PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

And in the early 2000’s when fracking was falsely seen as transitional energy, Joe purposely grew the legal team to oppose natural gas expansion. Today, Joe leads the Council in defending Pennsylvania’s effort to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a multi-state movement to lower emissions from the power plant sector.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 1, 2022

On the cusp of these two regulatory programs, pushing broad sectors of the economy to the next frontier in innovation, SEC Climate Risk Rule is Transformative at a Cost and Maryland Resets its Trajectory with Greenhouse Gas Reduction Law , a quick 800 word refresher about GHG emissions makes an ideal blog post. emission trends.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. In the U.S. million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. In the U.S. million in 2013.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 7, 2021

And while state laws across the region regulate how, when and why water rights are sold, some worry it won’t be enough to hold back the tide. “I Northwest Natural Holding Company— formed in 2018 as the parent company of longtime Portland-based NW Natural Gas Company—has recently expanded into public water utility ownership.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. In the U.S. million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. In the U.S. million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. In the U.S. million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. In the U.S. million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. In the U.S. million in 2013.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Harvard law students ramp up protest against ExxonMobil climate firm Emily Holden | The Guardian | January 15, 2020 Harvard law students have disrupted a recruiting event for Paul Weiss, the law firm representing ExxonMobil in climate lawsuits, in an escalation the protesters hope will open a new front in climate activism in the legal world.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers.

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Energy and Climate Law

JUNE 11, 2020

On 10 June 2020 the German government finally released its long-anticipated national hydrogen strategy. But also because hydrogen has been praised as an `energy security weapon´ to strive towards energy independence in a country that is poor in natural resources. 4 national hydrogen strategy ). 7 national hydrogen strategy ).

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Corporation ExxonMobil Image Image Products Crude oil, Oil products, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Power generation Exxon Knew Protest - Photo credit 350.org ExxonMobil is one of the most valuable companies when looking at brand value of the leading oil and gas companies worldwide. SEC 2020) Exxon Mobil subsidiaries (via U.S.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Shell campaign IndustriALL Global Union | May 22, 2020 IndustriALL is calling on Shell to engage with unions on a global level in a campaign to limit precarious work, improve health and safety, and ensure that Shell applies the same high-level standards at its operations everywhere, including suppliers.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Constitution, the legislature adopts the laws under which state agencies operate, but responsibility for implementing those laws rests with executive branch agencies like DEQ. Aside from the constitutional issue, legislative intervention in a permitting action sets a precedent for direct political intervention in permit decisions.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The obligation ensues from the unwritten standard of care in Dutch law, which prohibits acting in conflict with certain generally accepted norms. Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court presented another example of a court addressing state accountability and the way international commitments are reflected in national laws.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Their inclusion appears to be the result of a political compromise with Member States rather than of scientific appraisal as in the case of nuclear energy. Having an expiration date creates political investment uncertainty and risk, which is precisely what the Taxonomy intended to remove. 31 1(a)).

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This post was originally published on the Law and Political Economy blog as part of a symposium on inflation. In fact, it is abundantly clear that this is a fossil fuel energy crisis and, primarily, a natural gas crisis that is mainly affecting Europe. Photo credit: Matthew Smith, Flickr. In the U.S.,

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Also elephants, giraffes, rhinos (of the non-political variety), Cape buffalo, baboons, uninvited monkeys at lunch, hippos, wildebeests, hyenas, warthogs and an unexpected (to me) penguin colony. For background on the REPS law, see an earlier post on the first of several unsuccessful attempts to repeal the REPS standard.)

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Law and Environment

MAY 12, 2023

EPA’s accompanying Fact Sheet spells out the proposed rule’s emissions reductions estimates: EPA has evaluated the emissions reductions, benefits, and costs of the proposals to limit CO 2 from the existing coal fleet and new natural gas units. SO2, and NOx – harmful air pollutants that are known to endanger public health.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 4, 2023

Christian Thorsberg, Interim Fresh Editor This Week’s Watersheds A new bill introduced in the Ohio House would prevent the removal of oil and natural gas from beneath Lake Erie. Sign up for Fresh: A Great Lakes Policy Briefing , straight to your inbox, every other Tuesday.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Shapiro made as Attorney General to advance commonsense measures that prioritize public health and safety and ensure the natural gas industry is performing its work in line with the highest standards. These actions, which address several recommendations of the 43rd Statewide Investigating Grand Jury released in 2020.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

There are even indications that near-term cuts might be easier to achieve for methane than for CO 2 , for a mix of technical, economic, and political reasons. We most often encounter methane as the largest component of natural gas: methane makes up 75 – 95% of the gas coming to your stove and furnace. the absence of air.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Energy Firms Use Ukraine War To Lock In Long-Term Natural Gas Contracts -- The Guardian: U.S. Capitol -- The Guardian: PA Republican Cong.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

NextEra operates a natural gas plant and several solar facilities in Maine, while Calpine and Vistra operate natural gas plants in the state. Through October 27, Clean Energy Matters , Hydro-Québec Maine Partnership , Mainers for Fair Laws , and Vote No to Protect Maine have collectively spent about $80.9

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 1, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- January 3 - Senate, House Begin 2023-24 Legislative Session -- January 17 - Gov.-elect House Investigators Preparations For Election Challenges Started In Summer 2020 -- Inquirer: U.S. elect Shapiro, Lt. House Committee Investigating Assault On U.S.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Politically powerful farm lobbies, preferring voluntary measures to curb nutrient pollution, have held off oversight under the Clean Water Act and other statutes. Collectively they produced 294 million bushels of soybeans in 2020, ranking fifth nationally. Nebraska agriculture is a behemoth. billion bushels. Studies and Questions.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2024

. -- DEP Posted FY 2024-25 Budget Hearing Materials -- DCNR FY 2024-25 State Budget Legislative Materials House next voting day March 18, 19, 20 -- Committee Schedule -- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP: Clay-Like Material Polluting Marsh Creek Is Not Bentonite From Mariner East Pipeline Construction, But Naturally (..)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

ExxonMobil spent at least $39 million on some 70 of these organizations from 1998 through 2020, more than any funder besides Charles Koch and his brother David, co-owner of Koch Industries until his death in 2019. And Rose did, at times, ask follow-up questions.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

PA Utility Law Project Webinar On Impacts Of LNG Gas Exports On Energy Costs For Pennsylvania Families. Background -- In Memoriam: Joanne Denworth, Environmental Leader And Attorney [PaEN] -- DEP Issues Violation To Blackhill Energy, LLC Shale Gas Driller For Contaminating Groundwater, 3 Water Supplies With Methane In Springfield Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

1 Price Changes: Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8% to -25.7%) [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: Natural Gas, Electricity Price Changes Coming On Dec. 1, PUC Reports -- WTAJ: Peoples Natural Gas, Penelec Customers May Have Higher Gas, Electric Bills Starting Dec.

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