycle. Source: NREL/Flickr.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 1, 2024

Read the full story from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) has ambitious plans to make local progress toward California’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2045.

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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.

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Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Green , and James Bee On 18 December 2023, the UK government announced a proposal for a new carbon border adjustment mechanism (UK CBAM). The government intends the UK CBAM to work alongside the UK ETS to mitigate the risk of carbon leakage. Davies , Michael D.

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Law and Environment

JULY 1, 2022

The decision focuses on EPA’s authority under a specific section of the Clean Air Act. But a closer read suggests more sweeping, longer-term implications for incentivizing the development of clean energy projects nationwide. What does this mean for clean energy projects? What is the case about? .

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Cresforum

DECEMBER 21, 2023

It’s time for the United States to expand its energy infrastructure, but due to regulatory barriers imposed by both federal and state governments, many companies are being forced to delay projects that would help advance the clean energy transition. Watch the full discussion here.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Department of Energy announced on Feb. 27 the availability of about $18 million for local and tribal governments to pursue a broad range of clean energy projects.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 30, 2022

The combination of offshore wind turbines, floating solar panels and green hydrogen are some of the hybrid clean energy technologies currently under development off the Dutch coast. . The low-lying European country is using its expertise in water engineering to build up its next wave of clean energy infrastructure.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The 2021 City Clean Energy Scorecard analyzes the efforts of 100 major U.S. cities to make buildings and transportation more energy efficient and scale up the use of renewable energy—and do so equitably. Read more →

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 24, 2021

They suggest the only thing that will lead to enough of a change of direction would be an unmistakable signal of ambition and action when governments meet in Glasgow in a few weeks time. It further explores what the pledges to reduce emissions made by governments so far mean for the energy sector and the climate. degree C world.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2024

Soon after, García put her experience and her education into action, joining a consultant group that helped the Colombian government evaluate what policies could support the large-scale deployment of renewables for the country. “We are trying to halt a suicide, the death of everything that is alive.”

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 17, 2022

Government agencies are tasked with setting policies to reduce the impacts of climate change. The latest State of Climate Tech report says these startups saw a … Continue reading MN’s clean-energy tech enters the Shark Tank. Read the full story from Public News Service.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Join the Pennsylvania Solar Center and a panel of experts to learn more about Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) on November 17 starting at Noon for an opportunity to learn more about how Pennsylvania boroughs are advancing clean energy in their communities. Click Here to register and for more information.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Besides addressing grid reliability, grid planners need to factor them in when considering what energy sources should be used to power the grid. VY: Clean energy sources will be absolutely pivotal for an equitable and reliable grid. How can we make sure the decisionmaking process for a clean grid transition is equitable?

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Environmental Law Centre

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Since 2018, Alberta has had legislation which supports PACE programming via the Clean Energy Improvements Regulation (CEIP Regulation) and amendments to the Municipal Government Act (MGA).[1] 1] The amendments to the.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen Tenders for 250 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy by 2028 are set to be unveiled by the Indian government, according to a government memo. Photo credit: Reuters / Amit Dave. The fast-growing Asian economic powerhouse is predicted to overtake China as the world’s most populous country in the coming years.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to address a distinguished group of researchers, scientists, government officials, and industry professionals at the 14th biennial Wind Wildlife Research Meeting alongside the U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 22, 2023

Local governments often use property-assessed clean energy programs to help fund climate efforts, a recent Brookings Institution report found. Read the full story at Utility Dive. Taxes and emerging strategies like local financing authorities and funding partnerships are less common, it states.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 24, 2023

If applied with integrity, these new rules for government spending will effectively shut the door on the creation of new handouts of public money to the companies most responsible for the climate disasters being experienced today – and free up billions for climate solutions. With mounting climate disasters, there is no room for delay.

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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.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In the final days of 2023, the Ontario Energy Board released a decision that is good for the climate and reduces energy costs for existing gas users and new home buyers. Some 15 hours later, the Government of Ontario threatened to pass legislation that would reverse that decision.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 13, 2022

We already have so many of the foundational technological building blocks of the clean energy transition at hand: renewables, energy efficiency, energy storage, and pathways to electrifying a vast array of energy end uses. Now we need to rapidly accelerate the clean energy momentum already underway.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

With that commitment, Pennsylvania is leading the nation in getting energy from renewable resources that include solar and wind power, beating out states traditionally known for clean energy like California and Texas.

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Cresforum

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Our innovation engine is made up of the government, providing guidance and support; the research community and academia, seeking new discoveries and building the knowledge base; the private sector, bringing those discoveries to the market in new and useful ways. The report informed much of the discussion from the webinar’s speakers.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Conventional pollution controls would have been seen as transition measures until the shift to clean energy, so the Clean Air Act would have been written differently. We would have started pumping money into renewable energy research. And we would have created incentives for clean energy sources.

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Cresforum

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Our innovation engine is made up of the government, providing guidance and support; the research community and academia, seeking new discoveries and building the knowledge base; the private sector, bringing those discoveries to the market in new and useful ways. The report informed much of the discussion from the webinar’s speakers.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2021

The PA Conservative Energy Forum will host a number of events to help celebrate National Clean Energy Week and educate policymakers and consumers about clean energy solutions through the fall. The events include-- -- August 26: Ely Farm in Newtown, Bucks County uses solar energy to sustain itself.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Hydrogen has been billed as the clean energy of the future by governments worldwide, including in the United States, Europe, Australia and Japan. Read the full story in the Washington Post.

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