94 New Articles - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 31, 2024
Signs Off On Solar Energy Facility -- USDA Funds 31 Local Projects Totaling $5.69
Carrying the Freight
Legal Planet
MARCH 3, 2022
A quarter of carbon emissions from transportation come from heavy-duty trucks. They are also disproportionate sources of air pollution. Addressing these emissions will be challenging and will require a multi-prong strategy. Shifting transport from trucks to trains substantially cut emissions.
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Five Reasons Why Juliana Failed
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
carbon emissions. Besides the conservative tilt of today’s Supreme Court, the plaintiffs faced serious legal hurdles. courts to the global climate system or even, so far as I know, to issues of air pollution. Given previous developments in U.S. Second, the public trust doctrine had never been applied by U.S.
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PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Over 51,000 Christians Call For Stronger Standards On Fossil Fuel Power Plants
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 8, 2023
Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed standards on carbon pollution from fossil-fuel-fired power plants ( Docket ID No. Power plants are responsible for approximately 25% of climate pollution in the U.S. and are the second largest source of carbon emissions nationwide. EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0072-0001 ).
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Environmentalism and the Supreme Court
Legal Planet
AUGUST 26, 2021
If you’re an anti-regulatory conservative, you’d probably flip these designations. The Court then held that greenhouse gases are covered by the Clean Air Act as a type of air pollutant. This gave EPA the power to impose limits on carbon emissions by vehicles and industry. Illinois Central Railroad v.
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The US Supreme Court’s earliest pollution cases
Environment, Law, and History
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Farber writes: Well over a century ago, the Supreme Court ruled that it had that power to remedy interstate water pollution. Six years later, the Court decided its first air pollution case. Notably, these cases came during the conservative Lochner era when the Court was hardly known for its liberalism. That was in 1901.
Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.25.23
PA Environment Daily
MAY 25, 2023
. -- Choose Clean Water Coalition Recognizes 2023 Clean Water Champions [PaEN] -- DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24 [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Groups Say Shell Should Have Done More (..)
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The Climate Commitment Act: A Promise to Washington's Communities
Washington Nature
OCTOBER 25, 2022
View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Nature Conservancy in WA (@conserve_wa). To address this concern in Washington, the CCA includes a more expansive air quality program that covers all permitted and unregulated sources of emissions, not just the largest emitters.
Duquesne Light Expanding Public Electric Vehicle Charging Offerings In Allegheny, Beaver Counties
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 1, 2022
“As part of our commitment to create a clean energy future for all in the Pittsburgh region, DLC is increasing opportunities for customers and communities to experience the many benefits of electric mobility while addressing one of our area’s largest sources of carbon emissions and air pollution —?transportation,”
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CBF Blog: What Is Regenerative Agriculture, And Why Is It Re-Emerging Now?
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 28, 2021
DEP Chesapeake Bay Implementation: 7 Conservation Districts Awarded $2.98 The majority of the food we consume around the world is grown through varying methods of intensive industrial agriculture, a form of modern farming that became prevalent during the era of the Industrial Revolution. Reprinted from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog.)
Using the Free Market to Affect Change: An Argument for Environmental Taxes
Vermont Law
SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
to reducing their carbon emissions. which will implement national standards to govern carbon pollution from power plants. the Paris Agreement) that will require periodic, rigorous accounting and management of total national emissions. social cost of carbon. to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
21 Projects Honored With The 2023 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence
PA Environment Daily
MAY 1, 2023
A sampling protocol was developed, as well as a field sampling tool using Field Maps in ESRI to record data for reporting purposes. -- Natural Lands for the Bryn Coed Farm Conservation: In 2017, Natural Lands acquired a 1,505-acre mosaic of forest and fields known as Bryn Coed Farms—which means “wooded hill” in Welsh.
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IPCC report urges for action to limit global warming to 1.5C
Edouard Stenger
OCTOBER 29, 2018
LED bulbs are just one example among many on how doing more with less has a lot of potential as it is estimated that 570 million tons of carbon emissions have been prevented in 2017 alone by the adoption of more efficient lights. Conserving resources is great but it can’t scale fast enough. That is a lot for just one technology.
Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Abatement : The process of reducing the quantity, intensity, or saturation of a pollutant or other harmful substance by way of treatment. Conservation : The preservation or restoration of a natural environment for the social, ecological, or even economical benefit. Indoor air is anything contained with a building.
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Allegations of extensive sexual abuse at Kenyan offsetting project used by Shell and Netflix
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. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.
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How Green Tech Helps Create Sustainable Mobility in Cities
Earthava
MAY 17, 2021
However, one of its most pressing current challenges is reducing the carbon emissions from transportation, a sector that is one of the highest contributors to greenhouse gases. Here are just some of the ways in how green tech can develop cities while conserving and preserving the environment. Promotes sustainable transport.
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Why Ontario needs to stop burning polluting gas for electricity
Enviromental Defense
MAY 18, 2021
The decision to ditch coal was the biggest single action of its time to cut carbon emissions in North America. It also improved air quality and made smog days a thing of the past. That means carbon emissions from electricity in Ontario will be rising back up again after years of decline. Source: IESO [link].
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Washington Takes Bold Action with Passage of Climate Commitment Act
Washington Nature
APRIL 24, 2021
” — David Mendoza, Advocacy and Engagement Director for The Nature Conservancy in Washington. “ A just transition requires a strong cap on carbon pollution and a price on carbon to accelerate strategic investments in reducing carbon emissions, cleaning up our air and water, and adapting our transportation systems.
U.S. Supreme Court Decision Did Not Affect EPA’s Ability To Regulate Carbon Dioxide As A Pollutant, Has No Impact On DEP's RGGI Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Program
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 30, 2022
Pennsylvanians strongly favor strong protections for the air we all breathe, the water we drink, and the land we live, work, and play on. This administration will continue to uphold our constitutional responsibility to conserve and maintain clean air and pure water for all people, including generations yet to come.”
Wind-powered Cargo Vessel Holds Hope for a Greener Future
Ocean Conservancy
MAY 27, 2022
Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. I was lucky to visit the Grain de Sail on May 18, 2022, midway through its stay in New York, coinciding with yet another virtual meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) sharpening discussions on shipping emissions. Never miss an update. Enter Your Email.loading.
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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts
Law Columbia
JULY 6, 2017
These potential intervenors alleged that the additional emissions during the stay period would harm their interest in protecting their residents from the effects of air pollution and climate change. Thirteen states, the District of Columbia, and the City of Chicago sought leave to intervene on behalf of the petitioners.
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Hearings Start March 21 For DCNR, DEP, Agriculture FY 2023-24 Budget Requests
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 17, 2023
million for the Department of Environmental Protection to speed up permit reviews and expand the agency’s oversight inspections, conduct more responsive air sampling, increase the number of dam safety inspections and implement the CO2 Budget Trading Program. Shapiro unveiled his first proposed state budget that includes $5.75
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Gov. Shapiro’s Budget Proposes Major Initiative To Speed Up DEP Permit Reviews/ Inspections; Double Oil & Gas Fund Investment In State Parks/Forests Infrastructure
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 7, 2023
million for the Department of Environmental Protection to speed up permit reviews and expand the agency’s oversight inspections, conduct more responsive air sampling, increase the number of dam safety inspections and implement the CO2 Budget Trading Program. Shapiro unveiled his first proposed state budget that includes $5.75
105 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 23, 2023
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Roe v. Wade Draft Bodes Ill for Air, Wetlands and EPA
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 19, 2022
The landmark Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and the Environmental Protection Agency were all enacted or created in the 1970s. Trump is out of office, but he left behind a 6-3 conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court. All this appears lost on Justice Alito.
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On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare
Environmental Progress
JUNE 29, 2020
In reality, the above facts come from the best-available scientific studies, including those conducted by or accepted by the IPCC, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and other leading scientific bodies. But too often we are guilty of the same.
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Gov. Wolf Vetoes Resolution That Would Kill Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants; General Assembly Failed To Act Within Statutory Deadlines
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 11, 2022
Tom Wolf vetoed and disapproved Senate Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution 1, which would have disabled the Commonwealth’s opportunity to enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and effectively achieve climate goals and reduce carbon emissions. This is a plan that 72 percent of Pennsylvanians support.
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Why Ceding Nuclear to China and Russia Threatens National Security: Michael Shellenberger's Congressional Testimony July 28, 2020
Environmental Progress
JULY 29, 2020
By occupying large areas of migratory habitat, wind turbines have also emerged as one of the greatest threats to large, threatened, and high-conservation-value birds. The good news is that recent and historical events show that economic growth can actually lower carbon emissions. But it is neither a crisis nor an emergency.
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Gov. Shapiro Joins Industry, Labor, Environmental, Consumer Leaders To Highlight New Energy Plan To Create Jobs, Lower Costs For Pennsylvanians
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 15, 2024
The Nature Conservancy PA “ The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania is encouraged by Gov. and a leading source of the emissions that cause climate change. Click Here for the Senate Republican reaction to Energy Plan. Click Here for Gov. Shapiro’s reaction to the Republican reaction. Our kids are counting on us to make it happen.
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Marcellus Shale Coalition Blog: Research Confirms Natural Gas Developed Responsibly, Safely
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 1, 2022
Whether air or water, public health or land conservation, years of academic research and independent analyses confirm the safe and responsible nature of Pennsylvania’s natural gas production. In addition to carbon dioxide emission reductions, sulfur and nitrogen pollutants also declined and improved public health.
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Fuel Efficiency Standards Trumped?
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 8, 2017
of total United States greenhouse gas emissions, with passenger cars and light-duty trucks being the largest source. of the Clean Air Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to address this through emissions standards for air pollution from cars and trucks. Transportation accounts for. 27 percent.
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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.1.22
PA Environment Daily
JULY 1, 2022
Bartolotta -- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants [PaEN] -- DEP Accepting Applications For Electric Cargo Handling Grants To Reduce Air Pollution [PaEN] -- July 2 Pennsylvania Bulletin Is Now Available -- Post-Gazette: Proposed U.S. Yaw and Sen.
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Wasting Gas
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 1, 2022
The rule will be good for everyone except the oil and gas operators who waste the gas, increasing methane and carbon emissions while giving the public nothing in return. The other is that the rules have different purposes, since the Interior rule is designed to conserve gas rather than emission reduction as such.
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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 7.21.21
PA Environment Daily
JULY 21, 2021
-- ScrantonT: Smoky Haze From Western Fires Blankets Northeast PA -- Inquirer: Smoke From Pacific Northwest Wildfires Again Fill Skies Over Philly -- PennLive: West Nile Virus Found In York County: Officials [ West Nile Virus Positive Mosquitoes Found In 14 PA Counties ] -- DEP: Took Action On 671 Permits, 93% Meeting Deadline; Conducted 1,327 Inspections; (..)
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Good Environmental Bills Are Missing On The List Of Senate, House Accomplishments For 2021
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Remember to check the PA Environmental Council Bill Tracker for the status and updates on pending state legislation and regulations that affect environmental and conservation efforts in Pennsylvania. The bill was announced in March, introduced in June and is now in the Senate Appropriations Committee awaiting action. Read more here.
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68 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 21, 2022
Releases Air Quality Annual Review Covering 2021 [PaEN] -- Dickinson College To Host International Climate Symposium Oct. Cambria County -- TribLive: Fox Chapel Officials To Make Solar Panel Installation Less Cumbersome -- New Poll: Strong Majority Of PA Voters Support Climate Action To Cut Carbon and Methane Pollution [PaEN] -- U.S.
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Testimony of Michael D. Shellenberger Founder and President, Environmental Progress For the House Oversight Committee August 5, 2020
Environmental Progress
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
In June, HarperCollins published my new book, Apocalypse Never, which reviews the science of climate change and other environmental problems, and which has been widely praised by leading climate and conservation scientists and scholars. Carbon emissions are thus following the same trajectory as other air pollutants.
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Children Will Suffer the Consequences of Recent Supreme Court Rulings
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 1, 2022
First, the conservatives struck down New York’s requirement for gun owners to prove why they should be allowed to pack heat in public. The Supreme Court sharply limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to slash carbon pollution from power plants. The data are overwhelming. billion children living with high levels.
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Let’s Pass Some Good Environmental & Energy Legislation In 2022 - Instead Of Just Dog Whistles
PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Let’s hope the members of the General Assembly rise to the occasion and provide some real conservation leadership this year by passing good bills. House Bill 1226 (Sturla-D- Lancaster) requires farms given preferential tax abatement under the state’s Clean and Green Program to have a conservation plan. We call them “Dog Whistles.”
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74 June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts
Law Columbia
JUNE 8, 2021
Department of Energy (DOE) rule adopted in December 2020 that created new product classes for short-cycle washers and dryers in the energy conservation program. Conservation Congress v. Wyoming Federal Court Allowed Conservation Groups and Business Coalition to Intervene in Cases Challenging Suspension of Oil and Gas Leasing.
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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.17.22
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 17, 2022
22 -- Spotlight PA: Spotted Lanternfly Squashing Was Once All The Rage In PA, Is That Zeal Fading? -- Post-Gazette: How 62 Acres Slated For Development In Allegheny County Became A Conservation Success Story [Allegheny Land Trust] -- U.S. 14 Webinar On Outreach & Marketing To New, Existing Members, Donors [PaEN] -- U.S.
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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults
PA Environment Daily
MAY 28, 2023
To Host Young Naturalist Camp June 11-13 In Westmoreland County -- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center - Night Transforms The Forest -- NextPittsburgh: Latodami Nature Center Offers A Quieter Way To Explore North Park In Allegheny County -- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservancy Water Week Connects Land Management To Water Health June 2 to 10 -- U.S. (..)
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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?
PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 26, 2021
Thank you one and all for your conservation leadership! The diversity, creativity and just the sheer number of projects and programs is truly amazing! This kind of leadership deserves our respect and the support by state lawmakers. Thank you to local news media for publishing these stories! Support Local Journalism!
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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.6.23
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 6, 2023
Capitol -- Politics PA: Conservative Moms For Liberty Group: Who Are They? A hearing was held on the bill June 5. Million On Private Lawyers To Fight Challenge To State’s Education Funding Formula -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: North Fayette Man Sentenced To 4+ Years In Federal Prison For Crimes Related To Assault On U.S. What Do They Want?
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