PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

DEP approved the permit for the construction of the waterline in February 2025, and PA American expects to complete construction on schedule, by early 2026. The PA-AG’s Office charged Coterra in 2020 after a grand jury investigation into the contamination of well water in Dimock. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2025

On June 10, the Department of Environmental Protection announced 19 projects completed by schools, businesses, and community organizations around the state are being recognized with the 2025 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence. Posted: June 10, 2025] PA Environment Digest Click Here for the DEP announcement.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Our team will also be tracking the participation in the negotiations and proceedings by the Government of Canada, provincial leaders, and oil and gas lobbyists. This new framework aims to replace the existing 2009 commitment from developed countries to provide $100 billion annually between 2020 and 2025 — a target missed by years.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

DEP also issued seven more notices of violations to two more shale gas drillers-- Blackhill Energy LLC and EQT ARO LLC-- for abandoning wells they own, bringing the total for 2025 to 39-- closing in on as many violations as were issued in all of 2024-- 47. Myers - Violations: Abandoned Conventional Well March 18, 2025 inspection of the WM T.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

As new trees go into the ground this fall, the Partnership is looking ahead to 2025. “As PaEN] -- Registration Now Open For PASA 2025 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. Other work could include removing bird nets from shelters with trees growing out the top, applying herbicides, and mowing around trees.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

This increase will result in vehicle batteries comprising a much higher percentage of the recycling stream; retirements are expected to be 6 to 7 times higher in 2025 than in 2020 and 20 to 40 times higher in 2030. In addition to the California work, the federal government is also paying attention.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Read more here ] In June 2020, Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the findings and recommendations of Pennsylvanias 43rd Statewide Investigating Grand Jury report on the unconventional oil and gas industry. million penalty and restitution in Beaver County; Third- Equitrans $1.1 million penalty for uncontrolled release of 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

42 Abandoned Conventional Wells Bialy Gas Production LLC - Violations: 26 Abandoned Conventional Wells (16 Months) March 10-13, 2025 inspections of 26 conventional wells in Baden and Economy Boroughs, Beaver County found them all abandoned and not plugged. Myers - Violations: Abandoned Conventional Well March 18, 2025 inspection of the WM T.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

And it gives every citizen the authority to bring suit against polluters and government agencies that are doing just that in violation of the public trust. “If In 2020, for instance, the 14 CAFOs in Lenawee and Hillsdale counties – 11 dairies and 3 hog operations – spread 221.4 In 2020, according to state figures, 85.3

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2025

By Kelly Jedrzejewski, Penn State News In 2020, Bethany Canner became an inaugural member of the Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward volunteer program in the Lower Susquehanna region. March 24-- Penn State Extension Ag Water Series Webinar: Countywide Clean Water Plans - Beyond 2025. Reprinted from Penn State News.)

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

However, during the 2018-2020 time period, NWDO [Northwest District Office] staff became aware that the operator had stopped operating the wells and had started another business venture. Governor Shapiro’s 2025-26 budget proposes $19 million to continue finding and plugging wells and the important mission of this office.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Officials at the state and federal level have launched a full-court press against what the financial industry calls “environmental, social and governance” (ESG) investing. Bloomberg Intelligence estimates global ESG assets are set to jump from $35 trillion today to $50 trillion in 2025. And that percentage will undoubtedly increase.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2025

As the organizations head of government affairs, Ms. That system includes Pennsylvanias 2025 Trail of the Year, the Path of the Flood Trail in Johnstown, as well as the 49 -mile Ghost Town Trail , designated Trail of the Year in 2020. Posted: May 23, 2025] PA Environment Digest

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2021

Last spring, we released a report – Paying Polluters: Federal Financial Support to Oil and Gas in 2020 – that revealed the federal government announced a minimum of nearly $18 billion to the oil and gas sector in 2020. billion in 2020 through CEWS. This measure resulted in $20 million in foregone revenue in 2020.

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National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

The decision, issued on May 29, 2025, stemmed from a lawsuit filed by a landowner in 2024 who claimed that Swampbuster was both an unconstitutional violation of the Commerce Clause and served as an unconstitutional taking of private land. Iowa, May 29, 2025) was initially filed by a landowner in Iowa on April 16, 2024. 5 U.S.C. §

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2024

A 2020 Penn State study estimated that passage of this bill will stimulate more than $1.8 Community solar can lower costs for everyone while also creating family sustaining jobs and helping save family farms, said Matt Hargarten, Vice President of Government and Public Affairs for CCSA. billion in economic development in the state.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

PaEN] -- Registration Now Open For PASA 2025 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. 20 Webinar [PaEN] -- USGS Releases New Video: Susquehanna River Story - What Does The Science Say About Water Quality? 20 Webinar [PaEN] -- USGS Releases New Video: Susquehanna River Story - What Does The Science Say About Water Quality?

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

PaEN] -- Registration Now Open For PASA 2025 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. 5-7 In Lancaster [PaEN] -- PA Forestry Assn. 138th Annual Symposium - What Makes A Healthy Forest; Awards Program Nov. 16 In State College [PaEN] -- PA Assn. 1 RiverWatch Video Report [Posted: November 2, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2021

The index measures the performance of companies’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. Released in April 2021, PPG’s 2020 Sustainability Report highlights the company’s progress in achieving its 2025 sustainability goals and progress in key ESG areas.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 28, 2025

Michigan and its neighbors have missed a 2025 deadline to curb the farm pollution that feeds toxic algal blooms in western Lake Erie, despite 10 years of work and millions of dollars spent on the effort. Others blame the missed deadline on regional governments refusal to force farmers to curb fertilizer pollution. Will it be enough?

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

states and local governments indicate increased receptivity around psilocybin use, too. Notably, citizens residing in our Nations capital voted to decriminalize adult use in 2020, making psilocybin among the lowest law enforcement priorities for the District of Columbia.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

Getting this right is important, both for California and to ensure the LCFS remains a workable model for other states and the federal government. Moreover, absent reform, the LCFS is not a replicable model for other states or the federal government. In 2020, every state except Alaska blended at least 9.5 billion gallons.

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Physics World

MARCH 22, 2022

Set to come online in 2025, ITER will point the way to a commercial fusion reactor called DEMO, which will be built by 2060. That beat the previous record of 100 million kelvin held for 20 seconds by South Korea’s KSTAR reactor in 2020. Development could begin in 2025. I visited in 2019 and ITER is truly incredible to behold.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2022

On January 25, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee heard from several witnesses from Central Pennsylvania reporting that State Government has refused to pay stormwater management fees designed to help the Commonwealth meet Chesapeake Bay cleanup obligations and for other areas of the state. I don’t get that.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 15, 2021

Ac t which was signed into law in December 2020. government to undertake an assessment of new markets for recycled plastic by the end of this year. Ocean Conservancy was a strong champion of the Save Our Seas (SOS) 2.0 We worked with our Trash Free Seas Alliance® (TFSA) to build support for the legislation. The law requires the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

We are proud to play a role in delivering a lasting, safe water solution for the people of Dimock, said Thom Chiomento, vice president of business development, government and external affairs at Pennsylvania American Water. Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4%

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 2, 2021

With the federal government now projecting that Lake Mead will drop precipitously in the next two years — perhaps to levels not seen since the Great Depression, when the country’s largest reservoir was first filled — that emergency has arrived. In effect, states have “pre-paid” some of their shortage obligations.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2022

On October 11, members of the Chesapeake Executive Council met for their annual meeting and elected EPA Administrator Michael Regan chair and began the discussion of the steps needed for states to get closer to meeting the 2025 pollution reduction milestones. Not Meeting Milestones On October 4, the U.S. Read more here.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 20, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen Environmentalists are celebrating after a court ruling has found that three new offshore oil and gas fields granted by the Norwegian government were found invalid as their environmental impact was not sufficiently assessed. Photo credit: Elisabeth Sahl – Jonny Engelsvoll / Equinor.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

GW by 2025 according to Cleantechnica. This growth trajectory sees EVs displace approximately two million barrels of oil per day (mbd) in 2025 and 25mbd in 2050. While this needs strong commitments from national governments, it doesn’t need that much as the economics are already on the side of renewables nowadays.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A first draft shows that more than two billion Euros in total shall be invested into hydrogen development until 2025. In July 2020 the German government is taking over the rotating presidency of the European Union.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2025

History of the Case Background to the Claim In April 2021, a group of plaintiffs led by the Czech Climate Litigation Association ( Klimatick aloba R ), and including a municipality and several individuals, filed a case against the central government of the Czech Republic and four subsidiary ministries for their inaction on climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

The program will highlight perspectives from frontline residents and members of government before providing recommendations for steps the Shapiro administration can take to effectively champion Pennsylvanians' health in the face of shale gas development. Among the speakers will be -- -- Alison L.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2022

Restaurant Brands International commits to eliminating PFAS in food packaging by 2025 in all stores worldwide, including Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes. The federal government recently introduced Bill S-5 to reform the country’s toxics legislation, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA).

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Instead of protecting vulnerable buyers, the government is often the seller and beneficiary. Government programs intended to protect disadvantaged people in these areas instead pull them into the trap. Homeowners in a flood zones are often required to purchase this insurance from the government and get a U.S.

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Legal Planet

JULY 5, 2023

So, what if all parties – government, private sector, environmental groups, the public more broadly -actually made difficult choices and compromises, sometimes even involving important principles, in the face of dire consequences. percent of GDP in 2020 and are expected to increase to 7.4 trillion or 6.8

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A Greener Life

JUNE 24, 2021

Its State Council introduced a plan for responding to climate change in 2007 and in 2020, President Xi announced that China will be carbon neutral by 2060. During the recent summit, Xi even pledged China’s coal consumption will peak in 2025. In 2020, the country commissioned another 38.4 GW of coal-fired capacity.

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