PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Get Your Passport To 2025 PA Farm Show, Enhance Your Conservation Skills Starting Jan. Get Your Passport To 2025 PA Farm Show, Enhance Your Conservation Skills Starting Jan. 16 Webinar On Forest Carbon Markets And Payment Programs Expert Panel [PaEN] -- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Jan.

Conservation

A Greener Life

MAY 1, 2025

There was a time when anyone who produced solar electricity would receive a buyback, resulting in the construction of numerous solar farms, which reached a capacity of around 3 gigawatts (GW) at the time. The third is that the 2025 PDP is expected to set out plans to build 3.5 By 2037, Thailand aims to have 51% renewable energy.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2025

"Meeting the substantial power demands of data centers often involves off-site energy infrastructure, ranging from the expansion of energy grid infrastructure such as new high-voltage electric transmission lines to the extension of new natural gas pipelines—each requiring separate and coordinated Chapter 102 and 105 permits.

Cooling

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

19 [PaEN] -- PA Sea Grant Names PA 2025 Knauss Marine Policy Fellows: Nathaniel Edelheit-Rice, Sahara Rios-Bonilla, Chelsea Russ [PaEN] -- Gov. PaEN] -- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Video: PA Riparian Forest Buffer Projects Plants Its 1,000th Acre! Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Feb.

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 27, 2025

These unexpected closures add urgency to the process of planning for an orderly transition from gasoline to renewable electricity as California’s primary transportation fuel. But this is more political opportunism than productive problem solving. Provide transportation solutions that go beyond private passenger vehicles.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2025

Data Centers Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania May Not Have Enough Electricity For A.I. Data Centers And The Rest Of Us Utility Dive Guest Essay: We At PJM Need Realistic Solutions, Not Politics To Take On Energy Challenges Bitfarms Announces Partnership To Develop A.I. 11 Hearing On A.I. 30 Registration Open!

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2025

22 How To Run For Local Public Office Training Webinar , 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. -- Warren Times: Electric Vehicle Debate Creates Spark In State -- Horn Farm Center Ecological Gardening 16-Week Training Program Starts Feb.

Natural Gas

Global Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Yet, women comprise a fraction of corporate leaders and investment, which does not make good business sense, said Joan Michelson, host of Electric Ladies Podcast and co-executive producer and emcee of The Earth Day Womens Summit. Importantly, women and girls also bear the brunt of the effects of climate change.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2025

10-11 Navigating Chance Policy Conference [PaEN] -- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Electric Road Trip Makes Pit Stop At Allegheny County Electric Vehicle Mechanic Training Program -- EPA: Liberty-Clairton In Allegheny County Makes Progress In Meeting PM2.5, Data Center Planned In Fairview Twp., York County -- Penn State Extension: Sept.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Rezoning Proposal To Allow Shale Gas Industrial Development In Rural Resources Zone In Westmoreland County -- Cumberland County Master Gardeners Host Nov. 16 Wildlife Tree Ornaments Workshop For Youth [PaEN] -- Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Register Now For Jim Finley Stewardship Day, Nov. 2 -- Penn State GIS Day Nov.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2024

2023 In Anticipation Of Halt In Russian Gas Flows Thru Ukraine -- Reuters: What Happens When Russian Natural Gas Supply To Europe Via Ukraine Ends Jan.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 22, 2025

Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest Diversity - Equity - Inclusion [Posted: June 22, 2025] PA Environment Digest

Politics

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2025

On August 7, 2025, the Department of Environmental Protection did a follow-up inspection of the Repsol Oil & Gas USA LLC Broadleaf Holdings shale gas well pad in Troy Township, Bradford County to assess the ongoing remediation activities. Data Center Hearing At Valley View High School -- MCall: As Electric Bills Rise Due To A.I.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2025

House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 502 (Steele-D-Allegheny) establishing the Reliable Energy Siting and Electric Transition Board [part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan ]. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. TODAY 11:00: Agenda Posted. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2025

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Politics

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2025

Yaw’s Senate District -- Public News Services: Congress Could Delay Oil & Gas Facility Methane Emission Reduction Program In PA -- Penn State Extension Hosts Aug.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

12-14; July Forest Snapshot; Hope For Our Forests; Woodland Stewardship Webinar Series -- PUC Sets Hearings On Proposed Wellsboro Electric, Valley Energy Natural Gas, Citizens Electric Of 11% to 37.5% Posted: July 27, 2025] PA Environment Digest 19-21, Sept. 16-18 [PaEN] -- Registration Open!

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2025

. -- PJM Interconnection Issues Maximum Generation Alert For July 15; Natural Gas Accounted For Most Generation Outages In June Generation Alert [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Opens Next Electric Capacity Auction Bidding Window Of July 9 to 15 For 2026-27 Electric Delivery; Hold Your Breath! GW Power Plant, Data Center Plans At Aug.

2026

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 21, 2025

In May For 8th Consecutive Month Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest Diversity - Equity - Inclusion [Posted: June 21, 2025] PA Environment Digest Of Labor & Industry Reports PA Unemployment Rate Holds Steady at 3.4%

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2025

Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest Diversity - Equity - Inclusion [Posted: June 28, 2025] PA Environment Digest Million In Federal Mine Reclamation Funding, $979.3 Ohio- $3.00

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 9, 2025

Here’s What’s Happening In Rural Areas -- PA iMapInvasives Program To Hold 2025 Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt Aug. Here’s What’s Happening In Rural Areas -- PA iMapInvasives Program To Hold 2025 Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt Aug.

2026

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2025

15 Webinar [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Ag Water Webinar Series: Feb. 10 Webinar On Nitrogen - Crop Nutrient And Water Pollutant [PaEN] -- NOAA March 25 Mid-Atlantic Drought Assessment & Building Early Warning Capacity Meeting , Susquehanna River Basin Commission Offices, Harrisburg, 9:00 a.m.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

Governor Shapiro’s 2025-26 budget proposes $19 million to continue finding and plugging wells and the important mission of this office. So far in 2025, DEP has issued or continued 49 violations to 22 shale gas drilling companies for abandoning and not plugging their wells. “In The contagion is spreading to the unconventional industry.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 26, 2025

Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171 -- Senate Confirms Jessica Shirley To Lead The Department Of Environmental Protection; Committee Questions On Environmental Justice, RESET Energy Board [PaEN] -- PA Resources Council Receives 2025 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence For Hard-To-Recycling Collection Events (..)

Nuclear Power

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. frankly can make things worse.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

Data Centers - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy [PaEN] -- Utility Dive Guest Essay: We At PJM Need Realistic Solutions, Not Politics To Take On Energy Challenges - By Aftab Khan, PJM Executive Vice President Of Operations, Planning and Security [PaEN] -- Bitfarms Announces Partnership To Develop A.I.

Air Pollution

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

As part of Environmental Defences mission to inform voters about crucial environmental issues, weve put together a list of seven things that we believe all political parties should put in their election platforms to strengthen clean transportation options in Ontario. Join the movement and make a plan to vote!

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2025

Shapiro Says President Brings ‘Chaos’ In Militarized Protest Response -- WHYY/AP: Gov. Shapiro Says President Shouldn’t Deploy Troops To Philly Protests As LA Response Divides Governors -- PA Capital-Star: PA Leaders Vow To Protect Protesters’ Rights But Warn About Giving In To Angreer And Violence -- The Center Square: How Does Gov.

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

APRIL 5, 2025

By Anders Lorenzen A leading energy think tank says that last month, less than half of the US electricity capacity came from fossil fuels. Date showing US fossil fuel generation in March 2025. Declining fossil fuels in the US The Ember data shows that in March 2025, just shy of 50%, fossil fuels accounted for 49.2% a new record.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 23, 2025

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Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2025

Data Center Hearing At Valley View High School -- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: What’s Behind Higher Electricity Prices? Data Center Development In Lackawanna County [PaEN] -- Scranton Times: State Senate To Hold A.I. The Regional Grid Explained -- PA House Environmental Committee To Hold Aug.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2025

[PaEN] -- House Committee Told PA Needs An Energy Policy, Doing Nothing Means We Are Going To Run Out Of Power; Overreliance On One Fuel-- Gas-- Is Raising Electricity Prices [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Hear Testimony On Meeting PA Power Demand: Huge Amount Of Growth -- DCED Awards $22.6 Thank LNG Gas Exports - By Lt.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 24, 2025

Former PA Consumer Advocate, NRDC To Host Webinar Briefing On Impacts Of The Record High Prices From PJM's Latest Electric Capacity Auction. DEP Southcentral Regional Office, Harrisburg at 10:00 a.m. ( PA Bulletin, page 4079 ) July 25-- Virtual. July 26-- In-Person. Celebrate The Bloom! On The Prairie At Jennings Environmental Ed Center.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

Data Centers - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy [PaEN] -- Utility Dive Guest Essay: We At PJM Need Realistic Solutions, Not Politics To Take On Energy Challenges - By Aftab Khan, PJM Executive Vice President Of Operations, Planning and Security [PaEN] -- FracTracker Alliance Releases National A.I. How Is A.I.

Air Pollution

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 15, 2025

With so much speculation around political changes in Canada and the United States, and how incoming leaders will address the energy transition, it’s easy to get carried away by the stories about expansion to Albertas oil and gas production and export markets. Welcome to 2025. The reality is much less certain. Nobody knows.

Renewable Energy

Physics World

JULY 21, 2025

Lee Packer, who has over 25 years of experience in nuclear science and technology and is an IOP Fellow, delivered the 2025 Cockroft Walton Lecture Series in April. The Fusion Industry Association’s survey of private fusion companies reports that many are aiming for fusion-generated electricity by the late 2030s, though time projections vary.

Technology

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2025

Data Centers And Cryptocurrency Mining Energy Use Needs A Clear Disadvantage - By Karen Elias, Climate Reality [ PDF of Article ] -- MCall: As Electric Bills Rise Due To A.I.

Wind Power