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PUC Releases Electric Utility, PJM Summer Readiness Reports: Sufficient Generation Capacity, But Extreme Demand May Result In Energy Shortfall

PA Environment Daily

Summer Forecast According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the summer of 2025 is forecast to be hotter and wetter than normal, with an above-average Atlantic hurricane season already underway. Investment; Concerns Remain About Powering New A.I. Shapiro Announces $20 Billion Amazon A.I.

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FracTracker Alliance: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Released 17.9 Billion Pounds Of Air Pollution Since It Began Operation, During 80 Malfunctions, 43 Violation Episodes

PA Environment Daily

million pounds of air pollutants as a result of malfunctions, largely composed of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2e, approximately 383.3 Between January 2022 to November 2024, Shell Polymers Monaca has emitted an estimated 393.5 million pounds). Pollution Burden The Shell Petrochemical Plant is not the only polluting facility in Beaver County.

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Promoting Coal, Trump Looks Backward

Circle of Blue

These trends converged in Paris in 2015 when 195 countries signed a legally binding international treaty on climate change to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and attempt to keep global temperatures from rising to more dangerous levels. In the United States, coal production actually did peak in 2008 at 1.2

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

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. Shapiro Touts Capping Of 300th Conventional Oil & Gas Well At North Franklin Twp.,

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China is Kicking Our Ass at Our Own Game

Legal Planet

By ceding federal authority to regulate greenhouse gases, the Trump administration could unintentionally relinquish regulatory powers to California and other progressive states to carry out their own climate agenda, Carlson told the LA Times. But there may be a silver lining of sorts.

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The Origins of Climate Awareness in the Legal Academy

Legal Planet

Westlaw searches for “global warming” and “greenhouse effect” pick up only a handful of citations before 1985. Now-Justice Breyer argued that it was misleading to consider the environmental impact of nuclear power without also considering the impact of alternatives such as coal. Awareness of the issue began slowly, however.

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Tornadoes and More: What Spring Can Bring to the Power Grid 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Moreover, there are steps policymakers can take to prepare for these spring weather phenomena and bolster the reliability and resilience of the US power system. Power lines – Floods can saturate soil and make trees more likely to uproot and fall onto power lines.