PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2022

By Hilary Mercer , Shell Polymers/Pennsylvania Chemicals Project & Kevin Walker, President/CEO Duquesne Light This guest essay first appeared on TribLive.com May 11, 2022 -- Climate change demands that the world, including our region, transition its energy profile to a low-carbon one.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen [PaEN] -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: 45 Years After Infamous Accident, Why Are They Still Cleaning Up Three Mile Island?

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2023

Multiple presenters noted the PUC no longer regulated the electric generation market in Pennsylvania as a result of deregulation. Craig Williams (R-Delaware) noted the PUC’s testimony said natural gas provides 53% of elected generation in Pennsylvania in 2021, nuclear power 33%, coal just 12% and renewables and other sources the remainder.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2022

The revenue projections done for the unconventional fee regulation were based on DEP receiving 2,000 permits a year. The last update was in 2014. Read more here.] There has been no increase in fees for conventional oil and gas drillers since 2014. Over 80 percent of program costs are staff expenses. Read more here.] Read more here.]

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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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Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels Waste Air Pollution 84

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. According to the U.S. Siting and permitting.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 22, 2023

Under the law, “carbon neutrality” means that for every ton of CO 2 emitted in the state by a regulated EGU an equivalent amount of CO 2 must be reduced, removed, prevented, or offset. regulated by the Utilities Commission; and 2. The law limits offsets to 5%. The reduction goals apply to electric utilities that are: 1.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

4] Some energy experts and reporters have contended that Texas regulators did not expect to rely on wind to provide much electricity during the cold snap, and rather had relied on natural gas and other thermal power plants. This hour saw a difference of 28.9 GW between expected demand and delivered generation. [4]

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Here are 74 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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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. Click Here for a copy of the appeal.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

“The Solar for Schools Grant Program is a critical piece of legislation that provides us with a chance to invest in our aging school buildings -- while supporting and sustaining good-paying, clean-energy union jobs.

Renewable Energy 76

Renewable Energy Nuclear Power Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 76

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. At least $12.5 Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. This lawsuit is still pending.

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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 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. At least $12.5 Read more here. Read more here. One of the stated reasons Gov.

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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. Click Here for more background.

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Natural Gas Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 69

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2023

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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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

APRIL 20, 2022

House returns to session April 25, 26, 27 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session May 23, 24, 25 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 11:30: DEP To Announce 2022 Environmental Education Grants at Kulpmont Veterans Memorial Park, Kulpmont, Northumberland County. THURSDAY 10:00: Agenda Posted.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

And what happens is, you've mentioned this, that 95% of the [proposed] energy [facilities], the new coming online in the [JPM] queue, is wind and solar and that means only 5% is natural gas, or coal, or nuclear or whatever. So it seems to me, and I love it when people say, oh, well by 2035 we're going to have totally clean energy.

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Nuclear Power Natural Gas Electricity Renewable Energy 94

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2023

From March 4 to 10, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 545 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 87 violations of environmental regulations-- 54 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 33 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry. LLC - Plum Boro - Harry G.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2022

Wolf to “unleash PA’s full potential to power the free world” and “end his job-killing, punitive crusade against the production and exportation of Pennsylvania natural gas and other abundant fossil fuels.” “You Wolf have all called on the General Assembly to toughen laws regulating pipelines to no avail. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2022

John Yudichak (I-Luzerne), who Senate Republicans appointed as Majority Chair of the Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee, called opponents of natural gas infrastructure projects “radical environmentalists” and arguments by supporters of the RGGI carbon pollution reduction regulations covering power plants “hysteria.”

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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

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities; And A First-Ever State MCL For PFOS/PFOA [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette: DEP Races To Finish Regulations To Limit Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Facilities With $450 Million In Federal Highway Funds At Stake -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: DEP Moves Reg.

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Carbon Monoxide Natural Gas Nuclear Power Electricity 64

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The amended bill is being held in Committee by Republicans as a possible compromise on the RGGI regulations that they can point to as a way to solve the pollution problems caused by coal-fired power plants. At least $12.5 million is to be used for methane abatement projects from plugging abandoned gas wells. -- $62.5 Read more here.

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Carbon Dioxide Clean Energy Carbon Emissions Nuclear Power 52

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2022

Exported 74% Of LNG Natural Gas To Europe During First 4 Months Of 2022; Total Exports Increased 18% -- Reuters: Oil Prices Advance Despite U.S. A companion bill-- Senate Bill 1030 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) was passed by the Senate in April. Room 461 Main Capitol.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 22, 2022

Army - Disinterred Remains Do Not Match Native American Boy Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: June 22, 2022] PA Environment Digest What’s Your Community Doing?

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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. Nineteen have already closed or converted to other fuels long before this legislation or the RGGI regulation was proposed. Read more here. Republican Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2022

. -- Existing Technologies Can Help World Meet Agricultural Methane Targets By 2030 [PaEN] -- Scranton Times: Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Owner Talen Energy Supply Files For Bankruptcy -- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Health Hears From Activists, Steel Workers On New Coke [Coal] Oven Regulations -- WESA: Environmentalists, U.S.

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