Repairing the Damage from Orphan Wells and Abandoned Mine Lands
Ohio River Valley Inst. blog post, April 14, 2021, by
For more than 150 years, Appalachia has provided the cheap energy that has powered the nation’s industrial growth and helped construct the middle class. But …
Pennsylvania PULSE (Project to Utilize Light and Solar Energy)
March 22, 2021, Press Release, Gov. Wolf office.
Governor Tom Wolf announced today a major clean energy initiative that will produce nearly 50 percent of state government’s electricity through seven new solar energy arrays totaling 191-megawatts to be built around …
Clean Energy Employed 94,000 in PA Before Pandemic, 50K More than Fossil Fuels
E2 Report, September 23, 2020.
Pittsburgh (September 23, 2020) – Led by strong growth in solar energy, grid modernization, and energy efficiency, Pennsylvania added more than 3,000 net new clean energy jobs in 2019, continuing a years-long trend that made …
As a ‘green stimulus’, Pakistan sets virus-idled to work planting trees
By Rina Saeed Khan | Thomson Reuters Foundation, 28 April 2020.
The effort shows how funds to help families during the pandemic could also help prepare for the next big threat: climate change
When construction worker Abdul Rahman lost his …
This Solar Energy Company Fired Its Construction Crew After They Unionized
Inspired by AOC’s Green New Deal, workers at Bright Power voted to form the first union at a solar power company in New York. On Monday, the company
This startup is going to put one of the world’s largest sustainable greenhouses in coal country
By Adele Peters FastCompany, June 10, 2019.
[350Pgh note: Now this is the kind of industrial technology from the Netherlands that we like to see, lots of land available in Beaver County….. Note also that 5th Season is building a …
Report: 90,000+ Clean Energy Jobs Across Pennsylvania
E2 Press Release, June 18, 2019.
PHILADELPHIA (June 18, 2019) – More than 90,000 Pennsylvanians now work in clean energy after the state added 5,000 jobs in 2018, according to a new analysis of energy jobs data by the national …
Solar Industry Releases New Diversity and Inclusion Reports With a #DiversityChallenge for Energy Organizations
The Solar Foundation Press Release, Washington, D.C., May 6, 2019 – Solar companies are doing a better job of tracking employee demographics and generally provide positive work environments for their employees, but senior leadership in the industry lacks diversity and …
City Officials Reopen Solarize Philly
yep, Philadelphia has a 1 billion dollar 10 year energy campaign. Lets it do things like SolarizePhilly making Philadelphia the fourth fastest growing solar market in the nation.
Philadelphia Energy Authority news, April 23, 2019 | Energy Campaign, Energy …
Some say that AOC’s GND is DOA. WTF?
Over the past few days, nearly everyone within arm’s reach of a keyboard seems to have weighed in on the Green New Deal, an …