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Too Many Gas Power Plants are the Problem Not the Solution

Union of Concerned Scientists

Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by natural gas. Note: “Natural gas” is an industry misnomer; UCS considers methane, fossil gas, and gas to be much more appropriate terms. I’ll be using the term “gas” from here on out.)

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Fresh, April 4, 2023: Canadian Government Pledges Increased Funding for Great Lakes

Circle of Blue

Christian Thorsberg, Interim Fresh Editor This Week’s Watersheds A new bill introduced in the Ohio House would prevent the removal of oil and natural gas from beneath Lake Erie. A decision on Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline tunnel will be delayed until at least 2026. Eight bodies were discovered in the St.

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Florida is a Climate-Denying Hellscape

Legal Planet

These bills have been criticized by environmentalists not just for trying to silence the conversation about solutions to the climate crisis, but also because they could discourage green infrastructure projects and increase the reliance on natural gas and other fossil fuels.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.20.24

PA Environment Daily

Said They Will Plug 4 Shale Gas Wells DEP Found To Be Abandoned And Not Plugged In September [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - January 20 [PaEN] -- DEP: From Jan. 15 Webinar Update On Large-Scale Solar; What Is Agrivoltaics? -- PUC Hosts Feb. National- $3.08 National- $3.08

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 12.14.23

PA Environment Daily

6 to 13 In Harrisburg: ‘Connecting Our Communities’ -- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Groups Gain Nearly $65,000 For Clean Water Projects -- Potter Leader-Enterprise: PA Wilds Master Watershed Steward - Several Programs Available For Greener Spaces -- PA Lake Management Society, Wilkes College Host Jan.

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Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.18.21

PA Environment Daily

Municipal Debt Under Water PA Politics -- Spotlight PA: Things To Know About Nov. 2 Election - Deadlines, Mail-In Ballots, More -- ErieT: New Ethics Complaint Against Republican Cong.

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New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Bill Signed Into Law; PA Groups React

PA Environment Daily

The IRA marks the single largest investment to address the climate crisis, build community resilience in the face of extreme weather, and defend the health of our children from life-shortening fossil fuel pollution. From urban cities and former fossil fuel sites to America’s abundant rural and farming communities, all stand to gain.

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