Environmental News Bits

MAY 22, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released new details about the design of the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), a first-of-its-kind, national-scale competitive grant program created by the President’s Inflation Reduction Act.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Agency , the Supreme Court formally announced its embrace of the MQD, holding that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did not have authority to issue a greenhouse gas emissions rule that shifted electricity generation away from coal. Env’t Prot.

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SPR Law

JULY 15, 2022

Supreme Court restricted the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in its 6-3 decision for West Virginia v. On June 30, 2022, the U.S.

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 31, 2022

EPA ) addressing the scope of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil-fuel powered power plaints. Click here to read the article (begins on p.

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Law and Environment

MARCH 26, 2024

In 2022, Pennsylvania became the 12th member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (“RGGI”). Pennsylvania joined RGGI pursuant to a 2019 executive order and a subsequent rulemaking promulgated by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) and Environmental Quality Board (“EQB”).

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Environmental and health groups are urging Parliament to prioritize Bill S-5 , introduced today in the Senate. When we need to act to prevent environmental harms, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions or banning plastics – it’s done under this Act.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 3, 2023

This post is adapted from a Client Alert to commercial real estate owners and tenants in those buildings in Maryland about the new regulations requiring that beginning January 1, 2024 greenhouse gas emission data be collected for reporting to the state government.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just finalized its Phase 3 greenhouse gas regulation as a part of the administration’s plan to decarbonize the transportation sector. The Phase 3 regulation will cut new greenhouse gas emissions from trucks in 2032 by 32 to 62 percent for vocational trucks (e.g.,

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection has published a Request for Information in the December 30 PA Bulletin to assist in the development of a grant program for Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions in Pennsylvania (RISE PA).

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

still does not limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of our greenhouse gases. Today’s the day for the long-awaited release of Environmental Protection Agency regulations to tackle planet-warming pollution by the nation’s power plants. In the year 2023, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

By Josh Raulerson, PA Environmental Council Data published in February by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency show a startling 9.6% Pennsylvania’s power generation sector is one of the nation’s largest — and thus, also, one of the biggest emitters of climate-changing greenhouse gases.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Regrettably, this annual budget has shortchanged the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for many years. These wells can leak methane (a powerful greenhouse gas) and contaminate ground and surface water. Tom Wolf’s address to Pennsylvania’s General Assembly on Feb. The commonwealth now faces federal sanctions.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

On January 12, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it received $3 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop a Priority Climate Action Plan focused on reducing emissions in the Commonwealth’s industrial sector.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 28, 2022

OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Environmental and health groups are urging senators to strengthen Bill S-5 in order to modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) without delay.

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Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This announcement tilts the balance of cost-benefit analyses in favor of activities that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and it could have widespread effects for entities that receive federal funding or are subject to federal regulation. The directive is, nonetheless, significant.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 5, 2023

The potential contribution of the BBNJ agreement to strengthen environmental protection in the development of marine renewable energy technologies in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Pollution from different sources as well the rising greenhouse gas emission levels are some of the main drivers of the degradation of marine ABNJ.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency announced its annual Top Cities list, spotlighting the cities with the greatest number of ENERGY STAR certified commercial and multifamily buildings last year. On May 22, the U.S. Philadelphia made the list at #23 with 98 buildings.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2022

On January 21, the Department of Environmental Protection announced funding for more than $2.7 million in Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIGs) to 18 cleaner fuel transportation projects statewide that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 1, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the most stringent national greenhouse gas pollution standards for heavy-duty vehicles, including freight trucks and buses, for model years 2027 through 2032. Read the full story from Environment + Energy Leader. sets stringent GHG standards for heavy-duty vehicles

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Nanotech

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

On October 17, 2023, Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) reintroduced the Adopt Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation (GREET) Act (S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update its greenhouse gas (GHG) modeling for all renewable fuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

It’s called “Schedule F,” and it could be used to strip employment protections from as many as 50,000 federal employees. She told NPR last summer that “the Environmental Protection Agency recently has become an instrument of overregulation, where there is a lot of excess in terms of the bureaucracy and staffing and process.”

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans Thursday to further cut emissions of climate super-pollutants widely used in air conditioning and refrigeration, the latest step in the United States’ effort to phase down the potent greenhouse gases. Read the full story in the Washington Post.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced $11 million in grant funding to 11 institutions for research to address the drivers and environmental impacts of energy transitions in underserved and Tribal communities. Energy and transportation systems are rapidly shifting away from fossil-based energy systems.

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New Scientist

JUNE 30, 2022

In a major environmental case, the US Supreme Court has ruled to limit the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Here's what you need to know

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The comment period for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s proposed greenhouse gas emissions standards for power plants closed on August 8, and headlines indicate that the industry is fractured. Read the full story from the Rocky Mountain Institute.

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Inside Climate News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

By Phil McKenna The Environmental Protection Agency is drastically undervaluing the potency of methane as a greenhouse gas when the agency compares methane’s climate impact to that of carbon dioxide, a new study concludes.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the September 23 PA Bulletin announcing the availability of the new General Permit Plan Approval covering Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares (BAQ-GPA/GP-21). The greenhouse gas emissions from coal mining increased from 9.82 million metric tons. million metric tons.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 24, 2023

Fortunately, the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), a $27 billion program from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is designed to leverage this network and expertise, fostering … Continue reading A multi-billion dollar EPA fund is delivering the energy transition to overlooked communities

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $100 million in grants to support efforts to report and reduce climate pollution linked to the manufacturing of construction materials and products, which account for 11% of annual global greenhouse gas emissions. Today, the U.S.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 27, 2024

Bobby Payne, rewrite Florida energy policy to eliminate state goals to address the impacts of climate change and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as erase mentions of climate change. Jay Collin, and House Bill 1645 , by Rep. Four red states — most notably Florida — have refused to apply for the climate money.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 1 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed new General Permit Plan Approval covering Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares (BAQ-GPA/GP-21). The greenhouse gas emissions from coal mining increased from 9.82 million metric tons. million metric tons in 2005.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2024

Read more here. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 20 PA Bulletin inviting public comments on its intention to renew the Title V Air Quality Permit for the Panther Creek Power Plant located in Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County. ( Remote access will be available.

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E2 Law Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

26, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) solicited public input to inform two new Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) programs creating standards and labeling for construction materials that have “substantially lower levels of embodied greenhouse gas emissions.”

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 15, 2021

Scientific innovations that decrease or eliminate the use of hazardous chemicals, reduce greenhouse gases and result in a safer and more sustainable product are being honored with Green Chemistry Challenge Awards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Michal Freedhoff, Ph.D.,

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E2 Law Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency. On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its long-awaited decision in West Virginia, et al. By a 6-3 opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court ruled in favor of the four petitioners, holding that the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 24, 2023

And lastly, the EPA establishes that water and wastewater are eligible categories for billions in federal funding to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. “We By the Numbers $27 Billion : Size of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a pot of money included in the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency. And so just by hearing it , members of the Supreme Court seemed to tip their hand, signaling a majority actively on the hunt for a chance to slash away at the government’s ability to advance vital environmental and public health safeguards. But that’s about where the good news ends.

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