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EPA's GreenChill Program Recognizes Environmentally Friendly Refrigerant Management In Supermarket Industry, Including Weis Markets, The Giant Company, ALDI In PA

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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Reducing Your Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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AUGUST 7, 2022

As governments enact mandatory greenhouse gas emission laws and as businesses voluntarily make “net zero” pledges, we are increasingly working with organizations, first to understand and calculate their GHG emissions, then to implement strategies for efficacious yet frictionless reductions. Air conditioning and refrigeration.

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EPA's GreenChill Smart Supermarket Refrigeration Partnership Celebrates 15 Years; Recognizes 4 Supermarket Companies Serving PA

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

On average, GreenChill food retailers maintain emissions rates that are approximately half the industry average. Over the past 15 years, Partners have avoided emissions of over 500 metric tons of ozone-depleting substances and roughly 100 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. supermarkets, or over 13,000 stores.

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Sen. Street Introduces Bill To Set A New Clean Energy Standard And Support Carbon Capture To Eliminate All Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Power Plants By 2050

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2022

Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) introduced Senate Bill 979 which amends the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard Act to establish a new Clean Energy Standard and encourage investment in carbon capture technology to achieve net-zero carbon emissions from power plants.

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. SB 6 and AB 2011 enable residential development in zones where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use.

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DEP Celebrates $30 Million In Low-Interest Loans For High-Impact Commercial Energy Efficiency Projects

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2022

And it helps lower greenhouse gas emissions to slow climate change and its negative effects.” With 15 projects completed so far, the fund has supported carbon dioxide emissions reduction of 110,000 tons over the life of these projects, equal to taking 22,000 cars off the road for a year.

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Regulating Imports into RGGI: Toward a Legal, Workable Solution

Law Columbia

AUGUST 21, 2013

On August 21, CCCL released a new white paper that evaluates the legal workability and constitutionality of regulating imports into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or “RGGI” (for background on RGGI, the Northeastern states’ cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide, see prior posts ).

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HEAT UP THOSE LEFTOVERS, NOT THE PLANET

Vermont Law

JUNE 28, 2016

Food waste is a potent source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. The methane moves into the atmosphere where it has 21 times the climate-affecting capabilities as carbon dioxide. Methane accounts for 10% of anthropogenic, or human caused, greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. By Bonnie Smith.

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A Global Biogas Revolution Is Taking Place

Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Anaerobic digestion is a biological process happening naturally that breaks down organic matter in an airless environment, resulting in the generation of methane and carbon dioxide (among other things, see below). Food waste from producers, retailers and consumers. Over a third of global food production , 1.3

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Climate Choices Part II — Session Law 2021-165 (Carbon Reduction Plan)

Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 22, 2023

Utilities Commission (NCUC) to “take all reasonable steps” to achieve a 70% reduction in carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) emissions from electric generating units (EGUs) by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality for the utility generation system by 2050. January 22, 2023. A 2021 North Carolina law requires the N.C.

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Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sector: A Cap-and-Invest Approach

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation A Cap-and-Invest Approach . In recent years, states in New England and the mid-Atlantic region have made significant progress in reducing climate change-inducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the electricity generation sector. [1].

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News From PA House & Senate

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Committee Meetings House September 12 -- House Consumer Protection, Technology, Utilities Committee holds hearing on House Bill 1578 (Mullins-D-Lackawanna) training and bonding retail electric and natural gas energy suppliers. EPA Read more here. Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar. Room G-50 Irvis Building.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Bureau of Land Management failed to take a hard look at the indirect and cumulative impacts of greenhouse gases associated with a coal lease that authorized expansion of a coal mine. ruled in 2019 that BLM had failed to adequately assess the potential impacts of greenhouse gas emissions for certain oil and gas leases in Wyoming.

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Senate Committees Hear Familiar Pro/Con Comments On Economic, Environmental Impacts Of EQB’s Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants - RGGI

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

Republicans said the final regulations will increase the cost of electricity for individuals and businesses, have a negative impact on jobs and will not significantly reduce carbon pollution. There is broad consensus in this legislature on the subject of aggressively pursuing reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Revving up the Engine: Senate Prepares to Pass Landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation for Transportation, Broadband, Energy and Water Projects

Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

’’ As part of this definition, the legislation establishes an initial standard for the carbon intensity of clean hydrogen, “equal to or less than 2 kilograms of carbon dioxide-equivalent produced at the site of production per kilogram of hydrogen produced. Requirements.

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EPA's GreenChill Program Recognizes Environmentally Friendly Refrigerant Management In Supermarket Industry, Including Weis Markets, The Giant Company, ALDI In PA

Reducing Your Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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EPA's GreenChill Smart Supermarket Refrigeration Partnership Celebrates 15 Years; Recognizes 4 Supermarket Companies Serving PA

Sen. Street Introduces Bill To Set A New Clean Energy Standard And Support Carbon Capture To Eliminate All Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Power Plants By 2050

2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

DEP Celebrates $30 Million In Low-Interest Loans For High-Impact Commercial Energy Efficiency Projects

Regulating Imports into RGGI: Toward a Legal, Workable Solution

HEAT UP THOSE LEFTOVERS, NOT THE PLANET

A Global Biogas Revolution Is Taking Place

Climate Choices Part II — Session Law 2021-165 (Carbon Reduction Plan)

Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sector: A Cap-and-Invest Approach

News From PA House & Senate

July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Senate Committees Hear Familiar Pro/Con Comments On Economic, Environmental Impacts Of EQB’s Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants - RGGI

Revving up the Engine: Senate Prepares to Pass Landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation for Transportation, Broadband, Energy and Water Projects

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