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DEP Releases 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update; 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report

PA Environment Daily

As of 2020, the three largest sources of emissions in Pennsylvania are: -- Electricity Generation (29% of gross emissions) -- Transportation Fuel Consumption (22% of gross emissions) -- Industrial Emissions (19% of gross emissions) Emissions from electricity generation decreased 10.4% from 2019 to 2020 and 44.4% from 2005 to 2020.

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2023 in Climate News

Inside Climate News

The push and pull of progress and catastrophe made 2023 one of the most discordant—and consequential—years for the world’s climate. By ICN Staff In 2023, clean energy progress and the horrors of a radically warming climate fought almost to a draw.

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152 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Million Grant To The Energy Innovation Center Institute In Pittsburgh [PaEN] -- WHYY: As Sea Levels Rise, Philly, Camden At Risk Of Being Inundated With Raw Sewage, Study Finds -- WHYY: Philadelphians Missing Out On Flood Insurance Discounts, The City Could Cash In Next Year -- Scranton Times: Scranton Nears $2.7

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

15] -- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Aug. PaEN] -- Citizens Voice: Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant To Test Emergency Sirens Thursday, Aug. [PaEN] -- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Will Release Results Of Shale Gas Development Health Impact Study On Aug. 17 -- PA Solar Center Hosts Aug.

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Michael Shellenberger talks with Nick O’Malley, National Editor of Climate and the Environment, Sydney Morning Herald

Environmental Progress

Just go on Google Maps, you can draw around a power plant, any power plant in the world, solar, wind, nuclear, gas, whatever, just draw around it. And then you have the power density calculation. I'm agnostic of whether cars will be hydrogen or electricity, but doesn't really matter. Nick: Yeah.

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The Trump War on Science: Daring blindness, Denying climate change, Destroying the EPA and other daily disasters

Science Blogs

Actual Scientists Say Sea-Level Rise Is A Threat To Tangier Island, Virginia. San Diego commits to 100% clean electricity. . Myths and facts to know ahead of Rick Perry's study on the electrical grid and renewable energy. Energy Department Scientists Barred From Attending Nuclear Power Conference.

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Quo Vadis Indus Water Treaty?

Circle of Blue

Another major issue is that in 1960, concerns like climate change, heatwaves, glacier melt, and sea level rise were not considered in the Treaty. These extreme temperatures have caused a surge in electricity demand for air conditioning and other forms of cooling.