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Grid Investments are Critical to Our Clean Energy Future

Union of Concerned Scientists

The simple fact is that ditching fossil fuels for low-cost clean energy resources is good for the planet, good for the US economy, and good for public health. UCS) UCS’s findings are consistent with the conclusions of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Transmission Needs Study , which it released last October. The good news?

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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.28.24

PA Environment Daily

House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 1803 (Pielli-D-Chester) management of responsible outdoor night lighting ( sponsor summary ). Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. April 30-- NEW. Room 205 Ryan Building. Click Here to watch online. Click Here to watch online. April 30-- NEW.

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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.12.24

PA Environment Daily

. -- 108 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] -- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN] -- We’re Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History [PaEN] -- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA (..)

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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.4.24

PA Environment Daily

Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 832 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) establishing an Independent Energy Office; House Bill 1246 (Malagari-D-Montgomery) set operational temperature of crematories. Rules Room. Off the Floor. [No No video coverage] February 5-- NEW.

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Energy transition and social sciences – How can environmental sociology help us expand the understanding of energy transitions?

HumanNature

As a result,transitioning away from carbon-intensive sources of energy is critical to address the climate crisis (Hernandez and Newell 2022). Energy transition is a complex and non-linear process with multiple questions and interdependent factors. Environmental sociology A growing subfield in sociology is environmental sociology.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.10.24

PA Environment Daily

Of Health Alerts Parents To Possible Lead Exposure From Children’s Painting Toy -- DEP Accepting Applications For 2023 Recycling Performance Grants Thru Dec.

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Book review: Solar Politics, by Oxana Timofeeva

A Greener Life

We know what a fossil-fuelled economy looks like, and the politics of fossil fuels. These are the kinds of questions that Solar Politics tentatively raises, and it does so through the lens of philosophy, reaching back into ancient ways of thinking about the sun, from Socrates onwards. How would solar be different?