PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2021

1-5 Green Infrastructure: Religious Institutions & Clean Water For Healthy Communities Webinar Nov. 26 News From PA House & Senate Senate Committee Moves Bill To Prohibit Communities From Promoting Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency; House Set To Move Companion Oct. 26 House Committee Adds Oct. 25 Hearing Rep.

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Clean Energy Law

JULY 16, 2019

What’s Next? EPA will take public comment on the proposed decision for 60 days after the notice is published in the Federal Register.

Electricity 130

Electricity Toxic Substances Control Act Regulations 2015 130

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

However, because these stumbling blocks arose out of water quality issues that are specific to fossil fuel pipelines, they are unlikely to affect electricity transmission. Nationwide Permit 12 (“NWP 12”) is a major piece of the regulatory puzzle for oil and gas pipelines as well as transmission.

Renewable Energy 55

Renewable Energy Natural Gas Electricity Fossil Fuels 55

Circle of Blue

JUNE 21, 2021

As America stands at a crossroads in this new energy age, we must ensure that infrastructure includes strategic investments in energy, clean energy, climate, and water resources innovation.” – Rep. 55-43 : Margin by which the Senate confirmed Radhika Fox to lead the EPA Office of Water. By the Numbers.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In conjunction with a White House summit, the Biden administration proposed strengthening water quality standards for rivers and lakes in order to preserve the ability of Indian tribes to fish, gather, and use their lands in ceremonies. The proposal lays out the process by which the U.S. EPA Management Challenges.

Biofuels 130

Biofuels 2025 Clean Water Act 2006 130

Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

Senate Bill 334 / House Bill 76 establish that a person who meets the threshold standing requirements under the federal Clean Water Act has an unconditional right and the authority to intervene in a civil action initiated by the State in State court to require compliance with certain water pollution control measures.

Law 52

Law 2021 Recycling 2024 52

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

His priority is ensuring Pennsylvania has a comprehensive climate and energy policy plan that will move all of us forward.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

She also served as a legal extern at NRDC in connection with NYU’s Environmental Law Clinic, where she worked on fossil fuel divestment and PCB pollution, and a summer law clerk at Earthjustice, where she worked on litigation ranging from Freedom of Information Act to Clean Water Act issues.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Use It Here - First’ Philadelphia C-PACE Hits $100 Million In Clean Energy Financing With New $30 Million Freezpak Facility Project DEP Awards $12.2 Penn State Extension Hosts 9-Part Woods In Your Backyard Webinar Series Starting Jan. 11 WeConservePA Feb.

Natural Gas 52

Natural Gas Clean Water Act Conservation Clean Energy 52

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2022

[PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell’s Flaring At Beaver County Ethane Plant Pushed Company Over Air Permit Limits, Data Shows -- Beaver Times: Regulators Say Shell Exceeded Emissions Cap During Cracker Plant Startup -- New Castle News: DEP: Opening Of Shell’s Western PA ‘Cracker’ Plant Caused Pollutants To Spike -- The Allegheny Front - Reid (..)

Conservation 75

Conservation Natural Gas Air Pollution Clean Energy 75

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2023

Million Investment To Plant Trees, Buffers, Meadows To Improve Water Quality, Climate Resiliency; New Grant Rounds Opening Jan. Shapiro Can Help Pennsylvania Win The Future -- WESA: Pittsburgh Advocates: EPA’s Proposed PM2.5/Soot 17 Webinar On Climate & Health Impacts Of Methane Gas From Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN] -- WFMZ: UGI Corp.

Conservation 64

Conservation Natural Gas Clean Water Act 2023 64

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Funded by the Erb Family Foundation and the Joyce Foundation, the project comes on the 50 th anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, a high point of environmental diplomacy, and the U.S. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law. Once Cleared Harmful Blooms. did it once before. .

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Clean Water Act 2017 2010 Conservation 361

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Energy Conservation. We live in an age of dwindling fossil fuels and inaction on renewable energy. The banning of DDT, the Clean Water Act, banning of shooting eagles, protected nest sites and targeted restoration programs means this majestic bird of prey has gone from just 500 at the low point to 70,000 today.

Conservation 52

Conservation Law Natural Resources Fossil Fuels 52

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2022

Smucker - Proliferation Of Natural Gas Production Has Resulted In More Methane Emissions - Michael Wright, Climate Psychology Alliance Of North America -- TribLive Letter: Local Energy Choice Means Progress On Environment, Economy - PA Chamber [Except communities are banned from making a clean energy choice under this legislation.] -- Scranton Times (..)

Natural Gas 52

Natural Gas Clean Water Act Conservation Waste 52

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Video Of Aerial Photos Of The Oil & Gas Industrial Landscape In SW PA, Eastern OH And Northern WV -- West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, Six&Kane Will Host Oct. 15 Celebrating 50 Years Of The Federal Clean Water Act, Pittsburgh -- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Oct.

Conservation 64

Conservation Natural Gas Clean Water Act Climate Change 64

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S. West Virginia v. 15-1363 et al.

2019 40

2019 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Under the Endangered Species Act, the court vacated the FWS’s biological opinion because the incidental take statement lacked “the requisite specificity of mitigation measures for the polar bear” and because the take finding for the polar bear was arbitrary and capricious. According to news reports, ACCR raised two major claims.

2021 40

2021 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Fossil Fuels 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 26, 2023

There’s no question that the US electricity transmission system has to be modernized to enable a transition to an equitable clean energy economy, but how to do it is up for grabs. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) $2.5 That’s a false choice.

Environmental Protection 223

Environmental Protection Electricity Clean Energy Fossil Fuels 223

PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2022

American Rescue Plan Funding -- Bay Journal: PA Takes ‘Historic’ Action To Fund Clean Water Projects And Help The Chesapeake Bay - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal -- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested. What’s Your Community Doing?

Natural Gas 64

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Clean Water Act Electricity 64

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The plaintiffs’ complaint asserting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, and Rivers and Harbors Act violations included allegations that the U.S. The federal district court for the Middle District of Louisiana enjoined work on the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in the Atchafalaya Basin in Louisiana.

2018 40

2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2023

For Pipeline Development [PaEN] -- CNN: Consumer Product Safety Commission Is Researching Gas Stove Emissions To Address Health Risks, But Has No Proceeding To Ban Stoves -- Pittsburgh Business Times: PNC Increases Environmental Finance Commitment For Transition To Low-Carbon Economy 50% To $30 Billion -- Republican Herald: Pottsville City Council (..)

Natural Gas 64

Natural Gas Clean Water Act Electricity 2023 64

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit Decision Vacating Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate@gmail.com. .

2021 40

2021 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Climate Law Could Make Midwest Water Contamination Worse Billions in clean energy incentives rely on raw materials from polluting corn and livestock. environmental organizations, and climate activists were appropriately enthused last summer when Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Law Carbon Dioxide 2022 Clean Water Act 363

ESA

MAY 4, 2023

The Clean Water Act is a federal law that gives authority to states to protect the nation’s waters. Members of the House Science Committee introduced bipartisan bills aimed at increasing collaboration between NASA and the Department of Energy ( R.

2023 87

2023 2024 2022 Natural Resources 87

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2022

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law -- ScrantonT: Federal Infrastructure Funds Will Remediate Mine-Scarred Land -- WBTimes: Federal Funds Touted For Abandoned Mine Lands Clean Up Other States/National/International -- WPost: U.S.

Waste 64

Waste Natural Resources Clean Water Act Government 64

ESA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House progressives, led by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) are opposing the permitting deal, citing concerns that the reforms would help fossil fuel projects and undermine the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act.

2022 75

2022 Ocean Biotechnology Carbon Dioxide 75

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The court said that having remanded to the Corps for consultation under the Endangered Species Act, it was not necessary to determine whether the Corps “made a fully informed and well-considered decision” under NEPA and the Clean Water Act. Briefs Filed in Challenges to ACE Rule and Clean Power Plan Repeal.

2020 40

2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

Citizens for Clean Energy v. Circuit Decision on Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Circuit’s January opinion vacating EPA’s repeal and replacement of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations for controlling carbon emissions from existing power plants. Department of the Interior , No. 4:17-cv-00030 (D.

2021 42

2021 Fossil Fuels Endangered Species Act Climate Change 42

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

11 Hearing On Bill To Expand Renewable Energy Mandates In Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Controversial Solar Energy Project In Adams County Loses In Court Again -- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn.

Natural Gas 83

Natural Gas Clean Water Act 2024 Renewable Energy 83

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Rob Mercuri Presents Allegheny County Resident Lynn Appman With Keep PA Beautiful Community Pride Award [PaEN] -- Penn State Ranks 4th In US In 2024 QS World University Rankings For Sustainability -- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. 13 [PaEN] -- PA Firefly Festival Update: Applications For 2024 Firefly Festival Ticket Lottery Available Jan.

Natural Gas 70

Natural Gas 2024 Climate Change Conservation 70

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Fish & Wildlife Service, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Award $3.5 Million In Grants To Restore, Protect Habitats In Chesapeake Bay Watershed; 4 In PA Totalling $1.48 24 EarthTalks Highlights Agricultural Integration And Solar Facilities - Agrivoltaics In Context [PaEN] -- Penn State To Host Virtual International Symposium Nov.

Conservation 49

Conservation Clean Water Act Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 49

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

In 2023 -- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. Accepting Entries In Student Imagine A Clean Energy Future Contest [PaEN] -- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Build Electric Vehicle Infrastructure - By Bob Donnan, Bobscaping Blog -- Tribune-Democrat: Conemaugh Twp. 13 [PaEN] -- House Environmental Committee To Hold Dec.

Conservation 82

Conservation 2024 Endangered Species Act Climate Change 82

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

In August 2017, NYSDEC conditionally denied the developer’s joint application for state law stream disturbance and freshwater wetlands permits, as well as for a water quality certificate pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, asserting that a recent D.C. Army Corps of Engineers had violated the Clean Water Act.

2017 40

2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Clean Water Act 40

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Oregon Court Reinstated Clean Energy Ballot Initiatives. An Oregon Circuit Court set aside the Oregon Secretary of State’s decision to reject two clean energy ballot initiatives and allowed the measures to be processed and circulated for the November 2020 election. Golden State Environmental Justice Alliance v.

2020 40

2020 Fossil Fuels Climate Change Greenhouse 40

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The approval of the permit was therefore contrary to law because climate change had to be considered “to some extent” in order for Ecology to act consistently with implementing regulations under the Clean Water Act and the Water Pollution Control Act. Circuit Decision on Affordable Clean Energy Rule.

2021 45

2021 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 45

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Other States/National/International -- AP: Policy, Climate, War Make 2022 ‘Pivot Year’ For Clean Energy -- The Economist: Why Climate Change Is Intimately Tied To Biodiversity PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Meadville Tribune: U.S. 6 - Creating An Edible Landscape. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Clean Water Act 64

Clean Water Act Politics Clean Energy 2022 64

ESA

MARCH 14, 2022

Jared Huffman (D-CA), sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, expressing their disappointment in the EPA’s January 2022 announcement to restart the Clean Water Act review process for protecting Bristol Bay, Alaska. under the Clean Water Act to the pre-2015 standard.

2022 98

2022 Endangered Species Act Clean Water Act Natural Resources 98