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Thursday PA Environment & Energy Articles/NewsClips - 6.26.25

PA Environment Daily

Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171 -- Senate Confirms Jessica Shirley To Lead The Department Of Environmental Protection; Committee Questions On Environmental Justice, RESET Energy Board [PaEN] -- PA Resources Council Receives 2025 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence For Hard-To-Recycling Collection Events (..)

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Nuclear Energy’s Unsettled Revival

Circle of Blue

In January, executives at Constellation Energy startled the world with their plan to restart the closed and cold 840-megawatt Unit 1 reactor at Three Mile Island nuclear power station, site of one of the most dangerous meltdowns in atomic history. reactors that have closed since 2012. and globally.

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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

Martin Causer (R-Cameron), Minority Chair of the Committee, commenting on House Bill 502 (Steele-D-Allegheny) that seeks to fast-track energy generation projects of 25 MW and larger and energy storage facilities of 10 MW or larger by establishing a state board to override local government review and regulation of these projects. Robinson v.

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

Law Columbia

Background Immediately after the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, all nuclear power plants in Japan were shut down. The Japanese government recognized the urgent need to secure power supply and implemented some measures to expedite the construction of new power plant.

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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. So why is Ontario planning to ramp up the lone fossil fuel in the mix, when so many other governments are racing to do the opposite to cut carbon emissions? Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 .

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Maryland is the First State to Regulate Carbon

Greenbuilding Law

To accomplish this the law advances everything from “food residuals” and organic materials diversion, a new environmental justice litmus test, a solar panel “recovery, reuse, and recycling working group,” an electric school bus mandate, recognizes “nuclear power” as a carbon free energy source, and much, much more.

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

Environmental Progress

This fundamental reality has been obscured by the high complexity of wholesale electricity “markets,” which were created by government policies and regulations and mask the high cost of integrating variable renewable energy sources — until, that is, disaster strikes. Terrorism and the Electric Power Delivery System. I believe the U.S.