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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.15.23

PA Environment Daily

Mastriano Dropped Hints On His Political Future, Can He Really Win A Statewide Race? -- PA Capital-Star: PA Among Top States For White Supremacist Propaganda In 2022 -- Politics PA: How Accurate Were Polls On 2022 PA Races?

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U.S. EIA Annual Energy Outlook 2022 - Renewables Fastest Growing Energy; Falling Costs Means Robust Competition With Natural Gas; Electricity Fastest Growing Energy Source In Buildings

PA Environment Daily

Energy Information Agency’s 2022 Annual Energy Outlook webpage for lots more detail. Renewable Diesel Supply To Surpass Biodiesel [Posted: March 26, 2022] PA Environment Digest crude oil production reaches record highs, while natural gas production is increasingly driven by natural gas exports -- U.S.

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PA Coal Industry, Unions File Lawsuit In Attempt To Block Final RGGI Regulation; Court Hearing May 2 On Republican Lawsuit

PA Environment Daily

Owners of Pennsylvania coal-fired power plants, a coal industry trade group and labor unions that represent their workers filed a lawsuit April 25 to stop the DEP from enforcing new rules that will require fossil fuel power plants to pay to release carbon dioxide.

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Scranton Times Editorial: Lower Boom On Natural Gas Leaks, Audit Abandoned Gas Well Capping

PA Environment Daily

Methane is a powerful contributor to atmospheric warming. Though it is far less abundant than carbon dioxide, it is about 80 times more efficient at trapping heat in the atmosphere, thus accounting for about 25% of warming. Photo: Equitrans natural gas leak from space, Environmental Defense Fund.)

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DEP Appeals Commonwealth Court Order Blocking Publication Of Final RGGI Regulation

PA Environment Daily

million for sewer and water infrastructure and stormwater mitigation, including riparian planting for carbon dioxide reduction, stream buffering and streambank restoration. -- $62.5 At least $12.5 million is to be used for methane abatement projects from plugging abandoned gas wells. -- $62.5 At least $12.5

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Western Grid Regionalization Is Back on the Drawing Board. Why Now?

Union of Concerned Scientists

There were two rotating outages during a heatwave in August 2020, a close call when a wildfire knocked out a critical transmission line in July 2021, and the state just barely squeaked by in September 2022 when a historic heatwave led to record-high electricity demand. The list goes on, but you get the point.

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House Republicans Go Public With A Proposal To Reduce Carbon Pollution From Coal-Fired Power Plants, Help Communities, Workers Impacted By Plant Closures

PA Environment Daily

million for sewer and water infrastructure and stormwater mitigation, including riparian planting for carbon dioxide reduction, stream buffering and streambank restoration. -- $62.5 At least $12.5 million is to be used for methane abatement projects from plugging abandoned gas wells. -- $62.5 At least $12.5