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Do We Really Need New Technology to Fight Climate Change?

Union of Concerned Scientists

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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Will renewable energy save us from climate change?

Global Green

Michael Moore’s last movie, Planet of the Humans , questions the reliability, affordability and sustainability of renewable energy. The thought-provoking film also highlights the renewables’ dependence on fossil fuels. What are the limitations of renewable technologies? the 25% of the total renewable energy share.

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Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. Hosts May 4 Webinar - Solar Schools: New Incentives Make Now The Best Time To Go Solar

PA Environment Daily

Speakers include-- -- Dave Althoff, Department of Environmental Protection -- Liz Robinson, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Solar Energy Association -- Roger Clark - Director of Sustainable Development Fund (retired) -- Ron Celentano - President of PA Storage and Solar Association The webinar is being held in partnership with the PA Solar Center (..)

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NYC Issues Proposed Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Loan Regulations

SPR Law

In late October 2020, the New York City Department of Finance issued proposed regulations to implement a Property Assessed Clean Energy (“PACE”) loan program in NYC to provide targeted loans with favorable terms to building owners for installation of systems designed to reduce energy use and carbon emissions.

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Sounding Green vs Being Green: How to finance sustainability?

HumanNature

The Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the UN Foundation in 2015 not only provide a guideline for an ideal future, but also illustrate the multi-pronged dilemma of emerging economies. Developing countries need renewable energy investments of about US$1.7 ” Energy Policy 140 (2020): 111428.

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Canada delivers on climate promise, takes significant step towards ending public fossil finance 

Enviromental Defense

Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [Ottawa, ON] – Today the Government of Canada released a plan to end new public finance for fossil fuels abroad and instead prioritize clean energy projects. Vanessa Corkal, Senior Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development.

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Why nuclear energy must be part of ‘net zero’ climate targets

Physics World

In it, we emphasize that nuclear is not only a low-carbon source of energy, but is also widely available, scalable and deployable. We therefore need to build new nuclear plants – alongside increased renewable-energy capacity – if we are to deliver efficient and affordable clean-energy systems and achieve our net-zero targets.