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Environmental Health Project Releases New White Paper: PA's Shale Gas - What We Can Do Now To Better Protect Public Health

PA Environment Daily

However, the administrations definition of clean includes the use of fossil fuels, which will extend the timeline of fossil fuel extraction, endangering the health of those nearby and placing our planet in continued jeopardy. -- Petrochemical facilities , such as the Shell ethane cracker plant in Beaver County, rely on fossil fuels to operate.

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 8 to 14 -- 9 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Emergency Access To Gas Storage Area Well Blocked; Now 32 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells This Year

PA Environment Daily

DEP was notified Wise passed away on May 16, 2012. Shapiro Marks Milestone Of Plugging 300 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Over 2 Years; New Technology Finding More Abandoned Wells [PaEN] -- The Derrick: FrenchCreek Twp., The son of Ronald Wise said the wells have not been pumpted since 2004. DEP inspection report example.

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Analysis: Climate advocate Mark Carney wins Canada’s 2025 Liberal leadership, becomes prime minister

A Greener Life

Mark Carney speaking at the World Economic Forum in 2012. Frustrated climate activists Climate activists grew frustrated by the lack of progress from Trudeau – unwilling to significantly transition the Canadian energy economy away from fossil fuels. Photo credit: World Economic Forum via Flickr.

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Opinion: The global response to Trump and Musk cannot be anti-EV rhetoric

A Greener Life

Musk did not create or invent Tesla Historically, Tesla has been a fantastic innovative company, recognised mainly for having played a transformative role in battery technology and the EV (electric vehicle) revolution. It is presented as a state-media publication platform. Many might not know this, but Musk did not create Tesla.

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Fossil Fuels vs. Renewables: A Price on Reliability?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Consider what happened in New York City and northern New Jersey when Hurricane Sandy struck in 2012. The same scenario has played out with the power plants that use fossil fuels, predominantly methane (“natural”) gas, delivered by pipelines. These changes have dramatically reduced the amount of fossils fuels burned for energy.

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

I’ve written recently about why a Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard , which addresses the bio-based diesel credits. This approach holds fuel producers accountable for reducing fossil fuel use and other global warming pollution in their supply chains.

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Illinois Utilities Ameren and ComEd Plan for the Grid of the Future

Union of Concerned Scientists

But the distribution system will be even more important when making a rapid clean energy transition, particularly considering the role distributed energy resources, such as rooftop solar, battery storage and electric vehicles, can play in helping Illinoisans dump fossil fuels. Illinois utilities contributed to that trend.