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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.30.22

PA Environment Daily

Senate Climate, Energy Bill -- ClimateWire: A Federal Climate Bill With Fossil Fuel Victories -- WPost: How The U.S. Senate Climate, Energy Bill Might Impact You And Change The U.S. -- NYT: U.S. House Passes Ban On Assault Weapons After Spate Of Gun Violence -- TribLive Editorial: U.S.

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EPA Unveils Proposed Methane Pollution Reduction Standards Covering Oil & Gas Facilities, Including Conventional Oil & Gas Wells

PA Environment Daily

The agency estimates that in 2030, the proposal would reduce methane from covered sources by 87 percent below 2005 levels. These include known cancer-causing toxics like benzene, VOCs that increase ozone levels, and methane. Of these impacts, fossil fuels are the most serious threat to children’s health worldwide.

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Testimony of Michael D. Shellenberger Founder and President, Environmental Progress For the House Oversight Committee August 5, 2020

Environmental Progress

In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi after that hearing I noted that I am aware that Congressional hearings involve some political theater. However, I am not a political appointee. I did not expect to be drawn into political theater that violates basic civility. That may be the case. I do not represent a large trade association.

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These Attorneys General Are Defending the Fossil Fuel Industry, Not Their States

Union of Concerned Scientists

Attorneys general (AGs) in the five states most vulnerable to climate change, however, are doing the exact opposite: Instead of defending their constituents, they are defending the fossil fuel industry. Here’s a roundup of what these AGs have been doing to make a bad situation worse.

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Environmental Health Project: PA’s Natural Gas Boom - What Went Wrong? Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?

PA Environment Daily

Health First Pennsylvania is a dedicated bunch of health professionals, health advocates, parents, faith leaders, all dedicated to trying to make the use and extraction of fossil fuels, especially methane, in Pennsylvania, as safe as possible, and to limit the damage. So we wanted to look at what happened, and what went so wrong.