PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Martina White (R-Philadelphia), adopted a final report on the best and safest way to increase the export Pennsylvania's natural gas overseas. For the first time in decades, the number of people without access to electricity increased in 2022. Rice, president and chief executive officer of EQT Corporation.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Key Takeaways Here are some key takeaways from the hearing-- -- Natural Gas Continues To Have A Reliability Problem: 70% of the PJM electric generation that failed to perform during the December freeze were natural gas-fired power plants. The Commission is continuing to work with PJM to evaluate the results of the storm.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Carbon emissions from land use change (mostly logging) are comparable to Brazil’s, though Brazil gets a lot more publicity. Economic growth has hovered around a healthy 5% annually, meaning that GDP doubles about every 15 years and that carbon emissions will also surge without vigorous climate action.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

They just released their 2022 “Annual Energy Outlook” (AEO), which is a big deal: it tells us where electricity is headed over the next 30 years. CO 2 emissions remain mostly level through 2050—nowhere close to meeting US climate goals. Carbon emissions remain high.

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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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Acoel

JANUARY 7, 2022

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Eugene M. commitments to the Paris Agreement calls for an 80% reduction of electric power greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. DOE’s current reference forecast of new plant capacity calls for 395 Gigawatts of new natural gas combined cycle capacity to be constructed between 2020 and 2050.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

It’s a testament to the industry’s innovative nature, dedication to continuous improvement, and collaborative approach that we are producing and transporting the energy that powers modern life while adhering to world-class standards. Natural gas generation grew rapidly, driven by the shale gas revolution and low fuel prices.”

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2022

Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) As Russian bombs fall on Ukraine, Pennsylvania refineries refine Russian crude oil and oil and natural gas prices are locked to every word said by Russian despots, Sen. This isn’t the first time the administration listened to liberal idealogues from states that bear little resemblance to our own. Mitchell C.

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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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Enviromental Defense

MAY 2, 2024

GHG emissions in 2022 were the lowest they have been in 25 years, with the exception of the pandemic years. Contrary to the Alberta government’s repeated assertions, the province does not lead the country in reducing gr eenhouse gas emissions, but in fact leads the country in producing dangerous carbon emissions.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2022

May 31, 2022. Minnesota moves to regulate pipelines transporting liquid carbon dioxide. Inside Climate News reports that the shift is due in large part to higher prices for natural gas, the main fuel used for electric power plants. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. This Week’s Watersheds.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

Chicago just released its Draft 2022 Climate Action Plan (CAP), an update of the city’s 2008 CAP to reduce citywide emissions 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels. Chicago’s new CAP aims to remedy those problems and chart an equitable path to cut the city’s carbon emissions by at least 60 percent by 2040.

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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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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2024

On February 28, Ohio US Senator Sherrod Brown and Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Protecting American Households from Rising Energy Costs Act , legislation that would ban the export of crude oil or liquefied natural gas (LNG) to our biggest adversaries: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Read more here. Read more here.

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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 22, 2024

This is DLC’s second annual ESG report and, for the first time, discloses year-over-year performance metrics from a 2022 baseline. The new report aims to demonstrate the company’s progress toward its long-term ESG targets established in 2022, with the company remaining on track to meet all.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2022

million square feet, released its 2021 Progress Report detailing efforts by partners who have committed to a dramatic reduction in energy use and carbon emissions in their buildings by the year 2030. The District also announced a new focus on carbon emissions. Posted: August 31, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2023

CNX said the region is the textbook location for a clean hydrogen hub due to its unique access to ample low-cost natural gas feedstock, end-user demand, workforce and technology capability, and carbon sequestration potential. 9 to 15 - 25 Days Of Shale Gas Water Withdrawals Without Permission; Wastewater Pipeline Spill.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2023

Are To Blame For One Of The Grid’s Biggest Vulnerabilities When Weather Gets Rough -- The Guardian: Solar Helps Texas Carry Energy Load As Heatwave Puts Power Grid To Test; Atypically Large Number Of Coal, Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Have Failed Amid Temperature Spikes -- Utility Dive: Texas Electric Grid Has Remained Stable Despite 9.6

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Noon to 1:15 p.m. -- 9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’ [PaEN] -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2022

This editorial first appeared in the Scranton Times and Citizens Voice on October 28, 2022-- Pennsylvania has failed to get a piece of the new domestic wave of high-tech, next-generation microchip production, as major producers have broken ground on nearly $100 billion worth of new plants in Arizona, Ohio and upstate New York.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

Acquires PA-Based Plants & Goodwin Well Plugging Firm To Create Methane Emission Offsets [PaEN] -- City & State PA: Fmr Cong. 29-30 In Lancaster; Find A Professional Near You [PaEN] -- PUC Alerts Consumers To Electricity Price Changes Coming June 1-- From 20.7%

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

Through the Clean Air Act , and as affirmed—and reaffirmed—through multiple legal sagas, EPA is statutorily obligated to address carbon pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. 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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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. Map courtesy NREL: Denholm et al. Examining Supply-Side Options to Achieve 100% Clean Electricity by 2035.)

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In 2022, China had 100 fewer petrols stations than in 2021, with the number falling to 107,600, according to the 2022-2023 “Blue Book” on the petroleum distribution sector. PetroChina will have about 160 fewer stations in 2022 than in 2021, according to the Blue Book. million units in 2022, or 4.1% million in 2022. (Of

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

7 Screening Of ‘A Plastic Wave’ - How To Reduce Your Plastic Waste , 7:00 p.m. -- Bloomberg: Europe’s Winter Natural Gas Price Slump Shifts Focus To Summer Storage [Posted: December 6, 2023] PA Environment Digest ‘Open Mic Night’ [PaEN] Related Articles: -- House Environmental Committee To Hold Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Other States/National/International -- Inside Climate News: With Fossil Fuel Companies Facing Pressure To Reduce Carbon Emissions, Private Equity Is Buying Up Their Aging Oil, Natural Gas And Coal Assets PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Meadville Tribune: Defense Requests Jan. To Host Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Wants To Slash Carbon Emissions From Power Plants, Natural Gas Is In The Way -- AP: U.S. 7 Exploring Our Hidden Waters - An Evening Of Film, Imagery, Storytelling - In-Person 6:30 p.m. -- York Daily Record: New PA Farm Show Milkshake Flavor Coming [Spoiler - Orange Cream] -- PA Forestry Assn./

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- Southwest PA Municipal Project Hub Will Help Municipalities In 10 Counties Apply For Historic Federal Funding To Develop Clean, Sustainable Economic Development Projects, Communities [PaEN] -- PA Taxpayers To Give $130.9

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2022

PA Legislators Mastriano and Hutchinson are calling to increase our natural gas and oil production. Why are some Pennsylvanian legislators going in the other direction by doubling down on oil & gas? The gas and oil companies are behind this. This is partisan politics!

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2022

We feel that natural gas and derivative products provide a path for the transportation industry both to reduce carbon emissions in the short-term while working toward a goal of net-zero in the long-term as hydrogen and other potential solutions mature," said Christina Cassotis, CEO, Pittsburgh International Airport. "We

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

And earlier this year, a group of natural gas, petrochemical, and steel companies announced a hydrogen hub project here in the Ohio River Valley. Natural gas contains methane, which can be used to produce hydrogen energy.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2022

9 Coal Mine and Museum, Carbon County [PaEN] -- DCNR Blog: What Can We Do About The Spongy Moth [Formerly Known As Gypsy Moth] Outbreak -- Frances Rodgers Partners With French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust To Preserve 7.5 Supreme Court Limits Power Of EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Other Regulatory Agencies -- WPost: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

38 percent of participants said action should be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, 26 percent said to use ‘geoengineering’ and other scientific fixes to counter climate change and 11 percent said to learn to adapt. Natural Gas Development The poll also asked questions about unconventional shale gas development in the state.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- Utility Dive: Grid-Enhancing Technologies Could Facilitate 6.6 20 To Review 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment, PA Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Climate Action Plan [PaEN] -- Ohio River Valley Institute Feb.

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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 gas, the leading cause of plant outages was fuel supply issues. The country’s aging coal power fleet has also failed to perform as expected during recent cold snaps.

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