Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 27, 2024

Announcing recently that the world broke a record by generating 30 percent of all electricity from renewable sources in 2023, the British think tank Ember said the data proves we are in a “new era” of energy in which a permanent decline in fossil fuels is “inevitable.” percent in 2015 to nearly 8 percent in 2023.

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Corp Watch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Fossil fuel company wants to expand gas pipeline in Northeast Connecticut Public PaulaR Tue, 09/26/2023 - 17:34 Monday, September 25, 2023 Read more Miriam Wasser At a time when many states in the Northeast are actively trying to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels to help fight climate change, the company that owns a major natural gas pipeline (..)

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 4, 2023

April 4, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. We work together to produce news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 4, 2023

This means that, with few exceptions, new buildings will need to exclusively use electric appliances, and will not be allowed to contain any fossil-fuel infrastructure, like natural-gas lines. It’s made an excellent start, let’s hope that it keeps it up in 2023. All-electric as the new normal. Download as PDF.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

should prop up fossil fuels, constrain renewables wherever possible, and claw back the federal government’s historic investments in clean energy, while reinvesting in nuclear energy and new nuclear weapons. America is the world’s #1 exporter of fossil gas partly thanks to policies of the Obama and Biden administrations.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 27, 2024

That seems to be the Florida playbook for dealing with the climate crisis facing Floridians in the form of rising sea levels and deadly temperatures. The only thing worse than a wet heat is being governed by climate change deniers in a wet heat. In June 2023, Texas Gov. If signed by Gov. Senate Bill 1624 , by Sen.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 28, 2023

Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Environmental Defence experts on climate change, climate finance, Just Transition, clean transportation and, safeguarding freshwater react to the Federal 2023 budget, released today.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

On April 25, the Natural Resources Defense Council said a Federal Register notice from the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the agency has denied Energy Transfer Partners a special permit to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail from Wyalusing, PA to Gibbstown, NJ across the river from Philadelphia.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

What we have not done is address climate change. Climate Change is. “So So let’s turn our collective legislative attention to addressing the existential crisis of our time – Climate Change. And that is Climate Change. It doesn’t add up. RGGI isn’t the problem for Pennsylvanians. We can do it.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 16, 2024

However, for decades governments have also provided oil and gas companies with significant subsidies and other types of financial support. Fossil fuel subsidies are hurting us Subsidies and public financing to oil and gas companies: Harm our health : Governments are propping up an industry that is killing us.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Despite the clean energy transition that is well underway in the United States, methane gas, or natural gas, remains the largest source of U.S. But what does extreme weather actually do to cause gas plants to run into trouble? electricity generation. energy system.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Fifty Years of Disinformation It’s no longer a secret that the US oil industry was well aware as early as 1957 that its products threaten the climate. As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits. Meanwhile, a 2023 study in Environmental Research Letters concluded that as little as 0.2

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

Ebel, the CEO of Enbridge, to our list of infamous Climate Villains – powerful people with fossil fuel interests holding Canada back from effective climate action. The executives behind the fossil fuel industry often avoid public scrutiny, which is why we’re shining the spotlight on their activities.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A recent National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study shows that it would take less than 1 percent of the land in the Lower 48—that’s an area comparable to or even smaller than the fossil fuel industry’s current footprint. EIA also projects US battery storage capacity to more than double in 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

On September 13, the Pittsburgh-based Environmental Health Project issued a review of the University of Pittsburgh studies released on August 15 showing links between natural gas development and Lymphoma cancer, worsening asthma conditions and lower birth weights. "We

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

On September 1, The Center Square reported the state Department of Health is inviting citizens to file environmental health complaints related to natural gas development. Visit Health’s Oil and Natural Gas Production Health Concerns webpage for more information. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2023

Energy Information Administration March 7 Short-Term Energy Outlook forecasts a drop in wholesale electricity prices in 2023 that "reflects the forecast drop in natural gas prices from 2022 to 2023." Natural gas prices are forecast to be down more than 50 percent from last year. Click Here for more details.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Martina White (R-Philadelphia), adopted a final report on the best and safest way to increase the export Pennsylvania's natural gas overseas. The Commonwealth should be engaged in a transition away from fossil fuels because of the need to address climate change," said Rep. Hohenstein. "As

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

cranks its air conditioners to get through historic high temperatures , the need for energy that slows, not hastens, climate change is more apparent than ever. Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by natural gas. And now, as the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2023

The Senate Local Government Committee is scheduled to meet March 6 on legislation-- Senate Bill 143 (Yaw-R-Lycoming)-- that would take away the authority of elected local government officials to move to cleaner sources of energy to address climate change. Legislation like this was vetoed by Gov. Wolf in July of last year.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Climate change: Extinction Rebellion end blockade at Shell's Aberdeen HQ The BBC | January 16, 2020 Extinction Rebellion protesters have ended a blockade at the entrances to Shell's Aberdeen headquarters. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

Energy Information Administration (EIA)-- -- Natural Gas: Pennsylvania’s marketed natural gas production, primarily from the Marcellus Shale, reached a record 7.6 Why aren't natural gas or nuclear or coal, why aren't they applying for new generation capacity? Read more here. ]

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2023

Department of Transportation is set to miss the March 13 deadline to suspend a federal regulation that allows liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be transported by rail nationwide. The initial suspension of the LNG-by-rail rule was expected in June 2022, then December 2022, and now March 13, 2023.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2024

Introducing the new climate villains: Rich Kruger, CEO of Suncor Greg Ebel, CEO of Enbridge Murray Edwards, Chairman of Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. Greg Ebel registered 71 lobby meetings with the federal government in 2023. It’s a challenge to hold companies accountable for their contribution to climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Upcoming research from my colleague Dave Cooke shows that electric delivery trucks can reduce climate-warming emissions from driving by up to 92 percent and reduce lifecycle public health impacts by up to 85 percent compared to today’s average fossil-fueled delivery trucks.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

January 2023 marked the beginning of a new year. Both Healey as a candidate, and the legislature during the last legislative session , have made commitments to build on the state’s climate goals to ensure a healthy, more prosperous Massachusetts where no one is left behind and we can all thrive. Here we go, 2023!

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2023

The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee will hold its second hearing May 1 on electric grid reliability and the failure of natural gas and other generation to provide power when called on by PJM during Winter Storm Elliot in December. Read more here. Read more here ] Click Here to read more from February hearing.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Shapiro made as Attorney General to advance commonsense measures that prioritize public health and safety and ensure the natural gas industry is performing its work in line with the highest standards. The Governor's Office said the agreement helps further a promise Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Of Health Pushing For Changes To Reduce Adverse Health Impacts [PaEN] -- Senate Environmental Committee Meets Dec. 8 [PaEN] -- Lancaster County Community Foundation Awards $64,837 In Community Conservation Grants -- Williamsport Sun: Experts In Parks, Green Infrastructure Hired In Williamsport -- National Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

On February 28, the Better Path Coalition , FracTracker Alliance and dozens of contributors released Pennsylvania Is Worth Protecting , a print and online gallery of more than 60 photographs of people, places, wildlife and more worth protecting from environmental devastation and climate change. These are our lives made visible.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

KDKA: Construction Accident Kills Worker Also Caused Natural Gas Leak In Allegheny County -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: How An Indiana County Biodigester Turns Manure To Gas And The Real Cash Cow: Carbon Credits -- Center For Coalfield Justice, Donora Historical Society & Smog Museum Host Oct. Should DEP Allow It?

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2023

PJM is a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia, including Pennsylvania.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 13, 2023

The new year brings new NEPA (interim) guidance on climate change. It recommends several ways that federal agencies should consider climate change impacts for projects subject to NEPA review. Comments on the guidance are due to CEQ on March 10, 2023. Climate change is one of the impacts that must be assessed.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 9, 2023

One year on, we have a clearer picture of what we vaguely knew already: the biggest-ever climate law and its robust tax incentives is igniting the clean energy transition but is not moving us off fossil fuels fast enough. The full suite of current policies on the books as of June 2023 drives U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

The editorial first appeared in the Scranton Times on April 23, 2023 -- Two months after a derailed chemical-laden train imperiled thousands of residents along the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, Northeast Pennsylvania again faces the risk of millions of gallons of even more dangerous material passing through the region every day.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 21, 2023

This is the first of a series of posts previewing the Emmett Institute’s 2023 Symposium , coming up on April 12. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) represent a radical change in federal climate policy. RSVP here !

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2023

TODAY Noon: DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Hosts Online Discussion Of Storing Carbon Above Ground. WEDNESDAY Noon & 7:00: Better Path Coalition: Webinar Launching 9th Compendium Of Scientific, Medical Findings Demonstrating Risks, Harms Of Natural Gas Development, Infrastructure. Noon to 1:30 p.m.

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