Mon.Feb 12, 2024

article thumbnail

How Brown is Brown Enough? An Update on the IRA ITC Adder for Brownfield Sites

Law and Environment

Since enactment, the IRS has issued three guidance documents concerning the definition of an “energy community”, IRS Notice 2023-29 , IRS Notice 2023-45 , and IRS Notice 2023-47. While these guidance documents included a range of useful information, most importantly they provided a number of “safe harbors”.

article thumbnail

European Parliament and Council Reach Political Agreement on Right to Repair Directive

Clean Energy Law

The directive was proposed in March 2023 by the European Commission [1] (Commission), seeking to deliver on environmental targets outlined in the European Green Deal, specifically regarding sustainable consumption and the circular economy.

Politics 130
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

CFA, Dept. Of Education To Begin Accepting Applications For 2 Grant Programs To Help Public Schools Make Environmental Repairs, Improvements

PA Environment Daily

CFA-DCED The 2023-24 budget also earmarked $100 million for the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Public School Facility Improvement Grant Program , which provides grants for heating and air conditioning upgrades, window replacement, lead and asbestos abatement, and other improvement projects for eligible schools.

2024 76
article thumbnail

EPA Objects To Allegheny County's Air Quality Permit For The US Steel Edgar Thomson Plant

PA Environment Daily

On February 12, environmental groups announced the US Environmental Protection Agency formally objected to an air quality permit for the US Steel Edgar Thomson Plant issued by the Allegheny County Health Department in August 2023 saying it was not in compliance with the Clean Air Act. Steel Edgar Thomson by ACHD.

article thumbnail

Implementing D.E.J.I. Strategies in Energy, Environment, and Transportation

Speaker: Antoine M. Thompson, Executive Director of the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition

May 23rd, 2023 at 9:30 am PDT, 12:30 pm EDT, 5:30 pm BST Save your seat today!

article thumbnail

How Go Commerical Thin Project is Complete

Washington Nature

by Herman Flamenco, conservation forester The How Go Commercial Thin Project began in June of 2021 on Cle Elum Ridge and officially wrapped up in September of 2023. There were a few cool things that came about from this project. One was that some of the wood from this project was used to build the Portland Airport's new wood roof.

Cooling 98
article thumbnail

A New Strategic Plan for California Offshore Wind

Legal Planet

In 2023, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), held the state’s first offshore wind auction, auctioning off five leases in Central and Northern California. [1] After AB 525 was signed into law, the CEC set offshore wind state planning goals in 2022 (2 to 5 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 and 25 GW by 2045).

Ocean 162