PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2025

Our mission is to improve policy and regulations for the oversight of fossil fuel extraction and use; to educate, empower and organize coalfield citizens; and to protect public and environmental health. CCJ has over three thousand members and supporters and is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 1592 ) -- Range Resources - Orenchuk Russell Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP issued a de minimis increase in air emissions covering multiple sources of air pollution under a GP-5A General Air Quality Permit at the facility located in Jefferson Twp., Received Jan. 28, Issued Jan. Washington County. Received Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

Peng, West Virginia University [Warning] -- TribLive Guest Essay: America Needs Affordable Energy - Coal Doesn’t Fit The Bill - By Jenny Rowland-Shea, Center for American Progress -- DEP/EPA AirNow Forecasts Code Orange Air Quality Action Day Monday, August. 10th Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Set For Oct.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

.] -- The Allegheny Front: Advice From A Youth Climate Organizer; Preview Of Pittsburgh Youth Climate Summit -- StateCollege.com Guest Essay: Youth Know The Direction America Should Take - Im Listening - By Peter Buck, Director of Education At Penn State Sustainability -- Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Is Nuclear The Hot New Clean Power Source? Is Nuclear The Hot New Clean Power Source?

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

4 Webinar - Rewild Your Yard: How Meadows Support Pollinators And Clean Water [PaEN] -- Call For Posters: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay 2025 Chesapeake Watershed Forum Nov. Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. 7, 21, Sept. Posted: July 6, 2025] PA Environment Digest

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

But true education of the people through discussion no matter the issue or the party of the elected official running it should be less a reinforcement of ideology than a way to push for understanding of why and how things can change, and why and how they shouldnt.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

By helping stakeholders navigate both landscapes – housing and IRA – cities can promote construction for new housing that is affordable, electric, and energy efficient and retrofits for existing homes to lessen climate impacts, indoor air pollution, and energy bills.

Government

PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2025

to 2:00 p.m. -- WNEP: Kettle Creek Environmental Education Centers Hosted Bug Fest In Monroe County -- Susquehanna Greenway: The Hatch Of The Mayflies - A Summer Spectacle On The Susquehanna River - By Darian Jones, Communications & Outreach AmeriCorps Assistant Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

Residents Will Have Drinkable Water By 2026 -- Courier Times: PA State Attorney General Investigates Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leaks For Potential Environmental Crimes In Bucks County [Convicted Of Other Criminal Charges, Penalized Over $48.1

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2025

-- The Citizens Voice: May 30-31 BioBlitz In Nesbitt Park, Kirby Park Natural Area In Wilkes-Barre -- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: First-Ever Wilkes-Barre BioBlitz Uncovers Hundreds Of Species -- Gettysburg Connection: Calling Planting Volunteers, Join Watershed Alliance Of Adams County May 31 For Pine Run Planting -- KYW: Emergency Siren Tests At Limerick, (..)

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

Susquehanna County [PaEN] -- Scranton Times: PA American To Provide Clean Drinking Water In Dimock To Replace Fracking-Contaminated Private Wells [ PDF of Article ] -- WVIA: PA American Water: Dimock Twp. Visit DEPs Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

The well which is leaking methane sits between two reservoirs on the site of the townships future Waterside Park, an 89-acre park to connect residents to greenspaces, outdoor recreation, environmental education, and serve as a community hub.

Technology

PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2025

GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2 And Saved $44.2 GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2 And Saved $44.2 GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2 And Saved $44.2

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2025

Pennsylvania has historically been an energy leader, but were falling behind other states in the necessary transition to clean energy. We applaud the PA House, including thirteen House Republicans, for coming together to defend the health and lives of all Pennsylvanians and our children by advancing community energy.

Air Pollution

Legal Planet

JUNE 17, 2025

For another thing, a federal budget that prioritizes immigration raids and tax cuts steals from environmental enforcement, clean energy incentives, and disaster relief. ” EPA’s logic rests on the definition of “significant” as in emissions that “contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution.”

Clean Air Act

Law Columbia

APRIL 3, 2025

Installing solar energy and battery storage systems within communities can help to reduce local air pollution, combat climate change, improve the reliability of electricity services, and reduce costs (among many other benefits). These initiatives will deliver real benefits to communities all across the country.

2025

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2025

In recent years, the DOH has made progress in educating residents and health care providers on the risks of exposure to toxic emissions from shale gas development. Shapiro has spoken extensively about the importance of clean energy. We need far more enforcement than we have today on the environmental issue.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2025

And Saved $44.2 GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2 GW [PaEN] -- Fox45: PA Republican Sen. And Saved $44.2 GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2 GW [PaEN] -- Fox45: PA Republican Sen. And Saved $44.2 GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2 GW [PaEN] -- Fox45: PA Republican Sen.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

PA Interfaith Power & Light May 1 to 31 Caring For Every Body Moving Through Nature Bike & Hike -- Lehigh Valleys Wildlands Conservancy Highlights April Educational Programs; Tree Planting; Hikes; Summer Camps -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Its Spring! Kate Harper (R) and Fmr Cong.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Thank you for your leadership! -- PA Environmental Educators Want You To Share Your Moment Of Joy And Wonder About The Environment! With Nuclear Energy - By Carol Browner, Fmr EPA Administrator -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Canadian Bitfarms Cryptocurrency Mining Co. Who Couldnt Use A Little More Joy!

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Data Centers Impacts On Electricity Grid -- PJM Interconnection Reliability Initiative Attracts 94 Applications For 26.6

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Million To Allegheny Electric Cooperative Under Rural Energy Programs [PaEN] -- TribLive Guest Essay: We Must Build On, Not Kill, Clean Energy Momentum - by Adam Forgie, Mayor, Turtle Creek Borough -- DCED Begins Accepting Applications For PA Solar For Schools Grants Nov. In-Person, Online -- USDA NRCS Hosts Oct.

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 17, 2024

We utilize EPAs COBRA model , which uses air quality modeling and county-based population data to calculate the incidence of health problems for the trucks in question and a corresponding valuation of those impacts based on the related economic impacts.

2027

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Zoning Panel OKs 4th Session For Solar Energy Facility Hearing; Size Requirement In Contention In Westmoreland -- PennLive: Dauphin County Authority Receives One Bid For 2.3 Of Environmental Educators Conference March 10-12 In Erie [PaEN] -- Educators Invited To Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition Online Meetings Oct.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2025

. -- Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds Announces $650,000 In Conservation Grants; Next Grant Round Opens In August [PaEN] -- DEP Environmental Justice: PennEnviroScreen Now Fully Integrated Within DEP Permitting Processes To Provide Enhanced Public Participation [PaEN] -- DEP To Host June 10 Informational Meeting On The Air Quality Permit To Expand (..)

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2025

This version of the bill removes a proposed tax on solar and wind and includes incentives for clean firm technologies like geothermal and advanced nuclear. However, it also quickly phases out clean energy tax credits that are crucial for lowering costs for families and creating family-sustaining careers.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2025

Mackenzie Needs To Fight For Federal Clean Energy Tax Credits -- MCall Guest Essay: Congress Cant Protect Us Without Protecting Clean Energy - By Tinku Khanwalkar -- Centre Daily Times - Climate Watch: Why Congress Must Not Pull The Plug On PAs Clean Energy Progress - By Lisa Richardson, Citizens Climate Lobby, State College Chapter -- TribLive Guest (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2025

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court To Hear Arguments Tuesday Over RGGI -- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Lawyers Spar Over Whether DEP Has Authority To Issue Carbon Pollution Allowances To Power Plants [RGGI] -- The Center Square: RGGI Carbon Tax Goes Before Skeptical PA Supreme Court -- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Justices Ask: Is RGGI (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2025

As rising electricity costs and energy demand strain family budgets and our electric grid, Congress should preserve residential and utility-scale clean energy investments as well as other measures that wisely steward, rather than waste, our precious energy resources. ENN is based in New Freedom, York County.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

14 - Shale Gas Well Ordered Plugged After 8 Years; 20 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Shale Gas Well Leaking Gas For 23 Months And Counting [PaEN] -- What The Shale Gas Industry Leaves Behind: DEP: Southwestern Energy Prod Co.

Conservation

Legal Planet

JULY 22, 2025

This new organization, Johnson told the country, would “try to prove that what educates can also be exciting.” The station’s education department is losing 8 out of 13 positions. South Coast Air Quality Management District, et al. Nor does its application depend on an appliance’s efficiency or energy use.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The United States supports Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) partners in meeting their clean energy goals. By Leigh Hartman When Son Nguyen lived in the US, he saw rapidly advancing electric vehicle technology and heard stories from back in Vietnam about air pollution. © Zul Kifli / AFP / Getty Images.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2024

In response, Carolyn Heckman, Associate Director of Pennsylvania Policy for EEN Action, released the following statement-- “It’s time to recognize our past and the workers who sacrificed their health and lives to make our Commonwealth the energy leader it is today. "To Visit the EEN Action website to learn more. Comitta, Sen.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2021

Both are leading scholars in their fields, exceptional classroom educators, and leaders of public interest initiatives that are shaping climate change and environmental law and policy in California, the U.S., Like Professors Boyd and Wang, Ted Parson shares a commitment to education, research, and public service.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2024

Million -- WITF - The Spark - Scott LaMar: PA Is A Leading Fossil Energy Producer, Will It Transition To Renewable Energies? -- USDA Rural Development Invests $5.8 Million In 37 Clean Energy Projects In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: USDA Sends PA $5.2

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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