CMU Researchers Win Google AI Award for Energy Equity
Google AI blog, Oct. 21, 2020
At Google, it is our ongoing goal to support faculty who are conducting innovative research that will have positive societal impact. As part of …
CCAC Climate Change Awareness Event
Managing Heavy Rainfall with Green Infrastructure
RAND Corporation, Report Announcement, Oct. 26, 2020.
Urban stormwater management is a growing challenge in many U.S. cities, and climate change is expected to add to this challenge. RAND researchers apply simulation modeling and economic valuation to estimate the potential …
Which buildings in Pittsburgh emit the most greenhouse gases? See how they compare.
Pittsburgh’s biggest challenge to meeting its climate change goals is to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from its buildings. Buildings in the city produce four times as many emissions as …
As Shell’s construction moves into final stage, citizens organize environmental self-defense classes
By ANYA LITVAK, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Oct. 5, 2020.
To date, what we know about the petrochemical plant under construction in Beaver County has come from its owner, Shell Chemical Co.
That won’t always be the case. When the plant …
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 …
Oversight board’s approval starts next phase of Pennsylvania’s contested attempt to join regional cap-and-trade program
Rachel McDevitt, State Impact,
Pennsylvania is one step closer to joining a regional program meant to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The Environmental Quality Board on Tuesday approved a draft regulation to enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative …
A misguided strategy
Pittsburgh Post Gazette Editorial, Sept. 8, 2020.
Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler was in the Hill District on Aug. 13 to confirm the Trump administration’s decision to rescind federal regulations on methane emissions. This shortsighted rule change will not …
The largest solar array of its kind in the U.S. now sits atop a former Pittsburgh steel mill
Kiley Koscinski/WESA,
A 133,000-square-foot solar array is now functional at Hazelwood Green’s Mill 19. It’s a project that marries the story of Pittsburgh’s past with its future: bridge workers applied 4,784 solar panels to the …
RECLAIM Act To Boost Coal Communities Passes House As Part Of Infrastructure Bill
The House of Representatives Wednesday passed a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill that includes two provisions that would specifically help coal-reliant communities in the Ohio Valley.
The bill, called the