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Ask a Scientist: The US Has to Do More to Meet Its Carbon Emissions Reduction Goals

Union of Concerned Scientists

EN: As I mentioned in my introduction, a number of analyses have found that the IRA and other current policies will not be enough for the United States to meet its 2030 emission reduction goals. EN: UCS’s analysis looks at various ways the United States could meet its climate targets. EN: We have already seen a great deal of progress.

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The Sleepwalking COP

Legal Planet

These annual meetings are huge media events — understandably, since they are the highest-level international event on climate change, even if this over-states their importance relative to other ongoing work — but there was a strange vagueness, and near-silence, in reporting on this COP.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

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. Shellenberger. Click here to download a PDF of the testimony. 1] In its 2017 report, the Academies warned that U.S.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.24.22

PA Environment Daily

24 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- Inquirer Pro/Con: Is Privatizing Municipally-Owned Sewer/Water Systems A Good Idea In PA? -- Post-Gazette: Walk With A Doc Event Encourages Healthy Habits -- Sept. Needs Energy Permitting Reform To Compete, At Clean Energy Event In Pittsburgh -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Sen. Manchin Says U.S.

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Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

PA Environment Daily

Natural Gas Price Up 1% On Rising Demand, Daily Output Decline -- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Posts 4th Weekly Loss As Winter Reserves Fill Up With Ample Supplies Of LNG -- TribLive: Decline In Gasoline Prices Breaks 2018 Record, But Change To Winter Fuel Could Snap Trend -- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Heating Oil Dealers Advise Customers (..)