PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Million To Settle Lawsuit By Investors Who Claimed EQT Overstated The Benefits Of Its Rice Energy Merger In 2017 -- Marcellus Drilling News: Integrated Lithium Production Plant Coming To PA In 2026 Using Oil & Gas Production Wastewater [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: Avonlea Lithium Corp. Million In Sen.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2025

Future capacity auctions for delivery in 2026/27 and 2027/28 can still see more increases, but will have a price cap of $325/MW-day and a floor of $175/MW-day as a result of a settlement PJM entered into as a result of a lawsuit brought by Gov. MW-day to $269.92/MW-day-- MW-day-- a 933% increase. Read more here.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2025

Future capacity auctions for delivery in 2026/27 and 2027/28 can still see more increases, but will have a price cap of $325/MW-day and a floor of $175/MW-day as a result of a settlement PJM entered into as a result of a lawsuit brought by Gov. MW-day to $269.92/MW-day-- MW-day-- a 933% increase. Read more here.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

Million To Support 17 Drought Resiliency Projects; 400+ Million Gallons Of Water Savings Expected Annually [PaEN] -- TribLive: Clearer Waters Expected At Burrell Lake Following Last Years Algal Bloom In Westmoreland -- Chester County Press: Octoraro Watershed Assn.

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 16, 2025

They include the president proposing, in his 2026 budget, to slash billions of dollars in funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy. Electricity generation without carbon emissions, or toxic pollution. Massive natural resources in the wind, the sun, the earth, and water. Job creation and local economic development.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2025

Distribution Costs Up "I just want to convey to everyone that, while we're talking about that little slice, which is capacity, in 2024, all of the electric utilities with the exception of PPL we're in for distribution rate increases, we expect that all of them will also be in again in 2026. “We And so all of these costs are going up.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

We've demonstrated this commitment through our Climate Pledge goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. Note: Vantage Data Centers has a goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions for scopes 1 and 2 by 2030.

Carbon Emissions

Legal Planet

APRIL 23, 2025

One such survey involved 130,000 people in 125 countries, which account for 96% of the worlds carbon emissions, and was published in the journal Nature Climate Change. said it notified the California Energy Commission of its plans to idle, restructure, or cease refining operations at its Benicia refinery by April 2026.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

Based on EPA’s estimates, the proposal to repeal greenhouse gas emission standards would save the power sector $19 billion in regulatory costs over two decades beginning in 2026, or about $1.2 We also lament the proposed repeal of protections to limit carbon pollution from carbon-based power plants. billion a year.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

AUGUST 5, 2025

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. “If I were the state of California and the endangerment finding gets rescinded, I would argue that there are no federal standards,” she told Heatmap News.

Fossil Fuels

Clean Energy Law

MARCH 11, 2021

In December 2018, after having successfully reduced greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector by 53.3%, a majority of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) jurisdictions announced plans to design a program to address carbon emissions from the combustion of transportation fuels.

Carbon Emissions

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The possibility of snagging some of this funding may also help nudge some lagging states to think seriously about cutting carbon emissions. Under the Clean Air Act, California has the unique ability to set its own standards for tailpipe emissions from new vehicles, including greenhouse gases. Oregon seems likely to do so soon.

Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

DTE’s goal is to reach “net-zero” emissions by 2050 while reducing its carbon emissions from 2005 levels 65 percent by 2028, 85 percent by 2035, and 90 percent by 2040. DTE’s Monroe coal plant is the largest single emitter of carbon pollution in Michigan. What’s in DTE’s proposed plan? Photo: FracTracker Alliance/Flicker.

Clean Energy

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

Legal Planet

MAY 7, 2024

This market is expected to begin operating in 2026. billion annually and reduce yearly carbon emissions by almost 3 million metric tons – the equivalent of removing over 600,000 vehicles from the roads. In the long term, Western states have started collaborating on a vision to form a new multi-state RTO in the West.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Despite being used infrequently, these plants are inefficient and highly polluting, and contribute to US carbon emissions. Wood Mackenzie estimates that the US will add more than 63 gigawatts more batteries by 2026. Replacing peaker plants with battery storage systems will be a big win for US climate action and public health.

Wind Power

Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Through active initiatives to increase energy conservation and reduce carbon emissions, the smart manufacturing market is expected to reach $620 billion by 2026, according to TrendForce. Read the full story at Environment + Energy Leader.

2026

Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The proposed initiatives and enablers for each domain are listed below: Notable Decarbonisation Initiatives National SAF target and SAF levy – From 2026, flights departing Singapore will be required to use at least 1% of SAF. The initiatives will be implemented across three domains: airport, airline, and air traffic management.

Solar Power

Frontiers

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Researchers show for the first time that this is already possible with data from existing satellites and instruments like NASA’s OCO-2 and OCO-3 (attached to the International Space Station), both designed to measure emissions at much larger spatial scales.

Paris Agreement

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2021

New report illustrates how carmakers’ EV pledges mask their push to sell more polluting SUVs, jeopardizing efforts to cut carbon emissions now. And Canadians now drive the most carbon-spewing vehicles in the world. Report calls out automaker duplicity on climate change. Toronto, Ont. – added Brooks.

Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2022

For example, the BIL’s working “clean hydrogen” production qualification standard is limited only to carbon emissions, and only those produced at the point of hydrogen production. Background on the hydrogen hubs program.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

JULY 17, 2024

Environmental NGOs and Public Transit Rider groups react to the details of the program, noting their disappointment that the program does not include much-needed funding for public transit operations, and the fund will not become available until 2026, after the next federal election.

2026

A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Oil for longer The Chinese energy giant predicts that oil consumption will peak a little later between 2026-2030 at 800 million metric tons (MMT), or about 16 million barrels per day (MBD), which they put down to faster-than-expected expansion in the new energy vehicle sector, such as electric and hybrid vehicles. billion metric tons (BMT).

2025

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

E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is the European regulation that imposes a reporting obligation and a carbon tax on EU imports of certain goods in order to reduce carbon emissions. See our prior GT Alert. The CBAM Regulation officially took effect May 17, 2023. It will apply in phases starting Oct.

2023

Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 1, 2024

What’s more, the announced funding program won’t allow any funds to be available until 2026. We need reliable, affordable public transit right now in order to get transit riders where we need to go, on time and help Canada reduce transportation emissions to meet our climate goals.

Government

A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

“The use of SAF is expected to contribute around 65% of the reduction in emissions needed by aviation to reach net-zero in 2050,” says Albert Tjoeng, head of corporate communications for the IATA, which defines a SAF as a non-fossil fuel that has the potential to generate lower carbon emissions than conventional kerosene in its life cycle.

Carbon Dioxide

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

million between 2022 and 2026. Ontario businesses that are attempting to lower their carbon footprint can no longer count their electricity use as having low emissions. But we just found out about it this year. . The company has earned close to $7.2 million from these credits so far, and it expects to make another $13.9

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

The main goal is to align the contract term end date from 2026 to 2029 to meet the requirements of the Wind Energy supplier that is part of our regional electricity grid network. To advance its renewable energy goals, WPEC, in collaboration with PWSA, initiated this amendment to the original Direct Energy Agreement.

Wind Power

A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2021

The IOC has committed to reducing its carbon emissions by 30 per cent by 2024, and by 45 per cent by 2030, in line with the Paris Agreement. The IOC said that the Olympic Forest will be compensating for more than 100 per cent of their residual emissions and will help the organisation become “climate positive” by 2024.

Paris Agreement

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 2, 2024

The specific commitment to require high density housing and the elimination of minimum parking requirements within 800 metres of frequent-service transit stations announced today was a key recommendation from our recent report: Putting Wheels on the Bus: Unlocking the Potential of Public Transit to Cut Carbon Emissions in Canada.

Carbon Emissions

A Greener Life

JANUARY 18, 2022

The potential for trees to capture carbon emissions through photosynthesis seems crucial to the recent upsurge. These initiatives must be executed before 2026. That means the funds will not arrive for several years, since the capture of emissions has not yet happened.

Deforestation

Frontiers

JUNE 29, 2023

So much so, that the company has pledged to be Net Zero by 2026. During the event, participants were quizzed on their understanding of the carbon emissions associated with various food products. She also shared useful tips for how participants can apply these and similar steps in their daily lives to reduce carbon emissions.

2023

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In its Nationally Determined Contributions ( NDCs ), updated in 2022, India has made three major promises: a 45% reduction in its carbon emissions intensity (CO2 emissions per unit of electricity) based on 2005 levels, by 2030; 50% of installed electricity coming from non-fossil-fuel sources by 2030; and national carbon neutrality by 2070.

Fossil Fuels

Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 22, 2021

The easiest is to slow the vessel down, reducing both fuel consumption and carbon emissions. Plenty of other tweaks are on offer, including the installation of wind shipping technology that can cut emissions by 20% or more. as an annual target until 2026, roughly on par with the business as usual rate of improvement.

Ocean

A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The Energy Foundation China predicts that Inner Mongolia will be one of the last provinces to reach peak carbon, sometime between 2026 and 2030. Yang Fuqiang thinks it is unreasonable to make energy-producing provinces such as Inner Mongolia solely responsible for cutting carbon emissions. An urgent need for change.

Renewable Energy

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

We know that if we want to rapidly reduce emissions with public transit, we need the federal government to fund transit service – not just procurement – and tie its public transit investments to city planning rules that will deliver more affordable housing and stop sprawl.

Electricity