PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

On March 7, the Independent Fiscal Office issued its latest Pennsylvania Electricity update that reports the electricity grid is dependent on one fuel for 59% of the state’s electricity generation-- natural gas-- followed by nuclear power-- 31.9%, coal-- 5.4% In 2010, the mix was 48% coal, 34% nuclear, 15% gas and 2% renewables.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The Senate Local Government Committee is scheduled to meet on October 19 to consider Senate Bill 275 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) which would limit the ability of communities to offer new and clean energy sources and energy efficiency programs by locking in the status quo, in particular natural gas. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Instead of investing in clean energy, the fossil fuel industry perpetuates the problem and erodes public trust. The fossil fuel industry is propped up in part by government subsidies , which help preserve an unsustainable industry that could not compete with renewables if it took into account its true costs to society.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. Investors finally started getting tougher on these debt-saddled drilling companies during the pandemic as demand for both oil and gas plunged, pushing a slew of drillers over the edge into bankruptcy.

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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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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

below the baseline, a slight decrease from the 2021 reduction of 37.1% (accountable due to workers returning to the office), but still greater than the pre-pandemic 2019 reduction of 19.8%. In 2021, commercial real estate entities JLL and CBRE announced they would pursue achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2040. million square feet.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

On 2 January 2022, massive protests erupted throughout Kazakhstan , initially over the price of liquefied petroleum gas. The government had abruptly stopped subsidies, dramatically increasing the price for consumers. The government resigned on 5 January, and the situation continues to develop.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Grohnde plant is one of the German nuclear power plants which is due to shut down at the end of 2021. If these reactors were kept in operation, a complete exit from coal would be possible by 2028, ten years earlier than Angela Merkel’s government has planned. Photo credit: Preussen Elektra. By Anders Lorenzen.

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Cresforum

MARCH 10, 2022

In the Unites States’ march to transition to clean energy and reduce greenhouse gasses, resilience may be the most important word to summarize 2021. Nine months after the pandemic first upended lives and the economy, the market fundamentals for clean energy looked unstoppable. produced natural gas grew 9.4

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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 On March 7, 2024 , DEP did a follow-up inspection of the Anderson 1 conventional well operated by C & D Gas Co. in Union Township, Crawford County. No inspection report available online.]

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Here are 41 new articles by local news media and in the PA Environment Digest last week about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership!

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A Greener Life

MAY 20, 2022

However, specialists are calling for a broader restructuring of entrenched economic and energy models, which depend largely on the exploitation of fossil fuels – primarily natural gas – as well as the distribution of the resources derived from their sale, and the subsidised supply of hydrocarbons to the domestic market.

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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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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2023

With renewable energy, like solar and wind, becoming cheaper and easier to scale up, there has never been a better moment for governments to transition away from the fossil fuel industry and its destructive impacts on the environment, the climate and communities. In short, past Energy Futures have modelled climate failure.

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The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

On June 29, 2021, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, held that a natural gas company’s right to condemn property for a pipeline under the Natural Gas Act includes the right to condemn state-owned property. 1] 19-1039, 2021 WL 2653262 (U.S. June 29, 2021). [2] In PennEast Pipeline Co.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire December 27 PA Environment Digest 41 New Stories Last Week - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA 1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told? Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: December 27, 2021]

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Here are ten things to know about climate change in Pennsylvania, and tools from DEP to take action whether you’re a government official, business owner, farmer, community or environmental group, educator and students, media organization, or concerned resident. Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas emissions are tracked yearly.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 1, 2023

links Ontario residents to information about government programs that offer financial incentives for residential retrofits. Stats Canada ’s most recent statistics report that just six per cent of Canadian homes relied on heat pumps in 2021. The federal government has promised to deliver 100 per cent clean power across Canada by 2050.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2024

Emergency crews found a natural gas well and propane at the scene. DEP has so far confirmed there were two unregistered conventional oil or gas wells close to the home. Shafer 1 conventional gas well operated by Crawford Energy Search Co. The original violation was issued on November 24, 2021. [No

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2022

Here are 30 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- Sen. Million In Grants; $1.4

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 28, 2021

House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis on the challenges and opportunities for international climate action as world leaders prepare to gather in Glasgow, Scotland, for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). . Coal and oil and natural gas are indispensable to the global energy system.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Here are 71 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2021

factories in a clean energy future. Certainly, there are market incentives for manufacturers to decarbonize — global demand for clean energy and sustainable infrastructure materials is expected to reach $5 trillion per year by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The surge in energy prices, much of it a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine , has seen the Anglo-Dutch company take its annual profits to $40 billion. In the wake of its announcement criticism has also been directed against the UK government for not placing a windfall tax on the wider oil and gas industry.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

By Kathy Cook, League of Women Voters of PA On May 25, 2021, a joint committee hearing on utility scale solar development was hosted by Pennsylvania’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Local Government Committees. They also can sell the timber cut on the land. Photo: Penn State Solar Farm in Franklin County.)

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Wolf Announces Major Commitment To Solar Energy To Supply Nearly 50% Of State Government's Electricity Needs [Posted: September 21, 2021] PA Environment Digest Billion In Economic Benefits -- Gov.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Courts fined the company $5 billion but the company’s lawyers got the final payment down to just over $500 million in damages plus an estimated $2 billion in clean-up costs and $1 billion in in civil and criminal charges. org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2021

Pennsylvania farmers have been at the mercy of low commodity prices and tough markets for years,” said Darrin Youker, director of State Government Affairs for Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, which is a member of the PA Community Solar Economic Alliance. 16 In Cumberland County [Posted: August 27, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The next General Assembly and Governor-elect Shapiro can improve the law by (1) strengthening the definition of "clean H2," (2) conditioning credit eligibility on a timely transition to clean H2, and (3) establishing state community protection and benefit standards.

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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. China’s dirty fuel advantage Paul Basore and David Feldman, Solar Photovoltaics: Supply Chain Deep Dive Assessment, U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

prosecutors say an Israeli private investigator used hackers to steal emails from climate activists who were campaigning against American energy giant Exxon Mobil Corp. Corporation ExxonMobil Image Image Products Crude oil, Oil products, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Power generation Exxon Knew Protest - Photo credit 350.org

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Here are 44 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. For Producing Energy? They Deserve Our Thanks, Our Support!

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Energy prices have been much in the news over the past several months, occupying a prominent place in mainstream discussions of inflation. How then do we explain what is currently happening with energy prices? In the early days of the current price shocks, fossil fuel boosters blamed clean energy and climate policy.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Committee, called for hearings on the failure of the Commonwealth to invest in the state's clean energy infrastructure. Pennsylvania is a net energy exporter. PJM reminded us that we have 140 percent of the energy we need to power Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The federal government has jumped-started the process, first with the 2021 infrastructure bill and now the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). No question that our standard of living was built on cheap energy from fossil fuels.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Moreover, the case in Puerto Rico comes after recent litigation successes in Europe and elsewhere around the world, with courts holding governments and companies accountable for climate harms. Many of those cases include similar arguments that the companies knowingly marketed harmful products and misled the public about those harms.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 22, 2023

A 2021 North Carolina law requires the N.C. More below on the requirements of Session Law 2021-165 (also referred to as House Bill 951) and NCUC action in response. More below on the requirements of Session Law 2021-165 (also referred to as House Bill 951) and NCUC action in response. January 22, 2023.

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