Global Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Chris Johnston is co-author of The Arrival of the Electric Car – An Overview of the EV Revolution Happening Now. The fastest way to shift the transportation sector to environmental sustainability is to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). This makes EVs two to three times more efficient than gas-powered vehicles.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

According to the Energy Information Agency , South Korea’s power sector is heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Two thirds of generation capacity is based on fossil fuels, split evenly between coal and natural gas, with 17% nuclear, and 14% hydro and other renewables. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A quick glance at the latest data from CARB shows there are three large and growing sources of credits: bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity. Bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity are the largest and fastest growing sources of LCFS credits in recent years.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

We all know that to successfully address climate change we need to phase out fossil fuels and switch to electric power. A s we transition our homes and vehicles to electric power, it’s imperative that the electricity sector be clean. Take Action: Tell Ontario to phase out polluting gas power. Improve Energy Storage.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

About the technology, Wu Xiaonan, an official at the National Speed Skating Oval said: “With the CO2 refrigeration process, we can save 20-30% on electricity compared to traditional ice-making methods.” Fully powered by renewable energy. million tonnes emitted for South Korea’s Pyeongchang Games in 2018.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

Acquires PA-Based Plants & Goodwin Well Plugging Firm To Create Methane Emission Offsets House Environmental Committee Holds May 22 Hearing On Hydrogen Hubs & Climate Change PUC Alerts Consumers To Electricity Price Changes Coming June 1-- From 20.7%

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

On February 15, 2024 , DEP followed-up on a February 7 inspection of land slips along the Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline in Center Township, Beaver County operated by ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC. PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 2793 ) -- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC - DCNR 587 (02-003) Well Site: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater for the facility located in Ward Twp., PA Bulletin, page 2797 ) -- Coterra Energy, Inc. Washington County. ( Lycoming County. ( Bradford County. (

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

This effort, he said , would be based on “promoting the sustainable use of land and water, energy efficiency, electrification, and the large-scale use of eco-friendly and renewable energy sources, among others”. Most emissions come from the energy sector (82%), followed by agriculture (9.6%) and industrial processes (6.4%).

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Signs Off On Solar Energy Facility -- USDA Funds 31 Local Projects Totaling $5.69 Signs Off On Solar Energy Facility -- USDA Funds 31 Local Projects Totaling $5.69

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2021

On December 15, Chad Forcey of the PA Conservative Energy Forum told members of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee it is “commited to clean and renewable energy and energy diversity in the Commonwealth.” Our organization recognizes that renewable energy must be part of building for the future.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 4, 2024

A new North American Electricity Reliability Corporation (NERC) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) review of power outages and gas industry failures reveals the potential for prolonged and deadly power outages. What Happened in Texas?

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

In 2018, DEP began the Driving PA Forward initiative, using the settlement funds from the e Volkswagen cheating scandal. Cleaner trucks, buses, and trains are reducing air pollution in the state, and more than 1,500 electric vehicle charging plugs have been installed, many of them in environmental justice communities.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2021

Here’s A Guide To Identifying Them And Avoiding Bites Climate Rachel McDevitt: Will RGGI Affect Your Electric Bill? Million For PFAS Cancer Study WHYY: What’s In The Water? 27-28; Moraine State Park Regatta Aug.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

An Energy Foundation China report published at the forum shows that Inner Mongolia’s emissions are still growing quickly, with the highest per-head emissions in the country, at the equivalent of 22.8 tonnes of CO2 in 2018. But five years later, the policy is to increase the percentage of renewables in the energy mix.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Transport trucks transfer raw coal in pits as deep as 200 meters at the East Junggar Basin on July 4, 2018 in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous of China. If this estimate is accurate, solar would not compare favorably with natural gas, which is around 50 gCO2/kWh with carbon capture, and 400 to 500 without.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

As a large state and an energy giant, Pennsylvania is one of the biggest generators of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. We emitted about 269 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2018 (the latest year for which data are available), with industry, electricity production, and transportation the largest sources.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2024

On February 28, Ohio US Senator Sherrod Brown and Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Protecting American Households from Rising Energy Costs Act , legislation that would ban the export of crude oil or liquefied natural gas (LNG) to our biggest adversaries: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Since 2018, U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

But what you probably haven’t heard is that our grid is getting dirtier again, with fossil fuels increasing in our electricity supply from burning natural gas. That means carbon emissions from electricity in Ontario will be rising back up again after years of decline. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2023

It would require the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to conduct a competitive bidding process to procure 1,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind capacity by 2030 and 2,800 MW by 2035, enough to generate more than half of Maine’s electricity demand. Electricity generation is dispatched at the regional level according to increasing costs.

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Law Columbia

JULY 14, 2021

Puerto Rico’s already troubled energy system was devastated by Hurricane Maria in 2017 and a magnitude 6.4 billion for electric system work in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico’s electric system is highly centralized and based on 97 percent fossil-fired generation. earthquake in 2020.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Second Circuit Rejected Challenges to Connecticut Renewable Energy Programs. Allco is an owner, operator, and developer of solar energy projects throughout the country, including in Georgia and New York. The magistrate judge’s order also set the trial to begin on February 5, 2018. State Air Resources Board , No.

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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.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

The plant produces methanol by first creating syngas from the natural gas input in an acid gas removal unit that removes carbon dioxide, and then converts the purified syngas gas into methanol.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Fossil fuel : Any mineralized formerly organic material extracted from the ground and used in energy production: coal, natural gas, oil. It became effective in 1975 and in 2018 has over 180 signatories. Sponsored Content. Filtration : Removing solid waste and material from water in the process of wastewater treatment.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

Among the strictest in the nation, Pennsylvania’s regulatory oversight of the unconventional shale industry has been cited as a model for other energy producing states. Natural gas is the sharpest tool that we have to solve climate change,” MSC President Dave Callahan said on WPHT Philadelphia’s Labor-Energy show.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2022

The extensive new 543-kilowatt solar installation will produce enough electricity to power 30–40% of CCAC North Campus’s electrical energy needs. CCAC’s first two arrays of solar panels, installed in 2018, were 15 and 64 kilowatts, and are located at West Hills Center and the Allegheny Campus, respectively.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Later in the hour, Tillerson told Rose that the federal government should end subsidies for renewable energy. “I Likewise, they understate the potential consequences, contend that we can easily adapt to them, and fight government efforts to curb carbon emissions and promote renewable energy.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

With a view to traditional media outlets, the discourse is dominated by the Covid-19 crisis, and frequently disregards other themes, such as climate and energy policy. Opinions on that matter differ significantly, especially when it comes to nuclear energy and different sources of renewable energy.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2023

House holds Regular Session May 22, 23, 24, June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule Senate holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- PennLive: PennLive Outdoors Reporter Marcus Schneck Honored With Posthumous Award From PA Parks & Forest Foundation -- Citizens Voice (..)

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In the late 1970s, a golden age for American coal, skyrocketing oil prices coupled with rising demand for electricity set off a boom in coal-fired power plants. Illinois keeps about $8,000 per acre in bonding, according to 2018 data published by Climate Home News, and Indiana and Kentucky had only about $4,000 per acre. .

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 1464 ) -- Kevin Eshbaugh/LOLA Energy Petroco LLC - Polaris Well Pad: DEP did NOT approve A Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with chloride in Oakland Twp., PA Bulletin, page 1444 ) -- Beech Resources, LLC - 16-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline/16-Inch Water Pipeline: DEP approved Chapter 105 permit for 1.9

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

First, the court said the cities’ novel theories of liability based on the defendants’ sales of their product did not differentiate their claims from earlier transboundary pollution suits in which the Supreme Court ( American Electric Power Co. 1, 2018; order denying remand and notice re tutorial Feb. 1, 2018; ruling Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

By Chad Forcey, PA Conservative Energy Forum This guest essay first appeared in Berks County News on June 29, 2023 -- With energy prices on the rise, and consumers pinched for cash in a day-to-day fight to pay the bills and stay out of debt, the family’s monthly electric bill is no longer an afterthought.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2023

THURSDAY 1:00: Senate Transportation Committee hearing on charging electric vehicles. University of Pittsburgh, Alumni Hall, Room 121, Pittsburgh. Click Here to watch live. -- March 6 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2024

1 Hearing On Energy Reliability, Sustainability, Affordability [Will They Address Natural Gas Infrastructure Vulnerabilities? ] -- PA Assn. 20 to 26 - 15 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Plugging Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; Revolution Pipeline Land Slip; Brief Compressor Fire; Crypto Mining?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2023

-- PennLive: PennLive Outdoors Reporter Marcus Schneck Honored With Posthumous Award From PA Parks & Forest Foundation -- Winners Of 14th Annual PA Parks & Forests Foundation Awards -- Fish & Boat Commission Announces Awards For Outstanding Achievements In Law Enforcement By Waterways Conservation Officers -- Pittsburgh Business Times: (..)

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