PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

Twenty-one school, business and community projects were honored with the 2023 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence. The last parcel of this property was put under conservation easement in March, 2022. The overarching goal of Manure Expo is based on environmental quality.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2023

Are To Blame For One Of The Grid’s Biggest Vulnerabilities When Weather Gets Rough -- The Guardian: Solar Helps Texas Carry Energy Load As Heatwave Puts Power Grid To Test; Atypically Large Number Of Coal, Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Have Failed Amid Temperature Spikes -- Utility Dive: Texas Electric Grid Has Remained Stable Despite 9.6

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. Consequently, residential gas prices are expected to be 22 percent higher this winter compared to last year’s, and residential electricity prices are expected to be 6 percent higher on average.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: April 17, 2023] PA Environment Digest Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Most studies show that achieving these targets will require an unprecedented increase in wind and solar power to decarbonize the power sector and meet the increased demand for zero- carbon electricity to replace fossil fuels in building, industrial and transportation sectors. Map courtesy NREL: Denholm et al.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A quick glance at the latest data from CARB shows there are three large and growing sources of credits: bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity. Bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity are the largest and fastest growing sources of LCFS credits in recent years.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Posted: April 16, 2023] PA Environment Digest Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

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Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2024

By 2022, the positions were reversed: onshore wind cost half as much as the cheapest fossil fuel power. The cost of solar PV fell even more steeply. A dozen years later, the cost of solar power had dropped by nearly 90% on a price per kilowatt basis. The cost of electricity storage has also fallen dramatically.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

There’s good news in the recently released official data on electricity generation in the United States in 2022: renewable energy has continued to grow, coal power has continued to drop, and renewables are now firmly ahead of coal for the first time ever. percent of the country’s electricity supply (up 1.1 It supplied 10.5

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A Greener Life

MARCH 19, 2023

“We are pushing the Chinese company to complete its financial closure by 31 December 2023, and start construction at the earliest so that it can be completed by 2025,” Shah Jahan Mirza, managing director of the Pakistan government-owned Private Power and Infrastructure Board told me.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

Here’s what happened on December 25, 26 and 27, 2022 in Washington County. According to an article in the Observer-Reporter newspaper , Kasey said she and her family were opening presents on Christmas morning 2022 when they heard a “jet noise” from the plant followed by a loud bang that rattled the house about 7:30 in the morning. “It

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Law Columbia

APRIL 1, 2024

For context, at the time of the evidentiary hearing on May 15, 2023, the largest agrivoltaics project in the country was Madison Fields (also in Ohio), where 150 acres of soybeans had been planted among rows of solar panels three days earlier. Opinion ¶ 221.) million of annual revenue to local government and schools. Opinion ¶ 222.)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Last month, the British-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) reported that London-based HSBC, one of the world’s top-10 biggest banks, has helped raise $47 billion for the fossil fuel industry since its 2022 announcement that it would not finance new gas and oil infrastructure. trillion to $1 trillion.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The Council’s release of the draft scoping plan represents a significant milestone in the state’s efforts to implement policies to reduce GHG emissions and achieve the 2040 zero GHG emission target that the CLCPA sets for the electricity-generating sector. The final plan must be sent to the Legislature by Jan.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

DTE’s proposal, known as an integrated resource plan, describes how the utility intends to fulfill its customers’ electricity needs over the next 20 years. These types of long-term energy plans include forecasting the amount of electricity customers will need and examining different options for supporting that need.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2024

From April 2022 to July 2023, she served in the Biden-Harris administration as deputy general counsel for energy efficiency and clean energy demonstrations at the U.S. Klass teaches and writes primarily in the areas of energy law, environmental law and natural resources law. Reprinted from Penn State News.) Resource Link: -- Lt.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2022

It could look like large-scale storage projects using batteries or compressed air in underground salt caverns, smaller-scale projects in warehouses and commercial buildings, or batteries at home and in electric vehicles. Currently only 4 percent of US electricity comes from solar.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2023

During the 2022-23 school year, staff embarked on a multiyear commitment to learning best practices in teaching about and within nature in their outdoor classrooms, in partnership with Stroud Water Research Center. Click Here for more on all 2023 Green Ribbon Schools. For more information, visit the U.S.

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 6, 2023

Effective August 2, 2023, goods produced by Camel Group Co., The company is also a leader in the manufacture of energy storage including batteries associated with many home solar power systems. The federal government began enforcing the UFLPA in June 2022. sold electric vehicles. and Chenguang Biotech Group Co.,

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2022

Energy Information Administration reported-- in our January Short-Term Energy Outlook , we forecast that rising electricity generation from renewable energy resources such as solar and wind will reduce generation from fossil fuel-fired power plants over the next two years. electric generators averaged $4.88

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Legal Planet

JULY 22, 2024

October 26, 2022. August 9, 2022. August 16, 2022. ” November 22, 2022. Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act , which provides at least $369 billion in funding for clean energy and climate, leading many to hail the law as “the largest investment in clean energy and climate action ever.” April 21, 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2023

PaEN] -- Northeast PA Environmental Partners Announce 2023 Environmental Partnership, Shelburne And Emerging Leaders Award Recipients [PaEN] -- Richard Negrin Sworn In As DEP Secretary By Gov. Thank you for your leadership! -- Pennsylvania Envirothon Team Places 2nd In International NCF- Envirothon Competition! Shapiro With Former Sen.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Since I wrote that column, my last one on ExxonMobil’s annual grants, the company’s Worldwide Giving Report in 2022 indicated that in 2021, ExxonMobil contributed another $150,000 to AEI and $150,000 to the GWU Regulatory Studies Center. The company has yet to publish a report for its grantmaking in 2022, let alone 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 27, 2023

Katie Muth (D-Chester), Alison Steele, Environmental Health Project -- PA Capital-Star: Report: Shell Petrochemical Plant Hasn’t Delivered Economically For Beaver County -- Ohio River Valley Institute: A Cautionary Tale Of Petrochemicals From Beaver County, PA - Still Failing To Spur Economic Growth -- House Environmental Committee Hears Progress Report (..)

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Natural Gas 2023 Solar Power Politics 91

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Posted: March 12, 2023] PA Environment Digest Start In The Swimming Pool -- Forests For Chesapeake Bay: Forests Responding To Unseasonable Conditions; Volunteer Tree Plantings, Tree Talk - Black Cherry; More! Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2023

Manada Conservancy: Free Native Pollinator Plants To First 50 Landowners In Swatara Creek Watershed, Dauphin County [PaEN] -- Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County 2023 Pollinator Festival Aug. Thank you for your leadership! -- Water Resources Assn. Potter County To Sept. 19 At Adams Ricci Butterfly Garden, Enola 10:00 a.m.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2023

Armstrong County Nuclear Waste Dump -- Celebrate Pennsylvania Native Species Day May 18 [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Tween Trek April 6 -- The Nature Conservancy Receives $4.25 Million In Combined Investments For Appalachians.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

THURSDAY 1:00: Senate Transportation Committee hearing on charging electric vehicles. EIA: 'Increasing Electricity Generation From Renewable Sources Contributes To Lower Power Prices' In 2023 [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline: New Energy Co-Op Helps Make Switch To Solar Power Easier, More Affordable In Lancaster -- Nebraska Examiner: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2023

Annual Symposium To Focus On Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy & Technology Sept. 21 Backyard Stream Repair Field Day In Allegheny County; Other Extension Watershed Resources [PaEN] -- Scholarships Available For 2023 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2023

Annual Symposium To Focus On Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy & Technology Sept. 24-26 In Altoona [PaEN] -- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Provides $100,000 Grant To Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. 26-27 In Pittsburgh [PaEN] -- TribLive: Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2024

DEP’s inspection report issued violations for abandonment (new) and continued previous violations for venting gas and failure to maintain a well related to a gas storage area (from December 13, 2022). Hegarty-A 1H, violations issued June 26, 2023 [ DEP inspection report ] -- Covington Twp. On August 26, 2024, DEP inspected the Paul E.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2023

RGGI] -- TribLive: PJM Interconnection: Closure Of Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant Won’t Impact Electric Grid Reliability -- Utility Dive: FERC To Oversee Settlement Talks To Resolve Complaints About $1.8 Million EPA Loan To Continue Drinking Water System Improvements -- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Officials Announce $52.4

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2024

9 Webinar On Applying For EPA Clean School Bus Rebate Program [PaEN] -- WHYY/Plan Philly: City Of Philadelphia’s Vehicle Fleet Getting Cleaner, But Has A Long Way To Go -- Inquirer: Public Electric Vehicle Charging Is On The Way, But PA Is ‘Playing Catch-Up’ -- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals: Jan. Shapiro: PA Receives Over $44.4

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Meyer, Celebrated Former Executive Director Of The Morris Arboretum & Gardens, Has Died At 71 Upcoming Events -- Federal Interagency Working Group On Coal & Power Plant Communities Holds Oct. 28 -- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Mini-Grants; Webinar Nov.

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Natural Gas Climate Change Clean Energy 2023 75

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

TODAY 6:00: PennDOT Outreach Session On National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program. 2022 Natural Gas House Explosion In Dauphin County [PaEN] -- WPXI: Mayor Of Economy Boro, Beaver County, Expresses Frustration At Ongoing Natural Gas Outage -- US DOE Awards $3.5 Read more here. Graystone Mansion/Harcum College Coatesville, 53 S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Washington County Finally ‘Go Green;’ Failed To Install Solar Energy On Their Buildings Despite Multiple Opportunities -- Penn State Extension Hosts Nov. Washington County Finally ‘Go Green;’ Failed To Install Solar Energy On Their Buildings Despite Multiple Opportunities -- Penn State Extension Hosts Nov. 31 -- Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Honors Nancy Bake r [PaEN] -- Keep PA Beautiful Announces Recipients Of 2023 Volunteer And Community Partners Awards [PaEN] -- TribLive: Aspinwall, Allegheny County Teen’s Passion For Conservation Earns Him Spot On Western PA Junior Achievement’s 18 Under Eighteen List -- Gov.

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