Legal Planet

APRIL 7, 2025

Rather, our knowledge has grown over 168 years, since an American scientist first discovered the heat-trapping properties of carbon dioxide. Scientist calculates greenhouse effect from fossil fuels and matches it to recorded global temperature changes. Climate change is no fad or Johnny-come-lately in science.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Two years later, in denying petitions to reconsider and stay the final CPP rule, EPA explained that sources covered by the CPP are well on their way toward meeting the[se] carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reductions. at 33,243 (May 23, 2023). Not surprisingly, the final rule was challenged in the D.C.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

Resource Links - Harmon Creek Hearing: -- Community Speaks Out Against Expansion Of Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County [PaEN] -- Washington County Resident To DEP: Harmon Creek Natural Gas Plant Expansion Will Result In A Huge Increase In Air Pollution, It Should Be Required To Have A Major Air Quality Permit, It Is Not (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

In 2023, DEP issued 512 violations to conventional well owners for abandonment. In 2023, DEP issued or continued 20 violations to 10 shale gas well owners for abandoning and not plugging their wells. In 2024, DEP issued 860 new or continued violations to conventional oil and gas well owners for abandoning and not plugging their wells.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

The obvious goal is to plunder more public land and water for private profit for the fossil fuel and mining industries. In 2023, he said the the hype over wildfires is just hype to justify climate policies. When asked if he wanted fossil fuels to come back big time, Wright responded, Absolutely.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

NewsClips - Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leak: -- WHYY: Bucks County Residents Continue To Press For Shutdown Of Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline; Bucks County District Attorney Referred Incident To State Attorney Generals Office -- Courier Times: PA State Attorney General Investigates Potential Environmental Crimes Amid Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

Unfortunately, since January 1, 2023, DEP has issued 1,426 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas well owners for abandoning and not plugging wells they own-- including 54 so far in 2025. In 2023, DEP issued 512 violations to conventional well owners for abandonment. Read more here. Read more here.

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New Scientist

JULY 25, 2025

This is the second year in a row in which the land carbon sink has nearly vanished due to climate-related stressors, and would explain why 2024 saw a record jump in the concentration of CO₂ in the atmosphere. “We We know the land carbon sink will diminish, but we don’t know how fast it will diminish,” says Van der Werf.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

School Campus Could Save $10 Million -- Scranton Times: Renewable Natural Gas Plant Operator At Keystone Landfill Begins Test Drilling For Underground Carbon Dioxide Storage -- Protecting Clean Water Together: Starting To Think About The Garden? Of Environmental Professionals Inviting Presentation Proposals For Annual Conference Sept.

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Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2025

Sheldon Whitehouse gave what’s billed as his 300th “time to wake up” speech on the floor of the Senate, a rollicking takedown of dark money, fossil fuel polluters, and Republicans who have let them “burrow into government.” All the more fitting that this week, Sen.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 29, 2024

While the transition to renewable energy is more urgent than ever, it is crucial to recognize corporate greenwashing and push back against false solutions in order to ensure that the disproportionate harms perpetuated by the fossil fuel economy do not continue. economy away from being reliant on fossil fuels and into renewable energy.

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Legal Planet

MAY 21, 2025

Heres what else I see Good news A Cleaner China: For the first time, the growth in Chinas clean power generation has caused the nations carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to fall despite rapid power demand growth. -China climate cooperation are also named, notes Sarah Schonhardt for E&E News.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2025

Received February 28, 2023. ( Received June 20. ( PA Bulletin, page 2189 ) -- Environmental Energy Solutions, LLC - Oil & Gas Wastewater Storage Facility: DEP issued a WMGR123 Waste General Permit for the facility formerly owned by the Greene County Water Treatment, LLC located in Franklin Twp., Greene County. Forest County.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 24, 2025

Yet oil and gas production and profits broke records during the Biden administration, with the top five US-based companies bringing in more than $250 billion between 2021 and 2023. The previous version of the credit gave a bigger write-off for carbon stored underground since it doesn’t contribute to fossil fuel extraction.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Shapiros Budget Includes Energy Plan; Funding To Make-up Deficit In Oil & Gas Program; New State Park, Trail Initiative; Over $6.2 27 Webinar: General Update Of Large-Scale Solar In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline: Solar Energy Projects On Manheim Twp.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

A new dataset released by InfluenceMap provides information on heat-trapping emissions traced to the 122 largest investor and state-owned fossil fuel companies in the world. Fossil fuels are the main driver of climate change and the terrifying effects of it that we see happening across the world.

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New Scientist

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Despite urgent calls to slash fossil fuel use to meet climate targets, the Global Carbon Budget report shows that 2023 emissions will be about 1.1 per cent higher than last year

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But that disguises hydrogen’s dirty secret – it actually does contribute to global heating – and is actually 33 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. You can create hydrogen either using renewable energy or using fossil fuels. A new fossil fuel subsidy in 2023! The post What?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2024

I reviewed ExxonMobil’s two most recent reports (2023/2024) to evaluate the scientific rigor of its claims. A word about CCS : this technology has existed for decades but is only used at a handful of fossil energy facilities. Who needs units anyway? Exxon’s figure shows relative changes in cost (as measured in…?)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Switching from fossil fuels like gasoline to increasingly clean electricity sources is vital for hitting climate and air pollution goals. Electric vehicles made up five percent of passenger vehicles on the road in 2023 and the fraction is growing with EVs making up 25 percent of new passenger vehicles sold in the state.

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Real Climate

APRIL 6, 2023

There is a recording of the IPCC Press Conference – Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report for those who are interested in watching an awkward release of the report. The term “oil” is only mentioned twice in this summary, and only in connection with carbon capture and storage and methane emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Each credit one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent pollution below the standard. I’ve written recently about why a Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard , which addresses the bio-based diesel credits. Source California Air Resources Board.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Fertilizer prices have increased dramatically in response to war-induced sanctions and export restrictions, and are likely to remain high through 2023 according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA ). Where do fertilizer prices stand now? Where do we go from here?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

That requires bringing global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050. Companies are spending millions fighting lawsuits that would hold them accountable for the costs that fossil fuel extraction has imposed on people and the planet. degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 11, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen It was long expected that 2023 was going to be the warmest year ever recorded since records began. Every month since June 2023 has on a global level been the warmest compared with corresponding months in previous years. The data demonstrated that on average 2023 was a whole 1.48

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

” Prioritizing fossil fuels over renewable energy in 2023 for insubstantial reasons does not pass strict scrutiny. For another, the Montana Legislature and state agencies remain committed to energy policies that prioritize dirty fossil fuels and will not go without a fight. They’ll have to be pushed.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 26, 2023

In 1970, electrochemist (and purported alchemist ) John Bockris predicted a global shift to the hydrogen economy , a phrase that describes widespread adoption of hydrogen to facilitate a shift to a low-carbon society. kg of carbon dioxide emissions. kg of carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt-hour of energy produced.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2023

However, industry proponents positioned to capitalize on the proliferation of carbon capture and sequestration and the projects that depend on it are aggressively pursuing its development despite wide-ranging risks and diminishing returns,” said Sarah Carballo of FracTracker Alliance.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 4, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen The emissions from methane , a powerful greenhouse gas (GHG) with 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO2) rose in 2023 despite several pledges and initiatives to reduce emissions. One super-emitting event, detected by satellites, was a well blowout in Kazakhstan that lasted more than 200 days.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2024

On August 20, the Erie 2030 District released its 2023 Progress Report , revealing that District property partners reduced energy demand 17.5% against baseline in 2023 and saved $4.2 Click Here for a copy of the 2023 Progress Report. million in energy costs. Partners also achieved a 35.3%

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A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

Hydrogen may have lost the race to fuel electric cars but it looks a likely contender to replace fossil fuels in trucks, ships, planes and heavy industry. The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. It is planning to replace fossil fuels with hydrogen in heavy industries such as steel-making.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 19, 2024

Since then, the Conservative government has made a series of U-turns on its own net zero policies, attacked Labour’s green spending plans, and doubled down on its support for new fossil fuel projects, approving more than 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences. This comes as DeSmog and Democracy for Sale reveal that £6.8 percent (£1.8

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

Ebel, the CEO of Enbridge, to our list of infamous Climate Villains – powerful people with fossil fuel interests holding Canada back from effective climate action. The executives behind the fossil fuel industry often avoid public scrutiny, which is why we’re shining the spotlight on their activities.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This week, leaders from extractive industries are gathering in Pittsburgh to discuss how to perpetuate our reliance on fossil fuels. EPA, the company emits close to 4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year. and sulfur dioxide (SO2). Posted: November 8, 2023] PA Environment Digest Steel (USS). “In

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Clean Energy Law

MARCH 11, 2021

This framework includes a multi-jurisdictional cap-and-invest program, under which certain fuel suppliers will be required to acquire compliance instruments called “allowances” to cover carbon dioxide emissions from specified fuels (i.e., fossil-based gasoline and diesel). Environmental Justice and Equity Concerns.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2023

“If any applications are awarded funding by the DOE, Pennsylvania will face the buildout of more fossil fuel infrastructure such as power plants and pipelines, including dangerous, unregulated carbon dioxide (CO2) pipelines across Pennsylvania and decades of fracking.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Despite the negative effect of fossil fuel burning on our climate, Stronghold has repeatedly positioned itself as "actively improving the environment."

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