Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

Back in 2018, California legislators were considering a bill that would have created an independent governance structure for California’s grid operator , the California Independent System Operator (CAISO). Western utilities may be more interested in sticking with California and joining EDAM if CAISO has an independent governance structure.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

This free online resource includes a searchable database that catalogues all of the climate change-related provisions in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), as well as a tracker that records actions taken by federal agencies to implement those provisions. The IRA Tracker homepage.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

On March 7, the Independent Fiscal Office issued its latest Pennsylvania Electricity update that reports the electricity grid is dependent on one fuel for 59% of the state’s electricity generation-- natural gas-- followed by nuclear power-- 31.9%, coal-- 5.4% from other sources. Read more here. Energy Information Administration.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 17, 2022

The enrolled bill, now a statute known as the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 , is premised on the idea that “the State has the ingenuity to reduce the threat of global warming and make GHG reductions a part of the State’s future” by, among other things, achieving net zero statewide GHG emissions by 2045. only days from now).

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2022

CCUS, hydrogen and nuclear power). Competitive statutes, policies and regulations at local, state and federal levels must be implemented to aid safe, equitable and expedited deployment of decarbonization solutions, particularly regarding hydrogen generation and transport and CCUS. Click Here for a copy of the full report.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Here are 94 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

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

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Here are 52 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. Thank you for your leadership! -- EQB To Meet Nov.

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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. With that said though, we are still awaiting more guidance from the federal government on the specifics on how this will all work. The last update was in 2014. Read more here.] 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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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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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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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 17, 2022

A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. By Mark Olalde and Maya Miller, ProPublica —August 16, 2022. Time and again, Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up the area. It didn’t happen.

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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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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

As governments across the United States are beginning to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, looking at the back story and teasing out the broad impact of this prohibition is worth our time. government, the world’s single largest buyer of goods and services. government, the world’s single largest buyer of goods and services.

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Legal Planet

MAY 26, 2022

The British government is firmly in the grip of the Conservative Party. The Climate Change Act of 2008 was amended in 2019 under a coalition government of the Conservatives and their North Irish allies. In 2022, the government adopted a new energy policy to combat dependence on Russian oil. Download as PDF.

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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

MARCH 8, 2023

With the savings, local governments can reduce taxes and schools can invest in more teachers. The grant program, “Solar for Schools,” would issue grants to schools for solar energy projects, including costs related to equipment, installation and maintenance of solar energy systems. Fiedler said.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2023

Here are 62 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

MAY 11, 2022

Corman Looks To Form Cryptocurrency Task Force 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: May 11, 2022] PA Environment Digest What’s Your Community Doing? 2020 -- AP: Republicans Fear Far-Right Candidate Sen.

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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. She went on to explain that while there is a process in the Residual Waste Regulations for approving certain waste materials for use as products, companies have to show DEP through an analysis they are safe to use. “At

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 25, 2022

The Food and Drug Administration, which regulates packaged drinks, lowered the current standard that ranges between 0.8 Nuclear Decommissioning along the Great Lakes. An expert panel offered recommendations for decommissioning and monitoring the 38 nuclear power reactors in the Great Lakes region. government water policy.

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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

Not mentioned at all was the fact that natural gas costs went up by as much as 128% for Pennsylvania consumers and electricity costs by as much as 34%, driven by the natural gas price spikes caused by the whims of a Russian dictator that resulted in oil and gas industry profits of $200 billion in 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2022

PA Environment Digest has already outlined significant changes needed in the way Pennsylvania regulates oil and gas well development and pipelines. Any proposal to build out natural gas infrastructure, expand drilling or increasing production should keep that in mind. Read more here. Click Here for more background.

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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 9, 2023

In response, Moms Clean Air Force Director and Co-Founder Dominique Browning released the following statement: “We commend Congress and the EPW committee for carrying out its oversight role and investigating the government response to the train derailment in East Palestine, but we must remember that petrochemical pollution is an ongoing threat.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2023

While this practice for the moment is illegal because it doesn’t meet DEP’s Residual Waste Regulations, it has not been banned. In fact, DEP’s oil and gas waste database continues to show reports from conventional operators who said they road-dumped their wastewater in 2022-- in spite of the fact it is illegal.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

Here are 166 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

MARCH 6, 2023

25 to March 3; More Well Plugging Sites Inspected PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 4 Independent Fiscal Office Reports 4th Quarter 2022 Natural Gas Production Decreased 1.6%; Average Price Increased By 82.5%

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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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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2023

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- -- Senate Committee Meets March 8 To Consider Bill Allowing General Assembly To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing [PaEN] -- Senate Committee Meets March 6 On Bill Prohibiting Elected Officials In Local Governments From Moving To Cleaner (..)

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Note: Conventional Oil & Gas Methane, PFOS MCL Regulations.] Don Ritter -- Post-Gazette: Canadian Nuclear Fuel Firm Buying Into Westinghouse Electric Co. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting. Contact: Laura Griffin laurgriffi@pa.gov or 717-772-3277. What’s Your Community Doing?

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2022

City Island Boat Launch, Harrisburg TUESDAY 9:00: House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider a concurrent resolution disapproving of Part I of a final Environmental Quality Board regulation reducing VOC/methane emissions from unconventional (shale) oil and gas facilities. Room G-50 Irvis Building.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2022

Wolf Announced PA Received $26.5

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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. Inventory Rise American Rescue Plan Funding -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.

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