PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The General Assembly has yet to answer the question of how to help communities and workers caught in the market-driven transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. The auction of credits under the program is expected to generate an estimated $300 million annually to be invested in energy-related programs.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

But with the recent influx of government incentives for hydrogen production, new and improving production and storage technologies, and greater political will than ever before, H 2 ’s reputation is gaining favor. Hydrogen can be used for medium-to-long-term energy storage, heat and power generation, and transportation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

EPA : when it comes to prodding progress from coal- and gas-fired power plants, the nation’s second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, the agency is constrained, but it’s not out. And so it is with the immediate implications of West Virginia v. It was bad news all the way down.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

Under PACER, 70% of the revenue will be directed back to Pennsylvania residents as a rebate on their electric bill – more than any other cap-and-invest program in the nation – resulting in long-term, price relief on energy costs. Pennsylvania is 45th in the nation in terms of investing in clean energy sources like wind, solar, and hydropower.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2021

She said to address these challenges, she is inviting her Senate colleagues to co-sponsor legislation to invest the proceeds from the proposed Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) program. percent to the Energy Communities Trust Fund; -- 12.5 percent to the Energy Communities Trust Fund; -- 12.5 The science is clear.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 20, 2023

For the first time ever, the CER, an independent energy regulatory agency, has modelled a net-zero scenario in their Energy Futures 2023 report – and what they found is no surprise. Climate action in Canada needs to increase in pace and in its ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. aligned future.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Similarly, the province’s subsidy to Emerald—the owner of the garbage incinerator in Peel—in the name of clean energy and innovation is terrible double speak. Given the energy losses incurred in the production of hydrogen, it is always more efficient and cost-effective to use renewable energy directly than convert it to hydrogen.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

Section 60103 creates a “Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund” (GGRF), which the EPA Administrator can use to make grants for the deployment of zero-emission technologies, and to carry out other greenhouse gas emission reduction activities. The IRA allocates significant funding for both new and existing federal grant programs.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2023

Direct pay – which is already in effect as of January 1, 2023 – allows tax-exempt entities, including local governments, to claim the value of certain clean energy and other tax credits as a cash payment, rather than as an offset to tax liability that they do not have.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

With a new federal budget in the works, Finance Canada is currently developing two new investment tax credits – one for clean technology and one for hydrogen. They are useful tools for incentivizing things that we want more of – like renewable energy. That’s what the proposed clean energy tax credit does.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2023

With renewable energy, like solar and wind, becoming cheaper and easier to scale up, there has never been a better moment for governments to transition away from the fossil fuel industry and its destructive impacts on the environment, the climate and communities. In short, past Energy Futures have modelled climate failure.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

To decarbonize our energy system, electrify transportation and buildings, and drastically reduce our contribution to climate change, we’ll need to develop and deploy significant wind, solar, and other renewable energy generating facilities as quickly as possible. One in particular is the state of our electric grid.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The number of supporters on this letter demonstrates the strength and breadth of public support for eschewing the Commonwealth's dependence on fossil fuels and for prioritizing an equitable transition to an economy fueled by clean energy and energy efficiency innovation.

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Environmental Leader

JUNE 24, 2022

The post Nestlé Has Cut Greenhouse Gases by 4 Million Tons Since 2018. appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Nestlé is well along the path to ensuring that 800 sites in 187 countries are totally green by 2025.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 18, 2023

With the growing urgency to address climate change, governments and companies are developing “net-zero” strategies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Credible climate action plans must prioritize expansion of clean energy sources (wind, solar, electric vehicles), which are cheaper and more efficient than their fossil fuel counterparts.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While EVs already result in less greenhouse gas emissions than the gasoline alternative, using these recycled materials substantially lowers impacts associated with material sourcing. Technologies are advancing and several new recycling companies state a 95% material recovery rate.

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Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

Boyd is recognized as one of the country’s leading energy and environmental law scholars and has written pathbreaking articles on public utilities, risk regulation, forestry, and the role of science and technology in environmental law. Boyd also leads the Ph.D. Through the project, Prof.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Already greenhouse gas emissions from Ontario’s gas plants are set to increase by almost 400 per cent by 2030 and by more than 600 per cent by 2040 (compared to the 2017 level). But if we don’t have a clean electricity supply, then we aren’t actually decreasing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Utilities were famously set in their ways, using nineteenth century technologies to produce and deliver their products. Energy law is a hot topic. Energy use accounts for the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions. These facts make energy law central to one of the biggest issues now facing humanity. Climate change.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This refers to the balance between the amount of greenhouse gases produced and the amount removed from the atmosphere – with net zero meaning that there are no net greenhouse emissions from the entire energy system. The post Why nuclear energy must be part of ‘net zero’ climate targets appeared first on Physics World.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

A report commissioned by the Ontario Power Authority (now the Independent Electricity System Operator) identified 64 potential offshore wind power sites in the Great Lakes that could produce nearly 35,000 MW of electricity which is 50 per cent more than our current energy demand. As the U.S. And without the pollution that gas plants cause.

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Cresforum

MARCH 10, 2022

In the Unites States’ march to transition to clean energy and reduce greenhouse gasses, resilience may be the most important word to summarize 2021. Nine months after the pandemic first upended lives and the economy, the market fundamentals for clean energy looked unstoppable. gigawatts in 2020. power generated.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Under Governor Wolf, we’ve accelerated and expanded work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to equip Pennsylvania’s communities, businesses, and individual residents to address climate change impacts occurring now and projected for the near future. Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas emissions are tracked yearly.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. By Rejimon Kuttappan Along with a major expansion of renewable energy, India is also pushing for big increases in its coal production, casting doubt on its climate commitments.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

However, make no mistake: Technological advancement did not create the production boom by itself. Likewise, pipeline giant Williams Companies now refers to its gas projects as “clean energy” projects. Methane is also a fast-acting greenhouse gas in terms of its impact on the climate.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2022

This mandate will be the first of its kind for a Japanese municipality and will require about 50 major builders to equip homes of up to 2,000 square metres (m2) with renewable energy technologies, mainly solar power. Poor solar uptake.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 20, 2023

As the business world grapples with demands to combat climate change, the role of commercial buildings in reducing greenhouse gas emissions has come into sharp focus. These assessments are repaid over a predetermined period, typically ranging from 10 to 25 years, as a separate line item on the property tax bill.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

Read Lisa DePaoli’s full testimony here.] "Developers are being allowed to move forward with hydrogen and carbon capture and sequestration proposals before gaining the necessary experience and understanding of the technology and its infrastructure," said Katie Jones, Ohio River Valley Coordinator with FracTracker Alliance.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

Transport accounts for about 13% of Kenya’s greenhouse gas emissions. We selected BYD because they are the largest manufacturer of electric buses globally and they are known for battery technology that is state-of-the-art,” BasiGo co-founder and CEO Jit Bhattacharya told China Dialogue. Kenya is targeting 100% clean energy use by 2030.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The Treasury Department’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) provides definitions of key terms in the statute, including lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, qualified clean hydrogen, and qualified clean hydrogen production facility. Read more here.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 31, 2022

But carbon capture is not a climate solution – its use in the energy sector only serves to prolong our dependence on fossil fuels. Oil and gas companies know these are dead-end technologies which won’t make a dent in emissions, but are using them anyway to delay the clean energy transition and wring out even more subsidies. .

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 30, 2022

First-ever compilation of Canadian data on public subsidies for carbon capture technology documents billions in funding, but meager climate results . Carbon capture is not a climate solution – its use in the energy sector only serves to prolong our dependence on fossil fuels,” says Julia Levin.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 25, 2016

As detailed in the RGGI investment plan , these funds are typically used to support energy efficiency and renewable energy programs in New York State. Most of the carbon allowances are auctioned and the proceeds of those auctions are typically used to promote energy conservation and renewable energy programs.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

However, the energy aspect is not excluded, as JTF’s investments can also be channelled towards the deployment of technologies and infrastructures for affordable clean energy, greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reduction, energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

To avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, it’s crucial that we shift energy production away from the unsustainable fossil fuels that cause climate change and towards those that release little to no greenhouse gases (GHG), such as solar and wind power. Clean energy is key to national security. degrees Celsius.

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Law and Environment

MAY 12, 2023

Fossil power plants could offset emissions by investing in new natural gas and renewable energy generation sources. One key difference between this rule and the Clean Power Plan, though, is that the proposed BSERs are mainly technology that is deployed within plants themselves. Emphasis added.]

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

We believe we must take a science-based approach and prioritize policies and technologies that enable us to liberate nature and elevate humanity. The Regulation requires the use of “best” technologies and standards for existing and future nuclear energy applications as opposed to accepted and appropriate technologies and standards.

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