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2024 Year in Review: Clean Energy Progress Steeped in Solar and Storage

Union of Concerned Scientists

The end of every year is a great time for taking stock of what the year has broughtincluding in terms of clean energy in the power sector. As it turns out, 2024 has provided a whole lot of clean energy progress as fodder for that stock-taking. 2024s growth was led by Texas, Florida, and California.

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A Framework for Equitable Climate Infrastructure Investments

Legal Planet

Achieving climate goals requires significant investments in clean energy, transportation, and other climate technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and remove carbon from the atmosphere. The report develops thematic policy recommendations for local project planners to employ these tools to realize equitable outcomes.

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New Poll: More than Half of Canadians Support Government Action to Phase Out Fossil Fuels and Prioritize Renewable Energy

Enviromental Defense

Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People The majority of Canadians want to see governments in Canada tackle the climate crisis by prioritizing renewable energy and phasing out fossil fuels, according to a poll commissioned by Environmental Defence and conducted by Abacus Data.

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How China Made an Antarctic Station Run on Majority Clean Energy

Scientific American

Members of China’s 41st Antarctic expedition team Five years ago electrical engineer Sun Hongbin was given what many would consider an impossible task: build a full-fledged clean-energy system amid some of the coldest temperatures on Earth, screaming winds and half-year darkness. I think its remarkable.”

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Guest Essay: Geothermal Might Have The Answer For Pennsylvania's Clean Energy Needs

PA Environment Daily

And how can we provide job opportunities for the tremendously skilled workers in traditional energy domains while also training the workers we need to accelerate emerging technologies? In fact, pursuing more climate-forward energy policies can be an opportunity to do right by our neighbors working in Pennsylvanias oil and gas fields.

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DEP Shared Energy Manager Program Accepting Applications For Energy Assessment, Renewable Energy, Energy Conservation Work With Local Governments, School Districts

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection is still accepting applications for the Shared Energy Manager Program to help local governments, authorities and school districts reduce energy costs, consider renewable energy alternatives and implement local climate action plans. Click Here for presentation slides.

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The Ontario government’s attack on the federal Clean Electricity Regulations is hurting Ontarians while slowing down Canada’s climate efforts

Enviromental Defense

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – We are disappointed to see the Ontario government make unsupported claims about the proposed federal clean electricity regulations. Ontario is going the wrong way when it comes to clean electricity.