Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2024

The places where families could watch a fútbol match and communicate with loved ones over long distances had one thing in common: they were powered by solar panels. A solar panel provides power in Tayrona National Park in Colombia. That’s how my love for renewables started,” García said. Credit: Paula García/UCS.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

Minnesota needs substantial investments now to build toward an equitable clean energy future. The good news is, Minnesota legislators have a chance to pass the level of investment needed to set the state on a path to a carbon-free economy. House Approves Historic Clean Energy & Climate Investments. billion budget surplus.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

With the clean energy transition already under way, the US electricity mix is set to continue changing this year. The general outlook includes some good news and some bad news. gigawatts (GW) of planned solar projects expected to come online this year is almost double the previous 13.4 I’ll start off with the good.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) is one of the go-to sources for reliable information about the US power sector. They just released their 2022 “Annual Energy Outlook” (AEO), which is a big deal: it tells us where electricity is headed over the next 30 years. Carbon emissions remain high.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2023

On May 17, 2023, the Midcontinent Independent System Operators (MISO), responsible for operating the energy markets and transmission infrastructure serving 45 million people across the central United States, released the results of its annual energy capacity auction, held to ensure enough electricity is available for consumers.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Bucks County Wants To Be An Audubon Bird Town Community -- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County’s Planting Zones Changed Due To Climate Change; What Does It Mean For Your Garden 6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables [ There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay ] -- WNEP: UGI Utilities Announces 4.5%

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

Join the Pennsylvania Solar Center and expert speakers for a March 22 webinar to learn about the importance of the interconnection process and how it brings more renewable energy electrons onto the grid starting at Noon. Department of Energy -- Dr. Ammar Qusaibaty , Technical Advisor, U.S. Representatives from the U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 6, 2024

Read the full story from Food Business News. Cargill has signed five deals that expand the global agriculture firm’s contracted renewable energy capacity by 42% as part of its overall goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2024

Billion Hydrogen Aviation Fuels Plant At Pittsburgh Airport, But Wants Federal Tax Credit To Build It -- CNX, KeyState Plan Hydrogen Aviation Fuel Hub At Pittsburgh Airport -- Reminder: PA Solar Center May 17 Webinar: Update On Federal Solar Energy Tax Credits [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials: Solar Panel Glare An Issue?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2024

Kevin Boyle’s Arrest Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: April 23, 2024] PA Environment Digest Of State Webpage -- Inquirer: Philly DA Withdraws Warrant For Rep.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 28, 2022

Read the full story from Energy News Network. Solar and environmental justice advocates are hopeful that changes being made to an Illinois low-income solar program will help it finally catch on in the communities it was meant to serve.

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MARCH 13, 2024

Energy Information Administration. Now the trends are that renewables are pushing out gas and coal because wind and solar are cheaper. And I know one of the comments made at the time was that Pennsylvania had almost a perfect energy mix at that time,” said Sen. solar+storage, 12.7% Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 17, 2023

Pennsylvania recently welcomed a slate of new administrative leaders, poised to help the Commonwealth’s business community capitalize on both the relentless transition to a cleaner energy future and new federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2024

Million In Penalties Against Shale Gas Drilling, Pipeline Companies In 2023 For Violations Dating Back To 2018 Rep. Million In Federal Funding To Support Local Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Mine Water Treatment, Subsidence Control Projects; Next Grant Applications Due June 3, Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2024

.” -- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] Click Here To View Or Print The Entire April 29 PA Environment Digest 126 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic US Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2024

GW are solar, 1.3 GW are energy storage. The projects included the 220 MW Great Cove Solar Energy Facilities in Franklin and Fulton counties commissioned in multiple phases. It is the largest solar project in the Commonwealth and the University of Pennsylvania will purchase all electricity produced at the sites.

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Frontiers

MARCH 8, 2022

A new design for a solar cooking system may help rural communities prepare food more sustainably, reports a new study. Engineers in Nigeria have developed an improved solar cooking system that is designed to replace cooking over fires made with coal, wood, or other materials, reports a new study in Frontiers in Energy Research.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

CCS is a multi-billion dollar boondoggle that doesn’t come close to the hype, has significant safety risks, and is a substantial distraction from real climate solutions, such as building more renewable energy, increasing electricity transmission infrastructure, and developing and using storage technology. Want proof?

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Read the full story at Inside Climate News. Green Energy Justice Cooperative’s proposals are for three solar developments that together will produce nine megawatts of solar power.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 24, 2023

Of Environmental Educators Seeking Presentation Proposals For 2024 Conference PA Solar Center Hosts July 28 Webinar On Net Metering Secures PA's Solar Future The PRPS Maintenance Institute Sponsoring CBLP Sustainable Stormwater BMP Management Workshop Oct. 8-10 Registration Open! PA Statewide Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2023

The third annual Penn State Solar Law Symposium will be held virtually on August 23, from noon to 4:30 p.m., for attorneys and energy professionals. The program will continue to build on the information presented in previous years’ symposiums. Click Here to register and for more information.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2023

23 to 29 - Abandoned Conventional Wells; Shale Gas Wastewater Releases; Conventional Wells Venting Gas [PaEN] -- TribLive: Peoples Gas Seeks State Approval For 21.4% 23 to 29 - Abandoned Conventional Wells; Shale Gas Wastewater Releases; Conventional Wells Venting Gas [PaEN] -- TribLive: Peoples Gas Seeks State Approval For 21.4%

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 2, 2023

If you listen to mainstream media pundits, you may be missing it : a real energy revolution is taking place as renewables are ramping up and up and are on an exponential curve. These are good news for our climate and our common future. These are good news for our climate and our common future. A factor 200 in less than 20 years.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Plan For Next Year -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Duquesne Light CEO Sees Bright Future For Energy Transition -- PennLive Guest Essay: Gov. Plan For Next Year -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Duquesne Light CEO Sees Bright Future For Energy Transition -- PennLive Guest Essay: Gov. 1 RiverWatch Video Report -- Brodhead Watershed Assn.:

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

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. No video coverage] February 5-- NEW. Rules Room. Off the Floor. [No

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 11, 2024

Read the full story at Energy News Network. Community solar is inherently a way to expand equity in solar access, as advocates describe it, since it makes clean energy and savings accessible to people who lack the capital or the space to install their own arrays.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

.” -- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] Click Here To View Or Print The Entire February 19 PA Environment Digest 105 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2024

By Patricia Craig, Penn State News A Penn State research team was recently awarded a $4.99 Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and assess advanced separation technologies for the extraction and recovery of rare earth elements and other critical materials from coal, coal wastes, acid mine drainage and coal by-products.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Related Articles The Week - Energy: -- PA Taxpayers To Give $130.9 Related Articles The Week - Energy: -- PA Taxpayers To Give $130.9 Related Articles The Week - Energy: -- PA Taxpayers To Give $130.9 Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for instructions on submitting comments and other information. (

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 11, 2022

Read the full story at News Nation. Lower costs and government incentives make harvesting solar energy cheaper than growing crops in some places, but there is a worry that a solar boom would further destabilize the American food system. This group says yes.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2024

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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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

By Dave Blehi, Penn State News Penn State's Earth And Environmental Systems Institute will hold another in its series of EarthTalk webinars September 26 on a Snapshot of Pennsylvania’s Solar Sector — and Programs and Policies to Grow It starting at 4:00 p.m. Billion Boost To PA Economy, Help Farmers As Senate Committee Meets Sept.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 13, 2022

Read the full story from Energy News Network. A recent state procurement formalizes plans to put solar and storage on the site of several retired coal plants. See also As Illinois Coal Jobs Disappear, Some Are Looking to the Sun over at In These Times.

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 25, 2023

Not so long ago solar photovoltaic and wind power were just accounting for less than ten percent of the global electricity production. But on this particular element of the energy transition, things are moving faster and faster. These are truly good news. C, based on IEA scenarios. C, based on IEA scenarios.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

By Dave Blehi, Penn State News Niko Kochendoerfer , a postdoctoral fellow in animal sciences at Cornell University, will deliver the talk-- Effect of Sheep Stocking Rates on Ecosystem Parameters in Ground-mounted Solar Arrays -- at 4:00 p.m. Both solar energy developers and farmers need land in order to operate.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Photo by Liu Xin/China News Service/Visual China Group via Getty Images) By C. Last August, in an amalgamation of ‘The Green New Deal’ meets ‘Build Back Better’, President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act gifted the renewables industry with billions of dollars worth of taxpayer-funded subsidies.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Of Environmental Educators Announce 2024 Award Winners [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline: Outside Education, Experiences: Scovens Sisters Spark Students’ Stewardship Of Nature -- LancasterOnline: Mira Lloyd Dock Award Recognizes Marlisa Yoder-Bontrager For Tree Planting Efforts -- Energy Assn.

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