Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Californias Advanced Clean Car II (ACCII) regulations are set to go into effect starting with model year 2026 vehicles. However, there is also a long history of the auto industry resisting change by claiming that regulations are an existential threat to their business. What is the actual ZEV sales requirement?

2026

Environmental News Bits

MAY 28, 2025

Food companies with sales in California have until October 4, 2026, to bring products into compliance with SB 343. Read the full story from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2025

Erickson-A- 1H, violations issued June 26, 2023 [ DEP inspection report ] These wells have been out of compliance with inactive status regulations for more than 50 months. EQT responded that the 9H, 10H and 11H wells are scheduled to be plugged in 2026. Violations issued. Response requested by July 16. DEP inspection report.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

Read more here ] -- 274 New Brownfield Sites In 2024: In 2024, DEP received or acted on 274 Act 2 Land Recycling Program notices and reports covering the cleanup of contamination at primarily shale gas facilities, meaning this industry is creating new brownfields wherever it works. Affected residents have been living on hauled water.

Air Pollution

Circle of Blue

APRIL 2, 2025

The Arizona Commerce Authority, the regulating agency, says that 64 data centers have received the exemption that covers purchases of hardware and software. Chandler was the first municipality in the state to regulate data centers. Arizona encourages the growth of data centers through a sales tax exemption that was approved in 2013.

Cooling

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

23 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept. 23 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept. 7, 21, Sept. 7, 21, Sept. 7, 21, Sept.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2025

In collaboration with Volpatt, Construction Junction will be deconstructing interior old-growth timber not being used in the future building and reselling it at their facility, while Michael Brothers will source separate other waste streams and recycle when possible. The Etna Center for Community is expected to open in Spring-Summer 2026.

2004

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

23 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- PennDOT Begins Accepting Applications For $80 Million In Grants To Improve Pedestrian, Cyclist Safety, Including Trail Projects, Deadline Oct. -- PennLive: Harrisburg’s Water Utility Offers $1.4 7, 21, Sept. 7, 21, Sept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

Greene County [PaEN] -- Conventional Oil Well Storage Tank Rupture Causes 2,100 Gallon Spill Of Wastewater, Crude Oil In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp.,

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC - Morgan K Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Notice of Intent to remediate soil contaminated by production wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Armenia Twp., Youll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

Marti Haykin -- TribLive Guest Essay: Drain The Swamp, Bring DOE's Fossil Energy Office To Pennsylvania - By Athan Koutsiouroumbas, Long Nyquist Lobbying Firm -- Mountain Watershed Association Files EHB Appeal Of DEP's Approval Of The 1,452 Acre Expansion of the Rustic Ridge #1 Coal Mine In Fayette, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: Remembering (..)

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

Data Centers Impacts On Electricity Grid -- PJM Interconnection Reliability Initiative Attracts 94 Applications For 26.6

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 19 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Response requested by February 21. DEP inspection report. Read more here.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

The project is moving forward on schedule for completion in 2026. 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 29 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Violations issued. Response requested by March 14. DEP inspection report. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2025

Environmental Quality Board hearing on Proposed Regulation Related To Legal Authority For Delegation Of Federal Air Quality Plans. July 22-- In-Person. DEP Southwest Regional Office, Pittsburgh. July 22- - Virtual and Last. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2025

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Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2025

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware) Majority Chair House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee -- City & State PA Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Energize Efforts To Regulate Its Oil And Gas Industry - By By Rep. Million In Grants [PaEN] -- DCED Awards $22.6 Million In Grants [PaEN] -- DCED Awards $22.6

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2025

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Received -- Eureka Resources LLC - Standing Stone Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with oil and gas wastewater to meet nonresidential Statewide Health Standards at the facility located in Standing Stone Township, Bradford County.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

On March 12, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced sweeping plans to reconsider more than 31 major environmental regulations and programs, including pulling back regulations reducing methane emissions and regulating production wastewater from oil and gas operations. EPA promulgated the Subpart E regulations in 1979.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2025

Million In Grants [PaEN] -- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Graduates Class Of 2025 Young Ambassadors of Pennsylvania; Apply Now For Class Of 2026 [PaEN] -- TribLive: PennDOT Worker Taken To Hospital After Driver Hits Litter Cleanup Truck In Allegheny County -- Save The Date!

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2025

24 RiverWatch Video Report -- Centre Daily Times: Follow These Centre County Recycling Tips In 2025 -- Lock Haven Express: Penn State, DCNR Forest Health Briefing, Forest Landowners Conference March 6-8 In State College -- Jan. Ohio- $3.01 Ohio- $3.01 Ohio- $3.01

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

10-12 In State College [PaEN] -- TribLive: From Brownfield To Crown Jewel: Piatts $740 Million Esplanade Project Aims To Spur Ohio River Revival -- PA Recycling Markets Center Hosts March 11 Webinar Update On Recycled Paper Commodities Markets, Including Impacts Of Tariffs [PaEN] -- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests Nearly $6.7

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2025

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Monroe Energy Trainer - Quill Release: DEP received a Final Report on the remediation of soil contaminated with inorganics and other organics to the Statewide Health Standard for the refinery located in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County. ( miles to allow for underground longwall coal mining. (

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2025

2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 102 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. 7.8.25] -- PJM Interconnection Opens Next Electric Capacity Auction Bidding Window Of July 9 to 15 For 2026-27 Electric Delivery; Hold Your Breath! Read more here.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2025

DEP reached out to the well owner who said the wells are on a “plug list” and he anticipates the wells will be “part of a plugging group slated for April 2026.” 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 109 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2025

DEP recommended the owner “promptly remediate the release” in accordance with DEP regulations. 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 102 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Violations issued. Response requested by July 23. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 27, 2025

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- BP Terminal - 4556 Property: DEP received a Notice of Intent to remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with leaded gasoline to meet the Site-Specific Standard at the terminal located in Monroe Twp., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Read more here.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Essentially, the materials recovered through battery recycling can replace future material supply that would otherwise need to be extracted from the earth to meet demand. Estimates show that in 2050, the United States can meet about half of EV demand for cobalt and nickel and a quarter of lithium with minerals recovered through recycling.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

JULY 18, 2025

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Dakota Oil & Gas Company - Chabel #2 Conventional Well: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with crude oil to meet the Statewide Health Standards at a well site located in Upper Burrell Twp., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 4762 ) Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Stethers Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Wyalusing Twp., Washington County. Received June 9, Issued June 23. (

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Knowing how much life is left in an EV battery is pretty critical for someone who is buying a used EV and for deciding if a battery should be reused, repurposed, or recycled when the EV is retired. The California Advanced Clean Cars II regulation.

Renewable Energy

Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 7, 2024

requiring packaging producers to contribute to the costs of recycling their materials, takes effect in Oregon on July 1, 2025. In the coming years multiple states will implement such regulations: Colorado and Maine’s EPR laws go into effect in 2026, … Continue reading Plastics recycling is coming: How companies should prepare

Recycling

Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 11, 2022

To accomplish this the law advances everything from “food residuals” and organic materials diversion, a new environmental justice litmus test, a solar panel “recovery, reuse, and recycling working group,” an electric school bus mandate, recognizes “nuclear power” as a carbon free energy source, and much, much more.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 23, 2024

. -- The Susquehanna River Basin Commission published notice in the August 24 PA Bulletin announcing its September 12 to consider water withdrawal requests-- including eight shale gas development and a gas power plant-- the FY 2026 budget and procurement regulations. Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Consol Energy Inc.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Recently, the CEO of Shell said the plant cost $14 billion to build and would not be fully operational until 2025 or 2026. No Environmental Compliance Requirement The PA Resource Manufacturing Tax Credit is awarded without regard to whether a facility receiving the tax credit is complying with the state’s environmental laws and regulations.

Air Pollution

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 28, 2023

Under provincial regulations, beverage companies in Ontario are required to collect and recycle or refill 75 per cent of their non-alcoholic empties by 2026 and 80 per cent by 2030. Right now, less than 50 per cent of non-alcoholic beverage containers are collected in recycling bins.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

THURSDAY 10:00: Independent Regulatory Review Commission meets to consider Final Emergency Regulation Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil and Gas Operations. THURSDAY 10:00: Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force hearing on LNG terminal proposal in Philadelphia. Courtyard Philadelphia South at The Navy Yard, Philadelphia.

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