Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

On September 21, 2023, the Biden administration outlined plans to expand federal agencies’ consideration of the social cost of carbon—a metric for the economic cost of each additional ton of carbon dioxide emitted to the atmosphere. The directive is, nonetheless, significant.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 23, 2022

Coal-fired power plants release carbon dioxide, mercury, and other emissions that can harm human health. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently reported that emissions from power plants have increased from 2020 to 2021, reflecting growth in coal-fired power generation.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency recognized 103 U.S. Together, these plants prevented more than 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to the emissions from the electricity use of more than 1.5 On March 14, the U.S. million American homes.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2023

This primacy effort is an accelerant to the burden shouldered by Pennsylvanians of a deficient permitting system that favors polluters over community health and safety. North Dakota and Wyoming are the only states that have primacy over the Class VI program.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In a blog post last month, I wrote about the growing interest in ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR), and the complex legal issues it raises. Much of the legal complexity surrounding ocean CDR stems from the fact that the ocean is a shared resource in which all countries, both coastal and landlocked, have an interest.

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Inside Climate News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Steep reductions in emissions of methane—which traps 81 times as much heat as carbon dioxide in the first 20 years in the atmosphere—are among the most important steps for slowing climate change in the short term. By Phil McKenna The U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 25, 2023

The Treasury Department, in collaboration with the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, is responsible for protecting against such outcomes by developing guidance for tax credit implementation to ensure qualifying “clean” hydrogen is truly clean.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 11, 2023

See also: Coal and gas-fired power plants would have to eliminate nearly all their climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions in just a little over a decade, under proposed regulations issued today by the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 10, 2023

thus, it is crucial that we address carbon emissions from power plants. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published a proposed rule which would limit carbon pollution from fossil fuel burning power plants, a move which is critically important, statutorily required, and long overdue.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday is finalizing a rule aimed at significantly cutting the use of a type of greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons that are used in refrigeration. Hydrofluorocarbons, also known as HFCs, can have up to 14,800 times the climate impact of carbon dioxide.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 20, 2021

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, landfills such as this one on the edge of Orlando are among the nation’s largest sources of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide and a major contributor to global warming. Read the full story from NPR. A seminal U.N.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Environmental groups are asking the federal appellate courts to vacate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent decision to grant Louisiana primacy over Class VI injection wells. One concern the groups have is that the carbon dioxide may leak into the environment, including underground sources of drinking water.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Any Pennsylvania business, farm, government agency, educational institution, or nonprofit organization that has developed or participated in a project that promotes environmental protection and stewardship in the Commonwealth may apply. These awards highlight forward-thinking organizations that are changing the environmental landscape.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

On February 22, the Department of Environmental Protection reported the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County paid an additional $2,671,044.75 in civil penalties for air quality violations occurring after the May 24, 2023 consent order. b of the May 24, 2023 Consent Order and Agreement-- -- $521,549.62

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Program recognized 12 food retail companies and one manufacturer of advanced refrigeration systems for their exceptional achievements to reduce the use of ozone-depleting substances and/or climate-damaging refrigerants. For more information, visit EPA's GreenChill Program webpage.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

One strategy is to counterbalance carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that contribute to climate change by drawing an equal amount of carbon out of the atmosphere, such as through planting trees. By Department of Conservation & Natural Resources Efforts to slow or stop global warming involve many strategies working together.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2024

On April 9, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has assessed significant civil penalties totaling $1,114,000 from Equitrans, L.P. The impact of methane is over 25 times greater than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Currently, most hydrogen is produced by steam reforming of methane in natural gas (‘gray hydrogen’), with high carbon dioxide emissions. Increasingly, many propose using carbon capture and storage to reduce these emissions, producing so-called ‘blue hydrogen,’ frequently promoted as low emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2023

On December 21, Earthjustice , on behalf of Scrubgrass Creek Watershed Association and PennFuture , announced they have filed an appeal with the Environmental Hearing Board to overturn or modify DEPs decision to allow the Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Click Here for a copy of the appeal.

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ESA

JULY 1, 2022

At stake was the ability to reduce carbon emissions as written in the ‘Clean Power Plan’ regulation under the auspices of the Clean Air Act that gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) power to regulate “the best system of reducing emissions.”

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 2, 2021

The government’s bid to move ahead with the project coincides with the release of an alarming study, published in the journal Nature , that shows certain regions of the Amazon emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 18, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency recently released a new proposal to cut emissions from existing power plants, aptly titled the Greenhouse Gas Standards and Guidelines for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants. Read the full story at GreenBiz. power plants may start to cap emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

Over the year, those plants emitted 661 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, more than 13% of the US’s energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency is currently updating multiple pollution standards for new and existing fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming), Majority Chair of the Committee, announced his intention to introduce legislation to promote carbon capture, utilization and sequestration. The legislation would create a legal and regulatory framework for carbon dioxide capture and sequestration (CCS) projects in the state. Read more here.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Electricity generating plants produce enormous amounts of carbon dioxide and thus account for approximately one-quarter of America’s emissions of greenhouse gases that cause global warming. Read the full story at The Regulatory Review. … Continue reading The Supreme Court’s climate ruling is not a calamity.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

By Nikki Buffa , Joshua Bledsoe , Jennifer Roy , Michael Dreibelbis , Brian McCall , Austin Wruble , and Sam Wong Louisiana has become the third state in the United States to receive primacy from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), allowing it to assume permitting authority for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

Enhanced Recovery: Use of carbon dioxide for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery requires the creation of a unit by the Commissioner of Conservation for the purpose of secondary or tertiary recovery under La. Rather, it is the approval to use a specific reservoir for injection and storage of carbon dioxide. 30:1101-1111).

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants under the Clean Air Act. We are deeply troubled by this decision that undermines the authority of the very agency tasked with the mission ‘to protect human health and the environment.’ On June 30, the U.S. Related Articles: -- U.S.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

Now the same district court has gone further, again in favor of environmental groups but now against Royal Dutch Shell (“Shell”) , the world’s largest non-state-owned fossil fuel company. Environmental Protection Agency (2007) forced the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. In the US, for instance, Massachusetts v.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Methane has 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO2). A new rule by the government body, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), would allow the public to report large methane leaks to federal regulators if they have access to methane detection technology.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

On February 22, the Department of Environmental Protection reported the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County paid an additional $7,606,067.75 in civil penalties for air quality violations occurring after the May 24, 2023 consent order. b of the May 24, 2023 Consent Order and Agreement-- -- $4,935,023.00

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In New York state, voters have a chance to enshrine environmental protections in their state constitution, which could revive a legal movement that flourished in the United States a half-century ago. Environmental Protection Agency and passed landmark environmental laws to protect air, land, and water.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2022

On September 30, the Department of Environmental Protection announced $2.9 Environmental Protection Agency emissions tests. Zero- and low-emission vehicles also lower carbon dioxide emissions, helping to lessen climate change. To date, the Wolf Administration has awarded more than $64 million statewide.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2022

On April 14, the Department of Environmental Protection announced $2.1 That’s why investing in zero- and low-emission transportation pays off big: It helps us breathe healthier air and slow down climate change,” said Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Executive Deputy Secretary Ramez Ziadeh.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency to apply for primary to regulate underground injection wells. Klapkowski’s comments came after a presentation by Kristin Carter, DCNR Assistant State Geologist, on carbon capture and hydrogen storage and development before the Advisory Board.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Compared to carbon dioxide (CO2), methane doesn’t linger for long in the atmosphere after being emitted. Methane gas has devastating effects on the climate system and its extraction and combustion generate numerous harms to human health. But during the decade it does linger, its heat-trapping potential is 80x stronger than CO2.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

That’s why, since the price spike, the industry has doubled down on lobbying for weaker environmental protections to clear the way for more oil and gas production and the further lock-in of gas pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure. Methane is also a fast-acting greenhouse gas in terms of its impact on the climate.

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