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

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

TODAY 1:30: DEP, DCNR, PUC To Announce 2 GW Of Solar Power Installed In PA , 1:30 At Gifford Pinchot State Park, Lewisberry, York County TODAY 4:00: PJM Interconnection Announces Results Of Latest Power Auction TODAY 10:00: In-Person. July 26-- In-Person. Celebrate The Bloom! On The Prairie At Jennings Environmental Ed Center.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

1 At The Southeast Agricultural Research Farm In Centre County [PaEN] -- Lehigh Valleys Wildlands Conservancy Highlights April Educational Programs; Tree Planting; Hikes; Summer Camps -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Its Spring! Shapiro Is Lying About How His Trip To White House Unfroze $2.1

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

Miles Of 4 Texas Eastern Natural Gas Pipelines To Allow For Longwall Coal Mining In Greene County [PaEN] -- PA Independent Oil & Gas Assn. Miles Of 4 Texas Eastern Natural Gas Pipelines To Allow For Longwall Coal Mining In Greene County [PaEN] -- PA Independent Oil & Gas Assn.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Is Nuclear The Hot New Clean Power Source? Of Agriculture Now Accepting Agricultural Research Grant Applications, July 25 Deadline -- Gov. Million Water Main, Lead Service Line Replacement Projects -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Water Authority Launches $75.4

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Billion -- American Gas Association: Presidents Tariffs On Canadian Natural Gas Will Cost US Consumers At Least $1.1 Billion A Year -- Inquirer: With Canada And Mexico As PAs Top Trade Partners, Gov. Shapiro Says Presidents Tariff Plan Makes No Sense; Only Means Higher Prices For Pennsylvanians; Why Did He Do It? .;

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

Related Articles This Week: -- DEP Did Over 107,000 Inspections, Found 35,237 Violations, Responded To 410 Emergencies In 2024 To Protect PA's Environment, Public Safety [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. Shapiros Accomplishments webpage to learn more.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp., Gigawatt Homer City Generation Natural Gas Power Plant For Data Center In Indiana County [PaEN] -- Gov. Megawatts -- PennLive: 22 Bay Electric Vehicle Charging Station Opens In Lower Swatara Twp.,

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp., McKean County [PaEN] -- DEP Received Air Quality Permit For 4.6

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2025

. -- Beaver Times: PA Gambling Revenues Hit Record High In 2024 For One Reason - Online Gambling -- Sen. Ohio- $3.01 Ohio- $3.01

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

As extreme heat impacts our health and agriculture, sea levels are rising, and storms are worsening, the effects of climate change are felt both locally and globally. It is undeniable that fossil fuels, both their extraction and use, interact with the land. Fossil fuels are the largest driver of the climate crisis.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

Davis, DEP, Community Celebrate The Opening Of Federal/State Funded Blacklick Creek Mine Drainage Treatment Plant To Clean Up 25 Miles Of Waterways In Cambria, Indiana Counties [PaEN] -- Indiana Gazette: Blacklick Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment Facility Celebrated Near Vintondale -- DEP Now Accepting Applications For First Round Of Federally-Funded (..)

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

16 Plum Boro Community Meeting On Pennaco Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells, Plum Borough Community Center, Allegheny County 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. -- Physicians For Social Responsibility- PA: Jan. 1 -- Altoona Mirror: Peoples Gas Natural Gas Rates To Increase Jan. 13 -- Protect PT/Three Rivers Waterkeepers Jan.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & Natural Gas Extraction [PaEN] -- Part II - Health Impacts: State Dept. Data Center Demands -- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Sees Growing Demand From A.I.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Residents In Allegheny County -- Natural Lands Preserves 2 Forested Properties Totaling 151 Acres In Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon Counties [PaEN] -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: $1.8 Luzerne County [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: Using Live Stake Nurseries To Engage Communities In Stream Health [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed!

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

August 13-- Senate and House Agricultural & Rural Affairs Committees Information Session At Penn State Ag Progress Days. July 24-- Virtual : The Reliable Grid Project Webinar On PJM’s Latest Capacity Auction, Consumer Inpacts, Federal Policy Shifts , 2:00 p.m. July 26-- In-Person. Celebrate The Bloom! Slippery Rock, Butler County.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Million In Solar For All Funding From Self-Imposed Freeze [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Solar Power Supporters In PA Say Outlook Is Positive, Even As Policies Could Change Under President -- City Of Reading Begins Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy Project To Save $13.3

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

House Agriculture & Rural Affairs and Health Committees joint informational meeting on spread of bird flu from birds to cattle to people. February 26-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Department of Agriculture. February 27-- Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 9:30 - Department of Agriculture.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Ongoing Safety Review I&E Safety Division engineers responded to the scene on Sunday, June 29, and maintained a presence at the site throughout the following week, coordinating with the Philadelphia Fire Marshal’s Office, Philadelphia Gas Works, the U.S. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2025

House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee information meeting on natural gas 101 - from generation to distribution. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. June 9-- NEW.

Electricity

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

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 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

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Greenworks Law & Consulting LLC The following article first appeared on LinkedIn November 19, 2022 -- On November 3, 2022, Pennsylvania Governor Wolf quietly signed into law resurrecting the prospect of liquified natural gas ("LNG") export facilities at the Port of Philadelphia. Williams, Esq., Williams, Esq.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

CARB’s use of the LCFS as a cash cow to fund manure digesters is bad transportation fuel policy and bad agricultural policy. This conclusion came from adding up the emissions from coal used to power the production process, natural gas-based fertilizer and diesel fuel used to farm and transport the corn and ethanol.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Specifically, it is important to understand that solar is not being sited in equal quantities on these three types of land, as farmland hosts far more solar projects (33%) than either grassland (6%) or forests (4%). For comparison, nearly 3% of solar power is currently sited in urban areas. [1].

Carbon Dioxide

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

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

EIA: 'Increasing Electricity Generation From Renewable Sources Contributes To Lower Power Prices' In 2023 [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline: New Energy Co-Op Helps Make Switch To Solar Power Easier, More Affordable In Lancaster -- Nebraska Examiner: U.S.

Natural Gas

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 26, 2024

Photo by Alberta Newsroom via Flickr Creative Commons Premier Smith also made a pretty big deal about the impacts that wind and solar would have on agriculture and the environment in her Feb 28th statement. The report said that “renewables pose little threat to Alberta’s agriculture and environment.”

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

TODAY 10:30: House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meets on House Resolution 132 (Matzie-D-Beaver) designating June 19 to 25 as Pollinator Week in Pennsylvania. Room 140 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch live. Room 515 Irvis Building.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. FRIDAY Noon: PA Solar Center Webinar On Solar Guidebook For PA Landowners - Leasing Property For Large-Scale Solar Development. Senate next voting day October 23, 24, 25, Nov. 13, 14, 15, Dec. 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule House next voting day October 30, 31, Nov. Harrisburg.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

By Dave Blehi, Penn State News In November 2018, Pennsylvania adopted a Solar Future Plan to increase the state’s solar energy generation 10% by the year 2030. This will require the use of large land areas that are often in competition with other uses, particularly agricultural production.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb. Washington County [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On Mariner East II Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Chapter 102 Permit Amendment For An Area In West Goshen Twp.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 25, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- 3 Days That Shook Washington County: Natural Gas Plant Explosion; Pipeline Leak Of 1.1 And Pennzoil Company In Elk County [PaEN] -- Bloomberg: Drought Impact On Panama Canal Threatens Disruption In U.S.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

By Kathy Cook, League of Women Voters of PA On May 25, 2021, a joint committee hearing on utility scale solar development was hosted by Pennsylvania’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Local Government Committees. Some counties in the PA Wilds have active proposals for solar fields going on old strip mine lands.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

8 Webinar On Private Water Supply Education & Water Testing [PaEN] -- PASA Sustainable Agriculture 2024 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. -- Hydrogen Tax Credit Changes, Riparian Buffers, Light Pollution On House Environmental Committee Agenda For Dec. 1 -- Penn State Extension Host Jan.

Natural Gas