PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

in our region by 2030 as building electrification, EVs, and most importantly, data centers soak up enormous amounts of electricity. Now, it’s more important than ever to consider the interests of average utility customers in our region, whose electricity bills and reliable service could be materially affected. 9 Webinar On Growth Of A.I.

Electricity

Legal Planet

JUNE 17, 2025

That same day, Trump signed a trio of congressional resolutions that improperly seek to vaporize California’s long-standing authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate vehicle pollution to clean our air. That last one got less coverage than it deserves.

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

In 2020, Google announced its intention to power its data centers with 24/7 carbon-free energy by 2030. As one example, in 2021, we partnered with AES Clean Energy to develop a portfolio of carbon-free energy resources to power our data center facilities in Virginia. And we have done so since 2017 even as we have continued to grow.

Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2025

Recyclable EV batteries Between now and 2030, battery electric vehicle retirements will increase rapidly and if we do not have a strong policy in place we could end up with batteries in landfills or being abandoned all together. California is not entirely immune to the tomfoolery going on at the federal level.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

APRIL 23, 2025

About 90 percent of the sampled cleaned surfaces showed Pb levels below the EPA limit, indicating that cleaning is often, but not always, effective at removing heavy metals from surfaces. The arguments in Diamond Alternative Energy v. EPA wont center on the waiver itself, which oil and biofuel interests had sued over.

Earth Day

National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

is equal to or above 20 percent, the implementation date will be fiscal year 2030. If a state’s 2025 payment error rate multiplied by 1.5 is equal to or above 20 percent, then the cost-share requirements will not go into effect until fiscal year 2029. If the state’s payment error rate for 2026 multiplied by 1.5

2013

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2025

The former means less science advice to develop the 2030 census, the largest non-wartime civic mobilization effort in the United States. The Trump administration has eliminated the Census Bureaus Science Advisory Committee and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Committee for Science Quality and Integrity.

Government

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

4 [PaEN] -- Green Building Alliance Invites New Kensington Commercial Property, Business Owners To 2030 District Launch and Energy Efficiency Info Session Dec. 4 [PaEN] -- Green Building Alliance Invites New Kensington Commercial Property, Business Owners To 2030 District Launch and Energy Efficiency Info Session Dec.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2025

while we work to ensure data centers and related facilities can be powered and operated in a clean manner with American-made energy. The global AI manufacturing market is valued at about $7 billion, but it’s expected to explode to $48 billion by 2030. “Those looking to invest in and develop AI should be able to do so in the U.S.,

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 1, 2022

This truck proposal is just more of the same: when considering credits, Option 1 gives away 12 percent of the first step of regulations (2027-2030), causing even further delayed action in an industry that hasn’t seen new tailpipe NO X regulation in over 20 years. Image: Freightliner ).

Clean Air Act

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Clean Power Plan was based on section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. There’s been a lot of discussion among academics and advocates about instead using section 115 of the Clean Air Act as a basis for carbon regulations. Here are the options going forward for regulating existing power plants.

Clean Air Act

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Under the Clean Air Act, California has the unique ability to set its own standards for tailpipe emissions from new vehicles, including greenhouse gases. There are some aggressive milestone requirements: 35% of new vehicles must be electric by 2026 and 68% in 2030. Other states can then piggyback on California’s efforts.

Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

EPA did not revoke EPA’s underlying authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. First and foremost, despite some fossil fuel interests swinging for the fossil fuel-favored fences, the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. And here, the Court has struck a devastating blow.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Today, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) projects that 50 percent of US passenger car sales could very well be electric by 2030. Senate Bill 233 would require all EVs sold in the state to have bidirectional charging capacity by 2030. If that happens, EVs could make up 60 to 70 percent of the cars on US roads by 2050.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

Once Congress passes protective laws like the Clean Air Act, agencies have generally had deference to implement those laws based on the latest scientific evidence of harms caused by pollutants and options to limit those harms. With this decision, the Court has instead hamstrung that authority.

Climate Change

Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Indeed, EPA has stated publicly that, at least through 2030, it will perform effects determinations only when ordered to do by a court. The Clean Water Act – It’s routine for EPA to take more than 10 years to act on NPDES permit renewals. They created a pathway towards cleaning our air, water, and land.

Clean Air Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 3, 2024

Under the federal Clean Air Act, California must obtain a waiver from EPA for certain air quality regulations that go beyond federal standards. Compliance began on January 1, 2024 for state and local fleet and drayage requirements, but different portions of the rule phase in gradually through 2042.

Electricity

Acoel

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Indeed, EPA has stated publicly that, at least through 2030, it will perform effects determinations only when ordered to do so by a court. The Clean Water Act – It’s routine for EPA to take more than 10 years to act on NPDES permit renewals. They created a pathway towards cleaning our air, water, and land.

Clean Air Act

Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

By 2030, plastic production will contribute 1.3 Strengthen environmental regulations like the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and Toxic Substances Control Act protections to reduce pollution and climate impacts in fenceline communities.

Ocean

Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2024

Reasonable assurance is proposed for 2030, providing corporations with several years to get their disclosures right. EPA, as well as state and municipal governments, use the information received from reporting entities to inform the development and implementation of rules and regulations prescribed by the Clean Air Act (CAA).

Law

Law Columbia

AUGUST 3, 2018

million barrels per day by 2030, compared to retaining the existing standards. While that increase may sound small, it is a major boon for the oil industry, particularly given projections that, absent the SAFE Vehicle Rule, petroleum consumption would decline by 4 percent through 2030.

Carbon Dioxide

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2023

leader in cleaning up the light duty fleet quietly released its own proposal in August: the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed to improve fuel economy of passenger cars and trucks steadily from 2027 through 2032 and heavy-duty pickups and vans from 2030 to 2035.

Electricity

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had failed to fulfill its non-discretionary obligation under Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act to conduct evaluations of loss or shifts in employment that might result from implementation of the Clean Air Act. Murray Energy Corp. McCarthy , No. 5:14 -cv-39 (N.D.

2016

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2021

When fully implemented, the Clean Power Plan was intended to cut carbon emissions 30% below the 2005 level by 2030. Compliance was set to begin in 2022, ramping up toward 2030 emission reduction goals. Even without the Clean Power Plan, carbon emissions from power generators fell about 15% from the 2015 level.

2015

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This rule was a clear opportunity to exercise the Agency’s authority under the Clean Air Act to promote the most advanced emissions reductions technology. As it readies its next step, EPA still has not granted California its waiver for the Heavy-duty Omnibus and Advanced Clean Trucks rules.

Clean Air Act

Acoel

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The federal Clean Air Act (CAA) was enacted in 1970 and amended in 1977 and 1990. EPA regulations under the Clean Air Act for controlling mercury, sulfur dioxide, ozone and other pollutants have contributed to the employment decline. Source: US DOE/EIA. Source: US DOE/EIA.

2022

Columbia Climate Law

APRIL 24, 2020

The Clean Power Plan was the Obama Administration’s rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants, the nation’s largest stationary source of climate pollution. The rule was expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 30% by 2030.

Government

Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in Clean Air Act ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan. Water supply in several parts of Sri Lanka including its commercial capital Colombo had to be suspended.

Fossil Fuels

Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in Clean Air Act ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan. Water supply in several parts of Sri Lanka including its commercial capital Colombo had to be suspended.

2015

Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in Clean Air Act ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan.

2015

ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The executive order requires the federal government to only purchase energy from renewable sources by 2030 and to exclusively buy zero-emissions vehicles by 2035. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. Lands and Waters By 2030. The draft is open for review through Feb. Comments are due Jan.

2021

Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

Fossil Fuels

Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

Fossil Fuels

Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

Fossil Fuels

Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

Fossil Fuels

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

Fossil Fuels

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

Fossil Fuels