Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As another year comes to a close, I am reflecting on the incredible progress Ocean Conservancy has made in 2023 towards a healthy, resilient ocean future. Fortunately, we have much to celebrate in 2023. billion in public health benefits and reduce carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions by 356,000 metric tons.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

On December 6, the Shapiro Administration announced it has capped and plugged 132 abandoned conventional oil and gas wells so far in 2023-- plugging more wells in the Governor’s first 11 months than in the previous eight years combined. Read more here. 25 to Dec. 25 to Dec.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Certainly, gas stoves are just one source of air pollution in the District. That would of course include fossil gas, which consists of 85 to 90 percent methane, a significantly more potent heat-trapping gas than carbon dioxide. Meanwhile, a 2023 study in Environmental Research Letters concluded that as little as 0.2

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 3, 2024

The HVIP program has invested over $1 billion in California as of the year 2023, with over 12,000 vouchers. Fleets that utilize electric and hydrogen vehicles are eligible to earn Low Carbon Fuel Standard ( LCFS ) credits, which can be sold to offset ZEV costs. CARB requested the preemption waiver from EPA in November of 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

In June 2018, DEP finalized an Air Quality General Permit to reduce methane emissions from new unconventional oil and gas operations. billion metric tons of carbon dioxide – nearly as much as all the carbon dioxide emitted by the power sector in 2021. On December 2, the U.S. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2024

The total civil penalty assessments include $350,000 for air quality violations, which is the maximum civil penalty assessment allowable under the Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act, and $764,000 pursuant to Pennsylvania’s oil and gas and solid waste laws.

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Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Pollution Control Air Pollution 93

Law Columbia

MAY 31, 2024

This blog post introduces two judgments of the Yokosuka climate case, one issued in January 2023 and the second in February 2024. Specifically, they claimed that the cumulative environmental impact of the emissions should be examined in the EIA: The estimated annual amount of carbon dioxide was to be 7.26

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Law Columbia

JUNE 26, 2023

Coal-Fired power plants targeted at the case, taken by Attorney Shunsuke Sugit In March 2023, two important decisions regarding the operation of newly built coal-fired power plants were handed down by courts in Japan. The Plaintiffs argued that the coal-fired power plants would emit large amounts of pollutants such as NOx, SOx, and PM2.5,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

Over the year, those plants emitted 661 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, more than 13% of the US’s energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. gigawatts of capacity from gas plants are planned to go online from 2023 to 2026. Why is this inequitable and disproportionate siting a problem?

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,310 notices of violation in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29 Workload Report. Abandoning Wells Without Plugging DEP issued 10 unconventional shale gas operators 20 notices of violation at 11 well pads during 2023 for abandoning wells without plugging them. .:

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2023

Shapiro’s FY 2023-24 budget proposal on Monday, March 20. DCNR Posts FY 2023-24 Budget Proposal Documents DEP Posts Documents On Proposed FY 2023-24 Agency Budget Request DEP Staffing This budget expands DEP’s capacity by providing $5.75 Click Here for Proposed 2023-24 Budget Spreadsheet. Click Here for Gov.

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Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 29, 2023

And some question if one state, California, despite its street cred as having enacted the nation’s first air pollution law in 1947, should control environmental policy in the other 49 states? All information documenting how.

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

In the year 2023, the U.S. still does not limit carbon emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25 percent of our greenhouse gases. Today’s the day for the long-awaited release of Environmental Protection Agency regulations to tackle planet-warming pollution by the nation’s power plants.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2023

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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. Posted: May 1, 2023] PA Environment Digest Collectively, the award-winning projects engaged hundreds of partners and achieved the following results: -- Grew and donated nearly 10,000 lbs.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2023

. -- NOTE: Rodney R. Akers, Esq. Geological Survey Pennsylvania Water Science Center Spring Newsletter Now Available [PaEN] -- MCall: Lehigh Valley Community Speaks Out Against Proposed Massive Slate Belt Warehouse Park -- LancasterOnline: Park City, Conestoga River Areas Key To Lancaster’s Plan For Development -- DCNR: Gov.

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Natural Gas Air Pollution Politics Carbon Dioxide 108

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And Eversource Energy’s New Hampshire utility won approval from the state Public Utilities Commission over the summer to increase electric rates by a whopping 53 percent through the end of January 2023 to account for high gas prices in New England. Methane is also a fast-acting greenhouse gas in terms of its impact on the climate.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2023

The theme for the 2023 workshop is “Environmental and Policy Challenges and Opportunities” and will focus on fostering data-driven and multi-stakeholder discussions on the environmental and social impacts of unconventional energy development. Penn State is not making the Workshop available online.]

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2023

Trillion Across Global Economy, Report -- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve PA Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Problem, Current Well Owners Routinely Fail To Plug Their Wells -- PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2023

Methane emissions are the second-largest cause of global warming after carbon dioxide, and controlling them is increasingly considered a key to arresting climate change. This is existential proof that making methane visible can lead to voluntary action,” said Riley Duren, Carbon Mapper CEO and founder.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Getting more zero- and low-emission vehicles on the road in Pennsylvania helps reduce harmful air pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds. It also helps lower the level of carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases heating up the climate, in the air.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Getting more zero- and low-emission vehicles on the road in Pennsylvania helps reduce harmful air pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds. It also helps lower the level of carbon dioxide, helping to address climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2023

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- -- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County [PaEN] -- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve (..)

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Million Fine For Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: ‘This Is What Money Smells Like;’ $2.2 Million Fine For Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: ‘This Is What Money Smells Like;’ $2.2 Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The cities argued that the regulation would prevent them from imposing restrictions on the circulation of passenger vehicles in relation to their air pollutant emissions. Attorney General , the High Court of New Zealand dismissed claims from Māori plaintiffs against the government for failing to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2024

According to a December 2022 DEP report : “Unplugged or improperly plugged wells can cause a myriad of problems, including gas migration into occupied structures, water supply impacts, surface water impacts, hazardous air pollutant emissions, methane emissions, and soil and groundwater contamination.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 2641 ) Air Quality Permits -- Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Gasoline Loading Racks: DEP invites comments on renewal of Title IV Air Quality Permit for this major source of VOC and Hazardous Air Pollutants in East Whiteland Township, Chester County. ( Jefferson County. ( Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. (

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2023

Host 2023 Forest Products Equipment & Technology Exposition June 9-10 In Centre County [PaEN] -- TribLive: Crews Continue To Address Aftermath Of Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestack Implosion In Allegheny County -- TribLive Editorial: Was Smokestack Demolition Blast A Failure Of Planning Or Communication?

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Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels 2023 95

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Signs Off On Solar Energy Facility -- USDA Funds 31 Local Projects Totaling $5.69

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Conservation Air Pollution Climate Change Renewable Energy 96

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2022

Even though the plant is brought online only during times of high demand, and thus high prices, it is still one of the biggest air polluters in the county. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions To Increase In 2022, 2023, Including From Natural Gas -- Utility Dive: 2022 Outlook: U.S. EIA Expects U.S.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

O n Monday, April 17, 2023, the U.S. Air emissions standard : New York City’s approach to building electrification currently stands alone in prohibiting newly constructed buildings from “combust[ing] any substance that emits 25 kilograms or more of carbon dioxide per million British thermal units of energy.”

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2023

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide for the first twenty years that it remains in the atmosphere. Methane pollution is also responsible for more than 25 percent of the climate change Pennsylvania experiences today.

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Natural Gas Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Ozone 93

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 7244 ) Air Quality Permits -- UGI Energy Services, LLC - Compressor Station/LNG Facility: DEP invites comments on the renewal of a State-Only Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Washington Twp., Bradford County. ( Lycoming County. ( Delaware County. ( Philadelphia. ( Monroe County. ( Northampton County. (

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Natural Gas 2023 Carbon Dioxide Waste 105

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works For 2nd Quarter [PaEN] -- WESA: Allegheny County Levees $307,000 In Fines On US Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: U.S. Steel Ready To Close 3 Of 10 Batteries At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works -- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

The electricity sector represents America’s second-largest source of carbon pollution and the Pennsylvania power sector is currently the third-highest polluting in the country, emitting nearly 80 million metric tons of CO2 [carbon dioxide] in 2021 alone.

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Clean Energy Clean Air Act Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels 62

Vermont Law

MAY 2, 2023

After the derailment, vaporized vinyl chloride, as well as the products it produces after being burned (notably hydrogen chloride and phosgene) is governed by the Clean Air Act, which sets Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants ( NESHAPs ). Unlike air pollution, water pollution is easier to track and lasts longer.

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