Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Regulation’s proposed criteria for gaseous fossil fuels (which includes both conventional natural gas, and synthetic gas derived from coal gasification) allow investment in their consumption without restriction in function, scale, or time period, as long as greenhouse gas emissions are no higher than 100 gCO2eq/kWh (see §4.29-31

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

To date, Stronghold has purchased the 94-megawatt (MW) circulating fluidized bed (CFB) Scrubgrass power plant in Venango County and the 94 MW Panther Creek CFB facility in Carbon County. As of March 24, 2022, the company operated approximately 20,500 pieces of mining hardware and purchase agreements in place for an additional 29,400 miners.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

To date, Stronghold has purchased the 94-megawatt (MW) circulating fluidized bed (CFB) Scrubgrass power plant in Venango County and the 94 MW Panther Creek CFB facility in Carbon County. As of March 24, 2022, the company operated approximately 20,500 pieces of mining hardware and purchase agreements in place for an additional 29,400 miners.

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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. DOE’s National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap sets a target of increasing U.S.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 22, 2023

It authorizes the Utilities Commission to take “all reasonable steps” to achieve the CO 2 reduction goals and adopt a plan by December 31, 2022 to do so. In developing the plan, the law directs the Utilities Commission to follow existing state law with respect to least-cost generation of power and maintain system reliability.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

On April 7, the Department of Environmental Protection appealed the April 6 Commonwealth Court order blocking publication of the final regulation establishing a Carbon Pollution Reduction Program covering power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to the PA Supreme Court. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2022

Wolf’s veto of Senate Regulatory Resolution #1 that blocks the final DEP regulation establishing a Carbon Pollution Reduction Program covering power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Read more here. Read more here. At least $12.5

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Only 25% of the over 40,000 permit applications DEP received in 2022, for example, came in the door complete. Forming Work Group On Climate/Clean Energy, Co-Chairs Announced In response to a question from Sen. Shapiro will soon be announcing the formation of a working group on climate and clean energy policy.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Through the IRA, there are also many opportunities for climate change mitigation through cleaner vehicles, homes that are more energy efficient, and reductions in greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane. We will continue to transition to a clean energy economy that creates good paying, family supporting jobs.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2022

Reduce Demand For Natural Gas/Transition To Clean Energy Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry and their politicians want you to forget the agreement has a second major objective-- reduce overall natural gas demand by accelerating market deployment of clean energy measures. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2022

American Rescue Plan Funding -- Bay Journal: PA Takes ‘Historic’ Action To Fund Clean Water Projects And Help The Chesapeake Bay - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested. What’s Your Community Doing?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2022

On March 30, the House voted 126 to 72 to pass House Bill 637 (Struzzi-R-Indiana) designed to block the final DEP regulation establishing a Carbon Pollution Reduction Program covering power plants that’s consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Read more here. At least $12.5 Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

3 PA Bulletin; More Oil & Gas Well Pad Cleanups; Facility Permits [PaEN] -- Health Department Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Pennsylvanians Near State’s Four Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2022

short-sighted climate policies – like forcing Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and canceling natural gas and oil infrastructure, the Keystone XL pipeline [Canadian oil, not in Pennsylvania] chief among them – are so very dangerous. Posted: March 6, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Shapiro In Support Of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative [PaEN] -- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Isn’t Sold On RGGI Climate Program, His Working Group Isn’t Either - What’s Next? -- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro, Let’s Hold The Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable Via RGGI - By Rev.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2022

On March 18 the company said they would not do anything with the permit through at least July 2022 and entered into a voluntary agreement to apply for a new permit if or when they actually start the project. And the goal is not to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “As and one nuclear power plant-- Three Mile Island Unit 1.] “I

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- Republican Herald: West Nile Virus Monitoring Starts In Schuylkill County -- Shapiro Administration Commends 3 PA Schools For Environmental Efforts As Green Ribbon Schools -- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Winners In Western PA, West Virginia Science Bowl Competed In National Science Bowl -- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces 5 Recipients (..)

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Read more here. -- September 19 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Not Registered For Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh? Trillion Tons Of Greenhouse Gas -- The Guardian: Fury Over PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ As U.S Room 461 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch live.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The significance of this proposal is that it is the first time House or Senate Republicans have recognized a need to reduce carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants and to help communities and workers caught in the transition to the new clean energy economy. percent to the Energy Communities Trust Fund; -- 12.5

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Acoel

APRIL 8, 2022

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Leslie Carothers. The bipartisan infrastructure law funds clean energy demonstration projects to improve energy storage, advanced nuclear technology, carbon capture from fuel burning as well as direct carbon capture from the atmosphere. Certainly this attention is deserved.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2021

Ryan Aument (R-Lancaster) was again pushing his idea last week to suspend no-excuse mail-in voting altogether until 2023-- conveniently after the 2022 gubernatorial election. Wolf withdraws his proposal to reduce carbon pollution from power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Read more here.

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