Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 24, 2022
This is true for fighting fires and for keeping the electric power system operating in extreme weather. Electric utilities also have mutual aid agreements, equipment for generating and delivering electricity, and lots of planning. In addition, regulators seek planning for more equipment to deal with large-scale emergencies (e.g.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 6, 2023
As a result of continuing progress on regulations, the air-polluting emissions of new passenger vehicles currently for sale are thankfully much lower than those of older vehicles. pollution from the use of older passenger vehicles (defined as model year 1976 through 2003) and newer ones (model year 2004 through 2021).
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 26, 2022
For example, they may need to choose between cooling down with their windows open at night or breathing polluted air, as residents often don’t have air conditioners or the economic capacity to pay for higher electricity bills. Annual average PM2.5 and ozone concentrations highlighting air quality issues in the Central Valley.
Environmental Progress
MARCH 11, 2021
Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. electrical grids were increasingly “complex and vulnerable.” [2] Shellenberger. 5] The U.S.
Law Columbia
AUGUST 8, 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] This piece previously appeared in the CLS Blue Sky Blog.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 18, 2022
Since 2003, General Fund support for environmental programs in DEP have been cut about 40 percent and as a result staffing was reduced by nearly 30 percent, especially in water quality protection programs. The revenue projections done for the unconventional fee regulation were based on DEP receiving 2,000 permits a year. In 2010, Gov.
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Oil & Gas Program At A Crossroads DEP’s Oil and Gas Program has been playing catch-up with regulating the boom in shale gas drilling since the first well was fracked in 2003. million annual funding deficit, nearly half of the approximately $25 million it costs to regulate conventional and unconventional drilling.
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