PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Air & Waste Management Association will hold its 15th annual Symposium on Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy, Technology September 26-27 in Pittsburgh. Posted: August 23, 2023] PA Environment Digest Click Here to register and for more information.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency recently launched My Electric Ride: An EV Transportation Video Challenge , an exciting prize competition that encourages people to share their personal experiences with electric transportation. Posted: October 30, 2023] PA Environment Digest Entries due January 23.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

2023 was a milestone year for electric car sales in the US. Sales figure from Atlas EV Hub In California, nearly half a million EVs were purchased in 2023 reaching a whopping one in four new vehicles. But it shouldn’t be surprising that the transition to electric vehicles might not be a straight line up, up and up.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

These include jobs in battery and electric component manufacturing, charging infrastructure construction, and electricity generation. -- $2.3 Getting more electric heavy-duty vehicles on the road will also greatly benefit the communities who live near busy roads and highways and bear the brunt of transportation pollution.” “ACT

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 30, 2022

At the provincial level, progress was mixed, with extreme anti-environmental laws and policies rolled out in Ontario and resistance to progress in many other provinces. Looking forward to 2023, we expect the federal government will make progress on efforts that are already underway and deliver real results. You can learn more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,103 notices of violation so far in 2023, which means they are on track to exceed the 1,234 violations DEP issued them in 2022, according to DEP’s newly released 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. DEP arrived at the plant on January 3, 2023 to start its investigation.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Agency , the Supreme Court formally announced its embrace of the MQD, holding that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did not have authority to issue a greenhouse gas emissions rule that shifted electricity generation away from coal. On June 30, 2023, the Supreme Court applied the major questions doctrine in Biden v.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2023

Typhoon Mawar, the largest storm to hit Guam since 2002, has left many residents without water or electricity. In a decision last week the Supreme Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency in Sackett v. In Senegal , water-saving farming methods are producing higher rice yields while improving soil health.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency has selected Allegheny County’s Targeted Airshed Grant for funding. This grant will directly address environmental and health inequities in the Mon Valley through the replacement of diesel buses with new zero-emission vehicles for Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT).

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Law and Environment

MARCH 26, 2024

Pennsylvania joined RGGI pursuant to a 2019 executive order and a subsequent rulemaking promulgated by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) and Environmental Quality Board (“EQB”). 1, 2023, declaring the RGGI rulemaking void. The Commonwealth Court issued an Order on Nov.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Fortunately, I don’t have COPD and I didn’t contract asthma when I was young, perhaps partly because I grew up in a home with an electric range. The study concluded that these childhood asthma cases could have theoretically been prevented by using electric appliances. There is no EPA standard for indoor air.)

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence. By nominating yourself or others, you help to highlight the many ways Pennsylvanians improve and protect the environment we all depend on.” The deadline for nominations is December 21.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Still though, counties across the state have air that hasn’t met the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) standards for decades, causing a host of public health problems from asthma and cardiovascular issues to premature death. With COVID-19 still on our minds, I can’t stop paying attention to what it means to breathe freely.

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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

APRIL 5, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency’s Mid-Atlantic Region and the U.S. ENERGY STAR certified products, homes, buildings, and plants helped save American families and businesses more than 520 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and avoid $42 billion in energy costs in 2020 alone. Posted: April 5, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 7418 ] Read more here. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 2 PA Bulletin announcing a Jan. PA Bulletin, page 7418 ] Read more here. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 2 PA Bulletin announcing a Jan.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 5, 2024

If you have somehow managed to escape the frenzied political headlines about electric vehicles, first I envy you and second, I must regrettably inform you that the EV has become an acronym of partisan rancor on par with IVF, DEI, and CRT. So, are most Americans down on electric cars? Is the manufacturing of EVs worse for the planet?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2023

On December 14, Carbon County residents joined Clean Air Council and PennFuture for a virtual press conference urging the Department of Environmental Protection to reject Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. request to burn tires to fuel its cryptocurrency mining operation at the Panther Creek Power Plant. Read more here.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Graphic by Danielle Anz It’s an understatement to say that 2023 was a transformative year for the U.S. And if this site has informed your understanding of environmental law and climate policy this year, please subscribe and share our email newsletter with friends or colleagues. climate movement.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the September 9 PA Bulletin -- -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - September 9 [PaEN] Grants -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the September 9 PA Bulletin closing the Level 2 Electric Vehicle Charging Rebate Program (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

The analysis leverages emissions data from the Department of Environmental Protection and applies U.S. Environmental Protection Agency methodologies to assign a dollar value to each ton of nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide reduced. billion in NOx and $445.1 billion - $1.02 Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

Together, these standards will accelerate California’s necessary transition to a cleaner and more efficient freight system, increasing the estimated number of electric trucks on our roads and highways by 70 percent in 2050. A full transition to electric drayage truck operations in 2035. There are more than 1.8 pollution from vehicles.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Over the past few years, Pennsylvania state agencies, advocates, utilities, and other stakeholders have looked more closely at the potential of electricity-storage, microgrids, and other systems that support the growth of solar and other renewable energy in Pennsylvania. But what have we learned? Click Here to sign up for regular updates.

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Brag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a multi-part proposal that will build on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program and seek to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection. Comments on the proposed rule are due February 10, 2023. Bergeson and Carla N.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

December 14, 2023. General Assembly returned to a very aggressive effort to influence environmental rules in 2023. This post covers the most significant legislation affecting state water quality protections: AQUACULTURE PERMITTING Replace the existing NPDES General Permit for aquaculture operations. In July 2023, U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

20, 2022 - PA Bulletin, page 5133 ] Hearing -- The Department of Environmental Protection invites public comments at a hearing October 4 on the NPDES Water Quality Permit renewal for the Modern Landfill in Windsor and Lower Windsor Townships, York County authorizing a discharge into Kreutz Creek. ( Contact: ​​Daniel E.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the September 23 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the September 23 PA Bulletin announcing the availability of the new General Permit Plan Approval covering Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares (BAQ-GPA/GP-21).

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 25, 2024

By Joshua Bledsoe , Kevin Homrighausen , and John Detrich On December 2, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final report that substantially increases estimates of the social cost of greenhouse gases (GHG), including carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide (collectively, SC-GHG). 2023), [link].

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

On September 22, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it will start an air monitoring study in the vicinity of the Rausch Creek Coal Waste-fired Electric Generation facility in Western Schuylkill County to evaluate particulate matter in the air.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection is now accepting applications for $16 million in PA Grid Resilience funding provided by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Act. formal notice ) Funding is available for eligible resilience measures intended to mitigate the impact of electric grid disruptive events.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Majority Chair of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, requiring registration of cryptocurrency mining operations and an impact study of their operations by the Department of Environmental Protection and the Public Utility Commission. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2023

Read more here. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 22 PA Bulletin inviting comments on proposed RACT 2 and 3 Air Quality Plans for the coal-fired Montour, LLC Steam Electric Station in Derry Township, Montour County. The next scheduled meeting is September 12. (

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In 2023, we are pleased to report that environmental progress in Canada outran the efforts to slow it down. However, progress at the provincial level was mixed, with the roll-out of extreme anti-environmental policies in Alberta and some other provinces. You can read more here. Read more about the bans here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2023

The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to hold a June 5 hearing on legislation requiring environmental impact reports on certain electric generation, waste management, sewage treatment and other facilities that are a major source of air pollution proposed in already burdened communities.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

By Keith Schneider Circle of Blue February 8, 2023 President Biden, U.S. environmental organizations, and climate activists were appropriately enthused last summer when Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act. Environmental Protection Agency identified phosphorus and nitrogen discharges from U.S. In 2016, the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by natural gas. We need more electricity to transition our homes and cars off fossil fuels, but we can’t afford to let that electricity come from more gas power plants. States remain widely varied on their reliance on gas for electricity.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Comments due March 8. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 3 PA Bulletin inviting comments on proposed 2024 Ozone Season Nitrogen Oxide Emission Limits for Nonelectric Generating Units. Comments due 25 days after publication. 12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building.

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