PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Anti-Nuke Activists Use 46th Anniversary Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Accident To Protest Restart -- Post-Gazette: Anti-Nuke Activists Use 46th Anniversary Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Accident To Protest Restart -- PennDOT, DEP, Keep PA Beautiful Invite Public To Be Part Of Pick Up Pennsylvania (..)

Conservation

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Yet it comes with the imprimatur of a host of conservative organizations and involves many people with ties to Trump. Conservatives used to believe in the free market, but Project 2025 seems quite skeptical of the idea of competitive electricity markets. But does Project 2025 even matter, you might ask? 633-634] #2.

2025

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2024

I’m not including laws that simply incentivize clean energy or those that fund pure science, even though both are vitally important parts of climate policy. Climate first cropped up in the Clean Air Act of 1970. Next up was the Global Climate Protection Act of 1987 , which was signed by Ronald Reagan.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2025

Shapiro Says ‘Protecting History’ Is Crucial As President Weighs Removal Of Exhibits About Slavery At Independence National Historic Park In Philadelphia -- Keep PA Beautiful Awards $500 To Westmoreland County Conservation District, Winner Of PA Assn. 23 Pollinator Pathway Movement - BEE In On It!

Clean Air Act

National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

Background Swampbuster is the term commonly used to refer to provisions of the Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation program that address wetland conservation. Swampbuster is implemented by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (“NRCS”).

2013

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

A 1985 study released in 2010 by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources found high concentrations of barium in conventional oil and gas brines was the "likely the source of barium contents exceeding the drinking-water limits in some private wells and small municipal water supplies in western Pennsylvania." [ Read more here.]

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

JANUARY 13, 2025

Right-wing advocacy groups launched a public messaging campaign and conservative editorial boards weighed in. Shell on behalf of all the companies responded that the Solicitor General had effectively reversed the governments position that the Clean Air Act preempts claims in these climate cases. 7401 et seq.

Clean Air Act

Legal Planet

APRIL 11, 2025

The Clean Air Act, which prohibits states from exceeding federal emissions standards for motor vehicles, with the significant exception of Californias statutory ability to obtain a preemption waiver for standards needed to tackle the states singular air pollution challenges.

Law

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

GT Thompson, Chair of the US House Agriculture Committee; Members Of The PA In The Balance Farm Conservation Initiative Team; Student Jessica Herr [PaEN] -- Penn State Master Watershed Steward Jane Cook Leads By Example In Lehigh Valley [PaEN] -- PA Assn. 16 In State College [PaEN] -- Western PA Conservancy: Dec.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Jack Winieski Dedicated His Professional Career To Improving Trees Through Genetics - By Wayne W. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc.,

Conservation

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. Other than his desire to re-open closed coal-fired power plants and revive U.S.

Earth Day

Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

The EO also refers to waivers granted to California under Section 209 of the Clean Air Act for its own Advanced Clean Cars II rule that aims to phase out new gas-powered vehicles by 2035. The EPA and NHTSA rulemakings are completed, as is Californias Section 209 waiver for Advanced Clean Cars II.

Paris Agreement

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Million For Drilling Violations In Greene, Clearfield Counties [January 2018] -- DEP Assesses CNX Gas Drilling $433,500 For Violations In Greene County [January 2018] -- DEP Issues Cabot Oil & Gas $99,000 Penalty For Numerous Well Site Air Quality Violations In Susquehanna County [December 2017] -- EHB Issues $1.1

2014

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency, agreeing to decide whether fossil fuel manufacturers have legal standing to challenge an EPA decision under the federal Clean Air Act. On Monday, the Court denied review in a separate but related case, Ohio v. Both sets of plaintiffs sought Supreme Court review of the adverse D.C.

Clean Air Act

Legal Planet

AUGUST 4, 2025

A nuclear plant would require permitting from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and would also require a Clean Water Act permit for taking cooling water from a stream or lake, and separate permitting for discharging used cooling water due to impurities in the used water.

Air Pollution

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

(CFIUS) Commodity Credit Corporation Department of Energy Department of Labor Environmental Protection Agency Farm Service Agency Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Fish and Wildlife Service Food and Drug Administration Food and Nutrition Service Food Safety and Inspection Service Foreign Agricultural Service Forest (..)

2013

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

We want to make sure that both workers and the community residents are protected under the guidelines of the Clean Air Act. The pollution amounts that will be associated with the increased operations and increased emissions of pollutants goes into the air we breathe.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2025

In Pennsylvania, we’ve seen firsthand the success of well-designed Energy Efficiency and Conservation programs, including mandatory electric and voluntary natural gas programs,” said Chairman DeFrank. 9 Webinar On Growth Of A.I.

Natural Gas

Circle of Blue

MARCH 19, 2025

This month, in a series of despicable announcements, the EPAs newest senior leader set out to end the federal governments essential role in conserving natural resources and scrubbing poisons from air and water. Apparently Zeldin takes no pride in his home countys role in making America cleaner, greener, and safer.

Clean Air Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

laws, including: the Clean Air Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) also known as Superfund; the Clean Water Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); and the Safe Water Drinking Act.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The Advanced Clean Cars II rule would require 100% EV sales in California by 2035 and strengthen tailpipe emissions standards, resulting in an estimated 1,200 fewer deaths fro m air pollution by 2040. The rule required a waiver because it’s stronger than the federal Clean Air Act, and 13 states have already approved similar standards.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

But scores of other regulations are in the cross-hairs, such as energy efficiency standards that benefit consumers and a variety of rules that protect clean air and water. Although conservatives used to believe in states rights, he also launched attacks on all state policies inconsistent with his own agenda. It gives the U.S.

Paris Agreement

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc., DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc.,

Conservation

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

Legal Planet

MARCH 10, 2025

In particular, the Courts careful dance around these issues suggests that at least one or more conservative Justice wasnt convinced of the Trump reading of the statute. Trump may still be able to win on those statutory arguments, but there are at least some yellow caution lights blinking.

Carbon Emissions

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

The Ag & Food Law Update > Search Site Navigation About the Center Professional Staff Partners Research by Topic Center Publications Webinar Series State Compilations Farm Bill Resources Ag Law Bibliography Ag Law Glossary Ag Law Reporter General Resources 24 Jul The Feed: Vol.

Endangered Species Act

Legal Planet

MAY 7, 2025

If we were really in an energy emergency, we would not kill a cost-efficient program that helps us conserve. My rock-ribbed Republican grandfather the youngest of 7 children who grew up in Utah during the Great Depression, who would re-use napkins like his life depended on it would be horrified at this utter contempt for conservation.

Fossil Fuels

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. Many other states in recent years have decided they would follow Californias standards, as they are allowed to under the Clean Air Act.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2025

It’s Only A Matter Of Time, Experts Say -- PennLive: Rain Runoff Impacts Water Quality In State Park Lake Swimming Areas -- Pike Conservation District: The Flow Must Go On - Stormwater’s Journey Across The Land -- Penn State Extension Aug. 23 Pollinator Pathway Movement - BEE In On It! 20, Crawford County; Annual Dinner Sept.

Conservation

Acoel

JANUARY 17, 2025

The Department of Environmental Conservation has one year from the effective date of the Climate Superfund Act to promulgate regulations and two years to complete a statewide climate change adaptation master plan to guide the dispersal of funds throughout the State.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

APRIL 29, 2025

The lawsuit, brought by railroad industry groups, had been held in abeyance since September 30, 2024, awaiting a determination by EPA on which portions of the regulation would require EPA authorization under the Clean Air Act and whether to grant such authorization.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Ironically, sudden substantive changes in administrative policy – such as slashing emissions rules mandated by the Clean Air Act or other environmental regulations – by a new Trump administration could run counter to the narrow latitude given to federal agencies by the U.S.

2025

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2025

Meuser Bring Potential Gubernatorial Pitches To Conservative Conference In Harrisburg -- WESA/WVIA: Advocates, Environmentalists Split As President Signs Orders To Bolster Coal Industry -- Inquirer: State Treasurer Garrity Seriously Eyeing Run For Governor As Republican Race For 2026 Heats Up -- LancasterOnline: State Sen.

Politics

Legal Planet

APRIL 10, 2025

And about the EPA having that email address set up for copy and paste exemptions to the Clean Air Act, which my colleague Mary D. Other stories, studies, policy papers Toxic Polluters Are Taking Control of the Air We Breathe We Can Stop Them (A good Substack article on the various EPA efforts) Oil giant Chevron must pay $744.6

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 5 On Methane Emissions Reduction; Federal Plugging Program; Injection Well Primacy; Financial Assurance; Drilling & Permitting Activity Impacts On DEP Budget [PaEN] -- EPA, Justice Dept.,

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

APRIL 23, 2025

About 90 percent of the sampled cleaned surfaces showed Pb levels below the EPA limit, indicating that cleaning is often, but not always, effective at removing heavy metals from surfaces. The arguments in Diamond Alternative Energy v. EPA wont center on the waiver itself, which oil and biofuel interests had sued over.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. PA Environment Digest Will Be CLOSED Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5 November 4-- Cecil Township, Washington County Hearing/Meeting On Ordinance To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells. 3599 Millers Run Road, Cecil, PA. 26 to Nov.

Clean Air Act