Greenbuilding Law

JULY 9, 2023

Co Benefits for Human Health : Methane is a key precursor of tropospheric ozone (ground level), a harmful air pollutant. By curbing methane emissions, we can simultaneously reduce harmful air pollutants that have detrimental effects on human health, including respiratory illnesses and cardiovascular diseases.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

Click Here for the Senate Republican reaction to Energy Plan. This plan is projected to save Pennsylvania ratepayers and Pennsylvania households more than $252 million dollars in the first five years alone, lower utility bills, and create a more reliable energy industry, create more jobs, and a cleaner air – that is a win in my book.”

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2023

Sewer System Sale To Aqua Pennsylvania -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Bring Hard-To-Recycle Items To PA Resources Council Events In Allegheny County -- Scranton Times Editorial: Set National Plastics Recycling Rules -- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2024

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2022

Senate Climate, Energy Bill -- AP: U.S. Senate Dems Push Climate, Energy, Health Bill Toward Senate OK -- Inside Climate News: Deep In U.S. Senate Climate, Energy Bill, Analysts See More Wins For Clean Energy Than Gifts For Oil, Natural Gas -- Reuters: U.S. What’s Your Community Doing?

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

“Job-killing regulations” is a longtime conservative meme. That attack has now been joined by the claim that major new spending for clean energy is overheating the economy. The National Association of Manufacturers recently claimed that new regulations to cut air pollution would “threaten $162.4 billion to $197.4

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2023

DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Air Pollution Violations $1.5 Transition To Electric Cars Threatens Environmental Havoc PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- The Center Square: Republican Rep. Senate returns to voting session Feb.

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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. Those technologies and others allowed conventional air pollutants to peak in developed nations the 1960s and 1970s. But it is neither a crisis nor an emergency.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.” - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] Senate next voting day March 18, 19, 20 -- Committee Schedule -- Senate Agency Budget Hearing Schedule.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2022

“Environmental protection is the key to creating jobs, strengthening our economy and promoting equity at a time when families and local businesses are struggling to recover from the pandemic and facing high energy prices,” said Molly Parzen, Executive Director of Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 29, 2023

Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers Historic Site Hosting Festival Of Wood Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Starbucks Manager -- The Allegheny Front: Southwestern PA Unions Disappointed Regional Hydrogen Hub Will Be Based In West Virginia -- Erie Times: Venango Township Residents Raise Concerns About Proposed Solar Energy Facility -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Long Duration Energy Storage Integral To Net Zero Carbon Clean Energy Transition -- Altoona Mirror: (..)

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 21, 2021

26 [PaEN] -- PA Senators Call For More Natural Gas Pipelines As Winter Heating Costs Expected To Increase Dramatically [Consumer Advocate Told The Senate Heating Costs Could Jump 20% In Gas-Rich PA] [Note: Solar And Wind Energy Facilities Have No Fuel Costs That Fluctuate Wildly On International Markets.] -- U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

House returns to session September 12, 13, 14 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session September 19, 20, 21 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TUESDAY 10:00: DCNR Joins Lancaster Conservancy to announce an historic investment in projects across Pennsylvania to create more new regional opportunities.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2023

Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. 28-29 In Wilmington, DE [PaEN] -- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Now Accepting Registrations For Loving The Land Through Working Forests Conference Sept. 16 [PaEN] -- Buffalo Creek Coalition Hosts Aug. 7 [PaEN] -- Inside Climate News: Documents Reveal [A Few] New Details About Gov.

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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. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The court also found that the plaintiffs had demonstrated irreparable injury based on “the waste of publicly owned natural gas, increased air pollution and associated health impacts, and exacerbated climate impacts.” California Federal Court Ordered Publication of Obama-Era Energy Conservation Standards in Federal Register.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 20, 2022

Of Energy Soliciting Proposals For $84 Million Program To Demonstrate Enhanced Geothermal Energy Systems; PA Opportunity With Mine Water [PaEN] -- Courier Times Guest Essay: Invest In Our Clean Energy Future - PennEnvironment -- Bay Journal: EPA Says PA’s Plan To Clean Up Its Portion Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Still Comes Up Short - By Karl Blankenship (..)

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

With this bill, parents will be able to rest easier knowing their children are no longer drinking water laden with neurotoxic lead or breathing air polluted with soot and diesel fumes at the school bus stop. In a time of sharp political division, ?

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2023

Lauren Connelly, of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce , noted in April of 2022 the Allegheny Conference released a report outlining how accelerating decarbonization and a transition to clean energy sources are critical to the future competitiveness of the Pittsburgh Region. Read more here. We’ll have to wait and see.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 28, 2023

Million Penalty For Multiple Environmental Violations In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- WESA/The Allegheny Front-Reid Frazier: EPA/DEP Issues $2.4 Million Penalty For Multiple Environmental Violations In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- WESA/The Allegheny Front-Reid Frazier: EPA/DEP Issues $2.4 Casey, Fetterman -- DEP Awards $7.8

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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. Citizens for Clean Energy v. Conservation Congress v. The court invited the conservation groups to seek amicus curiae status. June 3, 2021).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2023

His priority is ensuring Pennsylvania has a comprehensive climate and energy policy plan that will move all of us forward. The Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania, Clean Air Action Fund, Clean Water Action, National Wildlife Federation Action Fund and PennEnvironment all endorsed Shapiro. “We 31 to Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13, 14 Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - April 11, 12, 13 TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- 88 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2024

16-17; Healing Planet Tree Planting Grants; 250 PA Day -- WHYY: Montgomery County Officials Say Unused Dam Along The Schuylkill In Norristown Could Provide Green Energy For The County -- Reuters: US May Revive Some Shut Nuclear Plants To Help Meet Emissions Goal, DOE Chief Says [Three Mile Island In PA] -- Beaver County Times: Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

Wild Had To Say About Rising Gasoline Prices And Ukraine At Town Hall -- Inquirer Editorial: Cutting Off Russian Oil Is Right Call -- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Podcast: Organized Labor Sees Promise In Transition To Clean Energy -- Utility Dive: Have Some Renewable Energy?

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HumanNature

JANUARY 20, 2022

Student in the Department of Political Science at Colorado State University How climate change offers opportunities to revitalize and reconnect with rural communities Rural voices are increasingly lamented as forgotten and unacknowledged. Understanding rural attitudes toward the environment and conservation in America. Environment?:

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2022

Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) said opponents of natural gas infrastructure projects “just need to be ignored and politically ran over.” Groups supporting RGGI include small and large businesses, religious, land conservation, scientific, wildlife and many others. Read more here. Yudichak During his opening remarks at the hearing, Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2022

23-24: Save The Date, Sponsorship Opportunities 6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables [ There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay ] -- AP: U.S.

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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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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2022

. -- Guest Essay: Climate Change Demands Southwestern PA Transition To A New Low-Carbon Energy Reality - By Hilary Mercer , Shell Polymers/Pennsylvania Chemicals Project & Kevin Walker, President/CEO Duquesne Light [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: McKinsey Report Outlines Steps Southwest PA, U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

15-16 Leave No Trace Minimum Impact Outdoor Recreation Practices & Education Workshop , Rushton Conservation Center, Newtown Square, Delaware County. -- Save The Date: Delaware River Festival - Sept. What’s Your Community Doing? Other States/National/International -- Financial Times: Would Carbon Food Labels Change The Way Your Shop?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2022

Fish & Wildlife Service Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize For Innovative Ways To Make Wildlife Conservation Relevant To All [PaEN] -- PA Environmental Council Blog: Building Bird-Safe Cities -- WITF Smart Talk 9:30 a.m.: What’s Your Community Doing?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 29, 2024

Clair Students Recognized In Allegheny Conservation District, State Envirothon Competitions -- Adult Mentors Needed! Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

Thompson Unveils Federal Farm Bill Text -- PA Capital-Star: Federal Farm Bill Text Released In US House, Setting Up Fight With US Senate -- Evangelical Environmental Network Applauds PA Cong.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

We Provide Answers To Some Of Them -- TribLive: Bethel Park Breaks Ground For Pine Tree Park Improvements -- PA Natural Heritage Program Summer Wild Heritage News: New Interest In Old Forests; Mapping Climate Refugia In PA; Join Tree-Of-Heaven Citizen Science Project [PaEN] -- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts Oct.

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