PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2022

By Adrienne Berard, Penn State News A breakthrough in electric vehicle battery design has enabled a 10-minute charge time for a typical Electric Vehicle battery. Historically, they have relied on external, bulky heating and cooling systems to regulate battery temperature, which respond slowly and waste a lot of energy, Wang said.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

For example, they may need to choose between cooling down with their windows open at night or breathing polluted air, as residents often don’t have air conditioners or the economic capacity to pay for higher electricity bills. Annual average PM2.5 and ozone concentrations highlighting air quality issues in the Central Valley.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Cooling ice rinks. For the first time at any Olympics, China is using CO2, collected from industrial waste gases, to cool ice rinks in its four ice sports venues. China also claims that all the venues will be fully powered by electricity from wind farms in the neighbouring Hebei province through a 666 km ultra-high voltage grid.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Nearly a third of our current carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions come from burning fossil gas for electricity, home heating and other uses! food waste) for hard to decarbonize sectors like aviation and heavy industry. BONUS – COOL TECH ALERT! Find out more here: EV Batteries and Ontario’s Electricity System.

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Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Electricity Air Pollution 116

Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 24, 2023

His viewpoint is based on facts such as the exponential growth of renewable energy sources (something I blogged about recently ) as well as the increase in sales of electric cars. Simply switching from fossil fuels to renewables for our electricity and converting our fossil fuels cars to electric ones won’t cut it.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Rather than using treated wastewater to cool the steam the Allen plant uses to make electricity, as other plants have done, the TVA continues to tap into the source of Memphis’s drinking water. While of course I am a happy consumer of electricity, I feel that the TVA should be investing in renewable energy,” says Klein.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

24-26 At Shale Insight Conference -- PA Resources Council, Partners Host 3 Electronic Waste Collection Events In Delaware, Montgomery Counties Starting Sept. -- National Museum Of Industrial History Hosts Immersive VR Experiences On Industrial History For Lehigh Watershed Explorers Starting Sept. 26 [PaEN] -- Still Time To Register!

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 7, 2022

Organic waste sent to landfills emits CH4. Additionally, indirect emissions from electricity use by homes and businesses increased from 1990 to 2007 but have decreased since then to approximately 10% below 1990 levels in 2020. Homes and commercial buildings use large amounts of energy for heating, cooling, lighting, and otherwise.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

Includes wood, wood waste, wood liquors, peat, railroad ties, wood sludge, spent sulfite liquors, agricultural waste, straw, tires, fish oils, tall oil, sludge waste, waste alcohol, municipal solid waste, landfill gases, other waste, and ethanol blended into motor gasoline.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 30, 2024

SMRs are nuclear reactors that are “small” (defined as 300 megawatts of electrical power or less), can be largely assembled in a centralized facility, and would be installed in a modular fashion at power generation sites. What are SMRs? Some proposed SMRs are so tiny (20 megawatts or less) that they are called “micro” reactors.

Nuclear Power 363

Nuclear Power Electricity Waste Cooling 363

Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Back in November, I had argued that solar photovoltaic panels and energy storage solutions were a better alternative to generate electricity for Ukrainian hospitals. Whether it’s 5, 10 or 15% of total energy, there will be wasted energy to be found and slashed. This technology can heat both buildings and domestic hot water.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2023

Third Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation - Donate To Your Favorite Team By June 19 [PaEN] -- DEP/EPA AirNOW Forecasts Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day Friday, June 9 Across PA -- TribLive: Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert Issued For Region -- PA Capital-Star - John Micek: What The Wildfires Teach Us - We Might Not Survive Our Own Climate Foolishness, (..)

Natural Gas 88

Natural Gas Nuclear Power 2026 Conservation 88

Physics World

APRIL 30, 2021

The images, obtained by researchers in France and Austria, reveal the presence of infrared photon-like excitations known as surface phonon polaritons near the cube’s surface – a phenomenon that might be exploited to convey waste heat away from nanoelectronic components and so cool them down.

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Cooling Waste Electricity Technology 106

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Natural gas cryogenic plants take natural gas and cool it to sub-zero temperatures-- minus 120 degrees Fahrenheit-- in order to condense and separate out liquids like butane, ethane and propane from the gas. on Christmas morning in Smith Township, Washington County.

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Natural Gas Cooling Environmental Protection Waste 96

Columbia Climate Law

JULY 9, 2015

Recently, two competing plans to reform California’s four-tier electricity rate structure of the three investor-owned utilities (IOUs) [1] have emerged from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Under the current tariff system, customers who use more electricity are charged significantly higher rates per kilowatt-hour (kWh). [4]

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Electricity 2015 Solar Power Renewable Energy 40

Frontiers

JUNE 26, 2023

Credit: Frontiers Sustainable computing and net-zero energy centers Data centers, which account for an estimated 1% of global electricity consumption, are a growing contributor to the worsening environmental crisis.

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A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2023

A woman pours water over her head to cool off during soaring temperatures in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 11 April 2023. The state has plans to generate 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, which is too little, too late. It is now cheaper to generate electricity from solar energy than from coal-based thermal plants.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Electricity Renewable Energy 52

PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 3899 ) Waste Permits -- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC - Wastewater Storage Facility: DEP invites comments on an application it received for coverage under WMGR163 Residual Waste General Permit for a facility to be located in Franklin Twp., Lycoming County. ( Bradford County. ( Delaware County. ( Bradford County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

Firstly, it removes solid fish waste from the system, thus eliminating waste buildup in the grow beds. Secondly, it enables growers to decide whether to run the system either aquaponically, using liquid waste from the fish, or hydroponically through nutrient dosing. Decoupling offers two significant advantages.

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2023 Conservation Electricity 2022 106

Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

To start, we collectively need to end the utter waste (of energy, food, clothes, space in our cities, fertile soil in our countryside) that have been front and center of our societies for the past few decades. Solar and wind are already replacing coal and fossil gas for electricity generation.

Fossil Fuels 52

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation. The cooling down process, however, took a month and the radioactive plant would take years to decontaminate. We lost cooling in the reactor, but it’s okay now.

Nuclear Power 119

Nuclear Power Radiation Cooling Regulations 119

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 423 ) Waste Permits -- Shawmut Grade PW Facility: DEP invites comments on application for WMGR163 General Permit for processing oil and gas liquid residual waste in Sergeant Twp., . - Lauer Pad 1: DEP received Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with diesel fuel in Springville Twp., Susquehanna County. (

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Natural Gas Waste Cooling 2023 52

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Lighting, refrigeration, ventilation, and cooling systems contribute to a building’s energy consumption. ESPM also allows you to track water use, waste disposal, and greenhouse gas emissions in your buildings. When it comes to saving energy, understanding where and when it is being used can be a game changer. According to the U.S.

Clean Energy 59

Clean Energy Greenhouse Cooling Waste 59

Vermont Law

JUNE 29, 2015

It is widely known that there have been problems with nuclear energy and waste, and the energy costs of mining uranium in terms of overall emissions. The Southwest Nuclear Project Electric Generating Station (SNPEGS) near Bay City, TX is right along the Colorado River and uses water from the river to power each unit and cool the reactors.

Cooling 53

Cooling Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels 2006 53

Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Regulation sets a deadline on the operation of final disposal facilities for radioactive waste. For existing nuclear nations, appropriate plans for waste management already exist because they are required by relevant EU law and international guidance. This makes the condition impractical.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Regulations Waste Technology 52

A Greener Life

JUNE 13, 2024

It expects to save the equivalent of 13,000 tonnes in emissions by avoiding the use of diesel, as compared to the 2012 London Olympics, during which four million litres of it were burned for electricity. The Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 also had a 100% renewable energy policy. million people to 1.58

Carbon Emissions 52

Carbon Emissions 2024 Renewable Energy 2012 52

Onya

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Look for ways to keep your home cool in the summer without an air conditioner. Switch to an electric or hybrid vehicle. Don’t waste food. energy audit to identify where you can make the most energy-saving gains. Move yourself in a more climate-friendly way. Take public transit. Eat in a more climate-friendly way.

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2003 Carbon Emissions Cooling 2030 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Solar panels generated almost 4 percent of electricity in the US in 2021, up from less than 1 percent in 2015. In some places that number is much higher; for example, 17% of California’s electricity generation came from solar in 2021. Even more encouraging, by 2030, the solar industry aims to generate nearly a third of US electricity.

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Carbon Monoxide Electricity Carbon Dioxide Renewable Energy 293

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

Natural gas cryogenic plants take natural gas and cool it to sub-zero temperatures-- minus 120 degrees Fahrenheit-- in order to condense and separate out liquids like butane, ethane and propane from the gas. Washington County [PaEN] -- Robinson Twp., 27 Released 1.1 Washington County [PaEN] -- Robinson Twp., 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

Natural Gas 98

Natural Gas 2022 2012 Environmental Protection 98

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

A second, much saltier stream is produced in the process, called waste concentrate or brine. Others are more cautious, arguing the technology is new and expensive, which results in wasteful upfront spending, legacy grey infrastructure, and shortsighted profit margins. waste streams. population growth. environmental impacts.

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Ocean 2015 Cooling 2012 40

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2021

million kilowatt hours of electricity from solar energy. The academy installed 1,080 solar panels that generate a half megawatt of electricity, providing a third of the power for the facility and 100 percent of the power to run AgWorks. An 806-panel solar array was installed that provides 300,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually.

2021 56

2021 Air Pollution Recycling Conservation 56

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Further, the going price of gas can be volatile and generally tracks very closely with US wholesale electricity prices, since the country grew so over-reliant on gas power plants throughout the 2010s. Last year, for the first time ever, US renewable electricity generation surpassed coal-fired electricity generation.

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Fossil Fuels Electricity 2014 Climate Change 219

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2022

Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation. The cooling down process, however, took a month and the radioactive plant would take years to decontaminate. We lost cooling in the reactor, but it’s okay now.

Nuclear Power 52

Nuclear Power Radiation Cooling Natural Gas 52

A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

It could then explore local heating systems, using waste heat from factories and power plants rather than building new boilers. Wind and solar power can provide green electricity for those facilities, while the low local temperatures can help with cooling requirements. Power importers are likely to prefer green power.

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Renewable Energy Government 2015 2019 85

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2022

The trees planted along residential streets and throughout the downtown business district also provide an urban canopy which cools the natural environment and limits the “heat island” effect. The trees planted by Pottstown Trees, Inc. capture an estimated 72 tons of carbon each year.

2022 82

2022 Recycling 2020 Nitrogen Oxides 82

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Waste Separation Facility $2,137,670 Grazing and Pasture Pasture and Hay Planting $30,093,271 $57,056,074 4.5% Waste Separation Facility $2,137,670 Grazing and Pasture Pasture and Hay Planting $30,093,271 $57,056,074 4.5% Livestock Partnership Anaerobic Digester $1,806,244 $3,943,914 0.3% Grand Totals $381,524,784 30.1%

Conservation 59

Conservation 2022 Technology Technology 59

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 11, 2022

Continued fossil fuel energy dependence takes more money out of historically marginalized communities’ pockets, as the costs of heating, cooling, and gasoline are a larger portion of their household budgets (for low-income households, the national average energy burden for electricity and gas alone is 8.1

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