PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

By Dave Blehi, Penn State News In November 2018, Pennsylvania adopted a Solar Future Plan to increase the state’s solar energy generation 10% by the year 2030. Photo: Penn State University solar farm in Franklin County. ) (Reprinted from Penn State News.) Visit the fall 2022 EarthTalks webpage to learn more.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2023

By Fermín Koop New government plan says US$86 billion of spending needed to boost energy transition – while backing natural gas too. Of the 14 GW of additional capacity highlighted by the transition plan, almost 10 GW are clean sources, with the remainder made up of natural gas, nuclear and hydrogen.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

tonnes of CO2 in 2018. It could then explore local heating systems, using waste heat from factories and power plants rather than building new boilers. Wind and solar power can provide green electricity for those facilities, while the low local temperatures can help with cooling requirements.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2024

20 -- Republican Herald: Solar-Powered Compacting Trash Receptacles Debut In Pottsville -- Registration Open! Shapiro: PA Receives Over $44.4 Shapiro: PA Receives Over $44.4

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Between 2010 and 2018, Chevron is analyzed to have dedicated only 0.2% of its long-term investments to sources of low-carbon energy like wind and solar. The cost of wind and solar power have been falling for over a decade, making them the world’s cheapest source of new electricity. trillion or 6.8%

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 4, 2024

The FERC-NERC review of the 2021 outages found 81 percent of freeze-related plant outages occurred at temperatures warmer than the plants were designed to meet and 87 percent of outages due to fuel issues were tied to natural gas. Similar extreme cold weather caused grid emergencies in 2011, 2014, 2018, and again in 2022.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. 7] Nuclear plants are among the most reliable components of America’s power grids.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

EQM Gathering OPCO LLC Sue Union Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Energy Information Administration (EIA) households that primarily use natural gas for space heating will spend an average of 30 percent more on heating this winter than last year. for example, our natural gas system is very price responsive, so nobody drilled when prices were so low. On top of that, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Million Planted Since 2018 [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: Life Depends On Protecting The Natural World, Federal Rollbacks Are Threatening Our Future - By Michael Kensinger, Juniata Valley Audubon Society [PaEN] -- TribLive: Flight 93 Memorial Supporters In Somerset County Step Up Fundraising As Potential Job Cuts Loom -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2021

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Senate Hearing Today [PaEN] -- Ohio/PA Train Derailment, Pipeline Explosions, Uncontrolled Releases Put Spotlight On Public Health, Safety Threats Posed By Petrochemical, Natural Gas Industrial And Pipeline Infrastructure In PA [PaEN] -- PA Politics Of Russian Invasion -- Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Rural Communities On The Front Lines Of Solar's Growth -- Sen. Mensch Introduces Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen -- 35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Washington Supreme Court concluded that the Washington Clean Air Act did not grant the Department of Ecology authority to regulate indirect greenhouse gas emissions of businesses and utilities whose products ultimately generate such emissions. The developer previously filed a lawsuit challenging a natural gas ban in the Town of Windsor.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Over the last 12 years, I wrote eight columns on the Koch network’s escapades, including: Its attempt in 2012 to scare consumers about the cost of state renewable energy standards, which require utilities to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels by increasing their use of wind and solar power.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

At the same time, the natural gas industry was in disarray, coal burning was damaging the environment, and the nuclear power industry collapsed. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing opened huge domestic natural gas and petroleum markets.

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