PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

On June 11, the Public Utility Commission released the 2025 Summer Readiness Overviews submitted by the Commonwealth’s major electric distribution companies and the regional electric grid operator, PJM Interconnection, LLC. Read more here.]

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a major—forthcoming—refresh for one of the biggest policy drivers of the nation’s clean energy transition to date: tax credits subsidizing the deployment of clean electricity resources. the GHGs emitted into the atmosphere by a facility in the production of electricity—is not greater than zero.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

More efficient (and cleaner) gasoline cars are part of the reason why gasoline use is down, but the increasing number of electric vehicles being sold in the state will likely drive gasoline use down even further. But a growing share of the reductions is likely due to the increasing sales of electric vehicles (EVs).

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New Scientist

JULY 4, 2024

A start-up in Albania co-founded by a mining industry mogul is farming plants to harvest carbon-neutral nickel from the soil while simultaneously removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Responsible for 12 percent of all US global warming emissions from human activities, methane traps significantly more heat per molecule than carbon dioxide, making it 86 times more harmful for the first 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere. EN: What needs to be done to make the electric grid more equitable—and reliable?

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Earthava

JULY 27, 2021

Electric cars are slowly dominating roads across the globe. In fact, the International Energy Agency reported that around 3 million new electric cars were registered in 2020, which is a 41% increase from 2019. However, electric cars will be a huge game-changer as they will reduce carbon emissions on roads significantly.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 14, 2022

A thirsty atmosphere evaporates or sublimates its share. With increasing temperatures, “we’re seeing places that do have drought, the intensification is more rapid,” says Roger Pulwarty, a senior scientist in the physical sciences laboratory at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

I usually try to stay in my cozy power sector bubble, plugging away on electricity grid decarbonization. The reason: the findings of this study could ultimately have significant consequences for western electric utilities and the communities they serve. Photo: Mark Specht. Who pays the bill?

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Inhabitant

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Architecture, art and functional elements fill the urban atmosphere, usually as separate entities in the same environment. The Public Art Electric Charging Stations set out to meld all these elements together, combining design, art and innovation for the function and viewing pleasure of the community.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2023

Heightened flood risk The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in a recent outlook that about 44 percent of the United States is at risk of floods this spring, equating to about 146 million people. Most US fossil fuel generating capacity from sources like methane gas and coal utilizes steam to generate electricity.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 3, 2023

In fact, bacteria remove a staggering 70 million tonnes of … Continue reading Electricity from thin air: an enzyme from bacteria can extract energy from hydrogen in the atmosphere

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Atmosphere Electricity 59

Scientific American

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A honeybee swarm has as much electric charge as a thundercloud, and the insects’ mass movements in the atmosphere might even have some influence on the weather.

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Atmosphere Electricity 136

Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2022

In the case of carbon removal associated with industrial systems, the process prevents increased emissions of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. In the case of carbon removal from the ambient air (what is often called direct air capture or DAC), the process reduces the concentration of carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere.

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Carbon Dioxide Carbon Emissions Atmosphere Technology 147

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Electric power related emissions went down about 40% from 2009 to 2019. That adds up to something in the ballpark of fifty million tons of CO2 that California kept out of the atmosphere during that decade beyond what happened in the power sector nationally. Some of the U.S. The verdict on this issue seems very clear.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2021

Management approved her shift in emphasis, hoping that she would prove that aerosols in the atmosphere (including those from auto exhaust) would completely offset the greenhouse gas effect. They could have easily built huge factories to make lithium batteries to facilitate the transition to electric cars. Instead, they fired this guy.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 10, 2022

In India and Pakistan, recent heat waves, worsened by a changing climate, are causing dangerous water and electricity shortages. Despite the heat, Pakistan residents continue to endure daily electricity cuts, losing about nine hours of electricity each day. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann.

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Real Climate

APRIL 6, 2023

The issue here is a disturbed carbon cycle that now is out of balance because carbon has been taken from Earth’s crust and injected into the atmosphere. Humans work hard to add greenhouse gases such as CO 2 into the atmosphere. Perhaps it would be wiser if it was on the front page and expressed even more directly?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

of the observed rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide and 52 percent of the rise in global average temperatures between 1880 and 2015. The report found that these states can meet all of their electricity consumption with renewables by 2035, even with a significant increase in demand due to the electrification of transportation and heating.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A quick glance at the latest data from CARB shows there are three large and growing sources of credits: bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity. Bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity are the largest and fastest growing sources of LCFS credits in recent years. Unfortunately, this is far from the truth.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

CAES plants compress air and store it underground when energy demand is low and then extract the air to create electricity when demand is high. This means a larger percentage of the energy stored in the system can be recovered and turned into electricity, potentially boosting profits for operators. over the existing technology.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 11, 2025

New York is home to four of the largest bitcoin mines in the country, which consume huge quantities of electric power and water to cool their server farms, emit loud humming noises around the clock and flood the atmosphere with copious greenhouse gases and pollutants. Read the full story at Inside Climate News.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The WMO’s GHG bulletin’s headline takeaways are stark: Atmospheric concentrations of three major heat-trapping gases, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) hit all-time highs in 2021 (see table below). At the same time, 2021 was also a year when renewable electricity generation reached a record high globally.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Experts say a recent atmospheric river event in California didn’t improve drought conditions, CBSLA reports. The future of electric power in New England, or at least a piece of it, is the subject of a highly contested referendum in Maine. IN RECENT WATER NEWS.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

During an April 4 routine inspection, the Department of Environmental Protection found two Repsol Oil and Gas USA LLC shale gas wells in Apolacon Township, Susquehanna County venting natural gas to the atmosphere through the well annulus at the Kropp Well Pad.

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Physics World

MARCH 15, 2022

Simulations using a computer graphics algorithm have given fresh insight into the interactions between the silk threads of a spider and the atmosphere. This novel numerical model, focusing on multiple silk threads, helps explain how spiders can exploit the positive electric potential of Earth’s atmosphere to fly and disperse.

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Atmosphere Electricity 111

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Orphaned and Abandoned wells present serious risks to the environment and public health by polluting groundwater and leaking methane into the atmosphere. This well site is an example of those impacts – where residents can’t drink their water because of this orphaned well,” said Acting DEP Secretary Jessica Shirley.

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Physics World

MARCH 15, 2022

Sagnik Dey , Dilip Ganguly and colleagues at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology–Delhi calculate that the successful implementation of India’s National Clean Air Programme would allow the country to generate an extra 6-16 TWh of solar electricity every year. Dual-axis losses.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

That legislation must include tax credits to help advance renewable energy and electric vehicles; investments that will help communities become more resilient to climate change, especially low-income communities and communities of color that bear a disproportionate brunt of impacts; and strong labor and environmental justice provisions.

Climate Change 329

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Nitrogen Oxides 329

Circle of Blue

JULY 19, 2022

In addition, a thirsty atmosphere also takes its share through evaporation. With less water in reservoirs, generators crank out fewer megawatt-hours, raising the cost of electricity and increasing the risk of summer blackouts. Between the soil and the sky, the heat is driving up drought. 2) Drought Has a Long Reach.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2021

First, after carbon dioxide emissions cease, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels begin to decrease, as they are absorbed by natural processes and sinks in the oceans and on land. That drop in costs means that decarbonizing our economy might not be a heavy burden for the public, and might even be economically beneficial.

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Climate Change Politics Carbon Dioxide Sea Level 130

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 5, 2024

“Thanks to the Greener Homes Grant, Canada is on a roll in transitioning from polluting gas furnaces to cleaner and more affordable electric heat pumps,” said Lana Goldberg, Safe Cities Climate Campaigner at Stand.earth. ” The closing of this program will introduce new challenges for many Canadians.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2024

Wildfire forecast Atmospheric rivers doused California with such exceptional rainfall earlier this year that the threat of wildfire there has for now been greatly tamped down (though this also spurred the growth of vegetation that will fuel future fires). The official start of summer may be a month away, but Danger Season has begun.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

Seeing why our choices today matter for our kids and grandkids The amount of sea level rise expected between now and 2050 is fairly certain because it is largely dictated by how much global-warming pollution we’ve already dumped into the atmosphere. For a full set of recommendations, check out the report itself.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 7, 2024

In the process of fracking, a lot of methane gas escapes into the atmosphere. The backgrounder points out that when the fugitive methane emissions are accounted for, burning gas to generate electricity is just as bad as coal or potentially even worse from a climate perspective. It’s much worse than most Ontarians typically think.”

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Natural Gas Atmosphere 2030 Greenhouse 134

Physics World

JULY 29, 2021

As you listen to this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, your phone will be struck by particles created by collisions of cosmic rays with atoms in the atmosphere. of electricity worldwide was generated by wind – and the percentage can be much higher in windy countries like Denmark and the UK. In 2021, 6.1%

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2022

When they fuse, they release a helium atom, a single energetic neutron, and a tremendous amount of energy which (it is hoped) will be harnessed to cleanly generate electricity. The energy produced by the December 5th experiment only returned 1% of the total energy that came from the electrical grid to power the lasers.

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Technology Technology Radiation Electricity 279

Physics World

JUNE 28, 2021

Artificial intelligence can be used to detect coronal holes in the Sun’s upper atmosphere, an international research team has shown. When observed at extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wavelengths, holes can appear in the Sun’s corona – its upper atmosphere. Coronal holes are indicated by red contour lines. Courtesy: Jarolim et al.

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