A Greener Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen Having been at the forefront of dealing with climate impacts in recent years, Greece has shored up its renewable energy targets. Greece, which has recently battled one climate-fuelled wildfire after the other, has ramped up its renewable energy targets.

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 31, 2024

UCS is advocating for the US to commit to cutting its emissions at least 70% below 2005 levels by 2035, a level that can be met if we implement additional strong policies (beyond the Inflation Reduction Act and other existing federal and state policies) to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy and the phase out of fossil fuels.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

APRIL 21, 2025

By Shadia Haq Earth Day 2025 focuses on the theme Our Power, Our Planet and urges a global shift to renewable energy. 2025 The theme “Our Power, Our Planet” calls for tripling renewable energy by 2030. 2025 The theme “Our Power, Our Planet” calls for tripling renewable energy by 2030.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 27, 2025

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Renewable Energy

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

In Energy Transition Investment Trends 2025, the energy analysts found that in 2024, clean energy investments reached a record high of $2.1tn and were responsible for the sector’s growth by 11%. The electrification of transport, renewable energy and power grids were the most popular investments.

Renewable Energy

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 26, 2025

How do digital government, circular economy, and environmental regulatory stringency affect renewable energy production? Energy Policy, 203, 114634. link] Abstract Renewable energy is widely acknowledged as the most viable solution to deal with the issues of climate change and energy security risks.

Renewable Energy

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 14, 2025

The results were clear: the majority of people across Canada want to see governments in Canada tackle the climate crisis by prioritizing renewable energy and phasing out fossil fuels. Even in Alberta, which has the lowest support for renewable energy, only 18 per cent of respondents want to see fossil fuels prioritized.

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 7, 2025

The law mandates increasing shares of clean and renewable energy, reaching 60% renewable energy by 2035 and 100% low-carbon energy by 2040 (the 100% standard includes renewables along with nuclear and fossil gas power plants that capture and store at least 90% of their carbon emissions).

Clean Energy

Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Its energy grid faces three pressing challenges at once: an unreliable electricity supply, strict emissions reduction targets and ongoing environmental issues related to wastewater ponds.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2025

On March 6, the City of Reading announced it is now moving into the construction phase as part of a strategic partnership with Schneider Electric to implement a Guaranteed Energy Savings Act (GESA) project, reinforcing Reading's commitment to sustainability and energy efficiency. The completion of the project is slated for late 2026.

Renewable Energy

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 12, 2024

These will only keep increasing unless Canada seriously commits to replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy. New polling shows that a majority of Canadians want governments in Canada to phase out our dependence on fossil fuels and prioritize renewable energy. Canadians are calling for governments to do just that.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2025

The State of Renewable Energy 2025 documents the growth of six key clean energy technologies across the United States over the past decade and ranks states accordingly for solar power, wind power, battery storage, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations.

Renewable Energy

Yale E360

JULY 1, 2025

Under a new agreement, London will source enough solar power to run its light railway and tram networks entirely on renewable energy. Read more on E360 →

Solar Power

New Scientist

AUGUST 5, 2025

Piles of dirt can cheaply store renewable energy as heat – and that stored energy can reactivate the machinery of retired coal power plants, letting them provide backup power for the electricity grid

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2025

With Congress rolling back numerous federal clean energy programs, hundreds of Pennsylvanians joined PennEnvironment’s annual virtual “citizen lobby day.” Red, blue and purple states are all diving in and taking advantage of the clean energy opportunities readily available in their states. “Red,

Clean Energy

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

In 2023 at COP28 , countries agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels” and scale up renewable energy and energy efficiency. Background information: Vulnerable regions say that a $1.3-trillion This was an important milestone recognizing that oil, gas, and coal are the biggest cause of climate change.

Paris Agreement

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Thats why I was happy to partner with Environmental Defence and use my platform to promote renewable energy, action against climate change, and our most valuable resource: wide open untouched, healthy nature. Replacing fossil fuels like oil and gas with renewable energy is critically important for addressing climate change.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 31, 2024

California will need a significant build-out of new high-voltage transmission lines to meet state goals for renewable energy deployment and a decarbonized grid by 2045, which requires quadrupling its current in-state solar and wind capacity.

Renewable Energy

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 27, 2025

Texas widened its lead as the countrys renewable energy leader in 2024, with growth in solar and wind power, according to federal data. renewable energy generation by a country mile Solar and wind also grew nationwide at the same time that coal continued on a long-term decline.

Renewable Energy

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Natural gas is not a cleaner “bridge fuel” that can act as an intermediary between coal and renewable energy. While global renewable energy installations surged by 50 per cent last year, and G7 leaders committed to net-zero electricity systems by 2035, Canada risks falling behind due to inadequate policies.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

In 2011, Tregs Independent Brewing worked with Solar Renewable Energy to install a rooftop solar array large enough to produce 15-20 percent of its annual electricity usage. The 1,628 panels, partnered with a new white roof membrane and added insulation, make the brewery more energy efficient while saving on their electricity bills.

Electricity

Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

However, it has also been used to frustrate efforts to accelerate the renewable energy transition by delaying the construction of new renewable energy infrastructure (see here ). The case is a welcome statement in favor of a pro-climate approach to planning decisions for renewable energy projects.

Renewable Energy

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

After 30 years of international negotiations failing to mention the root cause of the climate crisis, the acknowledgement that we must phase out all fossil fuels and massively scale up renewable energy in order to effectively tackle the climate crisis, was both long overdue and extremely significant.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The ruling was a major boost to state renewable energy programs. The Ninth Circuit rejected the arguments that California was discriminating against interstate commerce and indirectly regulating emissions from outside the state. Download as PDF

Law

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

CEJA also expanded incentives for wind and solar power; however, the law did not include significant provisions for energy storage deployment. So now it’s time to think seriously about what amount of energy storage the state may need to complement renewable energy resources that are coming onto the grid to replace fossil fuel plants.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In Germany, where there are more than five hundred data centres the second most outside of the US a new law mandates that as of January 1st, 2024, 50 per cent of the electricity used must be renewable , and 100 per cent of energy must be renewable by 2027. Stay tuned.

Renewable Energy

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 21, 2025

Clean energy advocates hope Illinois will force these businesses to power data centers with their own renewable energy sources. Lawmakers could pass a plan in the final weeks … Continue reading IL senators, advocates discuss plan requiring data centers use renewable energy for power

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2025

And how would that approach compare to using renewable energy? Hydrogen can be made with zero-carbon electricity, including renewable energy like solar or wind (the result is sometimes referred to as green hydrogen ). Electrolysis is power hungry, and GPAT shows the renewable energy implications of that hunger.

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 10, 2025

There are currently two states with transmission authorities: New Mexico with the Renewable Energy Transmission Authority (RETA) and Colorado with the Colorado Electric Transmission Authority (CETA). Both entities have the explicit intent of accelerating transmission development to facilitate clean energy and long-duration storage.

Clean Energy

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The Premier and her government are so focused on picking fights with Ottawa that they are missing the fact that there are now more people employed in the development of renewable energy around the world than people working in oil and gas.

Renewable Energy

Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Collaborative Optimism The upcoming political landscape in the United States may seem like a setback for global climate action, but the momentum for climate action and energy transition remains unstoppable. This progress will continue to outpace any efforts to sustain outdated and inefficient fossil fuel systems.

Ocean

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As the demand for oil and gas decreases due to the availability of clean renewable energy, the oil and gas industry is looking to plastics and other petrochemicals to keep profits high,” said Echo Alford, Delaware County Advocacy Coordinator, Clean Air Council. Click Here for a video of the press conference.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 20, 2025

To deliver on this goal, the federal government made important investments in renewable energy projects. Yet, reaching net zero also means phasing out polluting fossil fuel energy, so the government developed rules to impose a pollution limit on electricity producers. Fossil gas is not a bridge fuel and it must be phased out.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 7, 2025

The only way to slow down warming is by reducing said emissions through a fast and fair transition to clean, renewable energy. One thing is for sure though: the planet is warming mainly due to increased heat-trapping emissions in Earths atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels.

2024

Scientific American

JUNE 13, 2025

Switching on air-conditioning during extreme heat doesn’t have to make us feel guilty—it can actually boost power grid reliability and help bring more renewable energy online

Renewable Energy

Circle of Blue

JUNE 23, 2025

Curtailing this source of inexpensive electricity would raise the cost of power in the region while also challenging the integration of renewable energy into the electric grid. And the dam’s ability to be quickly turned on and off helps regulate the peaks and troughs of electricity demand.

2027

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

On November 11, Energy Justice Advocates announced PECO has agreed to contract for 25 MW of solar energy as part of its default power procurement for electric customers from June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2029 as a result of a settlement recently approved by the Public Utility Commission. PECO serves nearly 1.7

Fossil Fuels