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| 2010-03-09 | |
| A local environmental group has released a report suggesting that solar power should meet ten percent of the nation's total energy needs by 2030. | |
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America needs Clean Energy Act
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2010-02-21 |
| America's dependence on foreign energy resources continues to prove harmful to both the country's security and the global climate. | |
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Environmental group endorses electric cars
- Bucks County Courier Times
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2010-01-22 |
| If cars, pickup trucks, SUVs and vans were powered by electricity, oil use could be reduced by roughly one-third, according to PennEnvironment spokesman Nathan Willcox, whose office released the study Thursday. | |
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Seize this moment
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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2009-10-15 |
| It's clear that a growing majority of businesses in Pennsylvania and nationwide are realizing that continuing with our current flawed energy system is potentially the worst economic plan of all. | |
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Clean energy opportunity
- Doylestown Intelligencer
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2009-10-09 |
| While the state budget battle captured most political headlines last week in Pennsylvania, the U.S. Senate was taking a potentially historic first step toward a clean energy economy. | |
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Climate bill stokes business debate
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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2009-10-05 |
| While introducing her climate change bill Wednesday, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., told a cheering crowd in front of the U.S. Capitol, "we have expanded our coalition in the business community." In Pennsylvania, that coalition includes businesses that stand to benefit, such as energy-efficient windows manufacturer Serious Materials and wind turbine maker Gamesa. | |
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Gasoline savings up in '08
- Delaware County Daily Times
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2009-10-02 |
| Pennsylvanians saved 186.7 million gallons of gasoline in 2008 by riding public transit in record numbers — or the amount of gasoline consumed by 323,6000 cars in a year, according to PennEnvironment. | |
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Mass transit ridership is up in PA
- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader
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2009-09-25 |
| Pennsylvanians rode mass transit in record numbers and reduced miles driven in 2008, saving millions of gallons of gasoline, according to a study released earlier this week by the PennEnvironment advocacy group. | |
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State's commuters going green
- Philadelphia Metro
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2009-09-23 |
| Pennsylvania's highways and roads were a little less crowded last year as motorists cut down on driving by 4 percent, environmental advocates said yesterday. | |
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Strong clean energy law would create many PA jobs
- Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice
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2009-09-16 |
| Every once in a while we can do less with more. Energy efficiency is one of those times-- we can use less energy and create more jobs for Pennsylvanians | |
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Report: Bill would save money, jobs
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2009-09-10 |
| A report by an energy-conservation advocacy group contends that Pennsylvania households would save an average of $236 a year and that 17,600 jobs would be created in the state over the next decade if Congress passed an energy and climate bill approved in June by the House. | |
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Local officials discuss energy efficiency law
- WFMZ-TV Channel 69 (new window)
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2009-09-09 |
| PennEnvironment's message is to urge Congress to pass a new energy and climate bill. The group released a report that says stronger energy efficiency policies in the bill could reap even bigger rewards. | |
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Time to embrace clean energy
- Carlisle Sentinel
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2009-09-05 |
| There's never been a more important time to repower America and our economy with clean energy. | |
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Energy, climate policy could fuel job growth
- Pittsburgh Business Times
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2009-08-28 |
| There’s never been a more important time to repower America and our economy with clean energy. | |
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In Pa. House, heavy debate over clean-energy bill
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2009-08-09 |
| Overshadowed by the still-unresolved budget battle in Harrisburg, another legislative drama is playing out in relative obscurity. It involves arguably the most important piece of energy/environmental legislation pending in Pennsylvania. | |
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Leaders hope green jobs will help heal employment void
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2009-07-31 |
| With traditional manufacturing dwindling in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, leaders in both states have turned to "green jobs" to fill at least some of the void. They have been cheered on by business, labor, and environmentalists alike. | |
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Report: PA could spend $1 trillion on fossil fuels
- Central Penn Business Journal
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2009-07-02 |
| Pennsylvania could spend as much as $1 trillion on fossil fuels between 2010 and 2030, according to a new report from the advocacy group PennEnvironment. | |
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| 2009-05-26 | |
| Committing to 3 percent of power from carbon-sequestered sources in just six years is a time frame unlikely to occur, said Nathan Willcox, of PennEnvironment, an environmental advocacy group. "There's potential for sequestration to work in Pennsylvania, but the million-dollar word is potential," Willcox said. "It's never been done and we are not at all sure that it's going to work." | |
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Obama has made green go
- The Philadelphia Inquirer (new window)
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2009-05-19 |
| The economy and foreign policy got much of the attention in early analyses of President Obama's administration, but one of the best measures of the administration's achievements may be the groundwork it's laid for an extraordinary environmental legacy. | |
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Advocacy group's report calls for federal, state 'green' policies
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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2009-05-14 |
| Building or retrofitting buildings and housing to make them "green" and energy efficient could have big and relatively fast environmental and economic benefits, according to a report by PennEnvironment. | |
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PennEnvironment calls for tougher building standards
- Central Penn Business Journal
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2009-05-14 |
| The nonprofit group PennEnvironment is calling for aggressive green-building policies -- including state laws, federal laws and changes to privately run building codes -- that it says would reduce U.S. carbon emissions by a third from the projected 2050 level. | |
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Green energy ideas for the wallet and environment
- BucksLocalNews.com
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2009-04-23 |
| Just a few days before Earth Day, more than 100 people came out to discuss green energy opportunities with Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-8) and State Rep. Steve Santarsiero (D-31) at the Lower Makefield Municipal Building. | |
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Residents searching for ways to be green
- Bucks County Courier Times
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2009-04-19 |
| Laura Thomforde went on a two-pronged mission Saturday to a green energy workshop in Lower Makefield. Thomforde, a Yardley resident, said she's looking for suggestions on how to make her elevated home more environmentally sound and ways her company can be environmentally conscious. | |
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Hope for PA Green Building Code
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2009-02-22 |
| Three years ago, the proposed use of waterless urinals in the Comcast Center let loose a stream of labor indignation that threatened the tower's status as America's tallest green building. Get ready for some real commotion. Gov. Rendell is pushing for Pennsylvania's legislature to enact a state building code that would require environmentally friendly, energy-efficient construction. | |
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| 2009-02-13 | |
| On the stimulus bill that made it out of both houses of Congress, environmentalists are generally very happy... We have a number of "shovel ready" projects, and some companies that will benefit happen to have businesses here in the Commonwealth, such as Gamesa in Bucks County. | |
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Green, Clean and Energized in PA
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2009-02-07 |
| The talk was of job opportunities, worker training programs, and a flourishing state economy. One manager from a Kennett Square firm said her clean-energy company was hiring - and expanding - throughout the United States. | |
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From Home Builder to Wind Booster
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2009-02-03 |
| After spending a decade carving this region's countryside into housing developments, Craig Poff had a bout of introspection. That led to a radical step: He left the business. | |
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Green Economy Forum Set for Thursday
- West Chester Daily Local
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2009-02-03 |
| With states looking for "shovel-ready" projects funded with the federal economic stimulus package under debate in Congress, environmental groups want some of these plans to be focused on energy efficiency. | |
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Environmental groups rip pair of energy bills
- Delaware County Daily Times
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2009-01-30 |
| While some Delaware County legislators have been touting a pair of bills aimed at increasing Pennsylvania’s use of alternative energies, some environmental groups are pointing to what they call “fatal flaws” in the plan. | |
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Letter to the Editor: Stimulus Parity
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2009-01-29 |
| Have you ever been stuck in a traffic jam and become annoyed as you reach the start of the congestion expecting to find an accident, only see a lane closed because of road work? It's no wonder that thousands of Philadelphians opt for SEPTA trains and buses, rather than sit bumper to bumper on the Schuylkill Expressway. | |
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