Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

All across the country, coal- and gas-fired power plants are still running, still polluting, and still showing signs of staying relentlessly online. And more gas is slated to come. The Supreme Court clipped the agency’s wings in its 2022 West Virginia v. EPA ruling, EPA can still establish rigorous carbon emissions standards.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2022

Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) introduced Senate Bill 979 which amends the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard Act to establish a new Clean Energy Standard and encourage investment in carbon capture technology to achieve net-zero carbon emissions from power plants.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2023

It will save school districts and taxpayers money, create new learning opportunities and invest in statewide clean energy,” she added. GW Of Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants Being Offline; Renewables Logged New Records In Generation -- Reuters: Jobs In US Energy Grew 3.8%

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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. That’s the gravy train the supermajors should ride.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The General Assembly has yet to answer the question of how to help communities and workers caught in the market-driven transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. It is caused by human activity and carbon emissions. percent to the Energy Communities Trust Fund; -- 12.5 Every day, its impacts grow more severe.

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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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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Rare earth elements and other critical minerals and materials are key to manufacturing clean energy technologies here in America—such as solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and hydrogen fuel cells. Of Energy Awards $1.95

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2022

This editorial first appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on January 23, 2022 -- The sale of the Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale, the last remaining coal-powered plant in Allegheny County, to a company that will conduct environmental remediation and redevelopment is a hopeful sign for a post-coal regional economy.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With most energy investments still in fossil fuels, significant reform is needed to modernise the sector and meet Kazakhstan’s pledge to become net-zero by 2060. On 2 January 2022, massive protests erupted throughout Kazakhstan , initially over the price of liquefied petroleum gas.

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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

JULY 20, 2021

Of Agriculture: Secretary To Tour Urban Gardens Building Resilient Communities -- Ag Progress Days: Exhibits Focus On Animal, Plant Diseases, Invasive Pests [Aug. Seeks Cooperation With China On Climate, But Not At Any Price -- Financial Times: U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Last month, the British-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) reported that London-based HSBC, one of the world’s top-10 biggest banks, has helped raise $47 billion for the fossil fuel industry since its 2022 announcement that it would not finance new gas and oil infrastructure. trillion to $1 trillion.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Enacted in 2019, the CLCPA transformed the state’s earlier clean energy standard efforts from administrative fiat to law and sets more aggressive goals to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide to 60% from a 1990 baseline by 2030, and 15% from a 1990 baseline by 2050.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

29; No Information Yet On Whether Oil & Gas Development Health Risks Will Be Included Health Department Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Pennsylvanians Near State’s Four Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. Decline In Energy Use; $4.6 Million In Energy Savings; 14.6% Decline In Energy Use; $4.6

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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. Department of Energy, February 24, 2022, [link]. million metric tons, equivalent to adding 3.4

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Signs Off On Solar Energy Facility -- USDA Funds 31 Local Projects Totaling $5.69 Signs Off On Solar Energy Facility -- USDA Funds 31 Local Projects Totaling $5.69

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Acknowledging that the United States is a leading contributor to carbon emissions, the Biden administration has committed to cutting US emissions 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. Examining Supply-Side Options to Achieve 100% Clean Electricity by 2035.) times current levels by 2035.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 2, 2022

On November 22, 2022, sixteen municipalities of Puerto Rico filed a lawsuit in the federal district court in Puerto Rico seeking to hold coal, oil, and gas companies liable for losses resulting from storms during the 2017 hurricane season and ongoing economic losses since that time. In Municipalities of Puerto Rico v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

These new protections will include updates to power plant standards on carbon emissions , mercury pollution , and toxic coal ash pollution , just to name a few. For coal-fired power, the economic case has been bleak for a long time now, which has brought US coal-fired generation down to less than half of its 2010 level.

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Cresforum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Introduction Hydrogen has been dubbed the “Swiss army knife” of clean energy, given its potential to become a tool to cut emissions in key sectors, as well as to assert U.S. global energy leadership and increase our nation’s competitive edge. Lifecycle GHG Emissions (kg CO2e/kgH20) PTC Value ($/kg H2) 2.5-4

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Energy Information Administration (EIA) households that primarily use natural gas for space heating will spend an average of 30 percent more on heating this winter than last year. for example, our natural gas system is very price responsive, so nobody drilled when prices were so low. On top of that, the U.S.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

During the four days of emergency operations during the cold snap, from early February 15th to midnight February 18th, output levels of nuclear, natural gas, coal, and wind to the grid were 79.3 For natural gas it was 40%, or 46% based on winter adequacy expectations. percent, 47.4 percent, 51.5 percent, and 13.7

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

In my retelling of the show, I quickly pointed out that the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had by then concluded that “most” of the increase in average global temperatures since 1950 was “very likely” due to the increase in human-made carbon emissions. ExxonMobil is still funding those folks, big time.”

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

In addition to all those benefits, solar schools projects have immense local benefits such as reducing carbon emissions and creating family sustaining jobs.” Related Article - Solar Energy At Schools: -- Pennsylvania Catches Up In National Rankings For Solar Energy Adoption By Schools; G.E.T.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

On June 7, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held its third information session on carbon capture technology and covered its job potential, how it could help reach a net-zero carbon emissions goal and the environmental and other impacts and risks. So it's important that we be mindful of all of that.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 18, 2023

Steel Is Progressing Toward Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals [ 2022 ESG Report ] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Carnegie Mellon ($3.1 million), Thar Energy ($2.2 Steel Is Progressing Toward Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals [ 2022 ESG Report ] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Carnegie Mellon ($3.1

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

During Climate Week, we’re lifting up the dozens of bills and solutions proposed by Climate Caucus members that would help Pennsylvania advance environmental justice, hold polluters accountable, invest in innovation around clean energy technologies, and build resilient communities that can withstand the impacts of climate change.”

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

3 Southwest PA Energy Efficiency Roundtable Webinar PA Parks & Forests Foundation Fall Newsletter Features Native Peoples, Paths, Places In State Parks & Forests WeConservePA: Seeking Proposals To Host 2025 PA Greenways & Trails Summit Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Meet Eagles Up Close Nov. 10; Business Meeting Dec. 7-8, Webinars Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Chris Pilong, Director – Operations Planning, detailed the proposed temporary changes, which would be in effect through April 1, 2022. Messiah University -- Guest Essay: Clean Energy: It’s Time To Embrace Climate Change As A Moral And Spiritual Challenge Of Unparalleled Import - By Rev.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2022

Tom Wolf vetoed and disapproved Senate Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution 1, which would have disabled the Commonwealth’s opportunity to enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and effectively achieve climate goals and reduce carbon emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

23 Innovative CEOs Enabling And Expanding Decarbonization; Part Of Global Clean Energy Action Forum [PaEN] -- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Suburban Philadelphia Firm Bets On New Technology to Store Solar Power 24/7 -- Erie 2030 District Achieves 22.4% Decline In Energy Use; $4.6 Million In Energy Savings; 14.6%

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 5, 2023

greenhouse gases, to the front of the nation’s work to reduce carbon emissions. billion on 141 experimental projects that test the capacity of farmers to reduce carbon emissions from agriculture, which produces about 10 percent of U.S. The first grants from the US Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) greenhouse gases.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

Air -- Olympus Energy Shale Gas Driller Expresses Fear Municipalities Will Use Their DEP Compliance Record With Hundreds Of Violations To Help Make Local Land Use Decisions On Oil & Gas Infrastructure Projects [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Methane Leaks From Natural Gas Pipelines Targeted By Proposed Federal Rule -- TribLive: Upgrades (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

billion in investment in clean, reliable energy sources. Pennsylvania still has not recovered from those price spikes caused by our link to international markets via energy exports to other countries, including China. Read more here.] That should be praised. NewsClips: -- AP: PA Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Here is a quick rundown of both good environmental bills-- many of them bipartisan-- and a list of bad energy and environmental bills and actions that shouldn’t see the light of day. All these bills will continue into 2022-- so you’d better watch out! Think of this as a Naughty and Nice list. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Here you’ll find just a few of the good and bipartisan environmental and energy bills members of the Senate and House should consider in 2022. Of course, along with the good, we also have to watch out for the bad bills, which are also listed here. We call them “Dog Whistles.” Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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