Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Although the nuclear bailout was repealed and refunded in 2021, some of the law’s other egregious provisions requiring ratepayers across the state to subsidize money-losing coal plants and gutting renewable energy and energy efficiency standards are still in place today. Despite the partial repeal, H.B. Since H.B.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The renewable energy transition involves harnessing epic forces of nature. Sleek solar panels forged from silver and silica from the depths of the Earth translate the sun’s blindingly fiery light energy into electricity. Batteries help store surplus energy. Source: UniEnergy Technologies / Wikimedia Commons. Source: UCS.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

He has publicly called for investments in clean energy, green technologies, and environmental research. Nelson has been supportive of municipal efforts to transition local government facilities to 100% clean and renewable energy. In 2011, Kraybill purchased his first electric car, a Chevy Volt.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2023

On October 13, the PJM Interconnection formally submitted proposed electric market reforms designed to support reliability of the electric grid now and in the future amid increasingly extreme weather and a changing generation fleet. Click Here for the complete announcement.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

“Today Pennsylvanians have the ability to get their energy straight from their rooftops,” said Ellie Kerns, Climate and Clean Energy Associate with PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center. I believe Pennsylvania can be a leader in green energy,” said Rep. electricity sales in 2022, but instead only generated about 1.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2022

The November 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL, includes an $8 billion “regional clean hydrogen hubs” program that charges the Department of Energy (DOE) with the development of at least four hydrogen hubs to advance the nation’s clean hydrogen sector.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 27, 2022

As electric vehicle (EV) sales continue to increase, questions about how these cars and their batteries will be disposed of have been top of mind for current owners, future buyers, policymakers, and many experts in the automotive industry. Current lithium-ion battery collection, repurposing, and recycling network in North America.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Council’s draft plan recommends a broad array of regulatory measures, legislation, and other state actions across every sector of the state’s economy – any and all of which could have significant implications for New York’s clean energy markets for decades to come.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2023

A July 27, 2021 DEP inspection report notes the ownership of the Tatonka Oil Co. Tatonka Oil was also issued notices of violation in March 2020 and again in December 2022 for failing to submit annual production and waste generation and well integrity reports for multiple wells. No further follow up was indicated in the eFACTS records.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The wind is in our sails on the voyage towards a clean energy future. Wind energy is currently the largest renewable energy source in the US, and the industry is growing fast. A large rare earth element waste lake is located twenty minutes from the city center. Ensuring ethical supply chains.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

For example, they may need to choose between cooling down with their windows open at night or breathing polluted air, as residents often don’t have air conditioners or the economic capacity to pay for higher electricity bills. Annual average PM2.5 and ozone concentrations highlighting air quality issues in the Central Valley.

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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. It’s projected that by the middle decades of this century, we'll be another 5.9°

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2022

On December 7, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced it has begun providing renewable natural gas (RNG) for the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority in Bellefonte, Centre County, supporting a transition to a cleaner, low-carbon fuel produced from organic waste.

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Montrose

DECEMBER 6, 2021

On November 18, 2021, the Montrose Environmental Biogas team held a groundbreaking event at Del Rio Dairy (Friona, TX) for our newest renewable natural gas (RNG) digester project. Construction of the facilities including all foundations, piping, electrical, and erection of the digester tanks. million gallons of RNG annually.”.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The Philadelphia Energy Authority continues to position Philadelphia as a national leader in using clean energy to drive equitable economic development," said Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson. I started with taking small steps such as buying a bicycle and reducing plastic waste. Related Articles: -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

DEP issued notices of violations for the spill of residual waste and requested a written report from EQT by September 14, 2023 on how the area would be cleaned up. The conventional oil well itself was found to be inoperable-- electric was disconnected and the oil production line was disconnected and removed.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Wolf: Proposed EPA Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards To Help Pennsylvanians Breathe Easier, Save Money -- New Conservative Energy Network Poll: 84% Support Govt.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

20, 2021, the New York State Climate Action Council (Council) voted unanimously to approve the most recent draft of the scoping plan, a roadmap to achieve compliance with the state’s landmark climate law, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Perhaps one question for those lawmakers is, “How long can our nation continue to rely on an extremely wasteful system for generating electricity?” Generating electricity by burning fossil fuels is a wasteful process. No question that our standard of living was built on cheap energy from fossil fuels.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

When performed properly, re-tuning can save between 5-25 percent of all energy used in a building. Periodically, BRT trainings are offered in the Commonwealth by the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PennTAP) and Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Clean Energy Center. Posted: November 3, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

A wind turbine includes a foundation, a tower, electrical wiring, a nacelle between the blades, and the blades themselves. In 2021 in the US, 8,000 blades —which each average about 200 feet—were retired. Blade materials are special. Recycling the blades is a greater challenge, but an important one to overcome.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 1855 ) Waste Permits -- Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC: DEP invites comments on WMGR123 General Permit application for oil and gas waste processing facility at Leavitt Bruce Tank Pad in Buffalo Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Washington County. ( Greene County. ( Bradford County. ( McKean County. ( Montour County. (

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Acoel

JUNE 21, 2022

According to RMI, an organization that advances clean energy projects, last year local governments across the U.S. launched 207 megawatts of energy from 21 landfill solar projects compared to just 21 total megawatts of energy from all such similar projects the year before.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2022

In 2021 Comcast Signs Agreement To Purchase 250 MW Of Solar Energy In Step Toward Carbon Neutral Goal U.S. PA Trout Unlimited Additional Tools-- Click Here to sign up to receive the Weekly Digest directly by email PA Environment Digest Twitter Feed : Update on PA environmental issues.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2024

Shafer 1 conventional gas well operated by Crawford Energy Search Co. The original violation was issued on November 24, 2021. [No in Union Township, Crawford County. DEP found the well was abandoned without being plugged. No inspection report available online.]

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

To do this, the city government identified a mitigation potential of 133,346 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year by 2026-27 while addressing local climate risks through initiatives around solid waste, buildings, transport, water supply, street lighting, wastewater and drainage, urban biodiversity and air quality. The solutions are also similar.

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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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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2021

Comitta To Introduce Bill Investing RGGI Proceeds In Helping Communities & Workers In Clean Energy Transition, Environmental Justice Areas, Promote Energy Efficiency -- Rep.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

At RePlanet Nederland, we are delighted that the European Commission has proposed, on December 31, 2021, to include nuclear energy in the sustainable finance taxonomy. Yet, we believe that in its current form the proposal would underachieve the goal of encouraging private investment in nuclear energy as a sustainable activity.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

3 In Philadelphia Great Lakes Protection Fund Announces 2021 Leadership Award Winners, Including 2 From Pennsylvania Northeast PA Environmental Partners Announce 2021 Award Recipients PA Resources Council To Honor Former DEP Secretary David Hess With The Fox Calhoun Award At Virtual Awards Celebration Oct. 7-8; New Live Webinars Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2024

Shafer 1 conventional gas well operated by Crawford Energy Search Co. The original violation was issued on November 24, 2021. [No DEP’s eFACTS database shows Apex received multiple violations at the Fatur well pad for spills, mishandling waste and erosion and sedimentation control failures. in Union Township, Crawford County.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The US solar industry was valued at $33 billion in 2021, employed more than 230,000 people, and continued to grow in power capacity at an average rate of 33 percent per year. Solar panels generated almost 4 percent of electricity in the US in 2021, up from less than 1 percent in 2015. Meet your solar panel. Chemistry break!

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2022

On May 13, Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced four Clean Energy Workforce Development grants for projects that will identify individual employer and collective industry workforce needs, while also developing solutions to those needs.

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Acoel

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Dennis Krumholz. The proposed facilities requiring heightened review include gas-fired power plants, cogeneration and resource recovery facilities, large sewerage treatment plants, transfer stations, solid waste facilities, and incinerators.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

electric power supply, and other independent system operators, may impose steep tariff provisions to recover the costs related to interconnection study penalties previously issued by the old rule or whether utilities can even come into compliance with the new rule within 90 days. In Maine, it is.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Further, the going price of gas can be volatile and generally tracks very closely with US wholesale electricity prices, since the country grew so over-reliant on gas power plants throughout the 2010s. Last year, for the first time ever, US renewable electricity generation surpassed coal-fired electricity generation.

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