Law Columbia

APRIL 11, 2025

Over the last five years, several states, including New York (2020), California (2022), Illinois (2023), and Michigan (2023) have adopted comprehensive permitting reforms that curtail the power of local governments to block development of large-scale renewable energy projects.

Renewable Energy

A Greener Life

APRIL 21, 2025

Reduce the dependency on fossil fuels It urges governments, companies, and individuals to reduce fossil fuel dependency and scale up sustainable alternatives. Earth Day takes place on 22 April and marks its 55th anniversary in 2025. The global energy transition The theme promotes a global transition to clean, renewable energy.

Earth Day

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The UK had a record wind power year in 2022 Room for further gains Despite the decreasing price costs and the one predicted in the next decade, BNEF believes theres still room for further technological and economic gains.

Clean Energy

Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Reforming Oceanic Governance: A Department of Oceans by Joseph Lepak Current federal ocean governance is spread across a myriad of federal agencies in different departments and the time has come to bring them all together. Governing this vast area, four agency mandates prioritize oceans, while other mandates involve oceans.

Ocean

Law Columbia

JUNE 30, 2025

In December 2024, Cape May County finally dropped a lawsuit against Ocean Wind 1 , which had been canceled for financial reasons in 2023. While opponents of offshore wind projects have not succeeded in persuading federal courts to stop development, they have found support from other branches of government.

Law

Scientific American

JULY 16, 2025

This June construction began on a wind-powered underwater data center about six miles off the coast of Shanghai, one of China’s AI hubs. An artist’s rendering of a wind-powered underwater data center being built off the coast of Shanghai.

Wind Power

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

"PITT OHIO's investments in renewable energy, power storage, and electric vehicles have enabled growth and hiring," said Justine Russ, Director of Sustainability and Business Intelligence at PITT OHIO. Both customers and employees support our renewable energy projects, notably our patented solar and wind-powered microgrid in Harmar, PA.

Electricity

Legal Planet

JULY 24, 2025

These strategies are: Bond financing: the issuing of long-term loans by local and state governments to finance infrastructure assets. Offshore wind infrastructure: Offshore wind turbines and supporting systems that generate electricity through oceanic wind power transmitted to the electrical grid.

Carbon Dioxide

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 24, 2025

Let’s take a hike through three jurisdictions, each with a conservative-leaning government, and see how they are approaching this issue. Not all conservative-leaning governments treat the development of renewable energy the same. That means theres still hope for Alberta.

Government

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2025

Here are 104 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. Of Health, Penn State Project ECHO Host Feb.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

Here are 146 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.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

Here are 192 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. Data Center Hype -- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: A.I.

Conservation

Legal Planet

MAY 7, 2025

This was in Californias Central Valley around 1990 when drought conditions flared and the federal government cut water deliveries. What if I told you there is a popular government program that costs less money to run than it saves American consumers on their utility bills? What was the news story? Electricity!

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Trump vociferously favors fossil fuels and has criticized renewables, especially wind power and electric vehicles. But renewables have powerful corporate champions and trade associations with support across the aisle in Washington, D.C. He might relax enforcement of environmental rules or seek new subsidies for fossil fuels.

2025

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 17, 2025

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has estimated that the push to meet the Biden administrations goal of 30,000 megawatts could mean that the US offshore wind workforce growing to 15,000-58,000 people. Dozens more ships are being built or retrofitted to be part of the offshore wind revolution. Support good decision making.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Here are 189 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.

Conservation

Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2025

” Elizabeth Kolbert at the New Yorker reflects on Whitehouse’s decade of wake-up calls regarding government inaction to address the climate crisis.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

Data Centers And Cryptocurrency Mining Energy Use Needs A Clear Disadvantage - By Karen Elias, Climate Reality [ PDF of Article ] -- Axios: Recently Upgraded Twin Ridges Wind Power Facility In Somerset County Could Help With A.I. Data Centers Tracker; Public Invited To Submit Information [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: A.I.

Politics

Scientific American

APRIL 15, 2025

Republicans asked Congress’s watchdog to scrutinize offshore wind power’s effect on commercial fishing, marine navigation and wildlife, but the resulting report undermines anti-wind-power talking points

Wind Power

Inhabitant

DECEMBER 9, 2022

government has auctioned Pacific coast offshore wind power sites. For the first time, the U.S.

Wind Power

Ocean Conservancy

MAY 27, 2022

While a wind-powered cargo vessel may seem like a 19 th Century idea, the Grain de Sail may be a herald of a greener future rather than a nostalgic nod to the past. Building more vessels that travel at this slower speed regardless of using wind power or conventional engines will also lead to quieter oceans and less air pollution.

Wind Power

Enviromental Defense

JULY 31, 2024

The wind energy used to produce hydrogen won’t be available for local use. A much better use of new wind power would be to replace coal with clean, affordable wind power. Background information The Government of Canada is already subsidizing hydrogen. billion by 2028 and $17.7 billion by 2035.

Government

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

To ensure the wind industry upholds environmental justice and stewards its raw materials, many companies are replacing balsa with other materials. For example, LM Wind Power has minimized balsa in its blades, substituting in synthetic plastic PET and PVC foams. Responsible, circular solutions for wind turbine blades.

Recycling

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

Earlier this month, the US Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service hosted a public hearing on their recent proposed rules governing implementation of the Section 45Y Clean Electricity Production Credit and the Section 48E Clean Electricity Investment Credit. My testimony is copied below.

Electricity

Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

I sometimes ask students to guess what state produces the most wind power. Republicans have an iron grip on Texas government. It’s not as if the state’s extensive use of wind power is just a historical fluke, either. The state will soon get more power from renewables than natural gas.

Wind Power

A Greener Life

MAY 22, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen The Economy Minister of France has targeted a huge offshore wind development capacity expansion. Bruno Le Maire outlined the French government’s strategy for deploying 45 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power by 2050. This is an increase of 5 GW from the 40 GW target unveiled last year.

Wind Power

A Greener Life

JANUARY 30, 2023

A wind farm in South Wales, UK. By Anders Lorenzen Data from its national grid operator, the National Grid , have concluded that 2022 was a record year for wind power in the UK. The data shows that the output of UK wind farms onshore and offshore continues to increase; in 2022 they produced a record 26.8%

Wind Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The US government is also committed to bolstering domestic recycling. Governments and industry can leverage these five tactics to move energy storage batteries towards a more circular end-of-life stewardship. How are Lithium-ion Batteries that Store Solar and Wind Power Made? Source: Courtesy of Li-Cycle.

Recycling

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The results include two developers cancelling their offshore wind power contracts with states and utilities, another cancelling two projects altogether, and hesitation elsewhere. The good news-bad news balance, though, would seem to tip decidedly in favor of a whole lot more offshore wind.

Electricity

The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Within the first six weeks of 2022, both state and federal governments have taken steps toward offshore wind energy development off the coast of Louisiana. many other strategies and actions are connected to offshore wind energy development as well. In addition to Action 1.3,

Government

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Placing restrictions on solar, wind, and geothermal power that don’t apply to climate change causing oil and gas development will put Alberta’s burgeoning renewable energy industry at risk, and cost Albertans more for their energy.

Renewable Energy

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

Ontario has a large potential supply of wind and solar energy that could be developed to help phase-out dirty gas plants. It estimated that we would need an additional 843 MW of solar and an additional 4,545 MW of wind capacity (along with a basket of other sources) to ensure the province’s energy needs are met. . The Path Forward .

Solar Power

A Greener Life

JULY 19, 2023

An offshore wind farm in Europe. Colombia’s Caribbean coast has great potential for offshore wind power projects but is also home to protected areas of ecological importance. In 2021 alone, the global installed capacity of offshore wind plants tripled, reaching record figures, as 21.1 Photo credit: Tho Ge / Pixabay.

Wind Power

A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It is prompted in large part by low gas storage capacity, the COVID-19 pandemic, a power plant coming offline and low wind speeds responsible for a downturn in wind power output. Despite the government`s big talk on climate action , the country has hardly made a dent in easing its reliance on gas in recent years.

Wind Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 5, 2023

To regionalize or not to regionalize remains unanswered Early in the legislative session, Assemblymember Chris Holden introduced Assembly Bill 538 which would have changed the governance of the California’s grid operator from a governor-appointed board to an independent structure that would allow for a more coordinated, region-wide grid.

2023

Legal Planet

JULY 15, 2024

One thing you’ll notice is the importance of government-funded research and deployment incentives in helping to launch the solar and wind sectors. But the scientific and technological advances that made these technologies competitive with fossil fuels are much more recent. Early windmills developed in Persia.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

By next year, Pennsylvania will get 50 percent of its electricity from ten new solar arrays around the Commonwealth – making Pennsylvania the first state in the country to commit to getting half of its energy from solar power.

Electricity