Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Bureau released new projections that showed a one-in-three chance that Lake Powell, absent interventions, will be low enough in 2023 that it will not be able to generate hydropower. 86,000 Metric Tons : Amount of used nuclear fuel from U.S. commercial power reactors. government water policy. By the Numbers.

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

As governments across the United States are beginning to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, looking at the back story and teasing out the broad impact of this prohibition is worth our time. government, the world’s single largest buyer of goods and services. government, the world’s single largest buyer of goods and services.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 11, 2023

There really is no reason to build new gas plants or nuclear power projects when we have cleaner, cheaper, and safer alternatives. Despite language around Ontario having a clean energy advantage, this government is making the electricity grid dirtier. Residents and council members should be on alert.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2023

On June 14, 2023, the U.S. Direct pay – which is already in effect as of January 1, 2023 – allows tax-exempt entities, including local governments, to claim the value of certain clean energy and other tax credits as a cash payment, rather than as an offset to tax liability that they do not have.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2023

On March 6, Republicans on the Senate Local Government Committee reported out legislation-- Senate Bill 143 (Yaw-R-Lycoming)-- that would block the ability of local elected officials from moving to cleaner sources of energy to address climate change. Legislation like this was vetoed by Gov. Wolf in July of last year. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2023

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- -- Senate Committee Meets March 8 To Consider Bill Allowing General Assembly To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing [PaEN] -- Senate Committee Meets March 6 On Bill Prohibiting Elected Officials In Local Governments From Moving To Cleaner (..)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2023

Getting there requires an all-of-society approach; getting there requires leadership at all levels of government. Below is a state-by-state summary of how the New England chief executives included energy and climate in their first speeches as 2023 governors; links are provided for readers who wish to see the entire speeches.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Natural Gas Output Hit Record High In 2023, Demand To Fall, First Time Demand Would Fall For 2 Years In A Row - US. Million In Federal American Rescue Plan Funds Going To Lycoming County Water, Sewer Projects -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

In the weeks after September 11, DEP employees again played key roles in helping to respond to the scare created by the anthrax attacks, running down potential threats to public water supplies, dams, nuclear power plants and other infrastructure.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2024

Envirothon Team Get Hands-On Science Lessons In Canoes -- Chesapeake Bay Model Estimates Decline In Nutrient, Sediment Pollution; PA, 4 Other Jurisdictions Did Not Meet Reduction 2023 Targets For Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sediment [PaEN] -- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Environmental Groups Send EPA Notice Of Potential Lawsuit On Wastewater Plant Discharge Violations, (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

natural gas production in 2023 and had accounted for 60% in 2022. Severe weather that affects one or more of the major U.S. natural gas-producing regions, such as the Appalachia, Permian, and Haynesville regions, can cause noticeable levels of interruption on a national scale. These three regions combined accounted for 66% of U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

House Committee Meets On Recycling Fee, Farm Solar The House Local Government Committee is scheduled to hold a voting meeting on House Bill 223 (Isaacson-D-Philadelphia) increasing the recycling fee on municipal waste disposed in the state to $5/ton from $2/ton ( sponsor summary ).

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A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

The government has also reversed a policy of military minimalism that dates back to the end of World War II, as new Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the goal of building “a powerful… armed forces that can be relied upon to protect us.” If nuclear cannot step in, what about coal? How has Germany reacted?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2023

Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: March 6, 2023] PA Environment Digest 25 to March 3; More Well Plugging Sites Inspected PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 4 Independent Fiscal Office Reports 4th Quarter 2022 Natural Gas Production Decreased 1.6%; Average Price Increased By 82.5%

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Senate/House -- PennLive: Sen. Fetterman Will ‘Be Back Soon,’ Says His Chief Of Staff -- PennLive: Chair Of Washington County Republicans Asks For Proof That Sen. Kenyatta (D) Enters 2024 Race For PA Auditor General -- TribLive: Allegheny County Democratic Endorsements Show Leftward Shift On Committee -- MCall: Former Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Here are 74 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2023

Room 8E-A East Wing Capitol Building. . -- March 6 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- Sen.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 25, 2022

Nuclear Decommissioning along the Great Lakes. An expert panel offered recommendations for decommissioning and monitoring the 38 nuclear power reactors in the Great Lakes region. and Canada not approve any new interim or permanent nuclear waste storage facilities near the Great Lakes shores or tributaries. On the Radar.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Shapiro -- Erie Times: Scandal May Have Brought Down Shapiro’s Former Legislative Secretary, Lead Budget Negotiator - Here’s What We Know -- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Top PA Senate Republican Will Seek Hearing On Shapiro’s Handling Of Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Fmr Legislative Secretary -- Spotlight PA: Shapiro’s Office Quietly Settled (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2023

On Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. I am urging our government to do everything it can to protect little lungs." -- Vanessa Lynch lives in Southwestern Pennsylvania, about 50 miles away from the East Palestine chemical disaster and is on the front lines of the oil and gas industry.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

Here are 166 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Here are 94 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. There are no adequate records to indicate how the funds have been and are being spent.” The study also cited incidents of planes being used for joy rides. The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S. Local 1505 and representatives from the Second District office.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. There are no adequate records to indicate how the funds have been and are being spent.” The study also cited incidents of planes being used for joy rides. The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S. Local 1505 and representatives from the Second District office.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

What’s Your Community Doing? Other States/National/International -- AP: Hurricane Fiona Nears Dominican Republic After Pounding Puerto Rico -- AP: Flood Waters Receding After Storm Batters Western Alaska -- AP: First Public Global Database Of Fossil Fuels Launches -- The Guardian: Burning World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Could Emit 3.5

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

With the savings, local governments can reduce taxes and schools can invest in more teachers. The grant program, “Solar for Schools,” would issue grants to schools for solar energy projects, including costs related to equipment, installation and maintenance of solar energy systems. Fiedler said.

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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. Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

On March 7, the Independent Fiscal Office issued its latest Pennsylvania Electricity update that reports the electricity grid is dependent on one fuel for 59% of the state’s electricity generation-- natural gas-- followed by nuclear power-- 31.9%, coal-- 5.4% from other sources. Read more here. Energy Information Administration.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2023

Here are 62 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Million In Combined Investments For Appalachians.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 11, 2022

To accomplish this the law advances everything from “food residuals” and organic materials diversion, a new environmental justice litmus test, a solar panel “recovery, reuse, and recycling working group,” an electric school bus mandate, recognizes “nuclear power” as a carbon free energy source, and much, much more.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

By Council To Modernize Governance -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN] -- ABC27: Environmental Advocacy Groups Rally At Capitol For Action On Gas, Oil Industry -- Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

Nuclear In August of 2021, Talen Energy Corp. that would result in the construction of the 180MW Nautilus Cryptomine bitcoin mining facility adjacent to the Susquehanna nuclear power generating station in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. announced a joint venture with TeraWulf Inc. Visit the U.S. PAhomePage/WBRE.)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Shapiro’s FY 2023-24 budget request. Thank you for the opportunity to present Governor Shapiro’s proposed Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Now, thanks to the efforts of industry, government, and stakeholders that problem is so far in the rearview mirror that no one even remembers it.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 17, 2022

To accomplish this the bill advances everything from “food residuals” and organic materials diversion, a new environmental justice litmus test, a solar panel “recovery, reuse, and recycling working group,” an electric school bus mandate, recognizes “nuclear power” as a carbon free energy source, and much, much more.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Raytheon Makes Nuclear War More Likely Massachusetts Peace Action PaulaR Mon, 06/12/2023 - 07:43 Monday, August 15, 2022 Read more Richard Krushnic & Kathleen Malley-Morrison Raytheon Technologies is even more horrifying than you thought. government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S. For example, in 1990, Raytheon pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining secret Air Force budget and planning documents. million to settle U.S.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

Defense Stocks Soar as Trump Wages War on Syria The Real News Network PaulaR Mon, 06/12/2023 - 07:47 Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Read more William K. government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. In 1993, Raytheon paid out $3.7

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