PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2022

. -- Penn State To Host Virtual International Symposium Nov.

Climate Change

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

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2022

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- -- Environmental Health News: Public Health In PA Ignored During Fracking Rush - Report [PaEN] -- FracTracker Alliance: Dimock Residents Working To Protect Water From New Threat: Fracking Waste -- New Ohio River Valley Institute Report (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Residents Clash Over Plans To Drill Near School In Allegheny County, Community Already Has 38 Shale Gas Wells [Local Hearing Resumes Sept. Residents Clash Over Plans To Drill Near School In Allegheny County, Community Already Has 38 Shale Gas Wells [Local Hearing Resumes Sept.

Conservation

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Natural gas, oil, and electricity transmission are each subject to distinct regulatory schemes. Construction and operation of an interstate natural gas pipeline requires a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (“FERC”) under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

Renewable Energy

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.

Clean Water Act

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

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.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2022

Natural Gas Prices Jump 7% As Heat Wave Boosts Air Conditioning Use -- Bloomberg: Summer Blackout Fears Fuel 300% Jump In U.S. Power Plant Profits -- Bloomberg: EUs Simson: Natural Gas Situation Likely To Get Worse -- Reuters: Factbox: Could The U.S. Ship More LNG To Europe? What’s Your Community Doing?

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2022

EIA: Electric Generation From Renewables To Keep Rising Leading To A Decline In Natural Gas Generation; CO2 Emissions Keep Going Up [PaEN] -- WNEP: PA Natural Gas Industry Facing Labor Shortages - Programs Not Attracting Enough Students [“"I don't have enough students. 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. -- TODAY 9:30 a.m.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2023

Natural Gas And Oil; Target Northeast U.S. Million Investment For Trail Gaps, ATV/Snowmobile Projects; New Grant Rounds Opening Jan. Jefferson County; Feb.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Of Agriculture Announces 2025 PA Farm Show Theme - Powering Pennsylvania Public Participation -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 28 [PaEN] -- The Energy Age Blog: Range Resources Applies For More Shale Gas Wells In Cecil Twp.,

2024

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2022

-Elect Shapiro To Ban Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater [PaEN] -- Citizen Complaints Result In DEP Issuing PA General Energy More Violations At Loyalsock Creek Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Site In Lycoming County [PaEN] -- DEP Assesses $600,000 Penalty For Illegal Disposal Of Over 1,800 Truck Loads Of Oil & Gas (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

21 On New 16-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline Being Built In Springfield, Troy, West Burlington & Granville Townships, Bradford County [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Lawsuit Over Radioactive Drill Cuttings At Mercer County Landfill Heads To Commonwealth Court Hearing Oct. Washington County - Drilling Close To Home-- Literally!

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Ramirez [Equitrans Gas Leak, Keystone Oil Pipeline Spill] -- League Of Women Voters, Partners Host Jan. 23: With Edges In Place - How To Garden To Accommodate Human Interface With Natural Form, Function. 6 - Creating An Edible Landscape. 6 - Creating An Edible Landscape.

Natural Gas

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

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2023

Million Investment To Plant Trees, Buffers, Meadows To Improve Water Quality, Climate Resiliency; New Grant Rounds Opening Jan. 25 - Blue Hydrogen Made From Natural Gas - What You Need To Know. Noon to 1:00 p.m. -- EPA Invites Comments On Draft Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Permit In Young Twp.,

Conservation

Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Also, a different set of environmental challenges: drought and drinking water supply; rhinoceros poaching; managing heavily vegetated bush and grassland habitat; and protecting the Cape’s extraordinary biodiversity. Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order on climate change and clean energy.

2018

Circle of Blue

JUNE 21, 2021

A House subcommittee approves bills related to household water debt and PFAS contamination. Federal energy regulators will undertake a new environmental assessment of the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline. The Senate confirms Radhika Fox to lead the EPA Office of Water. Clean Water Act Violation.

Clean Water Act

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from three facilities in Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas. Second, it found that DOE had not acted arbitrarily and capriciously by not conducting more localized analysis of where exports would result in increased production. Sierra Club v.

2017

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

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) failed to adequately analyze the climate change and environmental justice impacts of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals on the Brownsville Shipping Channel in Texas and two pipelines that would carry LNG to one of the terminals.

2021

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Washington Supreme Court concluded that the Washington Clean Air Act did not grant the Department of Ecology authority to regulate indirect greenhouse gas emissions of businesses and utilities whose products ultimately generate such emissions. Oregon Court Reinstated Clean Energy Ballot Initiatives.

2020

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. International.

2022

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

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

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2021

EPA Invites Philadelphia To Apply For $260 Million In Water Infrastructure Finance Loan -- Allegheny County Conservation District Webinar: Dec. Noon to 12:45 p.m. -- ScrantonT: Man Charged With Clean Water Act Violations Can Call Witness -- Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. House returns to session Dec.

Carbon Emissions

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters. Circuit Vacated Approval for Natural Gas Pipeline in St. 20-472 (U.S.

2021

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

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

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2025

Shapiro Has Let Residents Down On Shale Gas Fracking Protections -- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets April 8 On Climate Action Plan, Solar Panel Recycling, Chesapeake Bay Updates [PaEN] -- DEP Climate Change Committee Meets April 22 On Microgrids, Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Plugging, Update On Federal Clean Energy, Climate Funding Programs [PaEN] (..)

Natural Gas