Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

There is still much we can do to bend that emissions curve sharply within this decade—but only if world leaders, especially leaders of richer countries and major emitting nations, take responsibility to act together quickly and fossil fuel companies are held accountable for their decades of obstruction and deception.

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 16, 2017

The slow shift from fossils fuels, like oil and coal, to more green sources of energy hasn’t been exactly met with a. Solar power seems promising, but access to solar power as an energy source can be. presently hostile political administration. presently hostile political administration.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

Multiple lines of analysis make clear that regardless of how cheap wind and solar power get, without directly addressing pollution from coal and gas plants, the country’s clean energy transition will not happen fast enough. But to bring those solutions fully to bear, we also need to force a reckoning with the problem itself.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2024

Embrace political advocacy Photo by Kempton via Flickr Creative Commons Political action and advocacy is crucial to climate action, because changing the larger system is the greatest opportunity to reduce emissions, and changing the way our economy and society operate requires government action.

Climate Change 61

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

. -- Hold Erie Coke Accountable Calls On EPA, DEP, Erie County & City To Form Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Community Working Group On Site Cleanup, Revitalization [PaEN] -- Erie News Now: State Report Details Pollution At Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site -- Online Link Now Available For Aug. Potter County To Sept. Potter County To Sept.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

Pakistan’s energy sector is dominated by fossil fuels. According to the country’s Finance Division , as of April 2022, just under 60% of total installed generation capacity used fossil fuels, including gas, oil and coal. The 300 MW coal power plant will be a lifeline for Gwadar,” he asserted.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 21, 2022

Other States/National/International -- WSJ: Solar-Power Developers Pledge To Buy U.S. Panels - If Someone Makes Them PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Woman Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. What’s Your Community Doing?

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A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2022

Whilst he also supports boosting the nuclear energy industry, he equally supports the renewable energy industry: “Exiting renewables today would be a complete aberration, we would be the only country in the world doing that,” Macron said adding that Le Pen’s plan would mean: “spending hundreds of millions of euros dismantling existing (..)

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 9, 2022

While those applying for a permit to construct a major renewable energy facility in New York must “consult[] with the municipality or political subdivision where the project is proposed to be located . . . Developers of renewable energy facilities of at least 20 MW but less than 25 MW may also submit applications to ORES. 94-c(4)(g).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage.

Climate Change 226

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Inside Climate News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

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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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

But in nearly every instance, Rose listened politely, refrained from challenging Tillerson on the facts, and went on to his next question. It was a bogus argument that fossil fuel proponents would repeat ad nauseum over the next 10 years, so when Rose failed to provide some needed context, I jumped in. His reply ?

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Few people realize that Germany has actually increased its fossil fuel combustion capacity over the 20 years of its landmark renewable energy program from 2001 to the present. 5] Jesse Jenkins, “A Plan to Future-Proof the Texas Power Grid,” New York Times , February 18, 2021. [6] We need to respect our grid authorities.

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Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2024

By one count , Biden has overturned more than two dozen of Trump actions affecting the fossil fuel industry. Biden and the Interior Department raise the royalty rates that fossil fuel companies pay the government in order to drill and mine on public lands, the first time since 1920 that those fees have increased.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

To help voters determine which candidates would deliver the needed course correction, Environmental Defence and its allies in the Ontario Priorities Working Group asked each of the province’s major political parties whether – and how – they would deliver the rapid emissions reductions Ontario will need to head off climate catastrophe. .

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

Florida utilities have made big investments in fossil fuels, and it is only recently that they have begun to invest in utility-scale solar. And like utilities everywhere, they hate the idea of rooftop solar. And, it appears, the state’s big utilities in turn control the commission.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2023

6 to 13 In Harrisburg: ‘Connecting Our Communities’ -- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Groups Gain Nearly $65,000 For Clean Water Projects -- Potter Leader-Enterprise: PA Wilds Master Watershed Steward - Several Programs Available For Greener Spaces -- PA Lake Management Society, Wilkes College Host Jan.

Natural Gas 88

Natural Gas Solar Power Fossil Fuels Conservation 88

A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

Now in place for three months, the new coalition has overhauled a decades-long political stance toward Russia which was centred on Wandel durch Handel (change through trade). At the same time, Germany is having to find ways to reduce its reliance on Russian fossil fuels and readjust its long-planned energy transition.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2023

Could Be Reactivated -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Looks To Climate Resilience To Ensure No One Gets Left Behind -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change? Hosts 3 Public Meetings To Gather Input On Youghiogheny River Conservation Plan Part I - Dunbar Creek To Headwaters Aug. Potter County To Sept.

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Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Climate Change Nuclear Power 69

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

GW Of Clean Energy In PA, 4 Other PJM States Saving $1 Billion A Year [PPL included] -- DOE Invests $17 Million In 3 Projects To Strengthen Critical Minerals Supply Chain: 1 In PA, Another To PA Company, Both Coal-Related [PaEN] -- NYT: The Planet Needs Solar Power, Can We Build It Without Harming Nature?

Natural Gas 76

Natural Gas Recycling Climate Change Solar Power 76

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

North Carolina today gets over half of its power from fossil fuels, about 25% from coal and 33% from natural gas. Solar is at 5% and wind is under 1l%. Regarding solar power, at least 55% must come from utility-owned facilities, while up to 45% can be purchased from small third-party generators.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

2022 Natural Gas House Explosion In Dauphin County [PaEN] -- WPXI: Mayor Of Economy Boro, Beaver County, Expresses Frustration At Ongoing Natural Gas Outage -- US DOE Awards $3.5

Natural Gas 79

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Solar Power Carbon Emissions 79

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Given the EPA has the responsibility and the obligation to address carbon pollution, these standards—the first to limit carbon emissions from existing coal- and gas-fired power plants—are long overdue. Those currently operating fossil fuel plants generate 25 percent of U.S. Last year, wind generated 10.2 percent , and the 19.8

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 22, 2023

Million In Washington As Congress Weakened Rail Safety Bill PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- WITF: PA Senate To Return Aug. 30 To Work On State Budget -- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate To Return To Session For One Day Aug. 30 -- PennLive: PA Senate To Convene Aug. 30 To Deal With Unfinished State Budget -- NBC News: Gov.

Natural Gas 84

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Solar Power Climate Change 84

PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Senate Overwhelmingly Confirms Richard Negrin As Secretary Of DEP [PaEN] -- Environmental Quality Board Meets July 11 To Consider Changes To Water Quality Standards; DEP Reports Law Limiting Its Authority To Change Conventional Oil (..)

Natural Gas 65

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Climate Change 2023 65

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17

Conservation 94

Conservation Natural Gas Clean Energy 2024 94

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

5: Virtual Keynote & Panel Discussion, 5 Regional Workshop Locations [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Activists Call On PA Lawmakers To End Fossil Fuel Use At ‘PA Climate Convergence’ -- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: At ‘Climate Convergence’ In PA, Environmental Activists Urge Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2022

Other States/National/International -- CNN: Wind And Solar Power Are ‘Bailing Out’ Texas Amid Record Heat, Energy Demand PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- MCall: National Hate Group Monitor Unmasks Lehigh Valley-Area Publishing Company - Antelope Hill- Peddling Nazi, Fascist Literature -- LancasterOnline: Critics Bash St.

Natural Gas 63

Natural Gas Solar Power Fossil Fuels Electricity 63

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Ninth Circuit further concluded that even if the first prong was satisfied, the plaintiffs did not “surmount the remaining hurdle” of establishing that the relief they sought was within the power of Article III courts. The Ninth Circuit found, however, that the plaintiffs had not established the redressability requirement for standing.

2020 40

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Yes, wind and solar power are rapidly becoming economic options. Communication and Politics. fossil fuels. A few months ago, you could read all sorts of exhortations about the apparent, or at least impending, decoupling of carbon emissions and economic growth rates. And it's true so far as it goes. Consequences.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Under the settlement, the company will retire all of its coal-fired power plants by 2025 and install nearly 8,000 megawatts of solar power by 2040. At least 20 cities, counties and states have filed lawsuits against ExxonMobil and other major fossil fuel companies for climate damages. How cool is that?

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Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Climate Change 262

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Mastriano, After Big Defeat To End 2022, Climbs Back Onto Political Stage -- PennLive: Republican Sen. Mastriano, After Big Defeat To End 2022, Climbs Back Onto Political Stage -- PennLive: Republican Sen. Shapiro -- Gov. Mastriano Considering Run For U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

DOE Hosts March 30 Webinar On Repurposing Fossil Energy Assets [PaEN] -- Senate Republicans File To Intervene To Oppose The DEP Lawsuit To Publish Final RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations [PaEN] [To help with today’s energy prices? -- Feb. Of Interior Announces Over $1.5

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Fossil Fuels Solar Power Renewable Energy Natural Gas 63

Columbia Climate Law

AUGUST 6, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s climate change plan , released last week, centers on two goals: installing 500 million solar panels by 2021, and, relatedly, adding enough electric generation capacity from renewable sources to supply all residential electricity needs. But there are other issues that she has yet to address.

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Climate Change Renewable Energy 2027 Fossil Fuels 52

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2022

Regan said the surge in prices had shown the US was “still, to a certain extent, held captive to fossil fuels”. Greater development of renewable resources would leave the country less “vulnerable” in future, he said.”] -- Reuters: Oil Falls Most In 2 Years After Oil Stockpile Release -- Reuters: U.S.

Natural Gas 52

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Solar Power Renewable Energy 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

percent of peer-reviewed scientific papers agree that climate change is driven by human burning of fossil fuels, Johnson clings to the lie that there “are facts on both sides.” Four of the top five congressional districts for solar power output are also in Republican districts. Despite the fact that 99.9

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