PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

28 [PaEN] Help Wanted -- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Agricultural Technician [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- Our Pocono Waters Hosts Sept. 28 [PaEN] Help Wanted -- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Agricultural Technician [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- Our Pocono Waters Hosts Sept. to 3:00 p.m.

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Natural Gas Climate Change Fossil Fuels Air Pollution 78

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

By: Deborah Klenotic, Deputy Communications Director Climate change is a major challenge facing Pennsylvania, and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is leading many efforts to fight back and protect communities. Find more materials at DEP’s Climate Change webpage. We've funded over 1,000 chargers?installed

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Climate Change Clean Energy Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse 57

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

Of course, we had all these smells last week, and now people are beginning to realize that the air is a big, serious problem too,” said Baumgardner. The emergency flaring of natural gas at the plant triggered when there are malfunctions, caused a separate light problem.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2022

3 Hearing On Water Withdraws, Including 3 Natural Gas Development Proposals [PaEN] -- Environmental Health Project Blog: 7 Questions You Should Ask Every Candidate About Shale Gas Development And Public Health [PaEN] -- Oct. Annual Symposium Nov. 1 Webinar, 8 In-Person Stakeholder Sessions Beginning Oct.

Conservation 62

Conservation Natural Gas Clean Water Act Electricity 62

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

2023 Watershed Forestry Summit In Altoona [PaEN] -- Inquirer: These Philly High School Kids Are Trying To Clean The Schuylkill River - With Mussels -- Western PA Conservancy Hosts April 18 Webinar On Helping Elk Creek Thrive In Erie County [PaEN] -- PA Society For Ornithology Third Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation June 9-19, Sign Up Now!

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Natural Gas Conservation Fossil Fuels Climate Change 69

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2023

Partners Host June 8 Webinar - Solar Successes & Lessons Learned From PA School Case Studies Nature At Risk: Are Bats Flying Back From The Brink? The June 5 PA Environment Digest is now available. Dive Deeper Biennial Water Resource Conference For Educators Set For Sept.

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Natural Gas Air Pollution Conservation Waste 76

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

pollution, which are particles with diameters of 2.5 In 2019, air pollution more broadly was responsible for about 6.7 And CO 2 emissions are a primary driver of global climate change, which is exacerbating the type of extreme weather that killed 474 people and caused $165 billion in damages in the United States last year alone.

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Fossil Fuels 2023 Clean Energy Nitrogen Oxides 183

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 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 -- State Conservation Commission, Dept.

Radiation 62

Radiation Climate Change Natural Gas Politics 62

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2023

. -- Updated Environmental Justice Policy with a community outreach-first approach, enhanced Public Participation Process, and includes compliance with Title VI, in permitting, enforcement, grants, remediation, and climate change. -- Design PennEnviroScreen, a new environmental justice mapping and screening tool that contains environmental, health, (..)

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Air Pollution Natural Gas Climate Change Electricity 60

Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Last week I had the privilege of joining former Vice President Al Gore in conversation to talk about our ocean and climate change. I’ve never felt more inspired and energized to solve the climate crisis. Staring down climate change is hard, and “climate grief” is real for many of us.

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Ocean Fossil Fuels Climate Change Conservation 58

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

This year we are putting more money on the table for attractive and productive landscapes and communities, clean water, and access to outdoor recreation with the largest investment in conservation and environmental programs in decades. Thanks to leadership from Gov.

Air Pollution 40

Air Pollution Natural Gas Natural Resources Environmental Protection 40

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2022

Issues $859,000 In Penalties Against U.S.

Conservation 62

Conservation Solar Power Air Pollution 2021 62

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Energy Policy & Conservation Act (EPCA), which sets nationwide energy conservation standards for many common appliances and preempts state and local standards, preempts Berkeley’s 2019 ban on natural gas connections to newly-constructed buildings. (A Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. DOE Brief 8). 100-6 at 4).

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Natural Gas Regulations Government Law 55

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire November 7 PA Environment Digest 77 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues All Articles & NewsClips In This Week’s Digest By Topic Gov. 15 DEP Hosts Dec. 15 DEP Hosts Dec.

Air Pollution 52

Air Pollution Radiation Conservation 2022 52

Greenbuilding Law

JULY 9, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore why targeting methane emissions presents a more advantageous strategy for the United States in its quest to mitigate climate change. Co Benefits for Human Health : Methane is a key precursor of tropospheric ozone (ground level), a harmful air pollutant.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere Fossil Fuels 52

Law and Environment

MAY 12, 2023

The proposed rule would apply to new and existing gas plants and existing coal plants—new coal plants are separately regulated—and promises to significantly cut carbon and other harmful air pollutant emissions from fossil plants over the next two decades and beyond. The Court rejected this approach. For more on West Virginia v.

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Greenhouse Clean Air Act Air Pollution Natural Gas 130

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Climate change : The process by which the climate changes due to “forcings”. 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. Indoor air is anything contained with a building.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Climate change: Extinction Rebellion end blockade at Shell's Aberdeen HQ The BBC | January 16, 2020 Extinction Rebellion protesters have ended a blockade at the entrances to Shell's Aberdeen headquarters. PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters.

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Fossil Fuels 2019 2008 2015 52

Legal Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

EPA , conservatives and industry interests have claimed that just about every new regulation violates the major question doctrine. In West Virginia , the Court stressed that EPA had used an obscure, seldom used provision of the Clean Air Act to adopt an unprecedented regulation. Ever since the Supreme Court decided West Virginia v.

Clean Air Act 219

Clean Air Act 2026 Electricity Air Pollution 219

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

Photo credit: USDA Editor’s Note: This guest post by Michael Happ, Program Associate for Climate and Rural Communities at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, (IATP), discusses how popular conservation programs should focus on small-scale and sustainable farms, not industrial-scale farms. as it relates to EQIP.

Waste 52

Waste Climate Change Conservation 2023 52

CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

acres of commercial use on a 775-acre portion of the West Parcel and withdraw those lands from the TPZ zone, while designating the entire East Parcel as Forest and TPZ; upon approval, real parties would sell or restrict the East Parcel for conservation purposes in perpetuity. acres of commercial uses. City of Newport Beach (2017) 2 Cal.5th

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Renewable Energy Clean Energy Conservation 2013 86

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. and non-U.S.

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2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Renewable Energy 40

Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

But what you probably haven’t heard is that our grid is getting dirtier again, with fossil fuels increasing in our electricity supply from burning natural gas. TAKE ACTION : Tell Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) that you support the phase-out of polluting gas powered electricity by 2030.

Electricity 52

Electricity Natural Gas Carbon Emissions Renewable Energy 52

PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency finalizes their widely supported proposed safeguards to reduce methane climate emissions and associated toxic air pollution from new and existing oil and gas production facilities. Visit the Oil & Gas Threat Map website to learn more about natural gas facilities near you.

Natural Gas 52

Natural Gas Air Pollution Carbon Dioxide Clean Energy 52

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire February 7 PA Environment Digest 47 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues All Articles & NewsClips In This Week’s Digest By Topic Gov. Million, 17.6% 15; Conventional Drillers Only Pay 0.4%

Conservation 52

Conservation Natural Gas Air Pollution Environmental Protection 52

PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2023

Gasoline Stations And Aging Underground Storage Tanks In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- TribLive: Protect PT Seeks Support For Proposed Ordinance Regulating Shale Gas Wells In Penn Twp., Potter County -- DEP Blog: Do You Know What’s Below? Issued $301,725 In Stipulated Penalties To U.S.

Conservation 87

Conservation Air Pollution Natural Gas Clean Energy 87

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2023

16 Shaping The Pennsylvania Clean Energy & Efficiency Workforce Future Webinar [PaEN] -- Sustainable Pittsburgh Selected As One Of 20 Regional Green Jobs Centers To Train Individuals For Climate-Resilient Jobs [PaEN] -- DCNR Webinar: Advancing Climate Resiliency In Pennsylvania Aug. Shapiro: Darlington Twp., Chris Deluzio -- Aug.

Conservation 93

Conservation Climate Change Solar Power Natural Gas 93

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 15; Wild & Scenic Film Festival March 7 -- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. Month Starting Feb. 15; Wild & Scenic Film Festival March 7 -- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. Month Starting Feb.

Natural Gas 80

Natural Gas Air Pollution 2024 Renewable Energy 80

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Note: In December, 2022, DEP finalized regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane from existing conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities. In June 2018, DEP finalized an Air Quality General Permit to reduce methane emissions from new unconventional oil and gas operations. On December 2, the U.S.

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Regulations Air Pollution Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide 100

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The oil and gas industry had a record 2022 in many ways-- natural gas prices increased over 94.7 The industry generally had record LNG natural gas exports linking the U.S. DEP also ordered a “top to bottom” review of how it regulates underground natural gas storage areas. Read more here.

Natural Gas 98

Natural Gas Waste Regulations 2022 98

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

Yaw Touts New $154 Million Agriculture Conservation Program In Lycoming County -- Registration Open!

Conservation 108

Conservation Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Earth Day 108

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2024

20 to 26 - 15 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Plugging Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; Revolution Pipeline Land Slip; Brief Compressor Fire; Crypto Mining? Million In 37 Clean Energy Projects In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: USDA Sends PA $5.2 PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts Feb.

Conservation 101

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2023

Webster, Environmental Groups Promote HB 1275 Requiring Riparian Stream Buffers In PA To Help Reduce Flooding, Stormwater Damage - Video [ Sponsor Summary ] -- The Reporter: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Rep.

Natural Gas 94

Natural Gas Air Pollution Conservation Waste 94

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2024

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. April 10, Allegheny Courthouse, 4:00 p.m. -- TribLive Guest Essay: LIHEAP Energy Assistance Available Year-Round - By Energy Assn.

Natural Gas 99

Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Climate Change Air Pollution 99

PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2023

9 In Pittsburgh On Managing Shale Gas, Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: Do Oil & Gas Drillers Owe Taxpayers Royalties For Oil & Gas Under Roads, Streets, Bridges And Other Taxpayer-Owned Land?

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Natural Gas Climate Change Clean Energy 2002 72

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2023

-- DCNR: Susquehanna River North Branch Named 2023 Pennsylvania River Of The Year [PaEN] -- Scranton Times: Susquehanna River’s North Branch Named 2023 River Of The Year -- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Susquehanna River Takes Top Honors In Statewide Vote -- Scranton Times Editorial: A Reminder Of NE PA’s Natural Assets -- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: (..)

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