Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Jurisdictions announced new methane regulations COPs are usually the place where governments announce their recent environmental laws and regulations. Abating methane emissions from the oil and gas sector could be successfully achieved at a comparatively low cost. The agriculture and waste sectors share the remaining 60% of emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

TODAY 1:00: House Consumer Protection, Technology, Utilities Committee holds hearing on House Bill 1578 (Mullins-D-Lackawanna) training and bonding retail electric and natural gas energy suppliers. Million In 2022 To Influence Health Insurance, Health Care Laws In PA -- York Daily Record: Mask Mandates?

Natural Gas 103

Natural Gas Recycling Fossil Fuels 2030 103

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2023

School -- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center To Hold Holiday Camps Dec. Haddock -- EPA/DOE Award DEP $44.4 Keystone Goldwater Conference Feb. 15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN] -- Bucks County Herald: Heritage Conservancy Brings Wildlife Tracking, Tree Guardianship To Bristol Twp.

Natural Gas 105

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Recycling Politics 105

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The UC Berkeley Center for Law, Energy, and Environment (CLEE) helped develop the Initiative, so I’m particularly pleased to highlight it. Methane As has been discussed previously in Legal Planet, methane is a colorless, odorless, flammable gas.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

2, 3, 4 [Unless Sooner Recalled] -- Committee Schedule House next voting day September 26, 27; October 2, 3, 4, 16 [Unless Sooner Recalled] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 9:30: House Agriculture and Rural Affairs informational meeting on invasive species in Pennsylvania.

Natural Gas 114

Natural Gas Conservation Climate Change Greenhouse 114

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2023

Of Agriculture Invests $5 Million To Protect 22 Farms, 2,038 Acres Of Farmland In 13 Counties [PaEN] -- Dept. Commission Office, 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.

Natural Gas 95

Natural Gas Climate Change Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 95

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

DEP said it has the statutory authority in the 1995 law that created the agency, the state Air Pollution Control Act and other laws to establish grant and funding programs to implement the Plan. PA Utility Law Project Webinar On Impacts Of LNG Gas Exports On Energy Costs For Pennsylvania Families. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

Natural Gas 100

Natural Gas Clean Energy Electricity Renewable Energy 100

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

of Agriculture Unveils 2024 PA Farm Show Butter Sculpture -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Residents Urged To Check Homes For Radon In January -- January 6 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available -- Executive Board: Reorganization Of Dept.

Natural Gas 90

Natural Gas Natural Resources Climate Change Conservation 90

Legal Planet

MAY 5, 2022

Rising temperature and lower rainfall will require a shift in agriculture, and impacts in urban areas may be severe. About three-quarters of emissions come from the energy sector, half of the rest from agriculture. As always, the poor will be the most vulnerable to climate change. There are many things to celebrate on Cinco de Mayo.

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Paris Agreement Carbon Emissions Climate Change Rainforest 213

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Of Agriculture Seeking Research Grant Applications On Spotted Lanternflies, Water Quality BMPs, More. Million To Delaware Estuary Program, Including Support For Mussel Hatchery At Philadelphia's Bartram's Gardens [PaEN] -- Dept.

Natural Gas 105

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Earth Day Waste 105

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2022

A new report gives New York a failing grade for its flood risk disclosure laws. Unmonitored Agricultural Operations Cause Bulk of Lake Erie Manure Pollution. On average, previously flooded homes have an annual expected loss of $3,000, according to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council. Find all the work here.

2022 241

2022 Waste Climate Change Law 241

PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2023

PaEN] -- EQB No Longer Has Statutory Authority To Change Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding Amounts To Help Prevent 400 to 600 New Well Abandonments A Year; Adopts Proposed Changes To Water Quality Standards For Comment [PaEN] -- PA Eligible To Apply For $76.4

Natural Gas 94

Natural Gas Air Pollution Environmental Protection Recycling 94

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2024

Meanwhile, there's a longstanding Pennsylvania law that is proving that solar passes the test for rebates from electric companies, piquing the public's interest even more. 1; Will It Address Natural Gas Infrastructure Vulnerabilities ? PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Issues New Cold Weather Alert For Western Region Jan.

Renewable Energy 101

Renewable Energy Natural Gas Environmental Protection Electricity 101

Law and Environment

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Climate Act requires that the scoping plan “inform the state energy planning board’s adoption of a state energy plan,” and the State’s energy law requires that all state entities must make “any energy-related action[s] or decision[s] … reasonably consistent with the. state energy] plan.”.

Greenhouse 130

Greenhouse Clean Energy Biofuels 2030 130

Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

5060 ), titled An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind, into law on Thursday August 11, 2022. The law keeps the required procurement total at 5.6 The law excludes biomass from the definition of renewable energy, meaning it is no longer an eligible resource under the Renewable Portfolio Standard. GW by 2027. Electric Grid.

Clean Energy 147

Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 2027 147

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

28 [PaEN] Help Wanted -- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Agricultural Technician [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- Our Pocono Waters Hosts Sept. Public Participation -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. Public Participation -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept.

Natural Gas 79

Natural Gas Climate Change Fossil Fuels Air Pollution 79

PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2023

Exposing Natural Gas Pipeline Ahead Of Longwall Mining -- CNX Midstream Operating Company, LLC - Exposure Of 2 Natural Gas Pipelines Ahead Of Longwall Underground Coal Mining: DEP invites comments on the project located in Morris Twp., PA Bulletin, page 3760 ) Read more here. PA Bulletin, page 3742 ) Read more here.

Natural Gas 89

Natural Gas Air Pollution Regulations 2023 89

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2023

18 Webinar Launching 9th Compendium Of Scientific, Medical Findings Demonstrating Risks, Harms Of Natural Gas Development, Infrastructure Sierra Club's Delaware County Team Hosts Oct. Of Agriculture Invests $3.5 30; Will Schedule Additional Hearings EPA Awards Penn State Hershey Medical Center $1.19

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Natural Gas Nuclear Power Waste Conservation 94

Legal Planet

MAY 18, 2022

Ukraine and Russia together account for more than a quarter of the world’s wheat exports and a substantial share of other key crops such as corn, not to mention key raw materials and natural gas that are critical inputs for fertilizer ( fertilizer prices have also moved sharply higher over the last several months).

Politics 215

Politics 2010 Government Natural Gas 215

Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In June, the Church’s agricultural holding company beat out Gates’ 100C LLC, cementing the Latter-day Saints as one of the largest commercial agricultural landowners in the western United States. Because if water law is anything, it’s complex. Osborn, who is semi-retired, teaches water law at the University of Washington.

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2019 2018 2010 Climate Change 246

Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2023

Here’s a statement from the Center for International Environmental Law: Despite occupying center stage in the “net-zero” climate plans trumpeted by the United States and Canada at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate, government spending programs, and bills pending before Congress and Parliament, carbon capture is not a climate solution.

Fossil Fuels 130

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Natural Gas Deforestation 130

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2023

Of Agriculture Reports 106 Cases Of Rabies In Animals So Far In 2023 -- Post-Gazette: Allegheny Health Dept.’s s Annual Raccoon Rabies Vaccination Program Set To Begin -- Williamsport Sun - Bills Bower: Reflections In Nature - How Do Mountains Get Named? Bradford County -- Delaware River Basin Commission Holds Aug.

Natural Gas 74

Natural Gas Ocean Conservation Waste 74

The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

Department of Agriculture that found China’s ownership of U.S. Based on these figures, the president of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association predicts that the state’s long-term economic future will depend on a “strong, robust oil and natural gas industry.” billion dollars’ worth of holdings in 2020.

Law 98

Law 2023 Natural Gas 2020 98

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2024

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the January 27 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 27 PA Bulletin it is extending the deadline for conventional and unconventional natural gas facility operators to submit their first methane pollution emissions report to June 1, 2024.

Environmental Protection 103

Environmental Protection Regulations Natural Gas 2024 103

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2023

9 In Pittsburgh On Managing Shale Gas, Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Penn State Hosts Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 2nd Annual Marcellus Shale Water Business Update Conference Aug.

Natural Gas 85

Natural Gas 2002 Clean Energy Technology 85

PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2022

Lawrence County farmer Herm Cvetan is challenging a local township ordinance that prohibits the installation of solar energy facilities on farms under the state’s Right To Farm Act (ACRE - Agriculture, Communities and Rural Environment Program).

Renewable Energy 52

Renewable Energy Natural Gas Law Electricity 52

PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2023

From July 8 to 14, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 672 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 52 violations (new and continuing) of environmental regulations-- 43 violation entries by the conventional oil and gas industry and 9 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry.

Natural Gas 68

Natural Gas Waste 2023 Regulations 68

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.

Government 52

Government Law Waste Clean Air Act 52

PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2023

NewsClips: -- Public News Service: Report: Oil And Gas Air Pollution Effects On Health Of Pennsylvanians -- TribLive: Protect PT Seeks Support For Proposed Ordinance Regulating Shale Gas Wells In Penn Twp., Gasoline Stations And Aging Underground Storage Tanks In Pennsylvania [PaEN] [Posted: July 15, 2023] PA Environment Digest

Natural Gas 78

Natural Gas Biofuels Regulations Air Pollution 78

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2024

20 to 26 - 15 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Plugging Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; Revolution Pipeline Land Slip; Brief Compressor Fire; Crypto Mining? Chester County Commissioners Approve New Integrated Water Resources Plan, Watersheds 2045 DEP Awards Susquehanna River Basin Commission $68.2

Natural Resources 96

Natural Resources Conservation Recycling Air Pollution 96

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Billion Endowment -- Inside Climate News: In Dimock, Susquehanna County, A PA Town Riven By Fracking, Concerns About Ties Between A Judge And A Gas Driller Over Recent Attorney General Settlement -- Better Path Coalition Hosts Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb.

Conservation 111

Conservation Natural Gas Clean Energy Air Pollution 111

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Current Pennsylvania law prohibits shared residences, apartment buildings or shaded roofs from utilizing solar energy – one of the fastest growing forms of energy nationally. Solar panels can provide that necessary income by being placed above crops to allow the land to have a dual-use: agriculture and solar.

Electricity 79

Electricity Natural Gas Clean Energy Law 79

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

3 [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 3 [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 3 [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 28 to Feb. 28 to Feb. 28 to Feb.

Natural Gas 73

Natural Gas Recycling Conservation Fossil Fuels 73

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 27, 2021

of Agriculture Reminder: Still Time To Apply For REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credits PA Treasury: Agri-Link Low-Interest Loan Program Supports Agricultural Best Management Practices Lancaster Clean Water Partners To Begin Accepting Applications For Clean Water Implementation Grants On Jan.

Clean Energy 52

Clean Energy Conservation Natural Gas 2021 52

The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

With topics ranging from offshore oil and gas moratoriums to restrictions on natural gas flaring and venting, the following is an overview of notable energy legislation to be heard in state legislatures this year. Ron Reynolds, make up a two-fold strategy to limit natural gas flaring and venting in the state. [1]

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2021 Natural Gas Renewable Energy Natural Resources 52

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

3 PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 28 to Feb. 3–4 Postponed: PennDOT National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant Applications PennTAP: Apply Now For USDA Rural Energy For America Renewable Energy, Efficiency Improvement Loans, Grants PA Solar Center Webinar: Feb.

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Conservation Recycling Air Pollution 2023 95