From the WHYY News Climate Desk

Worried about your carbon footprint, but not sure where to start? Turns out there’s plenty you can do at home.

Schools are invited to watch the White House’s first-ever Summit for Sustainable and Healthy K-12 Infrastructure on April 26th, highlighting the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to providing communities equitable access to energy efficient, climate resilient, and healthy school facilities that are conducive to learning.

A new report tracks how renewable energy is transforming the nation’s electricity mix, state by state.

The Youth Energy Summit was created to bring together young people who want to be part of the climate change solution and are willing to learn and lead us to a brighter and more sustainable future. If you have an interest in STEM and climate change this is the place for you!

Please save the date for our SE Pennsylvania Electric School Bus Lunch & Learn on Tuesday, April 30. The event is hosted by Community Advocates for Clean Energy and Highland Electric Fleets.
Join us to learn about available funding options, discover resources to help make the electrification process more straightforward, and hear firsthand accounts of what it takes to electrify a depot from Pennsylvania districts that have done it.

During this virtual event, we will hear from grant, utility, and school district school bus electrification implementers. Each speaker will be followed by a small group breakout session, during which you can ask the experts your questions and share ideas with neighboring districts in southeastern PA.

Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia PA

April 10, 2024: Expo: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Conference: 9:00am - 5:00pm, Happy Hour: 5:00pm - 6:00pm

April 11, 2024: Expo: 8:00am - 3:00pm, Conference: 9:00am - 3:00pm

Across the country, electric demand is growing and could explode if green goals like electrifying home heating, industry and transportation come to fruition. At the same time, many states, utilities and businesses have pledged to decarbonize, helping push older coal and gas power plants that have struggled to stay economically competitive into retirement.

Solar production has begun at the Great Cove I and II facilities in central Pennsylvania, the equivalent of powering 70% of the electricity demand from Penn’s academic campus and health system in the Philadelphia area.

The governor promised to pull Pennsylvania out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative if lawmakers approve a state-specific plan to cut emissions.

Climate activists want PECO to add more renewables to its energy sources and say solar and wind energy are cheap enough to make them viable for ratepayers and the environment.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) launched the American-Made Solar Photo Competition: Hit Me with Your Sun Shot to find the best photographs of solar energy technologies, research, and the people and communities benefiting from solar energy.

Renewables, batteries and nuclear will add up to 96% of all new power capacity constructed this year, per federal data.

The largest solar project in Pennsylvania, built on more than 1,755 acres of former farmland, is producing power in central Pennsylvania.

A bill in the Legislature would advance Pennsylvania’s meager renewable energy development. Trade groups are already putting their foot down.

A 230,000-panel solar field in rural Adams County will soon put the city of Philadelphia closer to its goal of powering all of its buildings with renewable energy by 2030.

A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data newly released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reveals that solar has grown faster in electrical generation than all other energy sources as well as outpaced them in new U.S. generating capacity added during the first three quarters of 2023.

The practice of using land for both agriculture and solar power generation, known as agrivoltaics, is becoming increasingly common in Texas and nationwide.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Energy Programs Office, in partnership with a project team from the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (ECAMR) and LaBella Associates has conducted an Assessment of Opportunities for Grid-Scale Solar Development on Previously Impacted Mine Lands in Pennsylvania.

New research by the PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center shows that Pennsylvania is lagging behind the national pace of renewable energy growth.

(Philadelphia, PA) – Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties have partnered to take a wholesale market approach to purchasing electricity for county operations. Over the past week, each county’s Board of Commissioners voted to form the Southeast Pennsylvania Energy Board. They will work together with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) to access low and stable energy prices, access renewable energy in the future, and use resources more efficiently.