PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

-- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Applications For College Scholarship Program [PaEN] -- MCall: Can Dogs Be Used To Combat Spotted Lanternfly?

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Law Columbia

MAY 28, 2021

This week’s advancements offer two new models for local governments looking to require or promote building electrification: air pollution and land use regulation. First, by setting an air emissions standard, it limits preemption risk by the U.S. The New York City bill is tailored to avoid preemption in two main ways.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

-- EQB To Meet Nov. In State College On Game Day -- Better Path Coalition Invites Submissions For ‘Worth Protecting’ Photo Book For New Governor, Legislators [PaEN] -- NRDC Blog: How Clean Is Pennsylvania’s New Hydrogen Subsidy? 14 Webinar On Streamside Tree Planting Effectiveness [PaEN] -- ??

Conservation 75

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Myers, President, Forbes Trail Trout Unlimited -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Zoo, PPG Aquarium’s International Conservation Center Earns New Certification Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2022

Fish & Wildlife Service Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize For Innovative Ways To Make Wildlife Conservation Relevant To All [PaEN] -- PG: Carnegie Museum Paleontologist Achieved Immortality Thanks To A Few Prehistoric Jaws Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more. Issues $859,000 In Penalties Against U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Wolf Proposes $450 Million Growing Greener III Initiative Funded By Federal American Rescue Plan; Bipartisan Support Building For Conservation Allocation [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: Commonwealth Budget Should Fully Fund Environmental Protection - By Rep.

Conservation 64

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Many factors could explain these outcomes: changing weather and temperature patterns, aging infrastructure and populations, more attentive testing, and water and energy conservation. Other studies have shown that Black Americans are more likely to have worse drinking water quality and higher exposure to air pollutants.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 4, 2023

It was a direct result of exposure to air pollution while training for the London marathon, and it alerted him to the reality of environmental harm in a new way. The solutions to air pollution and climate change are often the same. Nothing is more important than breathing, so air pollution is a cruel betrayal.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 17, 2022

As you can see there are tax credits and subsidies for electric vehicles, renewable energy, nuclear energy, transmission, hydrogen, air pollution reduction, energy infrastructure, climate resilience, rural development, residential buildings, etc. Historically, these estimates have tended to be conservative (i.e.

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Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Earlier this month, Judge William Young dismissed for lack of standing claims brought by the Conservation Law Foundation alleging that bus companies violated anti-idling regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Million Fine Is Latest Entry In Clairton Coke ‘Coal’ Plant’s Air Pollution History -- LancasterOnline: DEP Likely To Levy Fines Against Fulton Twp. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Room 8E-A East Wing.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2024

18-20 In WV Registration Open For Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Level 1 Certification Training Beginning July 30 Join Master Watershed Stewards In Lancaster County For June 13 Waterways On Wheels Bike Tour A Dozen Nonprofit, Agency, Municipal Environmental Experts Team Up To Tackle Stormwater Runoff In The Lake Erie Watershed Dept. /DEP

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Legal Planet

MARCH 19, 2024

Citing the conservative refrain, “There are no free lunches,” Mr. Olmedo was firm: that applies to industry too. Chairman Tortez also drew attention to the severity of air pollution in the region, citing a study that found biohazardous contaminants in the air.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 3, 2022

They are also disproportionate sources of air pollution. A conservative estimate is that shifting 4% of truck freight to rail would result in an equal percentage decrease in freight emissions. A quarter of carbon emissions from transportation come from heavy-duty trucks. Another option would not require new technology.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania House next voting day Dec. 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule Senate next voting day Dec. to -25.7%) ] -- PUC: Proposed Settlement With PPL To Resolve Widespread Consumer Billing Issues, $1 Million Penalty -- MCall: PPL To Pay Fines, Forgive Costs Totaling $17.2 Take A Hike!

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MGKF Law

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

On September 14, 2023, in Conservation Law Foundation v. Academy Bus , a Massachusetts District Court held that the members of the Conservation Law Foundation (the “Foundation”) lacked standing to challenge the idling of buses under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”). Conservation Law Found.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 3, 2022

Do this by restricting the use of Minister’s Zoning Orders, reversing changes that weakened Conservation Authorities, the Growth Plan and Planning Act and the Endangered Species Act. Ensure we don’t recycle toxics by requiring that products sent for recycling do not contain dangerous substances.

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Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2022

I’ll talk about some more mundane considerations next, but the fundamental issue is really whether there’s enough commonality among people like energy economists, conservation biologists, and civil/environmental engineers to make it useful to put them and their students under one roof. Intellectual Coherence.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire December 25 PA Environment Digest 68 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 22, 2024

By Todd Reeve, CEO of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, and James Schroeder, Director of Conservation for The Nature Conservancy in Washington Earth Day ignited our collective awareness of challenges facing people and nature, and spurred unparalleled legislative action bringing us cleaner air and water.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 7434 ] Air Permits -- Coterra Energy, Inc. Wood E Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP issued an Air Quality Plan Approval for multiple air pollution sources for the facility located in Dimock Twp., Fayette County. [ Washington County. [ Susquehanna County. [ York County. [ York County. [ Washington County. [

Natural Gas 112

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

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. Juliana was a valiant effort by a group of young people to force the federal government to plan for stringent reductions in U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2023

21 [PaEN] -- The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources published notice in the January 21 PA Bulletin a new application period for the Community Conservation Partnerships Grant Program. PA Bulletin, page 541 ) -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. The deadline for applications is April 5.

Natural Resources 110

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 14, 2022

Researchers find that federal data does not capture local variations in Ohio ’s air pollution. A Wisconsin judge delays enforcing an April decision that would limit the state’s power to clean up pollution. Regional Pollution Monitoring Misses Local Variation, Study Finds. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2024

Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1 Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1

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Waste Recycling 2024 Air Pollution 79

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Conservatives argue that these incidental benefits (often called co-benefits) shouldn’t count. We may know that air pollution helps cause deaths from respiratory conditions, but it’s more difficult to estimate the number. Q: Why are conservatives unhappy with cost-benefit analysis? A: This can be very tricky.

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Carbon Monoxide Regulations Law Conservation 267

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Florida and Texas are now second and third in cumulative EV sales, despite state leadership that has been antagonistic towards EVs and a more conservative-leaning population. While many Californians are used to seeing EVs in their neighborhood, it’s only in the last few years that we’ve seen large increases in sales in other states.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2023

House holds Regular Session May 22, 23, 24, June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule Senate holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- 82 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] -- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities (..)

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

A student water conservation awareness campaign in Bengaluru. There is no functioning public transport network so the roads are always congested and gridlocked almost 24 hours a day, seven days a week, causing serious air pollution. Photo credit: AFP.

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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.

Air Pollution 95

Air Pollution Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Climate Change 95

PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 2545 ) Read more here. -- NFG Midstream Covington, LLC - Tract 007 Compressor Station: DEP approved an Air Quality Permit for multiple sources of air pollution at the station located in Delmar Twp., If requested, a hearing will be held on June 14. ( Tioga County. ( Butler County. ( Bradford County. (

Natural Gas 90

Natural Gas Air Pollution 2024 Recycling 90

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2023

Steel Reaches Tentative Settlement Over Air Pollution Following 2018 Fire At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Plant [No Specifics Yet] -- WHYY: Philly Officials Say Water Is Safe After Bucks County Chemical Spill, How Do We Know That? Million To Support 22 Environmental Restoration Projects In Southwestern PA [ Jan.

Natural Gas 91

Natural Gas Earth Day Air Pollution Conservation 91

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2024

Files Petition To Designate Parts Of Donegal Township Unsuitable For Coal Mining In Westmoreland County National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Now Accepting Applications For Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund Grants; Webinar Jan. 28 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Homer City Generation Station In Indiana County National Assn.

Natural Resources 93

Natural Resources Conservation Recycling 2024 93

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1

Natural Gas 58

Natural Gas Conservation Air Pollution Waste 58

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2022

Million Penalty, Make Improvements To Settle Air Pollution Violations At Allegheny County Steel Plant [PaEN] Want to have a positive impact on issues like this? Steel To Pay $1.5

Air Pollution 52

Air Pollution Conservation Climate Change 2022 52

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

27 - Public Invited To Submit Questions To Transportation Groups Urge DEP To Temporarily Halt Operations At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; File 2nd Notice Of Intent To Sue For Air Pollution Violations Center For Coalfield Justice Feb. The February 20 PA Environment Digest is now available. 23; Transportation- Feb.

Conservation 83

Conservation Air Pollution Clean Energy Recycling 83

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

formal notice ) Grants -- The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources published notice in the February 3 PA Bulletin announcing the opening of a new grant round for ATV/Snowmobile Project Grants. Visit the Board webpage for options on attending the meeting remotely. Contact Laura Chambers at lchambers@pa.gov or 717-772-5158.

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Nitrogen Oxides Environmental Protection Ozone 2024 87