Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 31, 2022

Rising prices of methane gas used for power and heating, exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, are contributing to soaring electric and heating bills across the country. Over the past 30 years, the use of gas in the power sector has more than tripled, now responsible for 37 percent of the power sector’s net generation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

To meet our climate goals and reach net zero emissions by 2050, most studies show that we need to dramatically reduce gas use for generating electricity, heating homes and businesses, and running industrial processes. It’s worth delving into because it has some important implications for our clean energy future.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

Last week’s narrowly-missed collision between a climate-related event and nuclear weapons—two of the planet’s greatest existential threats—highlights the dangerous games humanity is playing with each and serves as a potent reminder of why action to reduce the risks associated with each is so critical. What role is climate change playing?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 29, 2023

Most trucks will charge at home base A sensible place to start—and indeed where most truck and bus charging will take place—is at the vehicles’ home base (aka depot). Even one-third of tractor-trailers do the kind of shorter, local or regional freight hauling that allows them to return to base each day.

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Electricity Environmental Protection Greenhouse 2024 229

Legal Planet

JUNE 20, 2023

Los Angeles’ ambitious “Green New Deal” calls for, among other things, eliminating or offsetting building emissions and reducing building energy use by 44%, both by 2050. Image dedicated to the public domain (CC0 1.0) The report is inspired by the work of Environmental Law Clinic partner Strategic Actions for a Just Economy.)

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Electricity Government Law Climate Change 130

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The grid is well-equipped to supply energy to EVs at current adoption levels. We need electric utilities and regional grid operators to invest in more energy capacity and robust transmission and distribution infrastructure. Let’s pick apart these two questions. rooftop solar, battery storage, and electric vehicles).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 1, 2024

The entrance to Mariposa Grove, home to Yosemite’s majestic giant sequoias. The maps use color gradations to indicate the depth of snow in inches. That day, Governor Brown signed an Executive Order mandating a 25% water use reduction across the state. Photo credit: J. Pablo Ortiz-Partida. feet—over 200% above the average!

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 8, 2023

Replacing gasoline vehicles with electric can reduce emissions that cause climate change and illnesses. We are specifically looking at the social and environmental impacts of mining and processing the minerals that are used in the batteries powering these vehicles, buses, bikes, and scooters. Wind turbine: 2.75

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2024

In the parking lot steps from the meeting room, homeowners called for increases to zoning setbacks for new well pads that would improve area quality of life and reduce pollution in new and existing neighborhoods. It’s like living in a dystopia when your home suddenly starts to shake apart.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 16, 2024

A windfall tax on their profits could have been used to support Canadians and fund climate solutions across the country. Instead, Minister Freeland caved to fossil fuel lobbying, putting the interests of wealthy fossil fuel executives ahead of the rest of us.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

From a national perspective, the land use needed to reach our clean energy goals is modest. But for states like California, with large populations, an ambitious and necessary clean energy timeline , and ongoing natural resource issues , where to actually build these projects will require thoughtful planning.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

For a lot of folks, September brings to mind the end of summer, the time to go back to school and get back into the swing of work and home routines, and of course the classic Earth, Wind & Fire song. Solar energy production starts to dwindle by September. But not for me. It’s during the evening hours, around 6 to 8 p.m.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2023

My commute now mostly consists of the distance from my bedroom to the laptop in my home office (with a short detour to the kitchen for coffee) because I’m fortunate enough to have a job and employer that allows me to work from home. And for people in apartments that have to pay for car parking, there can be savings at home too.

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Electricity Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Recycling 289

Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2023

Hughes’ plan is to turn 37,000 acres of Sonoran Desert west of Phoenix, nearly 60 square miles, into 100,000 homes and 55 million square feet of commercial space where 300,000 people will live and 450,000 will work. . That is putting more pressure to supply homes and businesses from finite water reserves held in aquifers. .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The most impacted are outdoor workers and the many families in low-income rural communities across the Valley that don’t have air conditioners or can’t afford to pay for their use. The heat keeps rising, and you may need to choose between going home and not getting paid or risking your health when it is too hot to work.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

Communities coping with tragedy are assessing the damage, which so far includes at least 72 destroyed homes in one Tennessee county alone, and dozens more homes elsewhere. million US utility customers without power. About 70 percent of US coal is transported at least part of the way by trains.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 18, 2024

April is Earth Month, a time when many are considering how they can make changes to their homes and their lives to be more sustainable. When Academy of Natural Sciences members Chris and Alysia Fostek saw that their first energy bill for their then-new home was more than $500, they knew there had to be a better, greener way.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 11, 2023

To significantly reduce the land sinking process, there needs to be a significant increase in groundwater levels. Agriculture is the main water user in California by far, accounting for 80% of the water use in the state. In other words, is there a way to reduce water use and keep everyone happy?

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Plans to reduce carbon emissions should take water into account. Some low-carbon energy options require significant amounts of water. While climate campaigners applauded the carbon-reducing benefits of fewer new coal plants, the move comes with another, less obvious dividend: less strain on water. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

But exactly what is energy equity and what does it mean for utilities to address energy equity directly or consider energy justice more broadly in their work? Energy equity involves confronting the asymmetric suffering faced by the most disadvantaged groups in our communities in the context of access to energy resources.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 12, 2023

California has set ambitious climate goals, which include reducing state greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 40 percent by 2030 and reducing GHGs 85 percent (and achieving statewide carbon neutrality) by 2045.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2023

At COP 28 this week the US and several partners launched a ‘Carbon Management Challenge’ with an aim to collectively store 1.2 However, it seems much of the carbon will come not from CDR, but from carbon capture on existing or new fossil fuel use. Still less should it provide an excuse for continued fossil fuel use.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 13, 2024

My best guess is that the fall spikes are dust from almond operations near my home, and the winter spikes come from a combination of sources, including burning fuel. I moved to Merced in 2015 to study for my PhD, and I found a place I could call home. All data used in the report must be reviewed by EPA, which makes the process slower.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

On April 22, Dickinson College, Haverford College, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Muhlenberg College and Swarthmore College announced they have joined with three colleges in North Carolina as a part of an innovative, large-scale solar energy facility in western Kentucky.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 13, 2022

This same scene still plays out in homes around the country, but today’s summer is already different. This is slightly higher than my hometown in Boone County, KY, which can expect 18 days per year on average above 105°F if we don’t take action to reduce heat-trapping emissions. Without electricity, our home reached 87°F.

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Cooling Fossil Fuels Electricity 2019 185

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 8, 2024

Toronto, ON or via livestream: [link] Brooks and Elson will speak to the decision of the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) to end the subsidy for methane gas pipelines in new residential developments and reduce spending on gas pipelines generally. The government also plans to issue a Natural Gas Policy Statement.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2022

In southwestern France, a massive wildfire forced more than 10,000 people to flee their homes, according to Reuters news service. But the Rhine is currently so depleted that large ships carrying salt, coal, gasoline and other goods must drastically reduce their loads to avoid running aground. The impacts are widespread.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As this causal chain is strengthened, it may give people an avenue for seeking compensation for damages, meaning that companies would need to use part of their profits to pay for the share of the damage that can be traced to them. The profits made by the oil and gas majors come at the direct expense of all of us and our shared planet.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2022

The basics of gasoline prices are no mystery, with lots of useful information available from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Despite being “energy independent” on a net basis, the US imported about 40% of the crude and petroleum products it consumed in 2021 and exported a similar amount.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Fifteen years ago, for example, it designed a virtual minivan—dubbed the Vanguard —that could meet California’s global warming emission standards at the time using existing technologies and fuels, demonstrating that the auto industry had the ability back then to produce cleaner cars. Below is an abridged version of our conversation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 11, 2022

You might even be using some (or all) of these products in your lawn, backyard, or home garden. Production of nitrogen fertilizers requires ammonia, which is produced through a highly energy-intensive process called Haber-Bosch and fueled by natural gas. How does Russia control fertilizer production?

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In 2023, Canada experienced its worst ever wildfire season , with 167,000 people forced to evacuate their homes under 211 federal evacuation orders. Your home: will it become more affordable or more expensive? In the winter, homes are drafty, windows leak in cold air, and heating bills are skyrocketing.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Today’s high energy prices are the result of recent events and long-term strategies. Reliance on fossil natural gas and the slow adoption of renewable energy contributed to electricity bills in New England in the first nine months of 2022 that are $5 billion higher than the prior year. Renewable energy policies are how we manage risks.

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Natural Gas Renewable Energy Electricity 2022 193

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I was reminded of this recently when visiting the Rosie the Riveter museum, not far from my home in the Bay Area. California has been at the forefront of everything from limits on greenhouse gas emissions and 100% renewable energy requirements, to a human right to water. I’m not a native Californian but an adopted one.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2024

DEP has so far confirmed there were two unregistered conventional oil or gas wells close to the home. The nearest registered conventional well to the home was more than 2,500 feet away. The nearest registered conventional well to the home was more than 2,500 feet away. 111 and Lendrum Energy LLC - 23 wells.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The United States supports Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) partners in meeting their clean energy goals. By Leigh Hartman When Son Nguyen lived in the US, he saw rapidly advancing electric vehicle technology and heard stories from back in Vietnam about air pollution. So after returning home, he launched Dat Bike in 2019.

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Clean Energy Renewable Energy Electricity Wind Power 105

Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In an attempt to expand its “natural” gas infrastructure across Ontario, Enbridge Gas is telling residents that gas is the cheapest way to heat their homes. It’s the reason why so many homes are hooked up to the “natural” gas system. It’s not. So we’re calling them out. But now, electric heat pumps are a much cheaper option.

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