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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PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2023

As of June 20, 2023, the amount of CO2 [carbon dioxide] in the atmosphere has now risen to 421 parts per million, way past the level of 350 ppm considered safe. Because fossil fuels are used both to produce blue hydrogen and to operate its carbon capture technology, its carbon emissions are quite high.

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A Greener Life

JULY 30, 2023

The AMOC also plays a vital role in regulating the global climate by controlling the distribution of heat and carbon dioxide. Addressing climate change and reducing carbon emissions are crucial steps in preserving the stability of the AMOC and protecting ecosystems, weather patterns, and coastal regions worldwide.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It calls on “rich, polluting countries,” including historic polluters as well “more recent carbon contributors” like the Middle Eastern Gulf states, India, and China, to “drastically cut their carbon emissions to prevent runaway climate change” and avert “exponentially higher levels of climate impacts affecting more people more quickly.”.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Feb 17, 2023, 11 am CSTRegister here. The carbon removal field is growing, with companies rapidly emerging to remove legacy carbon emissions driving climate change. … Continue reading Webinar: Centering justice from the start: new insights for carbon removal companies

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2022

Comitta To Introduce Bill Investing RGGI Proceeds In Helping Communities & Workers In Clean Energy Transition, Environmental Justice Areas, Promote Energy Efficiency -- New Poll: 65% Of PA Voters Want To Help Communities Affected By Transition To Clean Energy; 59% Would Vote For Candidates Supporting Reductions In Carbon Emissions -- Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

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

A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

There is talk that a global “hydrogen economy” can emerge to save the climate from carbon emissions. But for other fossil-fuel guzzling transport systems which cannot easily plug into the mains, such as long-distance shipping and aviation, hydrogen may turn out to be the key to lowering carbon emissions.

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Fossil Fuels Electricity Carbon Dioxide Carbon Emissions 98

Law Columbia

JULY 3, 2023

On June 7, 2023, the Swiss Fairness Commission ( Commission Suisse pour la Loyauté ), a non-judicial body competent to receive complaints alleging violations of fairness in commercial communication, found that the International Association Football Federation (FIFA) engaged in misleading and unfair advertising of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

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2022 Carbon Dioxide Carbon Emissions Climate Change 54

Clean Energy Law

MARCH 11, 2021

In December 2018, after having successfully reduced greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector by 53.3%, a majority of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) jurisdictions announced plans to design a program to address carbon emissions from the combustion of transportation fuels. fossil-based gasoline and diesel).

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Carbon Emissions Fossil Fuels Regulations Greenhouse 130

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2023

“I think it's important that we keep in mind that Pennsylvania accounts for about one percent of the world's carbon emissions, which is more than some countries, and [it’s] important to remember that the fossil fuel industry remains the leading source of global methane pollution. 27 Released 1.1

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Natural Gas Regulations Fossil Fuels Technology 126

Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

This data is relied on by institutions worldwide, including the IPCC and IEA itself, to calculate their carbon footprint projections, including the sixth assessment report published as recently as March 2023. Basic reasoning suggests the manufacturing shift must have added to solar’s carbon intensity.

Electricity 139

Electricity Fossil Fuels Government Carbon Emissions 139

Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2023

The SEC has now signaled that it will finalize the proposed climate disclosure rules in October 2023. The proposal requires companies to report information related to “Scope 1” direct carbon emissions (think fuel use and greenhouse gases), “Scope 2” indirect carbon emissions (e.g.,

Carbon Emissions 130

Carbon Emissions 2023 Clean Air Act Carbon Dioxide 130

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In addition, the avoided climate damages from reduced carbon emissions, calculated using the social cost of carbon, exceed $400 billion by 2035 under the IRA Reference case and nearly $1.3 carbon capture and storage and carbon dioxide removal, which show up in a bounded way in our model results).

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Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 2030 Climate Change 265

Ivy Protocol

AUGUST 23, 2023

UNDO ’s focus on enhanced rock weathering developed from the realization that conventional strategies, like mass tree planting, could not alone counter the massive amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Even ubiquitous tree planting would leave us with an excess of carbon dioxide.’ It is also common.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Acknowledging that the United States is a leading contributor to carbon emissions, the Biden administration has committed to cutting US emissions 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. EIA also projects US battery storage capacity to more than double in 2023.

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Electricity Fossil Fuels Solar Power 2030 345

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Globally, fine particulate pollution and ozone are tied to more than 8 million deaths each year according to a 2023 study in the British Medical Journal. That includes 5 million deaths linked to breathing in the emissions of fossil fuels. Then there is the 2023 ruling in Sackett v EPA. The current court is silent on that.

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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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2023 Natural Resources Air Pollution Environmental Protection 72

ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The plan requires the states to reduce their consumption by 500,000-acre feet in 2022 and 2023. IPBES is also seeking external reviewers of the draft deliverables for sections of the IPBES rolling work program up to 2030 and the workplans for IPBES task forces for the intersessional period 2022–2023. Comments are due Jan.

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2021 Ocean Carbon Dioxide 2022 98

Cresforum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Hydrogen production is also supported through key programs such as the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs, whose awardees were announced on October 13, 2023. As a result, the carbon emissions of hydrogen production can vary depending on the process used. Lifecycle GHG Emissions (kg CO2e/kgH20) PTC Value ($/kg H2) 2.5-4

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Fossil Fuels Electricity 2028 Natural Gas 78

Greenbuilding Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Embodied carbon is particularly important because it contributes more climate changing emissions during construction than 30 years of operational carbon from a typical newly constructed LEED certified office building! It is widely accepted that existing buildings generate nearly 40% of annual global carbon emissions.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 18, 2023

By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue – April 18, 2023 With the exception of federal and state programs to convert corn into ethanol and soybeans into biodiesel to fuel cars and trucks the United States has never regarded farming as a primary energy producer. A version of this article was published by The New York Times on April 4, 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2023

It’s estimated that the more than 350,000 orphaned wells across our Commonwealth make up nearly 8% of our total methane emissions. Methane is particularly dangerous because it is up to 86 times more potent than Carbon Dioxide – warming our planet and contributing to air pollution that damages our lungs and our hearts.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 8, 2022

We have been working for years to advance necessary regulations to reduce carbon emissions in Pennsylvania, and RGGI is a critical component to reach our goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Carbon Emissions Regulations 2016 Carbon Dioxide 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In early 2023, I had the opportunity to serve as the reviewer of Chapter 11 (Agriculture, Food Systems, and Rural Communities) of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA 5 ). Other steps in the supply chain such as processing, distribution, retail, and the final journey to our table also contribute to emissions.

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Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Conservation Carbon Emissions 266

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. The EPA is proposing a new standard for fossil fuel-fired power plants to avoid 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042.

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ESA

AUGUST 29, 2022

In the short-term, agencies will work with OSTP to update their public access and data sharing plans by mid-2023. Joe Manchin (D-WV), the bill will reduce carbon emissions by 40% from 2005 levels by 2030. billion for FY 2023 for the Office of Science and $9.5 The CHIPs and Science Act authorizes $8.9 billion for FY 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 9, 2022

House returns to session September 12, 13, 14 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session September 19, 20, 21 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Final State Budget Includes Nearly $700 Million In Funding To Support Local And State Environmental, Recreation Infrastructure Projects [PaEN] -- Environmental Groups Host July 13 State (..)

Natural Gas 64

Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Carbon Emissions 2022 64

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- Utility Dive: Grid-Enhancing Technologies Could Facilitate 6.6 Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal Pennsylvania is ideally suited to help the nation fight global warming by becoming a leader in the effort to capture and store emissions of carbon dioxide, state officials say. In the battle to slow global warming, carbon dioxide is the chief target. Studies by the U.S.

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides 98

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?

Natural Gas 94

Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels 2023 94

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Wants To Slash Carbon Emissions From Power Plants, Natural Gas Is In The Way -- AP: U.S. 7 Exploring Our Hidden Waters - An Evening Of Film, Imagery, Storytelling - In-Person 6:30 p.m. -- York Daily Record: New PA Farm Show Milkshake Flavor Coming [Spoiler - Orange Cream] -- PA Forestry Assn./

Natural Gas 64

Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Politics Carbon Emissions 64

Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

In particular, the bill extends FY 2021 enacted levels through FY 2022 for federal transportation programs and reauthorizes various surface transportation programs for FY 2023-2026. Reduction of Truck Emissions at Ports. The bill includes $150 million to reduce carbon emissions at ports. The bill authorizes $7.5

Electricity 52

Electricity Recycling 2021 Technology 52

ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

Climate: The Environmental Protection Agency does not list a timetable to act on a new carbon dioxide rule for existing power plants. PFAS: EPA stuck with its statutory deadlines for proposing and finalizing a drinking water regulation for the chemicals PFOA and PFOS — March 2023 and September 2024, respectively.

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2021 Endangered Species Act Ocean Climate Change 98

ESA

JULY 1, 2022

The Supreme Court decision severely hinders the efforts of the United States to reduce emissions. Supreme Court will hear Clean Water Act case in October 2023. In addition, we encourage states to implement clean energy strategies that reduce emissions. The court may not issue a final ruling until summer 2023.

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