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Gov. Shapiro Highlights Environmental Protection, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Public Lands, Recreation Accomplishments In First 2 Years

PA Environment Daily

Holding Polluters Accountable -- Secured a $10 million agreement with Shell Chemicals for excessive air contamination, with $6.2

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy Articles/ NewsClips - 7.1.25

PA Environment Daily

Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit In McKean County [PaEN] -- Warren Times Editorial: Pennsylvania Needs A New Plan For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; Increasing Bond Amounts Only Part Of Solution [PaEN] -- PUC Seeks $395,000 Penalty Against UGI Utilities For 2022 Natural Gas House Explosion In Suburban Harrisburg; $50,000 (..)

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North Carolina’s New Climate Legislation

Legal Planet

North Carolina today gets over half of its power from fossil fuels, about 25% from coal and 33% from natural gas. Solar is at 5% and wind is under 1l%. The new bill seeks to put North Carolina on the road to carbon neutrality. Obviously, the state has a long way to go in the energy transition.

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Response to the New York Times Essay “Are There Better Places to Put Large Solar Farms Than These Forests”

Law Columbia

Specifically, it is important to understand that solar is not being sited in equal quantities on these three types of land, as farmland hosts far more solar projects (33%) than either grassland (6%) or forests (4%). For comparison, nearly 3% of solar power is currently sited in urban areas. [1].

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

Each credit one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent pollution below the standard. I’ve written recently about why a Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard , which addresses the bio-based diesel credits. Source California Air Resources Board.

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The Carbon Capture Boondoggle Begins To Unwind 

Enviromental Defense

Last week, Capital Power, a major energy company with natural gas, waste heat, wind, solar and, until this week, coal assets, announced that it’s scrapping plans for a $2.6 billion carbon capture facility at its Genesse power plant west of Edmonton. It’s called wind and solar power.

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Pennsylvania Catches Up In National Rankings For Solar Energy Adoption By Schools; G.E.T. Solar Energy Help Now; Avoid Natural Gas Price Spikes

PA Environment Daily

According to a new national report on schools’ adoption of solar published last week by nonprofit Generation180 , Pennsylvania ranked 11th in the nation for the amount of solar installed by its K-12 schools, climbing up from 13th place two years ago. The report found that 87% of solar power installed at U.S.