Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The wind is in our sails on the voyage towards a clean energy future. Wind energy is currently the largest renewable energy source in the US, and the industry is growing fast. The World Bank predicts that the demand for neodymium for energy technologies in 2050 will be 37% of total 2018 neodymium production.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Read the full story at Recycling Today. Nth Cycle, a metal processing and recycling technology company based in Boston, has been awarded a $250,000 grant by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) through its InnovateMass program. Read more →

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Environmental Leader

JULY 30, 2021

Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $127 million to small businesses working on clean energy technology, representing a total of 110 projects in 26 states. Funding is provided by DOE’s science and energy program offices, the Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, and the Office of Environmental Management.

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Environmental Leader

JULY 5, 2022

As Starbucks has grown into one of the world’s premier coffee stores, it has been challenged to deal with its carbon footprint, waste, and recycling. The post Starbucks Runs 66% of its Stores Globally With Clean Energy. The Goal is 100% appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. How is it doing?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

While today’s carbon fiber and fiberglass require lots of energ y to produce and are hard to recycle , incorporating more bio-materials into their composites and developing new recycling technologies can reduce their footprint. Can wind turbine blades be recycled? Source: ShellASP/Wikimedia Commons.

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Brag

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Department of Energy (DOE) announced the availability of $54 million in seed funding for U.S. small businesses to research, develop, and create commercialization action plans for new technologies that accelerate the national transition to a clean energy economy. million in follow-on funding.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 18, 2024

Reaching the Paris agreement goals would require a quadrupling of mineral requirements for clean energy technologies by 2040,” he said. “To and China signed 9 key climate agreements to accelerate clean energy in those two countries—agreements that ultimately paved the way for the Paris agreement.

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Cresforum

JANUARY 30, 2024

The source of these critical minerals and how they are used, recycled, and reused was top of mind for the panelists during their discussion. Some key issues impacting our capacity to scale up clean energy include the permitting process, sourcing of our materials, and creating a recycling process.

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Environmental Leader

JULY 30, 2021

Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $127 million to small businesses working on clean energy technology, representing a total of 110 projects in 26 states. Funding is provided by DOE’s science and energy program offices, the Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, and the Office of Environmental Management.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2022

However, with growing demand comes the dark side of plastic consumption — millions of tons of non-recyclable plastic waste. Together, these plastic types make up approximately 85% of single-use volume, according to the EPA , and only about 12% of this material is recycled and 16% is burnt with municipal trash. president and CEO.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

What secret weapon is a critical enabler of this dramatic energy transition? A 1 megawatt vanadium flow battery (a different technology from lithium-ion, but also used for energy storage) is in Pullman, Washington, built by UniEnergy Technologies and owned by Avista Utilities. Batteries help store surplus energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Some auto manufacturers are joining forces with battery technology companies in joint ventures to build new domestic battery manufacturing facilities. But to take full advantage, we need to continue to bolster US EV battery production, manufacturing, and recycling , much of which currently is occurring outside the US.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition. When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. And 70% of the copper used in batteries is already recycled.

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Brag

DECEMBER 21, 2021

On December 8, 2021, President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability. The EO calls for the federal government to achieve a carbon pollution-free electricity sector by 2035 and net-zero emissions economy-wide by no later than 2050.

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Law and Environment

MAY 23, 2023

Those policies invest significantly in developing clean hydrogen at scale. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (“BIL”) appropriated $1 billion for a Clean Hydrogen Electrolysis program, $500 million for clean hydrogen manufacturing and recycling research and development, and $8 billion for a Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 18, 2022

A transition to 100% clean energy is an urgent priority worldwide to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change and preserve a livable planet. By 2050, in a 100% renewable energy scenario that assumes current solar technology and current recycling rates, solar power’s demand for silver could be more than 50% of world reserves.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

This would require growth rates in the range of 43 to 90 GW per year for solar and 70 to 145 GW per year for wind by the end of the decade, which would mean more than quadrupling the current annual deployment rates for each technology. EIA also projects US battery storage capacity to more than double in 2023. times current levels by 2035.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

They are big opportunities for achieving a 100 percent clean energy future. While almost all this US wind power currently comes from land-based (“onshore”) wind turbines, the Biden administration is aiming to reach 30 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030, and 15 GW from floating offshore wind technology by 2035. Here’s How.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 24, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen President Biden used Earth Day to ramp up his administrations commitment on tackling climate change, protecting the environment and investing in clean energy technologies. Biden said: “I will put tens of thousands of young people to work at the forefront of our climate resilience and clean energy future.”

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2022

By replacing older polluting engines and equipment with new technologies, funded projects remove nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and hydrocarbon pollution from the air. “This comprehensive approach to reducing vehicle emissions will help improve Pennsylvanians’ health while also helping to slow climate change.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 19, 2022

There are two types of solar technology for electricity generation. Another technology, concentrating solar power (CSP) , uses the sun’s heat instead. That technology accounts for 84% of US solar panels , according to the US Department of Energy. Solar Panels Should Be Reused and Recycled. Here’s How.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

For more than two decades, the Koch network has been diligently spreading disinformation to sabotage efforts to transition to a clean energy economy, more often than not by attacking proposed climate policies on economic grounds. Investing in Clean Energy While Trashing It. Decades of Disinformation.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 6, 2024

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Mining proponents maintain that seabed minerals must be mined to support clean-energy technologies, but a report by Planet Tracker casts doubt on this claim. The ocean plastics crisis serves as a potent reminder that the recycling of materials we are already using should be prioritized over the production of virgin materials.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

But solar’s growth, especially in large arrays, has made it much more visible in communities and landscapes across the country, sparking a lot of conversations about land use, technology options, community engagement, and how best to site the many more megawatts of solar we need. Solar Panels Should Be Reused and Recycled. Here’s How.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

To meet these goals, the state is facilitating burgeoning carbon capture and sequestration (or storage) (CCS) technologies that capture carbon from point sources to store, as well as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which removes carbon from the atmosphere. Clean Energy.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

17 to 23 -- 7 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Defective Casing From 2018; Mariner Pipeline Drilling Mud Breakout; Additional Shell Air Penalties; Water Supply Investigation Protect PT Hosts Feb. 27 Online Lunch & Learn With Laurie Barr About Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Pays Additional $2,671,044.75

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2022

This requires accelerating the energy transition to clean and renewable sources in a way that is equitable. An equitable energy transition must expand access to clean energy technologies and expand decision-making to include environmental justice and communities that rely on fossil fuels while phasing out coal and gas plants.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

23 Webinar On Solar Energy For Municipalities And Water Authorities [PaEN] -- WHYY - Susan Phillips: An Artist Who Grew Up On The Streets Of Philadelphia Returns With An ‘Optimistic’ Climate Exhibit -- Natural Areas Association: Feb. 27 Webinar Creating An Assessment Method For PA Old-Growth Forests.

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Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Solar panels provide clean energy from the sun, and their prevalence as an energy source has been growing dramatically. Overall, more than 3% of electricity in the United States was produced using solar technologies in 2020. In 2020, solar panels provided about 40% of new U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 28, 2024

When announcing the hydrogen hubs, the department called this effort 'a critical arm of America's future clean energy economy,’” said Tom Torres, Hydrogen Campaign Coordinator with the Ohio River Valley Institute and author of the letter. Almost every speaker signed the letter calling for project suspension.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

GW Of Clean Energy In PA, 4 Other PJM States Saving $1 Billion A Year [PPL included] -- Penn State Hosts Feb. 21 On Rheems Quarry Expansion -- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Section 902 Act 101 Local Recycling Implementation Grants [PaEN] -- February 17 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available -- Agriculture Invests $5.8

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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. percent and energy use rebounded by only 4.3

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2021

As the nation’s largest producer of emissions-free energy, Exelon Corporation has a long history of leadership on climate change, having met – and exceeded -- three previous emissions reduction goals spanning both our generation company and utilities division dating back to 2005.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Passing the Build Back Better Act as well is essential to transitioning to the clean energy future that we will need if we are going to avoid the worst-case scenario impacts of climate change. We know we cannot stop here. But the IIJA will lay important groundwork and benefit our ocean and coastal communities.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2021

“Next-generation solar technologies bring the promise of even greater economic expansion to our strong and diverse energy portfolio. Clean and renewable energy jobs now account for the greatest portion of job growth in this sector, as illustrated by the 2020 E2 Clean Jobs Pennsylvania report. Quoting former U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

Awaits Zoning Approval -- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Time For Pennsylvania To Speed Up Transition To Clean Energy - By PennEnvironment -- Broad+Liberty Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Are Better Off For Having More Electricity Options - By John Hanger, Former DEP Secretary, PUC Commissioner -- DEP Awards $39.6 Received $6.19 Received $6.19

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