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Sen. Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

And what happens is, you've mentioned this, that 95% of the [proposed] energy [facilities], the new coming online in the [JPM] queue, is wind and solar and that means only 5% is natural gas, or coal, or nuclear or whatever. So it seems to me, and I love it when people say, oh, well by 2035 we're going to have totally clean energy.

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Guest Essay: A Conservative Argument For Clean Energy -- Follow The Market, Fossil Fuels Are No Bargain

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2023

By Dave Jenkins, Conservatives For Responsible Stewardshi p The following goest essay first appeared in the Erie Times on March 27, 2023 -- We are at an inflection point on energy: 2022 was the first year when global investment in carbon-free sources of energy matched investment in fossil fuels.

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Reevaluating the Role of Fossil Gas in a Decarbonizing Grid

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

It’s worth delving into because it has some important implications for our clean energy future. US Electricity Generation Wind and solar lead the way in decarbonizing the power sector to meet near-term climate targets. Decarbonizing the power sector also plays a critical long-term role by replacing fossil fuels in other sectors.

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Statement on the Powering Ontario’s Growth plan

Enviromental Defense

JULY 11, 2023

This document is little more than a belated attempt to rationalize the government’s recent announcements for new nuclear and gas facilities. It is certainly not a plan for clean energy generation – it’s a plan to keep critics at bay while the province keeps polluting and using antiquated and dangerous technologies.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.15.23

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2023

According To Moody’s Investors Services -- Marcellus Drilling News: New Fortress Energy Reapplying For Wyalusing LNG Natural Gas Plant Permits In Bradford County [PaEN] -- U.S. -- PA Capital-Star: PA Among Top States For White Supremacist Propaganda In 2022 -- Politics PA: How Accurate Were Polls On 2022 PA Races?

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Pennsylvania’s Electric Grid Is Dependent On One Fuel To Generate 59% Of Our Electricity; Market Moving To Renewables + Storage

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

On March 7, the Independent Fiscal Office issued its latest Pennsylvania Electricity update that reports the electricity grid is dependent on one fuel for 59% of the state’s electricity generation-- natural gas-- followed by nuclear power-- 31.9%, coal-- 5.4% Energy Information Administration. from other sources. Read more here.

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74 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Noon -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Major Pittsburgh Region Projects Move Forward In 2023: Carrie Furnace, Hazelwood Green [Brownfield Redevelopment] -- Keep PA Beautiful: Sen.

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Proposed Regulations for Direct Pay Under the Inflation Reduction Act: Guidelines for Cities

Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2023

On June 14, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued temporary and proposed rules for the “direct pay” mechanism enabled by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and codified under Section 6417 of the Internal Revenue Code. Written comments are due on August 14, 2023.

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U.S. Senate Hearing: Energy, Environmental Impacts Of Cryptocurrency Mining In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

To date, Stronghold has purchased the 94-megawatt (MW) circulating fluidized bed (CFB) Scrubgrass power plant in Venango County and the 94 MW Panther Creek CFB facility in Carbon County. As of March 24, 2022, the company operated approximately 20,500 pieces of mining hardware and purchase agreements in place for an additional 29,400 miners.

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Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.19.22

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Read more here. -- September 19 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Not Registered For Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh? Room 461 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch live. School Book Censorship Leads To 2,500 Bans In A Year [PA Number 3 In U.S.,

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Rep. Fiedler, Labor Leaders, Educational, Environmental Leaders Announce Bill To Create Grant Program To Invest In Solar Energy Facilities At Schools

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

“The Solar for Schools Grant Program is a critical piece of legislation that provides us with a chance to invest in our aging school buildings -- while supporting and sustaining good-paying, clean-energy union jobs.

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Right on Energy: Section 45V Hydrogen Production Tax Credit

Cresforum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Introduction Hydrogen has been dubbed the “Swiss army knife” of clean energy, given its potential to become a tool to cut emissions in key sectors, as well as to assert U.S. global energy leadership and increase our nation’s competitive edge. On Friday December 22, 2023, the U.S. According to the U.S.

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House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

To date, Stronghold has purchased the 94-megawatt (MW) circulating fluidized bed (CFB) Scrubgrass power plant in Venango County and the 94 MW Panther Creek CFB facility in Carbon County. As of March 24, 2022, the company operated approximately 20,500 pieces of mining hardware and purchase agreements in place for an additional 29,400 miners.

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166 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- Republican Herald: West Nile Virus Monitoring Starts In Schuylkill County -- Shapiro Administration Commends 3 PA Schools For Environmental Efforts As Green Ribbon Schools -- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Winners In Western PA, West Virginia Science Bowl Competed In National Science Bowl -- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces 5 Recipients (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen [PaEN] -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: 45 Years After Infamous Accident, Why Are They Still Cleaning Up Three Mile Island?

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September 5 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

29; No Information Yet On Whether Oil & Gas Development Health Risks Will Be Included Health Department Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Pennsylvanians Near State’s Four Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. Decline In Energy Use; $4.6 Million In Energy Savings; 14.6% Decline In Energy Use; $4.6

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Climate Choices Part II — Session Law 2021-165 (Carbon Reduction Plan)

Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 22, 2023

January 22, 2023. It authorizes the Utilities Commission to take “all reasonable steps” to achieve the CO 2 reduction goals and adopt a plan by December 31, 2022 to do so. As a first step, the Utilities Commission required Duke Energy to submit a proposed carbon reduction plan in May 2022. NCUC Order.

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PJM Interconnection Formally Files Changes To Electric Capacity Market Rules With FERC Based Largely On Unreliability Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants During Winter Storm Elliot

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2023

14 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Energy Transfer Natural Gas Liquids Marcus Hook Terminal In An EJ Area, Delaware County [PaEN] -- Better Path Coalition: Oct. 14 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Energy Transfer Natural Gas Liquids Marcus Hook Terminal In An EJ Area, Delaware County [PaEN] -- Better Path Coalition: Oct.

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PUC Vice Chairman: During Winter Storm Elliot We Learned Natural Gas Can Be An Intermittent Generator Of Electricity Just Like Renewables

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2023

Craig Williams (R-Delaware) noted the PUC’s testimony said natural gas provides 53% of elected generation in Pennsylvania in 2021, nuclear power 33%, coal just 12% and renewables and other sources the remainder. Natural Gas Is An Intermittent Generator Rep. PJM has indicated that the figure number of violators is subject to change.

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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 4 to 10; Big Week For Spills

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2023

Unconventional shale gas violators included-- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC (Bradford County); Diversified Prod LLC (Fayette County); M4 Energy LLC (Fayette County); EQT ARO LLC (Lycoming County); Repsol Oil & Gas USA LLC (Susquehanna County); Clean Energy Exploration & Production LLC (Tioga County) and Delmar Midstream LLC (Tioga County).

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DEP Offers 10 Point Plan To Improve Permit Reviews; Climate/Energy Work Group Co-Chairs Announced; Work Group Formed To Prevent New Oil & Gas Well Abandonments

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

On March 22, DEP presented a 10 point plan for improving DEP permit reviews to the Senate Appropriations Committee as part of Acting Secretary Richard Negrin’s presentation on DEP’s FY 2023-24 budget request. Only 25% of the over 40,000 permit applications DEP received in 2022, for example, came in the door complete.

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DEP Budget Testimony: Increasing Permitting Efficiency, Cleaning Up Legacy Pollution, Investing In Communities, Holding Companies Accountable

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Shapiro’s FY 2023-24 budget request. Thank you for the opportunity to present Governor Shapiro’s proposed Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). We will continue to transition to a clean energy economy that creates good paying, family supporting jobs. Those hours equate to 10.8

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 6.22.22

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 22, 2022

Army - Disinterred Remains Do Not Match Native American Boy Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: June 22, 2022] PA Environment Digest What’s Your Community Doing?

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Julia O’Brien, Lancaster Theological Seminary [PaEN] -- PA Interfaith Power & Light Religion & Environment Webinar Series: Nov. Julia O’Brien, Lancaster Theological Seminary [PaEN] -- PA Interfaith Power & Light Religion & Environment Webinar Series: Nov. Posted: October 15, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Capitol & COVID Weekly Report: Legislators Sprint To Budget Deadline Awash In Money; Never Ending Election; Ending Emergency?

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2021

Ryan Aument (R-Lancaster) was again pushing his idea last week to suspend no-excuse mail-in voting altogether until 2023-- conveniently after the 2022 gubernatorial election. Coal-fired power plants were the biggest losers in the auction market clearing 8,175 MW less power than during the last auction. Read more here.

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Sen. Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal

Guest Essay: A Conservative Argument For Clean Energy -- Follow The Market, Fossil Fuels Are No Bargain

Trending Sources

Reevaluating the Role of Fossil Gas in a Decarbonizing Grid

Statement on the Powering Ontario’s Growth plan

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.15.23

Pennsylvania’s Electric Grid Is Dependent On One Fuel To Generate 59% Of Our Electricity; Market Moving To Renewables + Storage

74 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

Proposed Regulations for Direct Pay Under the Inflation Reduction Act: Guidelines for Cities

U.S. Senate Hearing: Energy, Environmental Impacts Of Cryptocurrency Mining In Pennsylvania

Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.19.22

Rep. Fiedler, Labor Leaders, Educational, Environmental Leaders Announce Bill To Create Grant Program To Invest In Solar Energy Facilities At Schools

Right on Energy: Section 45V Hydrogen Production Tax Credit

House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change

166 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

94 New Articles - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

September 5 PA Environment Digest Now Available

Climate Choices Part II — Session Law 2021-165 (Carbon Reduction Plan)

PJM Interconnection Formally Files Changes To Electric Capacity Market Rules With FERC Based Largely On Unreliability Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants During Winter Storm Elliot

PUC Vice Chairman: During Winter Storm Elliot We Learned Natural Gas Can Be An Intermittent Generator Of Electricity Just Like Renewables

Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 4 to 10; Big Week For Spills

DEP Offers 10 Point Plan To Improve Permit Reviews; Climate/Energy Work Group Co-Chairs Announced; Work Group Formed To Prevent New Oil & Gas Well Abandonments

DEP Budget Testimony: Increasing Permitting Efficiency, Cleaning Up Legacy Pollution, Investing In Communities, Holding Companies Accountable

Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 6.22.22

Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Capitol & COVID Weekly Report: Legislators Sprint To Budget Deadline Awash In Money; Never Ending Election; Ending Emergency?

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