Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2023

A is for American Petroleum Institute The American Petroleum Institute (API), the largest US oil and gas industry trade association, receives millions of dollars in annual dues from such companies as BP , Chevron , ExxonMobil and Shell. Today, most hydrogen is produced from fossil (“natural”) gas.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

That requires bringing global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050. To meet that goal, the International Energy Agency’s Net Zero Roadmap released in 2021 says no new oil and gas supply projects can come online. degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Climate impacts The power sector accounts for approximately 25% of heat-trapping emissions in the United States, with gas plants accounting for 45% of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in the power industry. Leaks in gas pipelines and wells also release methane into the atmosphere, a much more potent heat-trapping emission than CO 2.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

increase in carbon dioxide pollution from the Commonwealth’s power plants between 2020 and 2021. They’ve had help from the General Assembly by way of the state’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards, recently amended to further promote waste-coal generation. Environmental Protection Agency show a startling 9.6%

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2021

It is caused by human activity and carbon emissions. According to Pennsylvania’s recently released 2021 Climate Impacts Assessment, average annual temperatures in the commonwealth will rise by 5.9°F percent to the Energy Communities Trust Fund; -- 12.5 A climate crisis is happening before our eyes.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

The AB 398 changes to Cap-and-Trade Program started to phase-in on January 1, 2021. Covered Entities : The Program regulates manufacturers, electricity importers, suppliers of natural gas, gasoline and other fuels, and CO2 suppliers that emit more than 25,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e) annually.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Find more temperature and rainfall data at: 2021 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment. Learn about these and other current and projected climate change impacts at: 2021 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment. Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas emissions are tracked yearly.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 16, 2022

Subsequently, Senate Bill 32 strengthened the state’s GHG emissions reductions target to at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and former Governor Jerry Brown’s Executive Order B-55-18 established a second statewide goal to achieve carbon neutrality as soon as possible, and no later than 2045.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

The program’s original target was to reduce the carbon intensity (CI) of transportation fuel used in California by 2020 at least 10% from a 2010 baseline. While in May 2021 LCFS Credits were trading for an average price of $190, [6] in the week of May 23-29, 2022, CARB reports an average Credit price of $105.03. [7] Endnotes. [1]

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2022

Stands Up To Natural Gas Interests [PaEN] -- Chester County Residents Protest Mariner East Pipeline Construction [PaEN] -- Sign Better Path Coalition Petition: DEP - Keep ALL Oil & Gas Wastewater Off Our Roads! . -- Penn State Research: Dairy Farmers Can Adapt To Climate Change -- PA Interfaith Power & Light, PA Jewish Earth Alliance Jan.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 1, 2023

And, kicking gas out of your home is good for your health and the climate. Gas is made mostly of methane – a climate-damaging fossil fuel that is over 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Stats Canada ’s most recent statistics report that just six per cent of Canadian homes relied on heat pumps in 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2021

WeConservePA 2021 Greenways & Trails Summit Sept. Comitta To Introduce Bill Investing RGGI Proceeds In Helping Communities & Workers In Clean Energy Transition, Environmental Justice Areas, Promote Energy Efficiency Rep. 19-21 Dept.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Worse than that, it might end up misdirecting the world’s clean energy efforts into dirtier than appreciated energy technologies because of the country’s ongoing dependence on coal-fired energy. The scale of the IPCC’s undercount shocks once applied to the EU’s “clean” energy plans. million cars to the road.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 22, 2023

A 2021 North Carolina law requires the N.C. Utilities Commission (NCUC) to “take all reasonable steps” to achieve a 70% reduction in carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) emissions from electric generating units (EGUs) by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality for the utility generation system by 2050. January 22, 2023.

Law 52

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2023

A proposed offshore wind procurement bill in Maine would go a long way to enable the state to meet its climate and clean energy targets and become a national leader in floating offshore wind technology. That said, offshore wind development will be critical to meet state and regional climate and clean energy requirements.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

It will lower the University’s greenhouse gas emissions by 15,452 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, the equivalent of taking nearly 3,330 fuel-burning cars off the road. Vesper Energy is proud to partner with the University of Pittsburgh to help achieve their goal of 100% renewable electricity powering the campus.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Fossil-fueled power is expensive Even if you put health and environmental costs aside—which you shouldn’t, and I’ll get to those in a second—fossil-fueled power just doesn’t make economic sense given more affordable energy sources.

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Cresforum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Introduction Hydrogen has been dubbed the “Swiss army knife” of clean energy, given its potential to become a tool to cut emissions in key sectors, as well as to assert U.S. global energy leadership and increase our nation’s competitive edge. Hydrogen Production and Challenges In 2021, the U.S. According to the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The second-most expensive campaign in Maine history is a debate over energy infrastructure. New England Clean Energy Connect, a 145-mile-long transmission line will cut through the commercial timberlands of western Maine. Lobbying campaigns are being funded largely by rival energy groups.

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2021 Clean Energy Carbon Dioxide Electricity 317

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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Clean Energy Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Electricity 97

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Thank you for your leadership! -- Pennsylvania's Clean Energy Economy Grew To Over 92,700 Jobs Since COVID Economic Crisis [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pennsylvania Jumps To Top 10 In Clean Energy Jobs -- York Dispatch: 2nd Solar Energy Facility Proposal Advances Toward Vote In Dover Township -- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Why Your Electric/Natural (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

1 [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Nature Knows Best - DCNR Grant Program Aims To Convert Lawns To Native Meadows, Aid Pollinators -- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Awards Mini-Grants; New Grant Round Now Open [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Greenway Mini-Grants Awarded, 2nd Application Round Announced -- PA Capital-Star: PA To Receive $47.3

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2021

DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet August 24 to review the latest Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory for Pennsylvania and hear an overview of DEP’s Energy Office Clean Energy Program Plan. percent coal and 5 percent natural gas in 2005 to 20.5 percent natural gas in 2018.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2021

By PA Manufacturers Association The all-out assault on Pennsylvania’s world-class energy industry by a small, yet increasingly vocal, group of rabid environmentalists is what keeps state Sen. Taylor drew up the stark contrast between producing our own energy and relying on hostile foreign powers. John Yudichak (I-Luzerne) up at night.

Natural Gas 40

Natural Gas Clean Energy Carbon Dioxide Climate Change 40

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

Conventional Oil & Gas Well Drillers Press DEP To Reduce Environmental Safeguards For Drilling And Treat Them The Same As Wind, Solar Energy Facilities Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial: West Deer Twp. Of Agriculture Controlled Plant & Noxious Weed Committee Meets Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

Senate Republicans also failed again to suggest any alternative to RGGI to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants or to help workers and communities caught in the market-driven clean energy transition. ushering in years of cheap oil and gas. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. At least $12.5

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Regulations Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Nuclear Power 73

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) failed to adequately analyze the climate change and environmental justice impacts of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals on the Brownsville Shipping Channel in Texas and two pipelines that would carry LNG to one of the terminals.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

And resources to plug these wells, or even find them, had been scant – prior to the IIJA passed by Congress and signed by President Biden in 2021. For context, DEP spent $37 million plugging approximately 3,000 wells from 1989 through 2021. Too often, these wells pollute groundwater and leak methane into the air.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. EPA’s response to the petitions is due June 3, 2021. FEATURED CASE.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

On April 18, a coalition of 23 clean energy, environmental justice, and climate action organizations working in Pennsylvania sent a letter to the U.S. Cutting climate pollution from the power sector would be a linchpin for cleaning up pollution across all economic sectors. We need this Administration to act now.”

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Clean Energy Clean Air Act Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels 72

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb. Washington County [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On Mariner East II Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Chapter 102 Permit Amendment For An Area In West Goshen Twp.,

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Natural Gas Recycling Climate Change Solar Power 83

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters. June 15, 2021). Western Energy Alliance v. June 16, 2021). June 14, 2021).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

That would of course include fossil gas, which consists of 85 to 90 percent methane, a significantly more potent heat-trapping gas than carbon dioxide. A 2022 study found that gas stoves leak methane, and more than three-quarters of the emissions occurred when the stoves were off.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Proposal To Construct 2 Solar Energy Facilities To Provide Electricity To Compressor Stations In Columbia, Wyoming Counties [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb. 23 Webinar On Solar Energy For Municipalities And Water Authorities [PaEN] -- Penn State Hosts Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

By Karen Ellas, Climate Reality Project, Susquehanna Valley PA Chapter This guest essay first appeared in the Lock Haven Express September 13, 2021 -- The technology known as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is currently being discussed in Congress as part of President Biden’s infrastructure bill.

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas Carbon Emissions 69

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2022

“Our state has long been a leader in energy production and industry, and I wanted to gather leaders with concerns and vested interests in this project under one roof to hear about what this could mean for PA’s economy, businesses and environment.” Meanwhile, experts from environmental groups raised concerns. “We

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Carbon Dioxide Carbon Emissions Renewable Energy Electricity 110

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal Pennsylvania is ideally suited to help the nation fight global warming by becoming a leader in the effort to capture and store emissions of carbon dioxide, state officials say. In the battle to slow global warming, carbon dioxide is the chief target. Studies by the U.S.

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