PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

Since DEP’s inception, Pennsylvania has recycled over 146 million tons of material—preventing 196 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. million cars from the road for a year or preserving the carbon-storing capacity of 234 million acres of forest. That’s the equivalent of removing 43.8

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2025

Bear Creek Preserve, one of more than 40 nature preserves in Natural Lands’ care, is part of a vast mosaic of protected lands including state game lands, Bureau of Forestry property, and private conservation easements. Plants growing in the wetlands break down contaminants, filter out sediment, and store excess nutrients like carbon dioxide.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2025

Now exceeding 70 hives, the apiary serves as a hands-on educational resource to raise awareness about the roles of bees in ecosystems, promote pollinator conservation, and provide training in sustainable beekeeping practices for students and the community. The WeReclaim! Expanded Recycling of Coke Plant Materials: U.S.

2025

Law Columbia

MARCH 27, 2025

Similar to other challenges against local natural gas bans, the plaintiffs in this 2023 lawsuit argued that the federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) preempted Local Law 154. EPCA sets federal energy-efficiency standards for certain appliances, such as refrigerators, furnaces, ranges, and ovens.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2025

February 27-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 10:00- Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Snowden at dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846. House Floor.

Carbon Dioxide

A Greener Life

JANUARY 16, 2025

Wetlands also capture and store atmospheric carbon dioxide, allowing it to be converted into other carbon compounds and cellulose and thus mitigating global heating. The Conservation Society of Monavale (COSMO), a support group founded in 2005, took it upon itself to promote and protect Monavale Vlei in Harare.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Although in its early stages, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) techniques – i.e., techniques that remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – have gained traction in recent years as a climate change mitigation strategy. Australia is another example.

Carbon Dioxide

Physics World

JUNE 3, 2025

When plants decompose or are burnt, they release the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) they had absorbed from the atmosphere. One idea to prevent this CO 2 being released back into the atmosphere is to bury the waste biomass under conditions that prevent or slow decomposition, thereby trapping the carbon underground for centuries.

Waste

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 24, 2025

Zeldin announced on March 12 th more than 30 actions he plans to undertake to weaken or cripple air, water, wastewater, and chemical standards, including eliminating the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights and getting the EPA out of the business of curbing the carbon dioxide and methane gases fueling global warming.

Regulations

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

HF 1900 would continue the use of state lottery funds “for the public purpose of protection, conservation, preservation, and enhancement of the state’s air, water, land, fish, wildlife, and other natural resources.” SB 201 is an effort to overturn a state law regulating carbon dioxide pipelines. South Dakota.

Natural Gas

Circle of Blue

APRIL 21, 2025

The administration eliminated USAID, which brought to a close the extensive international conservation programs that protected endangered species, battled poaching and illegal fishing, and provided millions of people clean water and safe sanitation.

Earth Day

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Instead, Congress could remove the climate-smart requirement and expand the funding for current Farm Bill conservation practices that do not necessarily have a clear impact on emissions or sequestration. This Article provides an overview of where the 2024 Farm Bill got stuck in the weeds regarding conservation spending.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

Shapiro Launches Legislative Push for 'Lightning Plan To Build More Energy Projects, Speed Up Permitting, Lower Costs, Create Jobs For Pennsylvanians [PaEN] -- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited: $180 Million In Trout Unlimited Watershed Projects Now Frozen Across The US; Office Closures, Staff Cuts 'Sacrificing Our National Conservation Legacy' [PaEN] (..)

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 1, 2025

Replacing gasoline with electricity greatly reduces carbon emissions from driving, even when emissions from mining, manufacturing, and generating electricity are included. Recently published UCS analysis shows that driving the average EV in the US produces carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to a hypothetical 100 mpg gasoline car.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

The Delaware River Basin Commission placed a moratorium on fracking in 2010 before banning it permanently in 2021 in places like Wayne and Pike counties locally, saying it posed signicant, immediate and long-term risks to the development, conservation, utilization, management and preservation of the rivers water resources.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

Shapiro Launches Legislative Push for 'Lightning Plan To Build More Energy Projects, Speed Up Permitting, Lower Costs, Create Jobs For Pennsylvanians [PaEN] -- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited: $180 Million In Trout Unlimited Watershed Projects Now Frozen Across The US; Office Closures, Staff Cuts 'Sacrificing Our National Conservation Legacy' [PaEN] (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

Public Lands/Recreation -- Secured a historic $112 million for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to maintain and improve state park and forest infrastructure. -- Provided $2.8 Holding Polluters Accountable -- Secured a $10 million agreement with Shell Chemicals for excessive air contamination, with $6.2

Clean Energy

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

The OBBBA includes provisions related to agricultural commodity programs, nutrition programs, tax policies, and conservation programs. The following is an overview of the conservation measures included in the OBBBA that are relevant to agriculture, and a collection of further resources on other agriculture-related OBBBA provisions.

2013

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

Related Articles This Week: -- Community Speaks Out Against Expansion Of Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County [PaEN] -- Washington County Resident To DEP: Harmon Creek Natural Gas Plant Expansion Will Result In A Huge Increase In Air Pollution, It Should Be Required To Have A Major Air Quality Permit, It Is Not A Minor Source (..)

Technology

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

The finding, long a legal target for climate deniers, has so far held up , even in an ultra-conservative Supreme Court, but that has not stopped the administration from attacking it. Wright told a conservative policy conference in Februarywithout evidence that net zero goals for carbon emissions by 2050 were sinister and lunacy.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

Shapiro Marks Milestone Of Plugging 300 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Over 2 Years; New Technology Finding More Abandoned Wells [PaEN] -- The Derrick: FrenchCreek Twp.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

Shapiro Marks Milestone Of Plugging 300 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Over 2 Years; New Technology Finding More Abandoned Wells [PaEN] -- The Derrick: FrenchCreek Twp.,

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

MAY 7, 2025

Among other cuts, the budget proposes: Cancellation of $15.247 billion in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funds (which the document labels Green New Scam funds) for unreliable renewable energy, removing carbon dioxide from the air, and other costly technologies burdensome to ratepayers and consumers.

Renewable Energy

Law Columbia

APRIL 29, 2025

Department of Energys (DOEs) repeal , effective May 15, of the regulatory definition of showerhead under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Examples of cases we are likely to see soon include: One or more lawsuits challenging the U.S.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

School Campus Could Save $10 Million -- Scranton Times: Renewable Natural Gas Plant Operator At Keystone Landfill Begins Test Drilling For Underground Carbon Dioxide Storage -- Protecting Clean Water Together: Starting To Think About The Garden?

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2025

30 Webinar On New Outdoor Ambassador Program Launching In The Laurel Highlands And Poconos Conservation Landscapes [PaEN] -- Natural Lands: Participate In A Jan. 30 Webinar On New Outdoor Ambassador Program Launching In The Laurel Highlands And Poconos Conservation Landscapes [PaEN] -- Natural Lands: Participate In A Jan.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2025

It is this program that provided funding to PA Sustainable Agriculture (Pasa) for an array of farm conservation projects, including putting those trees onto Willow Run Farmstead. Amid the trees, soil in the paddocks would retain moisture during droughts, while capturing and storing climate-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Conservation

Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2025

HDOT.  Brazil and COP30 A Reuters investigation by Brad Haynes, Jackie Botts, Ricardo Brito, and Jake Spring finds that many voluntary carbon credit projects meant to conserve forests in Brazil are also profiting people and businesses fined by Brazilian authorities for destroying the rainforest.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

Shapiro Marks Milestone Of Plugging 300 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Over 2 Years; New Technology Finding More Abandoned Wells [PaEN] -- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited: $180 Million In Trout Unlimited Watershed Projects Now Frozen Across The US; Office Closures, Staff Cuts 'Sacrificing Our National Conservation Legacy' [PaEN] -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2025

Shapiro Threatens To Pull Pennsylvania Out Of PJM If It Does Not Protect Consumers Against Soaring Power Prices [PaEN] -- Senate DEP Budget Hearing Focuses On Permit Reviews; Governors Lightning Energy Plan; Bringing On More Baseload Power Generation; Firing Intractable DEP Employees [PaEN] -- PUC House Budget Hearing: We Arent Going To Build Our Way (..)

Electricity

Legal Planet

MAY 21, 2025

Beto Verissimo, Head of Belem-based rainforest conservation organization Imazon, is the liaison for forests. Heres what else I see Good news A Cleaner China: For the first time, the growth in Chinas clean power generation has caused the nations carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to fall despite rapid power demand growth.

Rainforest

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2025

Shapiro Marks Milestone Of Plugging 300 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Over 2 Years; New Technology Finding More Abandoned Wells [PaEN] -- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited: Millions In Trout Unlimited Watershed Projects Improve The Environment, Local Economies Across The US; Federal Funding Freeze, Office Closures, Staff Cuts 'Sacrificing (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

Shapiro Launches Legislative Push for 'Lightning Plan To Build More Energy Projects, Speed Up Permitting, Lower Costs, Create Jobs For Pennsylvanians [PaEN] -- Community Speaks Out Against Expansion Of Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County [PaEN] -- Washington County Resident To DEP: Harmon Creek Natural Gas Plant Expansion (..)

Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 24, 2025

For decades, the federal government has heavily subsidized carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS), a set of technologies that aims to separate, collect and sequester carbon dioxide from fossil fuel combustion and gas processing. One analysis estimated the rollbacks will cost US taxpayers $6 billion over the next decade.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2025

Western PA Conservancy Webinar Featuring 5 Women Talking About Careers In Conservation & Preservation. Grassroots Conservation Fair, Wellsboro, Tioga County. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. March 12-- Agenda Posted. March 14-- In-Person.

Natural Gas