PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

On February 20, the Department of Environmental Protection presented six major legislative proposals to the Climate Change Advisory Committee it would like to see adopted to implement the 2024 PA Climate Action Plan. Posted: February 20, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

For the past decades, China’s economic growth has been fueling an explosion of greenhouse gases emissions. Lately, a different story has emerged from China, as its factories started producing enormous amounts of solar panels, wind turbines, electric cars and other staples of the global energy transition.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule has the potential to significantly reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as harmful air pollutants like fine particulates (PM2.5) This new regulation would apply to delivery vans, big rigs, box trucks, and buses.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2024

On April 25, Moms Clean Air Force will join lawmakers and business leaders for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Steelton-Highspire High School as they begin deploying brand new electric school buses. The event will also feature a ‘ride-along’ in an electric bus and a press conference. Related Articles: -- DEP Awards $2.9

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

By next year, Pennsylvania will get 50 percent of its electricity from ten new solar arrays around the Commonwealth – making Pennsylvania the first state in the country to commit to getting half of its energy from solar power. Click Here to learn more about Gov. Shapiro’s Energy/Climate Plan.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

How would that change if I hopped on the electric bus route at the end of my block? But while greenhouse gas emissions may be reduced, a delivery fulfilled by a diesel-burning truck may lead to increases in emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxides and lung-damaging particulate matter.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 3, 2023

This post is adapted from a Client Alert to commercial real estate owners and tenants in those buildings in Maryland about the new regulations requiring that beginning January 1, 2024 greenhouse gas emission data be collected for reporting to the state government. The regulations are very specific that on and after January 1, 2025 (.

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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? times more carbon pollution” than an electric car.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

Under PACER, 70% of the revenue will be directed back to Pennsylvania residents as a rebate on their electric bill – more than any other cap-and-invest program in the nation – resulting in long-term, price relief on energy costs. The benefits of PACER will be passed on directly to Pennsylvania consumers.

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Law and Environment

MARCH 26, 2024

In 2022, Pennsylvania became the 12th member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (“RGGI”). On March 13, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro unveiled a proposal to adopt an RGGI-like carbon-pricing program in the state. The Supreme Court has not yet scheduled a date for oral arguments.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

The 2024 initial phase will apply only to new commercial buildings over 100,000 square feet. In addition, the Energy Commission adopted a new “virtual power plant” rule, allowing consumer-owned batteries to be aggregated and treated as power plants when they deliver power to the wholesale electricity market.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 21, 2022

The past few years have been ripe with exciting news of new electric vehicle models hitting the market. Recently, the anticipated release of electric light-duty trucks has dominated consumers’ attention. Nearly everything from delivery vans to semis can be electric now. Electric trucks deliver wide loads of benefits.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Now that California has taken the lead and set a goal for all passenger vehicles sold in the state to be electric by 2035, the next logical step is electrifying medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. This is an integral step towards cleaning our air and reducing climate-warming emissions. There are more than 1.8 pollution from vehicles.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

While electricity generated by the Sebree Solar II project cannot be transmitted directly to the consortium campuses because of distance, the benefits of investing in new additional renewable energy will still be transferred to the schools. Notably, Dickinson was one of the first ten colleges in the country to achieve neutrality.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 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] -- Gov. Shapiro: PA Environmental Leaders Praise Energy/Climate Plan -- Senate Republicans Reject Gov.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 13, 2024

Mar 28, 2024, noon CDTRegister here. When we think of climate change, we often think of fossil fuels, electricity, transportation, buildings, and industry. Some 20–35% of human-generated greenhouse gases come from food, agriculture, and land use. But that’s not the whole story.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 17, 2022

With legislation that became law last week, without the Governor’s signature, Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. only days from now).

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

But what you probably haven’t heard is that our grid is getting dirtier again, with fossil fuels increasing in our electricity supply from burning natural gas. That means carbon emissions from electricity in Ontario will be rising back up again after years of decline. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . Source: IESO [link].

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

On March 8, 2024, DEP issued a notice of violation to CNX Gas Company LLC for withdrawing over 1.8 Billion Cubic Foot Gas Leak ; Abandoned Wells ; PA Criminal Charges ] -- Reuters: Chinese Company Wants Say In Louisiana LNG Gas Export Facility Permit Extension [Posted: March 13, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As Daniel Carpenter-Gold writes , that decision has implications for state and local efforts to protect residents and reduce greenhouse-gas emission. With an unusually wet 2024 in the forecast, their recommendations remain essential for policymakers. greenhouse gas emissions. Download as PDF

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act established the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a $27 billion initiative aimed at addressing the climate crisis, promoting economic competitiveness, and fostering energy independence. Posted: April 5, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 24, 2023

As we sing Auld Lang Syne to 2023, a pivotal year for global sustainability efforts, it’s time to reflect on the strides made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in the realm of the built environment, all as described in our top 10 most read blog posts of the year.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

VJEL Newsroom Announcing VJEL's 2024 Top 10 Environmental Watch List By VJEL December 18, 2023 The Vermont Journal of Environmental Law (VJEL) is pleased to announce the publication of its 2024 Top 10 Environmental Watch List. But these vehicles are killing our planet.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

1 Price Changes: Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8% Louie Krak, DEP’s Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator, told DEP’s Environmental Justice Advisory Board on February 21-- “DEP plans to submit a $500 million implementation grant application” under the federal Priority Climate Action Plan program. Read more here.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 6, 2022

Besides the kilowatt-hours it generates, Glen Canyon provides key services to the electric grid. The country’s second largest reservoir and a lynchpin in the intermountain electric grid, Powell is more dirt than water these days. Hydropower generation will likely shut down when Lake Powell’s elevation drops below 3,490 feet.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 18, 2024

But hydrogen can be cleanly produced and, with the right guardrails in place, that clean hydrogen can then be used to clean up polluting parts of the economy that can’t readily convert to running on renewable electricity. Otherwise, hydrogen will slow the clean energy transition, not speed it. the “three pillars”).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 29, 2023

These fees generate more than $100 million per year to fund zero emission vehicle (ZEV) incentives, electric vehicle chargers and hydrogen fueling stations through the Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP), Clean Transportation Program (CTP), and Enhanced Fleet Modernization Program (EFMP).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

4 to 12 - 9 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Leaking Wastewater Tanks; Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area Cleanup Continues; Pipeline Land Slips [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection: Winter Weather Forces Natural Gas Pipeline Fuel Restrictions, ‘Conservative Operations’ Declared To Assure Electric Grid Reliability Through Jan.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2024

From March 25 to March 27, 2024, the U.S. Presented via telephone during the March 27, 2024, public hearing for Docket ID No. Department of the Treasury is hosting a public hearing on the December 2023 proposed regulations governing implementation of the Section 45V Credit for Production of Clean Hydrogen. REG-117631-23.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2024

And with PACER, we can do it while supporting job growth, transitioning to clean energy, and saving consumers money on their electricity bills. Comitta , Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 10, 2024

Natural Gas vs Electric For a long time, fossil gas was the cheapest way to heat buildings. But now, electric heat pumps are a much cheaper option. Fossil gas is a potent greenhouse gas that pollutes the air and causes climate change. Switching to an electric heat pump would be significantly less expensive.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 5, 2022

According to the 2050 Roadmap, on-site combustion of fossil fuels in the residential and commercial building sectors presently accounts for about 27% of statewide greenhouse gas emissions, and the use of these fuels for building heat is the largest end-use contributor to emissions in the building sector.

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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

MARCH 28, 2024

Note: Pennsylvania’s electricity generation lacks the stability and lower costs brought by diversity in our fuel mix. It depends on one fuel to generate 59% of our electricity. Energy facility investors are moving in a big way to renewables + storage to bring lower prices, stability and reliability to the regional electric grid.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 16, 2024

By making it cheaper to find, extract, process, transport and export fossil fuels, subsidies encourage more fossil fuel production, increasing the risk of locking in greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come. They’re an efficient way to use electricity for both heating and cooling – which means you don’t need a separate air conditioner.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Analysis from the green think tank, Ember shows high inflation rates are driven by the surge in coal-fired electricity as it is more financially viable than purchases of expensive natural gas. This is almost the same as Germany, the current largest coal-fired electricity generator in Europe which in 2023 generated 117.9

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