Housing Initiative Partnership (HIP), a green nonprofit affordable housing developer based in Prince George’s County, along with Pepco and Emera Technologies, have been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) to construct a new residential microgrid.
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Virginia Law Cleared a Path for Condo Owners to Install Charging Stations
Energy News Network
The first electric vehicle charging stations under a 2020 “right to charge” law are beginning to pop up in the parking garages of condominiums, housing cooperatives and other common-interest communities.
Georgetown Announces Partnership with ENGIE to Meet Sustainability Goals
The Georgetown Voice
Georgetown announced a partnership with ENGIE North America to upgrade the campus’s major utility, distribution, monitoring, and control systems. The partnership aims to help the university lower its energy use intensity by 35 percent and meet its goal of carbon neutrality by 2030.
New Columbia Solar Cuts Ribbon on 1,148-kW Community Solar Canopy in DC
Solar Power World
Washington, D.C.’s largest solar canopy was unveiled on the grounds of the Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus (RIC), located on the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus.
Climate Groups Applaud Prince William County’s First-Ever Sustainability Program
Prince William Living
Prince William Board of County Supervisors (BOCS) adopted the FY22 budget that included, for the first time in the county’s history, funding for a Sustainability Program.
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The Senate Reinstates Methane Emissions Regulations Rolled Back by Trump, Marking a Clear Win for Climate Activists
Inside Climate News
Three Republicans joined Democrats in curtailing pollution from the potent greenhouse gas, reinstating emissions limits on oil and gas wells enacted during the Obama administration.
Electric vehicles on world’s roads expected to increase to 145m by 2030
The Guardian
The number of electric cars, vans, trucks and buses on the world’s roads is on course to increase from 11m vehicles to 145m by the end of the decade, which could wipe out demand for millions of barrels of oil every day.
Working from Home Can Mean Surprise Energy Bills. Green Power Can Help
CBS News
Many people working from home during the pandemic have gotten a rude surprise: higher energy bills. But improvements in technology and a last-minute tax credit extension is making it easier for homeowners to save by retrofitting their house, adding new sources of power or even creating a backup energy system.
How To Implement a ‘Just’ Energy Transition? Make it Local
The Hill
Ever since President Biden issued a historic executive order directing 40 percent of the benefits from federal climate action to flow to disadvantaged communities, those of us on the front lines of the climate crisis have been singing its praises — the Justice40 Initiative.
School buses are hurting our kids — here’s how we change that
The Hill
…children who ride school buses are exposed to particulate matter from diesel fumes, which has been linked to certain cancers.