Law and Environment

JULY 2, 2021

On June 29, 2021, a cohort of New York local governments (including many where large-scale solar projects are currently proposed), community organizations, and avian interest groups filed a lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court (the State’s trial-level court) against the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (“ORES”).

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Law and Environment

JUNE 11, 2021

As Anne Reynolds, executive director of the Alliance for Clean Energy – New York (“ACE-NY”) stated when the law was enacted, “[Section 94-c] improves the process and will hopefully get people to work, building wind and solar projects.” ORES’s determination is the next step in that process.

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Law and Environment

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Earlier today, the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) issued an RFP for up to 2 GW of offshore wind. The RFP solicits bids to enter into long-term power purchase agreements for energy, renewable energy certificates (RECs), and related environmental attributes.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

The Louisiana Legislature’s 2023 Regular Session begins on April 10th, and last Friday, Louisiana Senator Allain of District 21 filed SB 154 proposing to enact a statutory framework directly governing the rights and obligations of parties to renewable energy leases. 122); The lessee of a renewable energy lease would be “bound to.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Three community choice aggregators (CCA) in California issued $2 billion in bonds to pay upfront for about 450 MW of renewable energy over 30 years. Read the full story at Utility Dive.

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Law Columbia

MAY 24, 2023

New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting , a lawsuit challenging the state’s March 2021 regulations for siting and permitting major renewable energy facilities. Source: Hecate Energy. Last Thursday, May 18, a state appellate court affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of Town of Copake v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The air quality surrounding gas plants poses environmental justice issues for those who cannot afford to move away and must continue to endure health issues due to the known carcinogens near gas plants,” Muse says. TVA CEO Jeff Lyash has often referred to gas as a bridge fuel , needed in the transition to renewable energy.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Union Pacific Corporation has issued a $600 million green bond offering to fund investments aimed at decarbonizing the company's footprint and achieving set emissions reduction targets. The post Union Pacific Issues $600M Bond Offering to Decarbonize Locomotives appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Union Pacific Corporation has issued a $600 million green bond offering to fund investments aimed at decarbonizing the company's footprint and achieving set emissions reduction targets. The post Union Pacific Issues $600M Bond Offering to Decarbonize Locomotives appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 13, 2023

The post CEQ Issues NEPA Climate Guidance first appeared on Law and the Environment. This is significant. Many have complained that NEPA fails to sufficiently account for the environmental benefits of projects. We’ll update you with any significant changes to the guidance following the comment period.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 16, 2024

The law authorized the creation of new transmission to serve “renewable energy zones” and a process to identify and select such zones. That became a model used in the Illinois Clean Energy Jobs Act ( CEJA ), which also combined new clean energy goals and state designation of renewable energy zones and related transmission.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 15, 2022

Clean energy installations in the U.S. dipped 3% in 2021 compared to 2020 as policy issues held back the potential for new wind and solar installations, according to a market report released by the American Clean Power Association (ACP).

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 13, 2022

On December 2, 2022, the Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative (RELDI) , in collaboration with the law firm Sidley Austin LLP, filed an amicus brief on behalf of five New York farmers and three community groups urging a New York appellate court to uphold the State’s new regulations for siting renewable energy projects.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It clarifies an important procedural issue applying to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). And it upholds an important policy shift regarding renewable energy by the country’s largest grid operator. That should open the door to more renewable energy in a key part of the country.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

Minnesotans are facing concurrent crises of climate change, high energy prices and inflation, and the inequitable public health impacts of fossil fuel air pollution. Renewable energy will help with all of that—but we need a grid that is designed for wind and solar instead of having to rely on expensive coal and gas plants.

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SPR Law

MAY 10, 2023

On May 3, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the highlights of the approved Fiscal Year 2024 state budget, including numerous investments in decarbonization programs and renewable energy development. Hochul’s Housing Plan appeared first on Sive Paget Riesel.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act launched with billions of dollars for renewable energy, electric vehicles, and hydrogen power. EPA issued ambitious regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, while green-lighting California’s authority to move even more quickly with emission cuts.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

As of September 2022, there were over 202 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy resources waiting in the PJM queue, over 95% of the total queue. They include solar, wind or energy storage facilities. For context, there were 200 GW of clean energy resources operating in the entire U.S. Read more here.]

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 23, 2023

Climate negotiators are aiming for net zero by 2050, requiring a tripling of renewable energy by 2030. They will take up the issue at this year's climate conference in Bonn, Germany, where the plight of the rainforest nations will also take center stage.

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Environmental Law Reporter

JUNE 1, 2022

Unit Costs and Adoption Rates of Renewable Energy and Passsenger EVs. Rachel Jean-Baptiste. Wed, 06/01/2022 - 08:22.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 15, 2023

Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service on Friday issued a notice of intent that offers a first glimpse at how the IRS will determine which renewable energy projects qualify for the 10% domestic content tax credit rider created by the Inflation Reduction Act.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Join the Renewables Work for PA Coalition , the PA Solar & Storage Industries Association , and the Mid-Atlantic Renewables Energy Coalition for the 8th Annual Renewables Summit and Advocacy Day at the Penn Harris Hotel in Camp Hill, across the river from Harrisburg.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 25, 2022

Unfortunately, MISO failed to plan ahead and address longstanding issues due to more retirements of uneconomic coal plants—sticking Illinois ratepayers like Ameren customers with the bill. According to Clean Grid Alliance, these projects will also enable more than 7,800 MW of new renewable energy resources developed in the state.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 26, 2022

On January 20, 2022, the New York Public Service Commission (Commission) issued its Order on Power Grid Study Recommendations concerning investments in the State’s electric transmission and distribution system that are necessary to meet the mandates of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Up in western Washington State, the Swinomosh have been focused on the issue since 2007. Renewable energy is much more available. and others are producing solar energy, while windfarms are targeted by the Sioux. Many other projects are listed by DOE’s Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs.

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Law and Environment

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

One of the IRA’s provisions was an adder to the ITC for renewable energy projects located in an “energy community”. One way to be in an energy community is to be a brownfield. They are clearly driving renewable energy developers towards projects that utilize brownfield sites.

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Acoel

MAY 18, 2021

The project has garnered support from Maine’s former Governor Paul LePage (R) and current Governor Janet Mills (D), and they are not typically on the same side of any issue. Department of Energy concluded the NECEC project would not have a significant adverse impact on Maine’s environment. (3) 4) Foreign companies will benefit.

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National Law Center

APRIL 14, 2023

The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. 1, Issue 7 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. Click below to sign up for. The post The Feed: Vol.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

Alarmingly, this proposed legislation would abandon recent investments in renewable energy while boosting fossil fuel production, alongside other potentially harmful provisions. There is a different version of “permitting reform” supported by renewable energy proponents. What is permitting reform? Depends who you ask.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Compared to Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis is practically a Greta Thunberg on environmental issues. Sarcasm aside, DeSantis is pretty good on environmental issues for a Republican. But he rarely mentions climate change, and his record on renewable energy is a cipher.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 26, 2024

As I watched my family and community members get sick, a harsh reality dawned on me: Even though I was working full-time on climate issues, I was forced to watch a harmful extractive industry poison my community – and I could do nothing to stop it. to usher in the inevitable and desperately needed transition to renewable energy.

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Environmental Europe

JULY 1, 2020

Deploying renewable energy technologies is a key way to reduce emissions, but the EU’s own Environment Agency warned in late 2019 that current policy efforts are insufficient to reach the 2030 and the 2050 (net zero) emissions targets. insufficient renewable energy targets) or “delivery gaps” (i.e.,

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2024

“The industry makes these new projects sound like they are technological solutions to the climate crisis and the plastics crisis but, in reality, they are much more expensive, more polluting, and more risky than the existing renewable energy, storage, and plastics waste solutions that we know work.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2022

On October 6, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued its second Weekly Fall Foliage Report showing four counties are already at their peak of color-- McKean, Potter, Susquehanna and Wayne counties. Signs of fall abound in Penn’s Woods, but a few northern tier counties will enter peak color this week, stealing the show.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2022

The Green Building Alliance , the City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning, the Energy Innovation Center , and Duquesne Light Company , have secured a grant of technical assistance from the U.S. This creates a disproportionate financial burden to Hill residents, 40% of which are living under the poverty line.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

(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. It’s a contentious issue fraught with political and social dynamics that have largely doomed previous attempts.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Conventional pollution controls would have been seen as transition measures until the shift to clean energy, so the Clean Air Act would have been written differently. We would have started pumping money into renewable energy research. And we would have created incentives for clean energy sources. Download as PDF

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