PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2023

On May 17, 2023, a DEP followup inspection at a Tatonka Oil Co. Going back in the compliance history of Nancy 13, a DEP inspection report dated December 20, 2018 noted the well was leaking brine, gas was venting from the well casing and the value used for fracking the well was still on the wellhead, but no violations were listed. [

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 11, 2023

As of 2023, over 330 card issuers across 80 countries work to transition to recycled or other sustainable materials. Mastercard’s announcement to remove first-use PVC plastic is one step towards environmental sustainability, and extends the initiative created in 2018.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

Information provided by the Department of Environmental Protection in response to a Right To Know request shows DEP took enforcement action against 14 conventional oil and gas well operators that resulted in collecting $422,365 in penalties and bond forfeitures in 2023. Read more here. Read more here (2017-2021). Read more here (2022).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 22, 2023

To date in 2023, the United States has already suffered nine climate and weather disasters resulting in at least a billion dollars of damage, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Smoke from California’s 2018 Camp Fire contained high levels of lead and metals from burning buildings.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Since its inception in 2018, Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report has become the global reference point for information on the realization of SDG 7.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection issued a record 6,860 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. regarding the energy company’s failure to fix a natural gas leak that caused a house explosion in Greene County in 2018. Read more here.

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CEQA Developments

MAY 30, 2023

In an opinion filed April 27, and certified for partial publication on May 19, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. In an opinion filed April 27, and certified for partial publication on May 19, 2023, the First District Court of Appeal (Div. 2023) Cal.App.5th. Save Berkeley’s Neighborhoods v. 2013) 215 Cal.App.4th

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2023

We're thrilled to honor Senator Yaw and Carin Bisland as our 2023 Clean Water Champions," said Mariah Davis, Deputy Director of the Choose Clean Water Coalition. Posted: May 24, 2023] PA Environment Digest I feel fortunate to be recognized for my small contribution to that vision." Yaw ; and Ezra Thrush , DEP Director Of Policy.)

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

As of posting, Congress has one week – just 4 session days – until the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 on September 30. As of posting, the USDA’s updated contingency plan for October 2023 has not yet been finalized. A shutdown would also impact the timing of the 2023 Farm Bill Reauthorization.

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Real Climate

JANUARY 5, 2024

Until 2023. 2018 1.05 ± 0.14 2023 1.22 ± 0.14 The RMS forecast error (not including 2023), is 0.07ºC, compared to 0.10ºC for persistence or smoothed trends. Does it go back to being predictable based on ENSO (in which case 2024 is expected to just be a little warmer than 2023), or does the positive anomaly persist?

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 18, 2023

Between 1989 and 2018, chloride levels in the Mississippi River’s upper basin have increased by at least 35 percent, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The post The Stream, January 18, 2023: The Killing of Two Water Defenders in Honduras Prompts Calls for Justice appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued a record 5,653 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, with two months left in the year, according to DEP’s November 3, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. The weekly reports posted during 2023 are below. That’s 25% more than in 2021. 28 to Nov.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 29, 2023

NOAA scientists made it clear today that despite a mild 2023 forecast, there is still an urgent need for action to address all sources of phosphorus losses and runoff on both sides of the border. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced its 2023 Lake Erie algae bloom forecast.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JULY 26, 2023

347.563.6408 Release: NSAC Praises Introduction of the Supporting Urban & Innovative Farming Act of 2023 Washington, DC, July 26, 2023 – Today, Senators John Fetterman (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ed Markey (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Supporting Urban & Innovative Farming Act.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

2018 SB100. 2023 SB 253. Effectively prohibited California utilities from using electricity from coal-fired generation. 2009 CARB established Low Carbon Fuel Standard for vehicles. 2011 CARB adopted cap and trade system. 2015 SB350. Renewable energy target raised to 50% by 2030. 2016 SB 32. 2022 AB 1279.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2024

On December 26, 2018, DEP issued an administrative order to Equitrans demanding the required information regarding wells that have or may have been drilled into the Swarts Field’s storage horizon and other information. regarding the energy company’s failure to fix a natural gas leak that caused a house explosion in Greene County in 2018.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2023

The 2023 planting seasons will be the most ambitious yet for the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership , to directly fund and plant over 300,000 new trees for Pennsylvania this spring and add another 200,000 in the fall. Since it launched 2018, the partnership, coordinated by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, has grown to nearly 300 partners.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In 2023, the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production exponentially expanded their efforts to improve access to USDA services among urban, microscale, and innovative growers. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Zaks National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net Tel.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

Every month in the past two calendar years—and in 45 of the 48 months of 2020 through 2023—solar and wind supplied at least 10 percent of US electricity. Solar and wind hit their current peak on the graph in April 2023, at more than 21 percent. kilowatt-hours in 2023. Some years bring faster growth, some slower.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

Twenty-one school, business and community projects were honored with the 2023 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence. A 2018 Penn State study showed that individuals in the state’s mandatory certification program worked on an average of 38.5 Posted: May 1, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The Ruling In November 2018, the municipality of Grande Synthe, a coastal city in northern France, and its mayor requested from the President of the Republic and the government to take any necessary measures to reduce GHG emissions and meet the Paris Agreement’s commitments.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2024

Since it was discovered in July 2018 as a result of a complaint investigation, the Department of Environmental Protection has not been able to get a conventional oil well owner to clean up multiple spills and releases at the well site. Read more here. DEP’s report said-- “Production tanks remain on site and remain structurally compromised.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

APRIL 8, 2024

Note: For consistency across CBO projections, throughout this post all referenced May 2023 CBO projections are calculated based on the ten-year window from FY2024 – FY2033. trillion from the previous projection in May 2023. billion less, combined, when compared to their previous cost projection from May 2023.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 3, 2023

As we bid farewell to 2022 and look forward to 2023, I’ve been reflecting on progress made in the past year, particularly in the implementation of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. Just think how far we have come in the last five years: five years ago was January 2018. Or get engaged !)

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Adani: thousands protest across Australia against Carmichael mine The Guardian PaulaR Thu, 11/16/2023 - 18:42 Saturday, December 8, 2018 Read more Protest follows announcement by Adani it would self-finance the controversial coal project Guardian staff and agencies Sat 8 Dec 2018 05.39

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Posted: October 23, 2023] PA Environment Digest Visit the USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center webpage for more information on cooperative studies of the source, quantity, quality, ecology, and use of Pennsylvania's water resources.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Note: In 2023, DEP issued at least 512 notices of violation to 95 conventional oil and gas well operators for new or continuing well abandonment without plugging them. This well was inspected by DEP on January 29, 2018 and issued notice of violation for being abandoned - inspection report not available. Read more here.]

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The deadline to apply for fiscal year (FY) 2023 funding for both the Classic CIG and On Farm Trials competitions is October 30, 2023, at 11:59 pm ET. For this FY 2023 CIG application period, up to 10 percent of national funds are set aside for projects targeting Historically Underserved (HU) farmers or ranchers.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Renewables are a third of electricity consumption. Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. Feed-in tariffs are replaced by auctions for renewables. Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. Renewables are 42% of electricity. Carbon emissions are 707 billion tons, a 30% cut below 1990 emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2023

Act 54 Report The Council has been working on comments on DEP’s 2013-2018 Act 54 Report detailing environmental and property impacts of underground coal mining since the report was first available in December 2021. DEP is now working to gather data for the 2018-2022 Act 54 report. Posted: May 2, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Real Climate

MAY 21, 2023

2023 ) and also in the “Climate Drivers” animation. 9919-9933, 2018. Thompson et al. 2012) described the issues as ‘mysterious’, but efforts to better correct the record for non-climatic effects soon bore fruit, and the ‘mystery’ became history ( Maycock et al., of these products (Zou et al.,

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 18, 2024

These are specifically the Atlantic humpback whale UME in 2017, the North Atlantic right whale (NARW) UME in 2017, and the Atlantic minke whale UME in 2018. d) In the period from 2007 to 2023, 60% of total whale mortality along the east coast from Maine to North Carolina occurred after 2015 (n=470 of 788 whales).

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SPR Law

DECEMBER 22, 2023

December 31, 2023 marks the final deadline for compliance with the first year of New Jersey’s building energy and water benchmarking law.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The latest contrarian crowd pleaser from Soon et al (2023) is just the latest repetition of the old “it was the sun wot done it” trope[1] that Willie Soon and his colleagues have been pushing for decades. Figure 5a from Chatzistergos (2023) showing the total lack of correlation of SCL to the modern warming. Vahrenholt, V.M.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 24, 2024

This critical legislation was originally expected to be signed into law by the fall of 2023, but a chaotic schedule—and an often dysfunctional Congress—got in the way. that the food and farm bill might finally begin moving forward in Congress.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2024

The suit, in which the Allegheny County Health Department intervened as a co-plaintiff, was filed in response to 102 consecutive days of massive, illegal emissions of sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide after a catastrophic fire at the Clairton Coke Works on Christmas Eve in 2018. million pounds of toxics to the county’s air in 2021.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Increasing the CES-E stringency from 20% to 25% of 2018 retail sales starting in 2023. Clarifying language related to banking of Clean Generation Attributes by aligning the regulation with language that has been included in the CES Frequently Asked Questions document since 2018.

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