Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Take for example Ontario’s plans to expand gas infrastructure into rural and northern communities and build more gas plants. Instead of ramping up fossil gas (aka natural gas) consumption, we need to bring it down. The gas subsidy alone amounts to $26,000 per home! Instead, electrify for about half the cost!

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2023

TUESDAY 9:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 652 (Bullock-D-Philadelphia) requiring environmental impact reports on certain electric generation, waste management, sewage treatment and other facilities that are a major source of air pollution proposed in already burdened communities.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2023

Major oil and gas infrastructure facilities could be covered by the amended legislation if they are considered a major source of hazardous air pollutants, criteria pollutants or are subject to prevention of significant deterioration or nonattainment new source review under existing regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2023

Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee informational briefing on carbon capture. A hearing was held on the bill June 5. Room 140 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch online. Read more here. Room 8E-B East Wing.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Fossil fuel power plant owners are facing increased accountability for their air and water pollution, including from a new round of environmental and public health protections that are being rolled out by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 28, 2023

‘Open Mic Night’ [PaEN] -- House Committee Unanimously Reports Out Bill Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools; Also Moves Resolution Urging Hydrogen Hub In PA [PaEN] -- Evangelical Environmental Network Supports Legislation Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools - Bills Will Defend Children’s Health [HB 1032, SB 230] -- PennLive (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

Bartolotta Seek Legislation To Eliminate Environmental Hearing Board Appeals Of DEP Permits For Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities [PaEN] -- Damascus Citizens: Do You Live In An Oil & Gas Wastewater Disposal Facility?

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2021

Senate returns to session September 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule House returns to session September 27, 28, 29 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY: DEP: Issues Air Quality Action Day For Wednesday, July 21 In Southeastern, Lehigh Valley-Berks, Southcentral PA Due To Canadian Wildfires -- NRDC: How The Lack Of Regulation Of Oil (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

StreamWatch Volunteer Training May 20 In Monroe County [PaEN] -- CBF: Proposed Settlement Of Lawsuit Against EPA For Failing To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Meeting Chesapeake Bay Water Pollution Reduction Goals Focuses On Actions In 7 PA Counties [PaEN] -- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Signs Off On Solar Energy Facility -- USDA Funds 31 Local Projects Totaling $5.69

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

As I have spent some sleepless nights since the latest IPCC report on how Mankind has to halve its carbon emissions by 2030. As we shall see, this is already currently happening, it is the moral thing to do, the best economic choice, and the fastest and easiest way to halve our emissions. A moral imperative.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

The IRA will also enable America’s farmers and foresters to improve soil and forest health, sequester carbon, and increase their resilience to climate-fueled extreme weather, while enabling rural communities and electric co-ops to access and benefit from renewable energy. “The on a path to significantly reduce carbon emissions.

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Environmental Progress

JUNE 29, 2020

At 400 pages, with 100 of them endnotes, Apocalypse Never covers climate change, deforestation, plastic waste, species extinction, industrialization, meat, nuclear energy, and renewables. It is based on two decades of research and three decades of environmental activism.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 21, 2022

Releases Air Quality Annual Review Covering 2021 [PaEN] -- Dickinson College To Host International Climate Symposium Oct. Steel, Equinor, Shell To Explore PA-OH-WV Regional Clean Energy Hub To Create New Jobs, Stimulate Economic Growth, Reduce Carbon Emissions -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why Shell, U.S.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta SOMO PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:21 Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Read more Audrey Gaughran Shell cannot be allowed to divest from the onshore oil industry in the Niger Delta before it takes responsibility for its toxic legacy of pollution and the safe decommissioning of abandoned oil infrastructure.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

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. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

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. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

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. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Much of the climate crisis is rooted in environmental racism, and to correct that we have to be intentional about reducing air pollution, building climate resilience and giving voice to vulnerable communities.” “Climate action requires us to prioritize environmental justice,” said Rep. Donna Bullock (D-Philadelphia).

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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. These can be natural events or, as is the case at present, the result of industrial age actions in increasing greenhouse gases and reducing carbon sinks.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2021

None of these bills moved out of the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee or the House Consumer Affairs Committee. -- Clean Vehicle Infrastructure : Senate Bill 435 (Mensch-R-Montgomery) encouraging the development of clean transportation infrastructure to support electric, natural gas and hydrogen vehicles.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

None of these bills moved out of the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee or the House Consumer Affairs Committee. -- Clean Vehicle Infrastructure : Senate Bill 435 (Mensch-R-Montgomery) encouraging the development of clean transportation infrastructure to support electric, natural gas and hydrogen vehicles.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

-- Natural Lands, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Host Feb. Mensch Introduces Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen -- 35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov. Rural Communities On The Front Lines Of Solar's Growth -- Sen.

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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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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. The plaintiffs also alleged a failure to take a hard look at methane waste, including by using an outdated global warming potential for methane.

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