PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Data Center & Energy Summit Missed: It’s Deja Vu - False Promises, Dirty Power - Our People And Communities Deserve Respect [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Extends Hot Weather Alert To July 24 And To Entire Service Area [PaEN] -- July 31 Webinar - Why Is My Electricity Bill So High?

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 30, 2025

For me, and I believe for many folks, solar power is the poster child of climate action," said Betsy Whitman, Patton Township Supervisor and member of the Solar Power Purchase Agreement Working Group. The number of entities involved in this solar power purchase agreement is likely groundbreaking in Pennsylvania.

Government

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 19-21, Sept.

Conservation

Scientific American

AUGUST 11, 2025

Land-based desalination is several times more costly than pulling water from aquifers or lakes, even at giga-plants in the Middle East that benefit from abundant solar power and large economies of scale. For starters, it’s still too expensive.

Technology

Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2025

Severe conditions have raised concerns ahead of the 2026 World Cup hosted in the U.S., More than 80% of us favor building more solar power stations in California. Like in New Mexico , where this Indigenous-led nonprofit group is bringing solar power to Navajo Nation and the Hopi tribe. Canada, and Mexico.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2025

In addition to direct job creation, Mineral Basin Solar Power, LLC plans to invest nearly $20 million in economic development to remove barriers to economic mobility and create opportunities for youths and adults seeking to upskill, right-skill, and reskill across high-demand sectors in the 27-county region. PaEN] -- US Dept.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

23 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept. 4 Webinar - Rewild Your Yard: How Meadows Support Pollinators And Clean Water [PaEN] -- Call For Posters: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay 2025 Chesapeake Watershed Forum Nov. 7, 21, Sept.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2025

23 Webinar On Data Centers - How To Ensure AI And Cryptocurrency Mining Don't Delay Transition To 100% Renewable Energy [PaEN] -- Washington & Jefferson College: Feb. 22 On ARCH2 Appalachian Hydrogen Hub , On Campus, Washington, PA, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Project To Hold Open House Jan.

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

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

JANUARY 26, 2025

-- Inquirer: Ex-Philly Proud Boy Leader Released From Prison -- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics -- Post-Gazette: Pennsylvanias Political Violence Problem Has Local Leaders Amping Up Efforts To Mitigate Tensions -- PA Energy Politics Of Russian Invasion -- Senate Environmental Committee Meets Jan. Ohio- $3.01

Politics

Law Columbia

APRIL 3, 2025

It appears that most, if not all, SfA awardees are using 2025 as a planning year and anticipate launching their offerings in mid-to-late 2025 or early 2026. Pilot opportunities may be available in the summer of 2025, but the full rollout is not expected until January 2026.

2025

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Wind power, solar energy, and battery storage together make up over 95% of the new or planned projects currently seeking grid interconnection nationally, with natural gas accounting for the remainder, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s term ends in May 2026.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2025

23 Webinar On Data Centers - How To Ensure AI And Cryptocurrency Mining Don't Delay Transition To 100% Renewable Energy [PaEN] -- Washington & Jefferson College: Feb. 22 On ARCH2 Appalachian Hydrogen Hub , On Campus, Washington, PA, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Project To Hold Open House Jan.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Data Center & Energy Summit Missed: It’s Deja Vu - False Promises, Dirty Power - Our People And Communities Deserve Respect [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Extends Hot Weather Alert To July 24 And To Entire Service Area [PaEN] -- July 31 Webinar - Why Is My Electricity Bill So High?

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Data Center & Energy Summit Missed: It’s Deja Vu - False Promises, Dirty Power - Our People And Communities Deserve Respect [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Issues Maximum Generation And Load Management Alerts For July 24 [PaEN] -- July 31 Webinar - Why Is My Electricity Bill So High?

Electricity

Legal Planet

AUGUST 5, 2025

Good News Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity “by 2026 at the latest”, according to recent forecasts from the International Energy Agency , which I’ve mentioned here before. LA’s Bureau of Street Lighting is slowly swapping out traditional streetlights for solar-powered versions.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Data Center & Energy Summit Missed: It’s Deja Vu - False Promises, Dirty Power - Our People And Communities Deserve Respect [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Extends Hot Weather Alert To July 24 And To Entire Service Area [PaEN] -- July 31 Webinar - Why Is My Electricity Bill So High?

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2025

PJM Decisions Have Driven Up The Cost Of Electricity [PaEN] -- PUC Safety Division Continues Examination Of June Fatal Rowhouse Explosion In Philadelphia Focused On Natural Gas Utility Infrastructure [PaEN] -- PUC: Pennsylvania Doubles Solar Power Generation In Just 17 Months To 2 Gigawatts [PaEN] -- Registration Open!

Electricity

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.” Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. DEP did NOT issue any violations. Timberline holds 730 permits , including 16 other abandoned wells.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Data Center & Energy Summit Missed: It’s Deja Vu - False Promises, Dirty Power - Our People And Communities Deserve Respect [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Extends Hot Weather Alert To July 24 And To Entire Service Area [PaEN] -- July 31 Webinar - Why Is My Electricity Bill So High?

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Earlier this year, the MPSC approved a settlement agreement on Consumers Energy’s integrated resource plan that commits the company to retire all its remaining coal-fired power plants by 2025, construct no new fossil gas infrastructure, and build large amounts of new solar power between now and 2040.

Clean Energy

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. This target will be raised to 3-5% by 2030, subject to the availability and adoption of SAF across the globe.

Solar Power

Physics World

JULY 9, 2021

Glester’s first guest is Jim Bell from Arizona State University who is involved in the mission to the asteroid Psyche , which launches in 2022 and arrives in 2026. Located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter with an average diameter of 226 km, Psyche consists largely of metal.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2022

In 2021, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation that would increase Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS) goal to 18 percent by 2026. The legislature is also considering a bipartisan bill to authorize community solar in Pennsylvania.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

Promoting local and regional economic development, the Green Building and Design Institute will also help Southwestern Pennsylvania diversify its economy and grow in strategic areas, like solar power and energy efficiency.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2024

acres of earth disturbance activities associated with constructing a small scale solar power facility that Scrubgrass conducted prior to obtaining all of the neces- sary permit from the Department. It also addresses approximately 3.52

Waste

Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2023

billion over 14 years from 2026 to 2040, which is the term of the contracts. Meanwhile, solar power is the cheapest form of new electricity generation anywhere in the world, Ontario included. Catherines. Those two plants alone are going to cost us – ratepayers i.e. people who use electricity – just over $1.1

Fossil Fuels

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

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 25, 2023

Three Rivers WaterKeeper -- Delaware Currents Guest Essay: Threats To Lehigh River Grow While PA Underfunds Water Protection Measures - By PennFuture -- Delaware River Festival: Calling All Artists - Enter Trash Free Waters Art Contest , Aug.

Natural Gas

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. It could then explore local heating systems, using waste heat from factories and power plants rather than building new boilers. An urgent need for change.

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Most studies show that achieving these targets will require an unprecedented increase in wind and solar power to decarbonize the power sector and meet the increased demand for zero- carbon electricity to replace fossil fuels in building, industrial and transportation sectors. times current levels by 2035.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2022

A 2021 report by the US Department of Energy’s Solar Futures Study estimates that as much as 1,600 GW of storage could be available by 2050 in a decarbonized grid scenario if solar power ramps up to meet 45 percent of electricity demand as predicted. Currently only 4 percent of US electricity comes from solar.

Clean Energy

Circle of Blue

MAY 19, 2022

Drawing from the enormous energy portfolio of Hydro-Quebec’s 62 generating stations, the proposed CHPE line is projected to transmit around 10,000 GWh of energy to New York City each year, about 20 percent of the city’s estimated electricity needs in 2026. “To the company building CHPE.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2023

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.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

For PennDOT Multimodal Project Improving Accessibility At Ohiopyle State Park In Fayette County [PaEN] -- PA Wilds Center: Announces 2021 Champions of the PA Wilds Award Winners [PaEN] -- MCall: Beltzville State Park Has A Friend In Volunteers -- StateCollege.com: Friends Of Rothrock State Forest Are Enhancing The Trail System At Musser Gap -- MyPhillyPark.org: (..)

Conservation

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

According to Grist, Congress still has the power to approve these exchanges. This Week’s Top Water Stories, Told In Numbers 200 million Cubic meters of water that Israel will supply to Jordan annually, in exchange for 600 megawatts of solar power capacity.

Government