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

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Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Cumberland County -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Holds July 31 Meeting At Penn State Harrisburg Campus On Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant; Webinar On Aug. Shapiro -- Post-Gazette: Gov. Ohio- $3.10

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Conservative Party received 40 percent of its donations from fossil fuel interests in the first week of the campaign

A Greener Life

million since 2001. At the time of the Truss donation, Hay said : “I want to see us use more of our energy supply, including more oil and gas from the North Sea and nuclear power.” He holds shares worth at least £100,000 in Shell, Harbour Energy, and the oilfield services firm TechnipFMC, according to his register of interests.

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RePlanet Nederland’s review of the draft Delegated Regulation on nuclear energy and gaseous fossil fuels in the sustainable finance taxonomy

Environmental Progress

It has therefore drafted a proposal(2)- a Delegated Regulation - which sets out screening criteria for investments in nuclear energy, effectively declaring nuclear energy part of the sustainable finance taxonomy. There are no good arguments to call nuclear a sustainable investment at one time and not sustainable a moment later.

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Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce 2021 Texas Grid Failure

Environmental Progress

Few people realize that Germany has actually increased its fossil fuel combustion capacity over the 20 years of its landmark renewable energy program from 2001 to the present. should maintain and expand its fleet of highly-reliable, carbon-free, and 94 percent efficient nuclear power plants. I believe the U.S. But if the U.S.

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Lead Counsel On Court Cases Striking Down Provisions In Act 13 To Preempt Local Regulation Of Oil & Gas Operations Raises Concerns About Proposed Legislation Establishing A RESET Board To Site Large Energy Projects

PA Environment Daily

No principle of law permits us to suspend constitutional requirements for economic reasons , no matter how compelling those reasons may seem. " "Moreover , the General Assembly has no authority to remove a political subdivision's implicitly necessary authority to carry into effect constitutional duties. " Harrisburg School District v.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 10.23.24

PA Environment Daily

Of Environmental Educators Conference March 10-12 In Erie [PaEN] -- TribLive/AP: On Lake Erie, Getting Rid Of Problem Algae Starts With Giving It Less Food -- DCNR Forecast Wildfire Danger HIGH In Most Of PA For Wednesday, Oct. 23 -- LehighValleyLive: Northcentral PA ATV Trail Is A Hit, Generating $23.5

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

PA Environment Daily

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro Questions Whether Musk’s $1 Million Giveaway Is Legal -- TribLive: Elon Musk’s PAC Halts $1 Million Daily Giveaway In PA After US Dept. Ohio- $2.84 Ohio- $2.84