PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

A 35% clean and renewable energy by 2035 requirement will maximize deployment of new energy sources while maintaining a strong foundation of legacy energy industries—ensuring the Commonwealth can meet the challenge of rising electricity demand and that Pennsylvanians benefit from a balanced, resilient and clean energy mix for years to come.” “The

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A Greener Life

MARCH 28, 2024

This will allow the company to install two new electric arc furnaces and hydrogen-based technology, that would reduce emissions by 1 million tons. million to upgrade and decarbonize operations at 10 facilities, reducing annual emissions by more than 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide. Kraft Heinz will get up to $170.9

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Elon Musk proposes Tesla move to Texas after Delaware judge voids $56 billion pay ARS Technica PaulaR Fri, 02/02/2024 - 20:35 Thursday, February 1, 2024 Read more Jon Brodkin Musk is sick of Delaware judges, says shareholders will vote on move to Texas. billion tax break in Nevada.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Tesla in Germany: Locals vote against factory expansion plan DW PaulaR Fri, 02/23/2024 - 15:39 Tuesday, February 20, 2024 Read more Residents of Grünheide near Berlin have voted against expansion plans for the large Tesla facility there. The Grünheide Citizens' Initiative sees the electric car factory as a danger to the environment.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Elon Musk sees $56bn Tesla pay deal cancelled in Delaware court BBC PaulaR Thu, 02/01/2024 - 14:09 Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Read more Mariko Oi & Michael Race A judge in the US state of Delaware has annulled a $55.8bn (£44bn) pay deal awarded to Elon Musk in 2018 by the electric car company Tesla. billion tax break in Nevada.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

The changes target emissions from the production and transport of building materials like concrete, steel, insulation and wood. The 2024 initial phase will apply only to new commercial buildings over 100,000 square feet. The most notable of those set targets for purchasing electric school buses and create a state EV rebate program.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb. 20 To Review 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment, PA Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Climate Action Plan [PaEN] -- Ohio River Valley Institute Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Proposal To Construct 2 Solar Energy Facilities To Provide Electricity To Compressor Stations In Columbia, Wyoming Counties [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb. 19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- Utility Dive: Grid-Enhancing Technologies Could Facilitate 6.6

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

” What would a victory by the Chosen One in 2024 mean for climate policy? anti-American electricity regulations” * Provide tax relief [to] America’s oil, gas, and coal producers” * End Biden’s insane CAFE fuel economy standard” In case you didn’t catch the message, the website says the plan is to “DRILL, BABY, DRILL.”

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

TODAY 6:00: PennDOT Outreach Session On National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program. Persons wishing to reserve time to present testimony at a meeting must contact Jennifer McLuckie at (717) 772-5633 or RA-EPOEJ@pa.gov at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Read more here. Graystone Mansion/Harcum College Coatesville, 53 S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2024

WEDNESDAY Noon: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee informational meeting on electric vehicle infrastructure. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. -- WVIA: Bernie McGurl, Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. -

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2024

Lee Highlights PA’s Abandoned, Unplugged Conventional Oil & Gas Well Problem -- PA Business Report: Energy Groups Opposed Methane Fee Rule Required By Federal Law -- Utility Dive: Efficiency, Clean Energy Are Options For Meeting Electricity Demand Growth Before Gas Generation -- Residents Express Concerns At US DOE's Listening Session On ARCH2 (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

29-30 In Lancaster; Find A Professional Near You [PaEN] -- PUC Alerts Consumers To Electricity Price Changes Coming June 1-- From 20.7%

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The committee followed up that hearing —during which the executives disingenuously denied funding such a campaign—with another hearing on February 8 focusing on the oil companies’ inadequate plans to cut their carbon emissions. By contrast, the second-largest funder of climate disinformation, ExxonMobil, spent $39.2

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2022

But the fact that they can pass as part of a bipartisan spending law is a sign of how climate change is slowly becoming normalized as a political consideration. electricity system and reduce emissions from heavy industry like steel and concrete, among other initiatives.” They aren’t dramatic step forward.

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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. They intersect with labor politics and growing tensions with China.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

Shapiro Unveils Cap-And-Invest PA Climate Emissions Reduction Initiative To Reduce Carbon Pollution From Power Plants; Update Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Diversify Electric Generation, Improve Reliability [PaEN] -- Senate Republicans Reject Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2022

Yudichak: Analysis Concludes RGGI Carbon Tax Could Hike Electricity Rates For Consumers [If you don’t count reinvestment of $400 million in RGGI emission credit auction proceeds.] -- StateImpactPA - Jon Hurdle: PA Republican Measures To Boost Natural Gas Output Unlikely To Succeed, Analysts Say -- PUC Holds April 13 Hearings On Proposed 7.8%

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 30, 2023

But the result would surely be a surge in carbon emissions, dooming us to even more severe climate change. The federal government has gotten a late start in cutting US emissions anyway, due to Republican resistance. Trump has also vowed to end the “madness” of Biden’s effort to promote electric vehicles.

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