PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2025

Edison Biofuel Power Station: City of Philadelphia Air Management Services invites comments on the renewal of a Title V Air Quality Permit for the facility located at 908 Sansome Street in Philadelphia. ( & Energy Summit Were Already Underway -- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Details $15 Billion Natural Gas Supply Deals For A.I.-power

Electricity

Legal Planet

APRIL 3, 2023

Vehicle biofuels requirements. FERC pipeline regulation (natural gas and hydrogen). Rules relating to renewable and fossil fuel development on public lands and offshore. Electric vehicle and biofuel policies E. Litigation against carbon emitters and fossil fuel producers G. Adaptation A.

Law

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2022

A two-bill package has been introduced in the House and Senate to establish new incentives for the use of fossil-fueled vehicles-- rebranded as “low emission transportation fuels”-- and eliminating rebates and grants for hybrid and electric vehicles.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This approach originated from the recognition that many alternative fuels, especially ethanol, involve a lot of fossil fuels and other pollution in their production. The CI of an electric vehicle charged with solar power is zero, and most of the biofuels fall somewhere in the middle [i]. The key word here is offset.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

Companies are spending millions fighting lawsuits that would hold them accountable for the costs that fossil fuel extraction has imposed on people and the planet. Further, these efforts are focused on carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, and biofuels—technologies that aim to stash carbon emissions away, not reduce their production.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It is a highly professional and analytically competent organization, rather conservative, and quite sympathetic to the perspectives and business needs of the energy sector, including fossil-fuel producers. Fossil enterprises and political leaders in major fossil producers ranged from politely dismissive to openly contemptuous.

Fossil Fuels

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2023

This year has brought new evidence of what major fossil fuel companies knew and when about the role their products play in climate change, as well as what they did in spite of what they knew. But these technologies are no substitute for sharp cuts in fossil fuels if we keep the goals of the Paris climate agreement within reach.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Healey issued the CID in connection with an investigation into unfair or deceptive acts or practices in trade or commerce with respect to fossil fuel products and securities. Minnesota Federal Court Said State Biofuel Mandate Was Not Preempted. Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. United States v. Ruffatto , No.

2016

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 24, 2022

Among those is the growing risk that the chaos up-ends agriculture on a large scale —affecting markets for oil seeds, wheat, and other cereal grains, as well as fertilizers derived from natural gas, with effects that ripple across the world. Today’s farming relies on another Russian export—natural gas.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2023

On March 14, Marcellus Drilling News reported New Fortress Energy intends to apply for updated permits for its proposed Wyalusing LNG natural gas plant in Bradford County, according to statements in a March 10 SEC company filing. LNG Transportation/Export Facility According to a federal court filing , the U.S.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

“In tandem with the cost-effective and proven Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), Pennsylvania can quickly build its power sector for the zero-carbon future and ensure it remains a regional electricity generation leader.

Clean Energy

Clean Energy Law

MAY 16, 2022

Scenario 3: Achieves carbon neutrality by 2045 by deploying a broad portfolio of existing and emerging fossil fuel alternatives and clean technologies. Under the Proposed Scenario, buildings in the state will almost completely decarbonize by 2045, with the use of fossil natural gas decreasing to a fraction of what is used today.

Fossil Fuels

Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

compressed natural gas, solar, hydroelectric, wind). Biofuels Gas or liquid fuel made from plant material. Carbon Dioxide A naturally occurring gas, and also a byproduct of burning fossil fuels and biomass, as well as land-use changes and other industrial processes.

Greenhouse

Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

Renewables contributed to electricity prices rising six times more in California than in the rest of the US since 2011, the state’s “take-off” year for rapid growth in wind and solar, a price rise that occurred despite the state’s reliance during the same years on persistently-low-priced natural gas.

2020

Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Thanks in large measure to natural gas replacing coal, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts carbon emissions in 2040 to be lower than in almost all of the IPCC scenarios. In response to the Fukushima nuclear accident, the Japanese government shut down its nuclear plants and replaced them with fossil fuels.

2020

A Greener Life

AUGUST 6, 2024

Lowenstein, DeSmog The fossil fuel industry’s efforts to delay inquiries highlight its sense of impunity – and echo tactics used to obstruct climate action and deceive the public. For example, for years, Exxon sought to associate its brand with algae-based biofuels. Closeup of biofuel in a laboratory.

Biofuels

Acoel

JANUARY 21, 2025

The general thrust of these is to encourage the rapid development of fossil fuel resources and all associated infrastructure, and remove any regulatory obstacles; to reverse federal actions on climate change, energy efficiency, and environmental justice; and to prevent wind farms from being built on federal lands and waters.

Endangered Species Act

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2025

23 Webinar On Data Centers - How To Ensure AI And Cryptocurrency Mining Don't Delay Transition To 100% Renewable Energy [PaEN] -- Washington & Jefferson College: Feb. 22 On ARCH2 Appalachian Hydrogen Hub , On Campus, Washington, PA, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Project To Hold Open House Jan.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2025

. -- January 20 - PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan.

Biofuels