Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

CCS is a multi-billion dollar boondoggle that doesn’t come close to the hype, has significant safety risks, and is a substantial distraction from real climate solutions, such as building more renewable energy, increasing electricity transmission infrastructure, and developing and using storage technology. Want proof?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

With the clean energy transition already under way, the US electricity mix is set to continue changing this year. Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). I’ll start off with the good.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

By Leigh Hartman When Son Nguyen lived in the US, he saw rapidly advancing electric vehicle technology and heard stories from back in Vietnam about air pollution. The company sells electric motorbikes in Danang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and is exploring the reuse of electric batteries and how to power its factory with green energy.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

We all know that to successfully address climate change we need to phase out fossil fuels and switch to electric power. A s we transition our homes and vehicles to electric power, it’s imperative that the electricity sector be clean. Take Action: Tell Ontario to phase out polluting gas power.

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Earthava

APRIL 20, 2021

If we consider a home in an undeveloped region with no access to the electricity grid, solar panels are worth of million smiles with a sense of development and upbringing. For developed regions, solar panels are a sign of positive climate action and sustainability. Are Solar Panels Worth It?

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2023

Ontario recently announced it would contract new polluting gas plants to generate electricity for the province. This is outrageous, especially given that Ontario successfully phased out coal-fired power plants between 2005 and 2017 and brought down greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector by 93 per cent.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Standing in Dubai among ExxonMobil billboards that praise new technological solutions designed to keep oil and gas in play, it’s easy to see that major oil and gas companies are greenwashing , exaggerating their climate commitments and investments in clean energy. trillion or 6.8%

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

“Why pay for polluting energy from a dirty power plant hundreds of miles away when Pennsylvanians can just soak up the sun on our rooftops?” Small-scale solar energy, of which rooftop solar is the largest component - is growing rapidly in the United States, producing 10 times as much power in 2022 as a decade earlier.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 22, 2022

In the next two years, Bhutan plans to harness 300 megawatts of solar energy, Minister for Economic Affairs Lokhnath Sharma has told The Third Pole. The government has identified seven sites across the country to install solar farms, at a cost of around 21.6 Solar energy has become competitive.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Ontario recently re-contracted four gas-fired power plants to generate electricity for the province and appears poised to contract more in the near future. . Take Action: Tell Ontario To Stop Using Fossil Gas Power. Yes, Ontario needs new electricity generation. But there are loopholes.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2021

The installation of solar panels in Brazil is increasing amidst the water crisis. With fears of energy rationing and rising electricity bills, farmers and livestock breeders opt for sustainability and self-sufficiency. This brings with it the possibility of severe electricity rationing. photo credit: Björn Wylezich / Alamy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. However, make no mistake: Technological advancement did not create the production boom by itself. A smaller percentage of homes are heated by other sources, such as electricity or propane.)

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2023

By Fermín Koop New government plan says US$86 billion of spending needed to boost energy transition – while backing natural gas too. It has come at the end of the government’s term because it took time to get all the government areas aligned, such as environment and energy ministries.” billion of hydropower investments by 2030.

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A Greener Life

MAY 28, 2023

Solar panels on the rooftop and car park of a secondary school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Many such projects allow users to generate their own electricity and sell the surplus back to the grid. They are connected to the wider network with bi-directional meters that track electricity entering and leaving the grid.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 21, 2021

The IEA is the world’s foremost authority on energy, relied upon by governments and the private sector around the world. The most obvious high-level conclusion from the IEA research is that we need governments to act collectively on our behalf. So what do we need governments to do? This is a huge deal. Starting now.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2022

Solar is providing Pennsylvania schools with an array of opportunities as demonstrated by 100+ schools in Pennsylvania that are supplying up to 100% of their electricity with solar while integrating solar technology into STEM and career education.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A quick glance at the latest data from CARB shows there are three large and growing sources of credits: bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity. Bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity are the largest and fastest growing sources of LCFS credits in recent years. Officially CARB claims that the LCFS includes no offset program.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2021

By Harry Campbell, Science Policy & Advocacy Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA With continuing advances in technology and declining costs, large-scale solar projects are popping up all over the Commonwealth. According to Penn State Extension, trees are also “…without a doubt the best carbon capture technology in the world.”

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A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2023

I was a member of the team that wrote the latest climate report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) in March 2023, which was endorsed by 195 governments including India. What can governments, civil society, and we as individuals do to ensure a liveable future for our children?

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

By Kathy Cook, League of Women Voters of PA On May 25, 2021, a joint committee hearing on utility scale solar development was hosted by Pennsylvania’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Local Government Committees. Some counties in the PA Wilds have active proposals for solar fields going on old strip mine lands.

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A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

Hydrogen may have lost the race to fuel electric cars but it looks a likely contender to replace fossil fuels in trucks, ships, planes and heavy industry. The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. But otherwise, green hydrogen will usually lose out to electricity where the latter can do the job.

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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. Single projects can be hundreds of megawatts.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The region will need to change its industrial structure and energy mix to meet national carbon targets, requiring policy and financial support from central government. Energy authorities in Inner Mongolia are aiming to connect 50 gigawatts of renewable power to the grid by 2025. Power importers are likely to prefer green power.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

Last year, North Beaver Township passed an ordinance banning solar arrays on farms, so long as those solar arrays produce electricity that is transferred to the grid. Solar arrays, like the original wind and water-powered feed grinders (still in use in parts of Pennsylvania), are fueled by the elements.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2023

Danielle Friel Otten , the prime sponsor of House Bill 1467 , which would increase Pennsylvania’s renewable goals to 30% by 2030, enhance the solar carveout to 14% in-state solar, enable community solar, and expand opportunities for all solar markets.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 1, 2024

Others who intervened in support of the project were the local chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), the Ohio Environmental Council, and Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy. million of annual revenue to local government and schools. Code 4906.10(A). What Is Significant About the Siting Board’s Opinion?

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The event featured C-Suite executives from private and publicly traded companies sharing honest perspectives on achievements at their businesses--achievements that are building on the group’s Leading Forward priorities for a more resilient, equitable economy and advancing strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

But what you probably haven’t heard is that our grid is getting dirtier again, with fossil fuels increasing in our electricity supply from burning natural gas. That means carbon emissions from electricity in Ontario will be rising back up again after years of decline. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . Source: IESO [link].

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

And of course, economic, when there are economic crises or technological disruption. So technology enables mobility in multiple ways. And of course you should not expect governments gathered at COP26 to focus on adaptation because that’s explicitly not on the agenda. Is thinking about large scale resettlement.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable. 1] But recent power outages in Texas and California have poured cold water on these arguments. 1] But recent power outages in Texas and California have poured cold water on these arguments. But all else is not equal.

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Environment Blog

MARCH 25, 2020

Bill Gates hailed Bitcoin as a “technological tour de force” while Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, said that it “has the potential to do something like change the world.”. Mining rigs are powerful computers and are known to run hot. Even the latest iterations of these computers are still power-hungry.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 7, 2022

A letter from a bipartisan group of 22 US senators had expressed their “serious concern” about the investigation, and its effect on solar developers and ratepayers. What the federal government will do. It proposes to do that through three pieces: 1. Many lawmakers were equally enthusiastic.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. electrical grids were increasingly “complex and vulnerable.” [2] Shellenberger. 5] The U.S.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The mining company claims the spill was not toxic, while the Angolan government says it is still investigating the matter. _. Coal power, from mining to generation, is among the thirstiest and most polluting ways to produce electricity. But other low-carbon technologies do not tread as lightly. It is already 1.1

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Later in the hour, Tillerson told Rose that the federal government should end subsidies for renewable energy. “I Likewise, they understate the potential consequences, contend that we can easily adapt to them, and fight government efforts to curb carbon emissions and promote renewable energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Solar power is jetting us towards that goal. gigawatts (GW) of solar power, enough power to provide electricity for one third of the households in Los Angeles. The growth in solar power has been exponential in the past decade and isn’t stopping. By 2010, the US had installed 2.6

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2023

Here are 86 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- Water Resources Assn.

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