PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Jack Winieski Dedicated His Professional Career To Improving Trees Through Genetics - By Wayne W. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc.,

Conservation

Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

Among the EOs rescinded on Monday was President Bidens 2021 Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (EO No. The Low Emissions Electricity Program , for instance, allocates $17 million for education, technical assistance, and partnerships within low-income and disadvantaged communities.

Paris Agreement

Acoel

APRIL 2, 2025

The project builds from a 2021 study conducted at UC Merced, one of the projects partner universities, that estimated that covering all 4,000 miles of Californias canals with solar panels could generate enough electricity to power 10 million homes and reduce solar energys land footprint by placing solar arrays on already developed land.

Endangered Species Act

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 24, 2025

Several conservative-led jurisdictions have proven that supporting renewable energy doesnt mean abandoning careful money management. True conservatives care about open markets and fiscal responsibility. Not all conservative-leaning governments treat the development of renewable energy the same. It gets better. MT in 2020, or 13.5

Government

Legal Planet

AUGUST 4, 2025

Thus, I’ll be skipping the issues relating to electricity rates and reliability, which are important but not directly environmental. In 2021, for instance, Google data centers near one Oregon city used over 355 million gallons. You undoubtedly have your own opinion about that. Projects with a Federal Nexus.

Air Pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

API’s first policy proposal is repealing rules designed to support the shift to electric vehicles that the oil and gas industry has fought for decades. While API says the rule would limit public choice, it would actually increase choice by giving buyers an adequate electric vehicle inventory to meet rising demand. Pump up gas.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc., DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc.,

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Million Independents To Vote In Primaries -- AP: 3 Politicians Accused Of Faking Mail-In Ballots In 2021 Mayoral Race In Delaware County -- New Federal Administration -- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Administration Taking Aggressive Wait And See Approach To Federal Funding Freeze -- WHYY: President Appoints Gov. Ohio- $2.92 And Going Higher?

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 15, 2025

Between 2010 and 2021, not only did the frequency of new warehouse construction rise, but the size of these new warehouses increased by nearly 150 percent compared to the norm. ISRs can help accelerate the deployment of charging stations that serve electric drayage trucks like these seen near the Port of Oakland.

Ground-Level Ozone

PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2025

Billion, 441 Deaths From 2001 to 2021 [ PDF of Article ] -- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Weather Spikes Cause Concern For Our Future [ PDF of Article ] -- LancasterOnline: Penn State Study Shows Lancaster County Well Sampling Found PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ -- Delaware River Basin Commission Holds Aug. 6 Hearing, Sept. 6 Hearing, Sept.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2025

The owner failed to comply with an August 31, 2021 consent order and agreement to plug this well. Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4% Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4% It is classified as abandoned. Well was drilled in 2011. General Russel L.

2025

Circle of Blue

JANUARY 21, 2025

From 2021 until 2024, around 40 households have enrolled their land in the project, each earning at least 60,000 pesos, or $1,029, per hectare ($415 per acre) for planting and maintaining a rainforestation farm, according to Mongabay.

Rainforest

Legal Planet

APRIL 23, 2025

Another judge temporarily blocked the Department of Energy’s plans to cut $405 million in annual research funds from universities, and a third federal judge ordered the Trump administration to immediately resume disbursing funds from the 2022 climate law and the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law.

Earth Day

Legal Planet

MAY 21, 2025

Beto Verissimo, Head of Belem-based rainforest conservation organization Imazon, is the liaison for forests. Bad news A Less Grand Canyon: The National Parks Conservation Association has calculated the Trump administrations proposed cuts to the National Park Service budget could result in more than a 75% reduction to the National Park System.

Rainforest

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 660 (OMara-D- Delaware) setting energy efficiency and water conservation standards for certain commercial and residential appliances. February 27-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 10:00- Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

A permanent ban prohibiting high volume hydraulic fracturing in the Delaware River Watershed was adopted by the DRBC in February 2021 following a moratorium on gas drilling instituted in 2010 and after more than ten years of comprehensive research and public deliberation.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 24, 2025

Yet oil and gas production and profits broke records during the Biden administration, with the top five US-based companies bringing in more than $250 billion between 2021 and 2023. The industry already benefits mightily from subsidies, which range from $10 to $40 billion annually in the United States, depending on how they’re estimated.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards & Recognition -- PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Jack Winieski Dedicated His Professional Career To Improving Trees Through Genetics - By Wayne W. 1 [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- Moms Clean Air Force Nov.

Conservation

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 28, 2021

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – October 28, 2021. The future of electric power in New England, or at least a piece of it, is the subject of a highly contested referendum in Maine. It asks whether Maine voters want “to ban the construction of high-impact electric transmission lines in the Upper Kennebec Region.”.

2021

Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The new EEG amendments (so called EEG Novelle 2021 ) shall come into force on 1 January 2021. By 2030 65 % of electricity in Germany shall come from renewable sources and by 2050 the share will be 100%. In the draft bill this has been broadened to §§ 97-99 EEG 2021. 147 Referentenentwurf ). 157 Draft Bill ).

Renewable Energy

Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The city is reducing water pressure through Christmas to force people to conserve. The Associated Press reports that the environment commissioner in Maine suspended a permit for a high-voltage electricity transmission line intended to cross the state. That amounts to 13 gallons daily for drinking, bathing, cooking, and doing laundry.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 24, 2022

On December 24, the PJM Interconnection requested the public in its region to conserve electricity. The call for conservation was prompted by continuing frigid weather. The request is being made throughout PJM electricity grid region. Conserving electricity as much as possible between the hours of 4 a.m.

Electricity

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – September 1, 2021. Electricity in some areas may be out for weeks. In New Orleans, the Sewerage and Water Board is asking residents to conserve water to prevent sewage backups. Nearly two hundred water systems, large and small, are experiencing outages after the powerful storm. Photo via NOAA.

Electricity

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

A natural gas company in Canada says they won’t generate enough electricity due to drought this summer. Manitoba Hydro, a natural gas company in Canada, said it doesn’t expect to generate enough electricity this winter to meet its export budget, thanks to dry conditions over the last several months across the Lake Winnipeg watershed.

2021

Real Climate

AUGUST 17, 2022

This is an historic effort though it falls short of the broader ‘ Green New Deal ‘ goals that were proposed in 2019, and doesn’t include all of the elements that were in the proposed 2021 reconcilliation package (the American Jobs Plan in “ Build Back Better “) that ultimately floundered.

Paris Agreement

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 19, 2023

As usual, I’ll begin with his League of Conservation Voters (LCV) scores — 5% in 2022, 6% lifetime. But in 2018 he scored 9% and by 2021 the score was 17%, which seems quite high for a House Republican these days. electricity markets by updating grid scale technologies, which will make grid storage more widely available.”

2018

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Although the new rice varieties also cut down on farm labor, Reuters reports that water conservation is likely the main attraction for Indian farmers, who rely heavily on monsoon rains. Now, electricity cuts could disrupt water supplies in the province of Jilin, Al Jazeera reports.

2021

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

A 2021 report by California state agencies calls for an additional 16,900 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar and an additional 12,500 MW of customer solar by 2030, making up 61 percent of new clean electricity resources. Source: 2021 SB 100 Joint Agency Report, California Energy Commission.

Solar Power

Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

The EIA reports that: “Fossil fuel sources accounted for about 69% of South Korea’s electricity generation in 2019, and the share of nuclear power accounted for 25%. Coal-fired power, which is a baseload source, is the dominant fossil fuel used to generate electricity (40%), and natural gas-fired capacity is the second-largest source (26%).”.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The PJM Interconnection , the regional electric grid operator that includes Pennsylvania, has issued a Cold Weather Alert and declared Conservative Operations throughout the PJM footprint for February 3–4 in anticipation of frigid temperatures. With the Cold Weather Alert and a preceding Cold Weather Advisory issued Jan.

Electricity

A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

In March, start-up BasiGo became the first company to launch an electric passenger bus in Kenya. We selected BYD because they are the largest manufacturer of electric buses globally and they are known for battery technology that is state-of-the-art,” BasiGo co-founder and CEO Jit Bhattacharya told China Dialogue.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

On January 12, the PJM Interconnection declared ‘Conservative Operations’ to maintain electric grid reliability forced by natural gas pipeline fuel restrictions brought on by winter weather impacts on their operations. No action is requested of the public. No action is requested of the public.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

Berkeley’s so-called “natural gas ban” was the first local ordinance in the country to effectively require all-electric construction of new buildings. Local governments have structured or are considering structuring all-electric construction policies in a variety of ways, some of which remain untouched by the Ninth Circuit ruling.

Conservation

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

More than a week after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, residents in lower Plaquemines Parish returned to their homes, many of which had no electricity and no access to safe drinking water. In New Orleans, the Sewerage and Water Board asked residents to conserve water to prevent sewage backups.

2021

Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce For a hearing on “Power Struggle: Examining the 2021 Texas Grid Failure” Written statement submitted by: Michael D. Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable. percent, 47.4

2021

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

On September 21, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced DCNR will produce or purchase 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030. gigawatt hours of electricity by 2030 with a plan to have the department produce 15.5 DCNR expects to use 28.7

2030

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 1, 2021

When at full capacity, the plant has the ability to supply electricity to up to 800,000 homes. The post The Stream, October 1, 2021: Australia’s Senate Rejects Proposal For New Murray Darling Basin Management Plan appeared first on Circle of Blue. Drought in the American West. Your need-to-know drought coverage for the week. .

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