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PA Republican Senators Introduce Bill To Punish Local Elected Officials Who Want To Protect Their Constituents From The Documented Adverse Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Development

PA Environment Daily

Republican History Of Preventing Local Regulation Of Oil/Gas The original announcement of this legislation references Act 13 of 2012 which originally contained a provision preempting any local regulation of drilling operations included at the insistence of Republicans. Cecil Township is in Sen. Bartolotta’s district. Read more here.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette: Smoke Stacks From Closed Hatfield’s Ferry Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolished, Closing Chapter In PA Industrial History In Greene County : ‘I’m Ecstatic.

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Bloomberg: US DOE Orders 760 MW Eddystone Peaking Power Plant In Delaware County To Remain Open Due To The Energy ‘Emergency’ Declared By The President

PA Environment Daily

Units 3 and 4 were installed in 1967 and 1970 and are old steam units that are less efficient [therefore more costly] to operate than newer natural gas power plants. Construction on the power plant began in the 1950s. DEP just renewed the Title V Air Quality permit for the Eddystone power plant on April 17.

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Guest blog post: Japanese Court Upholds Mistakes in post-disaster Energy Policy in Yokosuka Climate Case Decisions

Law Columbia

The January 2023 decision focused on 2 distinctive issues which are explored in this blog: (1) application of the Guideline and (2) the plaintiffs’ standing claims based on specific climate change impacts on fishing as a livelihood. One of these was the abovementioned Guideline established in 2012.

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Why Ontario needs to stop burning polluting gas for electricity

Enviromental Defense

The rest of our power comes from a mix of nuclear power, renewables like hydro, wind and solar power, and biofuel. It increases carbon emissions and makes climate change worse, and the impacts of climate change are not distributed equally. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 .

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Maryland is the First State to Regulate Carbon

Greenbuilding Law

Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. Maryland has enacted the most ambitious GHG emission reduction controls in the nation coupled with an assemblage of other climate change and ESG mandates.

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Climate Activists Argue Criminal Acts Legally Excusable Under Necessity Doctrine

Vermont Law

Many civil disobedience activists in the 1960s and 70s attempted to use it to justify their illegal actions in protests over foreign wars or nuclear power, for example, but achieved little to no success. Climate change issues have cast doubt on our legal system’s ability to address systemic problems. Although no U.S.

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