Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Solar panels provide clean energy from the sun, and their prevalence as an energy source has been growing dramatically. However, like any energy source, there are unintended consequences like waste that needs to be safely disposed of when solar panels reach their end of life. By 2050, the U.S. By 2050, the U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 28, 2022

In part from converting oat waste into clean energy, two Oatly production facilities in the United States transitioned to using 100% renewable electricity in 2021.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

On January 26, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed House File 7 —the 100% Clean Energy Bill. Now, with climate and clean energy majorities in both chambers, Minnesota is poised to join other leading states in updating its clean energy policies equitably with benefits for all residents.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

And making matters even worse, Pennsylvania’s oil and gas companies waste over 1.1 Stopping this waste with commonsense pollution rules as we transition to cleaner energy is important for keeping product in the pipe, rather than in the air we all breathe. Simply put, wasted methane is wasted dollars we can’t afford.

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ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

The Intergovernmental Panel on Panel on Climate Change released its sixth assessment report , ahead of the UN Conference of Parties Climate Meeting in Glasglow, Scotland in October and November 2021. by George Cahlink, E&E Daily, 8/12/2021 . Energy and Natural Resources. trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill includes $47.2

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Brag

DECEMBER 28, 2021

On December 13, 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the availability of $54 million in seed funding for U.S. small businesses to research, develop, and create commercialization action plans for new technologies that accelerate the national transition to a clean energy economy.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The full lifecycle of fossil fuels, which includes exploration, extraction, processing, storage, transportation, combustion, and waste disposal, threatens the health of our planet and communities—with the burden disproportionately being borne by communities of color and low-income communities. A 2021 study found that a majority of PM 2.5

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ESA

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The measure, known as a continuing resolution, generally keeps funding at fiscal year 2021 levels. 2750 ) in June 2021. The Biden administration withdrew this rule in November 2021. 3277 ) to codify a Trump administration regulation that limited states’ ability to block fossil fuel projects under the Clean Water Act.

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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. The Union of Concerned Scientists opposed H.B. Since H.B.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition. When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. A fossil fuel energy grid extracts and expends finite resources.

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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. In the pandemic’s wake, facilities that run on waste coal are ramping up output to meet demand from cryptocurrency speculators. By Josh Raulerson, PA Environmental Council Data published in February by the U.S.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Tesla vehicles have been involved in 273 crashes , of which six were fatal and five resulted in severe injuries, over a nine-month period between 2021 and 2022. The company has come under severe criticism for its “full self-driving” mode in its vehicles. chief to not invest in Indonesia's nickel industry on environmental concerns.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Once the battery looks up to code, it is off to the grid to power our renewable energy future! Battery energy storage is powerful and growing. Battery energy storage can help store clean energy for the grid. From 2020 to 2021, large-scale US battery storage system installations tripled from 1.4

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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

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. A solar panel has been made. Here’s How.

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Washington Nature

MARCH 18, 2022

The Nature Conservancy engages deeply on advocacy for federal conservation funding, and we’re pleased to see the solid investments for conservation, climate resilience, and clean energy included in this bill. Climate & Clean Energy The bill provides $3.2 billion, an increase of $338 million over 2021, for U.S.

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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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

On September 21, the Northeast PA Environmental Partners announced their 2021 award recipients. The recipients of the 31st Environmental Partnership Awards are-- -- Alliance Landfill – Waste Management, Lackawanna County , for their outreach and educational programs designed to support lifelong learning in the community.

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Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 12, 2023

signing of all the financing agreements) has been made prior to December 2021. These credits are generated by reducing emissions when a CFPP is retired early and replaced with clean energy. Th announcement follows the final consultation paper that the Green Finance and Industry Taskforce released in February 2023.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

For years, state and local air quality districts have implemented polices and regulations aimed at curbing these different sources of pollution, like working to phase out burning as a method of disposing of agricultural waste, incentivizing transitions to gas-powered heat, and creating regulations to limit vehicle pollution.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 19, 2023

With advances in computing power over the last few decades, computer simulation of chemical compounds has emerged as a viable alternative to physical experimentation – this has resulted in large scale elimination of chemical waste and huge time savings [2]. 2021): 133-145. Hughes, James P., “Principles of early drug discovery.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2023

Treasurer Ball has wasted no time in implementing SB205 to push forward this fossil-funded agenda and has named 11 financial institutions that could be subject to divestment for engaging in so-called “energy boycotts.” On January 12 there was a tornado and an earthquake in Kentucky! And, did you know that Kentucky is number one (!)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 18, 2022

A transition to 100% clean energy is an urgent priority worldwide to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change and preserve a livable planet. In June 2021, a US Withhold Release Order prevented imports containing silicon from Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. Solar power is jetting us towards that goal. Here’s How.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

With only three voting days left this year in the Senate and six in the House, all of Pennsylvania’s important environmental legislation is missing from the Senate and House list of accomplishments in 2021. Posted: November 12, 2021] PA Environment Digest Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

million in grants through its Applied Science Program , including four projects that will study methods to improve the recovery of rare earth elements (REEs) from coal mining waste. REEs play an essential role in a number of materials needed for today's clean energy technologies and are included on the U.S. Of Energy Awards $1.95

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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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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2023

These recommendations include cracking down on the common but horrifying practice of spreading toxic and potentially radioactive waste on roads, which was highlighted in DEP’s recent report. 25 [PaEN] -- DEP Posts 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 25 [PaEN] -- DEP Posts 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb.

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Seeing firsthand the rapidly accelerating effects of climate change, she was determined to battle the threat to sea stars of the haunting “ wasting syndrome ,” that swept through the delicate coastal ecosystem from Mexico to Alaska. “I CCA holds polluters financially accountable while maintaining a pollution cap.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

Dorso LP was given notices of violation for failing to submit well integrity and production and waste generation/disposal reports for three conventional wells in Westmoreland County. The production and waste report is critical to understanding how much wastewater and other waste those wells generated and where it was disposed of.

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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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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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PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2021

Pennsylvanians can’t afford to let them waste their tax dollars on polluting deals like this again. Posted: July 19, 2021] PA Environment Digest For more information on programs, initiatives, upcomings events and more, visit the PennFuture website.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

The 442nd session of the Maryland legislature adjourned on April 12, 2021. The bill applies prospectively to new construction for which a building permit is issued on or after October 1, 2021. cents of the per barrel fee are credited to the Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-up and Contingency Fund and 0.25 Enforcement.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 25, 2021

The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to hold a January 10 hearing on the “benefits and challenges related to extracting and utilizing rare earth minerals found within Pennsylvania.” Department of Energy and its National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh have similar efforts underway.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2023

Otherwise it was a big week for spills, venting gas into the atmosphere, failure to submit production and waste generation and well integrity reports, failing to get a permit to drill and operate a well, etc. LLC (Allegheny County), Bear Lake Prop LLC (Warren County) and DJW Enterprises, Inc. Washington County). Burrell Twp. - Amwell Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Tom Wolf announced the Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan 2021 and called for statewide action on climate change by all sectors: legislative, government, industry, business, agriculture, and community organizations. “As Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan 2021 is where to start. On September 22, Gov. Where to start?” Read more here.]

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