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Emissions by the Big Utilities: Where They Are, What They’re Aiming For

Legal Planet

VHC 4% Gas 27%*. American Electric Power. VHC 45% Gas 28%. VHC 21% Gas 32%. VHC 22% Gas 38.5%. Natural Gas: 44.8%. Landfill Gas: 0.005%. Carbon Reduction Goal : Reduce CO2 emissions rate by 67% by 2025 from an adjusted 2005 baseline. Natural Gas/Fuel Oil: 39%.

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DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For Cryptocurrency Power Generation Facility By Diversified Production, LLC At A Shale Gas Well In Elk County

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a proposed Air Quality Plan Approval for a cryptocurrency power generation facility by Diversified Production, LLC at the Longhorn Pad A shale gas well in Horton Township, Elk County. ( carbon monoxide, 5.61 volatile organic compounds; 12.31 nitrogen oxides, 21.63

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DEP Awards $2.1 Million In Grants For Electric Vehicles, Clean Fuel Transportation Projects

PA Environment Daily

million in Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants to municipalities and businesses for 99 electric vehicles and more clean fuel transportation projects to improve air quality in their communities. On April 14, the Department of Environmental Protection announced $2.1 Transportation is one of the biggest sources of air pollution in Pennsylvania.

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Clean Hydrogen: How It’s Produced and What We Can Do with It

Law and Environment

SMR requires steam, heat, and pressure to convert methane (in natural gas) to hydrogen and carbon monoxide. SMR is a high-carbon process that uses fossil fuels for process heat. The gold standard—so-called “ green ” hydrogen—is hydrogen produced via electrolysis using renewable electricity from wind or solar.

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DEP Awards $2.9 Million In Grants To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments To Switch To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. 15

PA Environment Daily

The 28 funded projects will install 32 electric vehicle chargers for private and public use and put 95 electric vehicles, 24 compressed or renewable natural gas vehicles, and 11 propane vehicles on the road. Nine of the vehicles will be fully electric long-haul tractor trailers, the first supported by the AFIG program.

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DEP Publishes Final Air Quality General Permit For Installation Of Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares

PA Environment Daily

formal notice ) The general permit sets Best Available Technology requirements to meet emission limits for oxides of nitrogen (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and other pollutants. DEP’s latest Pennsylvania Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory shows coal mining-related greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 totaled an estimated 11.91

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.26.23

PA Environment Daily

5:15 to 6:15 p.m. -- Philly Voice: Greening Vacant Lots In Philly Raised Surrounding Property Values By 4.3% In First Year, Wharton Business School Study Finds -- TribLive: Pittsburgh Looks To Spend $2.6 In First Year, Wharton Business School Study Finds -- TribLive: Pittsburgh Looks To Spend $2.6