A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

According to the UNs 2024 Emission Gap Report , 107 countries, covering approximately 82% of global greenhouse gas emissions, had adopted net-zero pledges as of June last year. Meanwhile, more than 9,000 companies have committed to actions to cut global emissions by 2030. of national emissions. trillion (USD 9.9

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2025

That system includes Pennsylvanias 2025 Trail of the Year, the Path of the Flood Trail in Johnstown, as well as the 49 -mile Ghost Town Trail , designated Trail of the Year in 2020. And because of that, our industrial sector is the largest sector for greenhouse gas emissions in Pennsylvania.

Conservation

HumanNature

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Guest Post by Ashley Schilling Hazlett , 2024-2025 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (Gerber et al., A primary concern regarding cattle and climate change is methane emissions from enteric fermentation and manure management. methane emissions (EPA, 2022).

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

Emissions have declined across most sectors, except for fugitive emissions from energy production (natural gas and oil systems), industrial emissions (both fuel consumption and process emissions), and agriculture emissions (resulting from agricultural soil management, liming, and urea fertilization).

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Blast Furnaces, Carbon Emissions -- Register Now! Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Sept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

Hutchinson Introduces Bill To Abolish DEP Climate Change, Recycling Fund, Coastal Zone Advisory Committees [PaEN] -- The Derrick: Solar Energy Projects Take Shape In Venango County [ PDF of Article ] -- The Allegheny Front: Pittsburgh 2030 District Buildings Reduce Carbon Emissions By 50% -- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Technology Requires Time That (..)

Greenhouse

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

Data Center Infrastructure; Amazon Told PUC It Has Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Goal By 2040 [PaEN] -- Better Path Coalition: Data Centers - Dirty Energy Deals Anything But Cheap [PaEN] -- 25 Environmental Groups; Local Government Associations Oppose House Bill To Fast Track Large-Scale Energy Generation, Storage Projects Proposed By Gov.

Electricity

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2024

True, Congress hasn’t passed the comprehensive emission limits that many of us would like to see. But it has passed laws regulating two powerful greenhouse gases, and some other climate laws stretching back over the past five decades. Only laws that specifically cover climate or greenhouse gases are included.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2025

Data Center Infrastructure; Amazon Told PUC It Has Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Goal By 2040 [PaEN] -- WHYY: Gov. Data Center Infrastructure; Amazon Told PUC It Has Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Goal By 2040 [PaEN] -- WHYY: Gov. Shapiro Announces Amazon Plans To Invest $20 Billion In Pennsylvania For A.I.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy These remarks were made during a July 31, 2025 Ohio River Valley Institute webinar on Data Centers & LNG Gas Replace Petrochemicals & Hydrogen As The Latest Natural Gas Shiny Objects That Are Destined To Disappoint. Data Centers So now we come to A.I.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day MW-Day In 2024-25; Extreme Weather Risk Big Factor [PaEN] Related Articles This Week: -- Coterra Energy Fined $299,000 For Contaminating 13 Private Water Supplies In Lenox Twp., 9 Webinar On Growth Of A.I.

Natural Gas

Enviromental Defense

JULY 21, 2025

The list of climate-related disasters is depressingly long, with numerous events already reported in 2025. Simply stated, more pipelines mean that more fossil fuels are pumped or mined from the ground, which are eventually burned, producing more greenhouse gases. We need less.”

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2025

As of June 2025, 122,167 experienced shut offs-- an increase of 38.1% As of June of 2025, we had 122,167 involuntary electric shutoffs across the major electric distribution utilities. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day so far this year. over the same time last year. billion increase in capacity costs.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2025

Data Center Infrastructure; Amazon Told PUC It Has Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Goal By 2040 [PaEN] -- 25 Environmental Groups; Local Government Associations Oppose House Bill To Fast Track Large-Scale Energy Generation, Storage Projects Proposed By Gov. Shapiro [PaEN] [Posted: June 9, 2025] PA Environment Digest

Government

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

Project 2025 , the blueprint organized by the Heritage Foundation to guide this White House, calls for an update to the endangerment finding. Other recent EPA appointees who also contributed to Project 2025 (which President Trump disavowed during the presidential campaign ) are Scott Mason and Justin Schwab.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2025

billion for 2025 26 compared to only $2.2 A huge greenhouse gas producing state. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day billion for the previous year. Read more here ] House Bill 501 will help Pennsylvania face this challenge directly.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2025

Posted: June 1, 2025] PA Environment Digest Visit DEPs Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

By Kevin Walker, CEO, Duquesne Light This guest essay first appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on July 30, 2025 -- I appreciated the Energy and Innovation Summit’s visionary focus on why our nation needs to quickly increase development of a world-class artificial intelligence ecosystem, and the energy supply it requires.

Electricity

Scientific American

JULY 16, 2025

The result is an increase in the countrys greenhouse gas emissions. As a result of such changes, it expects greenhouse gas emissions will be 7 percent higher in 2035. Copyright 2025. © 2025 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, A DIVISION OF SPRINGER NATURE AMERICA, INC. Wind falls from 25 GW annually to 9 GW.

Carbon Emissions

Scientific American

JUNE 12, 2025

Skip to main content Scientific American June 12, 2025 7 min read Inside the EPA’s Attempt to Roll Back Climate Regulation The EPA has contradicted itself—and legal precedent—in its bid to undo Biden-era limits on power-plant climate pollution By Jean Chemnick , Niina H. It would be difficult for EPA to argue that the U.S.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2025

And if you want to get out of RGGI [Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative], come to the table and work on this with us." Diversifying our grid not only enhances our energy security but also defends our childrens health by reducing harmful air pollutants and carbon emissions. Now it's time to be big and bold and do something real.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2025

-- In Memoriam: DCNR State Park Ranger Alec Campbell [PaEN] -- In Memoriam: DCNR Mourns The Death Of Dave Warfel, Weiser State Forest, Wildland Fire Academy Instructor [PaEN] -- In Memoriam: Gerry Kaufman Founder Of The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership In Montgomery County And Philadelphia [PaEN] -- DCNR Celebrates Path Of The Flood Trail (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency will repeal all greenhouse gas emissions standards for the power sector under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act and repeal 2024 amendments to the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) that directly result in coal-fired power plants having to shut down.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2025

Amazon Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Goal On April 24, Michael Fradette, Principal, Energy Services at Amazon Data Services, told a Public Utility Commission hearing on the impact of data centers on the state’s electric grid-- “The rapid growth of electricity demand presents both challenges and opportunities for the US energy infrastructure. “At

Carbon Emissions

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 16, 2025

Related Posted on June 16, 2025 June 13, 2025 by Laura B. GOP cuts could crush similar efforts. 438) Local government (438) Public lands (54) National parks & forests (45) State government (182) U.S. 438) Local government (438) Public lands (54) National parks & forests (45) State government (182) U.S.

Recycling

Legal Planet

AUGUST 5, 2025

Wang, who has a forthcoming book called “Chinese Global Environmentalism” due out in fall 2025, uses a Blockbuster Video analogy. Our colleague Mary Nichols echoed that sentiment to the SF Chronicle, saying “this leaves California much less subject to challenge if we say we want to regulate carbon emissions.

Fossil Fuels

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 28, 2022

by Ralph Sims, Massey University After decades of avoiding inclusion in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), New Zealand’s primary production sector has begrudgingly acknowledged that reducing on-farm emissions of greenhouse gases is an imperative.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

The Pittsburgh 2030 District , a project of the Green Building Alliance , has released its 2022 Progress Report , revealing District property partners have reduced carbon emissions by 44.8% This achievement moves the District within range of reaching its target goal of 50-65% reduction in carbon emissions before the 2030 deadline.

Carbon Emissions

Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

For convenience, I lumped coal and oil together as “very high carbon” sources (VHC) in the table. Carbon Goal. 67% cut from 2005 by 2025. Zero coal by 2035, 24 GW solar/wind by 2030, net zero emissions by 2050, including upstream and downstream emissions. Other Carbon Free: 4%. Fossil Fuel Use. Duke Power.

2030

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2022

By Penn State News Last spring, at the request of President Eric Barron, a team of more than 20 faculty members, staff members and students began to formulate a plan to address climate change, one of the most complex and urgent issues of our time, by significantly lowering the University’s greenhouse gas emissions on all its campuses.

Carbon Emissions

Legal Planet

MAY 9, 2022

Carbon markets are at a crossroads. As of 2021, 30 emissions trading systems were in force globally, covering 16 – 17 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. California has perhaps the most comprehensive protocols on offsets in the world, but this has not quieted concerns.

Government

Clean Energy Law

DECEMBER 19, 2023

UK ETS Currently the UK’s main measure to mitigate carbon leakage risk is the system of free allocation under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS). The UK ETS puts a price on greenhouse gases emitted by domestic producers, through a “cap-and-trade” system, in which total carbon emissions and allowances under the scheme are capped.

Government

Frontiers

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Under the Paris Agreement, countries will need to track greenhouse gas emissions at the level of individual ‘super emitters’, such as power plants, in close-to-real time. In late 2025 or 2026, the EU plans to launch its ‘CO2M’ (Copernicus Anthropogenic CO2 Monitoring Mission) pair of satellites, whose job will be to help with this.

Paris Agreement

E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Specifically, New York is statutorily required to achieve: An economy-wide 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; 70% renewable energy consumption by 2030 followed by a 100% zero-emission electric system by 2040; and.

Carbon Emissions

Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) , renewable energy sources are to become the first electricity source by 2025, surpassing dirty coal. As electricity generation is part of the main greenhouse gases emitter, having solar and wind growing at a breakneck pace is source for hope. Good news everyone !

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

When combining this project with our 3-megawatt (MW) Solar Field, we are mitigating 100% of our Scope 2 carbon emissions.” The Sebree Solar II project is set to begin construction in early 2025 and commence commercial operation by the end of 2026.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2024

Local governments can also take steps to complete a local greenhouse gas inventory to prepare for more formal action, such as incorporating climate adaptation into local land-use and building policies. The program is not available yet and is targeted to launch in early 2025.

Renewable Energy