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| 2010-03-09 | |
| From laundromats and baseball stadiums, to homes and cars, solar energy is already enhancing energy security and reducing pollution in Pennsylvania and nationwide. A new PennEnvironment report outlines a vision for using the sun to meet 10 percent of the country’s total energy needs by 2030, and moving toward reaping the full potential benefits of solar energy. | |
| 2010-01-21 | |
| Increasing the use of plug-in electric and plug-in hybrid cars in Pennsylvania and nationwide would dramatically reduce emissions that cause global warming and air pollution, all while curbing our dependence on oil, according to a new white paper released today by PennEnvironment. | |
| 2009-09-30 | |
| The Pennsylvania Clean Energy Works (CEW) campaign—which includes PennEnvironment, Blue-Green Alliance, United Steelworkers, Sierra Club, Repower America and others—held a telephone conference with reporters to highlight the benefits of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. The campaign called for Senators Bob Casey and Arlen Specter to lead the way in the effort to repower Pennsylvania’s economy with clean energy. | |
| 2009-09-22 | |
| In 2008, Pennsylvanians saved 186,715,000 gallons of gasoline by riding transit in record numbers - or the amount of gasoline consumed by 323,600 cars in a year - according to a new PennEnvironment report. | |
| 2009-09-09 | |
| A new report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy finds that Pennsylvania households would save an average of $269 per year and 27,200 jobs would be created in the state over the next ten years if Congress passes an energy and climate bill with strengthened energy efficiency provisions. | |
| 2009-06-30 | |
| Between 2010 and 2030, Pennsylvania will spend as much as $1.07 trillion on oil, coal and other fossil fuels - 3.4 the total earnings of all Pennsylvania workers in 2007 - according to a new report released today by PennEnvironment. | |
| 2009-05-13 | |
| A comprehensive plan to make our nation’s buildings more efficient could save enough energy by 2030 to power all of the nation’s cars, homes and businesses for a year and a half, while saving Americans more than $500 billion, according to a new report by PennEnvironment. These findings offer a preview of what Pennsylvania could achieve by adopting green building policies, such as the statewide green building code proposed by Governor Rendell in February, and the many policies being pushed by state and local officials who joined PennEnvironment in releasing the report. | |
| 2009-04-16 | |
| Pennsylvania can start to transition to a clean energy economy, stop global warming and protect the environment with funding from President Obama’s proposed federal budget for 2010, according to a report released today by PennEnvironment. | |
| 2009-03-13 | |
| Four of Pennsylvania’s largest environmental groups stepped up their opposition yesterday to proposed new state-level energy legislation, calling on the bill’s supporters to either fix flawed language dealing with carbon capture and sequestration, or scrap the bill completely. | |
| 2009-02-28 | |
| ERIE, PA– Leaders from the business, academic, government, labor and environmental communities today joined together with new U.S. Representative Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA-03), state Rep. Patrick Harkins, and state Rep. John Hornaman to discuss how we could address the triple threat facing America’s economy, energy and climate with clean energy and green jobs. | |
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