PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2025

So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of Natural Gas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2 Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Residents Near PA’s 4 Operating Nuclear Power Plants Aug. Data Centers [PaEN] -- PA Dept.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

20 RiverWatch Video Report -- Post-Gazette: PA Farmers Turning To No-Till Farming Focusing On Bottom Line, Human Health -- Penn State Extension Conservation Cornerstone: Jan. 20 RiverWatch Video Report -- Post-Gazette: PA Farmers Turning To No-Till Farming Focusing On Bottom Line, Human Health -- Penn State Extension Conservation Cornerstone: Jan.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

House proposed federal budget bill, which would repeal critical energy tax credits passed under the Inflation Reduction act of 2022, Energy Future PA Co-Chairs Conor Lamb (former Democratic U.S Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4% Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4%

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs [PaEN] -- WHYY: ‘No Seat At The Table:’ Why Environmental Justice Activists Like Zulene Mayfield Fear Republican Presidential Win -- Environmental Quality Board To Consider Proposed Spill Notification Regulation; Blasting; NOx & VOC Corrections Nov. Shapiro -- Gov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2025

Energy Transfer was also criminally charged for repeatedly ignoring environmental regulations at a different site in 2022. Of Energy Releases Report On Electric Grid Reliability, Security Saying Generation Growth Must Match Needs Of A.I. Billion To Power Data Centers -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Frontier Group Unveils $3.2

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2025

Existing Oil & Gas Methane Rule The Environmental Quality Board adopted regulations in December 2022 requiring methane pollution reductions from conventional oil and gas facilities in response to a federal rule then in effect. Read more here. Only 27 conventional facility owners submitted reports in June 2024 as required. Read more here.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

Data Centers - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania May Not Have Enough Electricity For A.I. Data Centers Share The Blame, States Feel Pressure To Act [PA Included] -- MCall: As Electric Bills Rise Due To A.I. How Is A.I. How Is A.I. 11 Hearing On A.I.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Data Centers Impacts On Electricity Grid -- PJM Interconnection Reliability Initiative Attracts 94 Applications For 26.6 Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

Read more here ] The plan includes a proposal supported by both Republicans and Democrats to update the Pennsylvania Economic Development for a Growing Economy (EDGE) Tax Credit, which was established in 2022, but hasnt been used, leaving billions in potential economic development untapped.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

19 & 21 -- Reading Eagle: Frequent Met-Ed Power Outages In Southeastern Berks Called Into Question -- July 31 Webinar - Why Is My Electricity Bill So High? 19 & 21 -- Reading Eagle: Frequent Met-Ed Power Outages In Southeastern Berks Called Into Question -- July 31 Webinar - Why Is My Electricity Bill So High?

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

To Adopt More Stringent Rules For Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells In Westmoreland County -- Observer-Reporter: EQT Shale Gas Driller Sues Morgan Twp.,

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

Shapiro Touts Plan To Expand Energy Markets In PA While York County Seeks Balance -- The Center Square: Watch: Former DEP Leader Stumps For Shapiro Energy Plan -- PUC Enhances Energy-Savings Program For Low-Income Households -- The Derrick: FrenchCreek Twp., Million In Growing Greener Plus Grants From DEP -- Volunteers Needed!

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2025

We Are Going To Run Out Of Power, If We Dont Move Forward Rep. Thomas Mehaffie (R-Dauphin) , a member of the Committee, noted in 2018 a baseload power plant was shut down in his district [Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant]-- Dont make the same mistake. Read more here. ] They absolutely have a place.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2025

That means fewer jobs, less economic growth and an electric grid that will become increasingly strained under continued and unprecedented demand for more power. Among them is a plan from Westinghouse Electric Company to build 10 new, large nuclear power plant reactors across the U.S. On the other hand, U.S.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2025

Data Center-Fueled Rate Hikes -- PJM Electric Auction Impacts: 1 In 5 PA Households Report Problems Now Paying Energy Bills; Electric Utility Shutoffs Up 38.1% So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of Natural Gas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 29, 2025

Solar power is now the cheapest electricity in history. Photo: POWER Interfaith Executive Director Bishop Dwayne Royster speaks during the Fight For Our Future: Rally For Climate, Care, Jobs & Justice on April 22, 2022 in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Lisa Lake / POWER Interfaith via Getty Images).)

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 16, 2025

Based on data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) and UCS calculations, the graph shows the portion of total US electricity generation that came from solar and wind each month for the last two and half decades. Monthly US electricity from large-scale solar, small-scale solar, and wind divided by total monthly generation.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Trump vociferously favors fossil fuels and has criticized renewables, especially wind power and electric vehicles. But renewables have powerful corporate champions and trade associations with support across the aisle in Washington, D.C. No Republicans voted for its enactment in 2022, which passed on party lines.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2025

[Exxon] - Violations: Failure To Restore Impoundment ( May 20, 2025 inspection of the Kozik Centralized Freshwater Impoundment in Summit Township, Butler County found the owner failed to restore the impoundment after its last recorded use on November 14, 2022. The well had no production from 2022 to 2024. Violation issued.

2025

Physics World

MAY 28, 2025

Nevertheless, the graphic novel World Without End: an Illustrated Guide to the Climate Crisis was a surprise French bestseller when it first came out in 2022. Absurd yet powerful visual metaphors feature throughout. The message is blunt: nuclear may not be ideal, but it works. trillion people on the planet.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2025

Thank you for your leadership! -- Public Utility Commission Urges Consumers To Prepare For Extreme Cold Next Week [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection: New All-Time Peak Electricity Demand Possible Jan. Robert Little -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. Ohio- $3.14

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Of Energy LNG Gas Export Facility Plans Will Pollute Communities, Raise Prices - By Alex Bomstein, Clean Air Council -- Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance, Black Appalachian Coalition, PennFuture, Partners Host March 4 Webinar -- Why Is My Electricity Bill So High? And Going Higher?

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2025

Data Center, The Countrys Largest Natural Gas Power Plant [ PDF of Article ] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Homer City Reinventing Itself As Datacenter Campus With Lots Of Natural Gas Power To Supply It -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Homer City Coal Power Plant Site To Become A.I.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Water Systems Above Legal Limit For PFAS Forever Chemicals In Bucks County -- York Daily Record: Why The Drought In York County Could Get Worse In The Coming Months -- PUC Highlights 2025 Fix A Leak Week Awareness -- TribLive Editorial: PA Fire Hydrants Should Be Flow Tested Regularly -- House Energy Committee Reports Out Bill To Unlock A State Freeze (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Of Energy Awards DEP $16.2 Of Energy Awards DEP $16.2

Conservation

Legal Planet

MAY 21, 2025

Energy Information Administration projects that retail electricity prices are expected to continue a rapid rise this year, with the average price increasing 13 percent from 2022 to 2025. California Where does Los Angeles get the biggest share of its electricity? A nuclear power plant in Arizona and Sammy Roth took a tour.

Rainforest

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2025

-- PA Elected Officials, Consumer, Clean Energy Advocates Demand Electric Grid Operator PJM Act To Hold Down Electricity Costs [PaEN] -- Gov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2025

-- Smithton Borough Council Honors Mayor Christine Tutena With Keep Pennsylvania Beautifuls Community Pride Award In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- The Citizens Voice: Hanover Area Students, Teachers Tout Trout Release As Triumph For Science In Luzerne County -- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Pennsylvania Photos Win First And Second Place In Save The Bay (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2025

Shapiros offer to work on legislation to make the electric grid more reliable, diversify Pennsylvanias energy generation, lower energy costs for ratepayers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. So, if they choose to do nothing, consumers are going to pay more on their electric bills. Doing nothing is not an option, said Gov.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

to 11% UGI Gas Rate Hike Request -- Courier Times: Shocked By Your Higher PECO Electric, Natural Gas Bill? to 11% UGI Gas Rate Hike Request -- Courier Times: Shocked By Your Higher PECO Electric, Natural Gas Bill?

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

Data Centers Share The Blame, States Feel Pressure To Act [PA Included] -- MCall: As Electric Bills Rise Due To A.I. Impacting Energy Production And Prices? -- Inside Climate News: Why Electricity Prices Are Soaring In The PJM Grid Region Explained In 5 Charts -- PA Senate Republican Policy Committee To Hold Aug. How Is A.I.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2025

Miles Of 4 Texas Eastern Natural Gas Pipelines To Allow For Longwall Coal Mining In Greene County [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 78 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 26 PA Bulletin [PaEN] Related Articles This Week: -- Attorney General Sunday Files Criminal Charges Against Equitrans For 2022 Leak Of 1.1

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2025

Lenox Township is located just a few miles from Dimock Township where Coterra Energy pleaded no contest to criminal charges by the Office of Attorney General for contaminating 21 water supplies and paid a penalty of $444,000 in December 2022. Original violations go back to at least March 10, 2022. Read more here. DEP inspection report.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

Shapiro Says Federal Budget Bill ‘Betrays The Very People’ The President Vowed To Help -- The Center Square: Gov. -- International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas -- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.16 Ohio- $2.90

Politics

Scientific American

AUGUST 5, 2025

The space agency has pursued various projects over the years, most recently in 2022 , when it awarded three $5-million contracts to companies to craft designs for small space-ready reactors meant for lunar operations in the mid-2030s.

Nuclear Power

Scientific American

JULY 31, 2025

Andreas Haas/dieBildmanufaktur/Alamy Physicists have caught neutrinos from a nuclear reactor using a device weighing just a few kilograms, orders of magnitude less massive than standard neutrino detectors. It operated at a nuclear reactor in Germany from 2018 until that reactor was shut down in 2022.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2025

So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of Natural Gas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2 Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Residents Near PA’s 4 Operating Nuclear Power Plants Aug. Data Centers [PaEN] -- PA Dept.

Nuclear Power