The Board of Supervisors has adopted the 2023 Loudoun County Energy Strategy, which provides a blueprint to achieve the county’s long-term vision for a community that uses less energy and has lower greenhouse gas emissions while ensuring that energy is clean, reliable and affordable for all residents and businesses in Loudoun County.
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Residents Oppose a Planned Lithium Battery Storage System Next to Their Homes in Maryland’s Prince George’s County
Inside Climate News
A Pepco pilot project to build the 1-megawatt unit poses fire and explosion risks, the residents say. Pepco says the planned facility, intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, meets all safety codes.
Recommendation to Deny Dominion Renewables Projects Highlights Challenges of Meeting VCEA Goal
Virginia Mercury
Every year, Dominion submits to regulators a suite of renewable energy projects that it proposes to undertake in order to comply with the mandates of the Virginia Clean Economy Act, a 2020 state law that seeks to decarbonize the electric grid by the midcentury.
Mayor Bowser Wants To Hit The Brakes On Key Climate Policy, To Help Office Building Owners
DCist
Buildings don’t have tailpipes, so you might underestimate how much they contribute to climate change. In D.C., buildings are the number 1 carbon emitter — by far — accounting for nearly three-quarters of the District’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Cool Green Shelters Brings ‘Living Canopies’ to Hyattsville Bus Stops
The Hyattsville Wire
This summer, Hyattsville will soon incorporate “living canopies” and add 10 new stations with solar panels and living vegetation from Cool Green Shelters.
National and International News
EPA Awards $177 Million to Environmental Justice Groups
The Hill
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it’s investing $177 million to create 17 technical assistance centers around the country to help environmental justice organizations successfully apply for federal funds.
The Next EV Push Is an Overhaul of the Iconic American School Bus
Bloomberg
The American school bus of the future won’t differ too much from its current iconic design: The wheels will still go round and round, the horn will go honk, honk, honk, and the wipers will swish, swish, swish. But if the transition from fossil fuels continues to accelerate, the engine won’t go vroom, vroom, vroom. It won’t make much noise at all, because it will be electric.
Tighter EPA Vehicle Emissions Standards May Speed Up EV Transition
Utility Dive
The new emissions standards would apply to 2027 through 2032 model-year vehicles, but they would not mandate EVs, leaving it up to automakers to decide how to meet the rules.
Biden’s Ambitious Climate Plan for EVs Faces These Big Hurdles
The Washington Post
The Biden administration’s plan to remake how Americans travel by forcing automakers to rapidly shift to predominantly electric vehicle sales would strike a major blow against global warming — but only if federal officials can successfully execute it.
US Coal Plant Contribution to Electric Grid Plummets to Smallest in History: Report
The Hill
In the first quarter of 2023, coal-fired power plants contributed the least amount of power to the U.S. electricity market in history, a new report has found.