PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

. -- Hold Erie Coke Accountable Calls On EPA, DEP, Erie County & City To Form Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Community Working Group On Site Cleanup, Revitalization [PaEN] -- Erie News Now: State Report Details Pollution At Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site -- Online Link Now Available For Aug. Potter County To Sept. Potter County To Sept.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

All across the country, coal- and gas-fired power plants are still running, still polluting, and still showing signs of staying relentlessly online. And more gas is slated to come. But to bring those solutions fully to bear, we also need to force a reckoning with the problem itself. Will EPA use CCS or other means as the BSER?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

is a serious blow to the EPA’s ability to fight climate change—and could have dangerous repercussions beyond this case. The timing of the decision feels especially harsh, as the nation is in the throes of the “ Danger Season ” for hazards such as heat waves, drought, wildfires and hurricanes, all worsened by climate change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Most of these pieces were about the company’s support for a seemingly independent network of anti-regulation, “free-market” nonprofits that spread falsehoods about the reality and seriousness of climate change. We do not support climate denial,” he replied. “We And Rose did, at times, ask follow-up questions.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

As with many environmental issues, when it comes to climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, this is no ordinary election. . For the past four years, Ontario has been failing on climate change. Foster climate change resilience. Restore funding and power to conservation authorities.

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Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2024

In his four years in office, Donald Trump rolled back essentially every existing federal policy to limit climate change. Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act , which provides at least $369 billion in funding for clean energy and climate, leading many to hail the law as “the largest investment in clean energy and climate action ever.”

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

It’s not as if the state’s extensive use of wind power is just a historical fluke, either. The state will soon get more power from renewables than natural gas. If anything, use of clean energy is about to accelerate. And like utilities everywhere, they hate the idea of rooftop solar.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 24, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen President Biden used Earth Day to ramp up his administrations commitment on tackling climate change, protecting the environment and investing in clean energy technologies. Photo credit: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque. ” You can watch the president’s full speech below:

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2022

1:00 to 2:30 p.m. -- The Hill Guest Essay: Clean Energy Can Light A New Path Forward For Former Coal Communities - U.S. Million [Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Included] [PaEN] -- Black Appalachian Coalition , Emerald Cities Collaborative Host May 17 Listening Session On Justice40 & What It Means For Black Communities.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

9] That $50 billion, and future money, is money that could have gone to making the grid more resilient to extreme weather events, whether from climate change or not, but instead went into subsidizing the integration of variable renewable energy sources. We can see the same impact of variable energies in Germany.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2023

Could Be Reactivated -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Looks To Climate Resilience To Ensure No One Gets Left Behind -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change? Hosts 3 Public Meetings To Gather Input On Youghiogheny River Conservation Plan Part I - Dunbar Creek To Headwaters Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2023

“Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct. Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct.

Natural Gas 78

Natural Gas Solar Power Clean Energy 2019 78

A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

Germany is not doing all it can to cut back energy use and increase economic pressure on Russia, argues Arne Jungjohann. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended Germany’s energy, economic and security policies. Over the past few weeks, Germany’s political elite has finally realised that gas is Putin’s leverage over Europe and Germany.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2021

To Launch Young People Into Clean Energy Careers [PaEN] -- Senate Passes Resolution To Block Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Regulations; Now Goes To House [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Where Is RGGI Now? Senate returns to session Nov. 8, 9, 10, Dec. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, Dec.

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Natural Gas Climate Change Clean Energy Solar Power 70

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Comitta: Let's Work Together To Address Climate Change, But Stop Rehashing The Same Old Arguments Against RGGI That Are Not Protecting Our Planet And Our People [PaEN] -- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee Meets Feb. National- $3.28

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Natural Gas Climate Change Natural Resources Recycling 108

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Put Up Or Shut Up’ -- AP: IEA: CO2 Emissions Rise In 2022, But More Slowly -- AP: Climate Questions: Why Do Small Degrees Of Warming Matter? Other States/National/International -- Financial Times: Can Big Oil Prove The Case For Carbon Capture?

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Natural Gas Solar Power Conservation 2022 62

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb. Martin Grow As A Company Public Participation -- DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee Meets Feb. Monroe County [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline: DEP Hearing Coming Feb.

Natural Gas 81

Natural Gas Recycling Climate Change Solar Power 81

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2022

Wolf Previews Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Project Funding In Southcentral Region Federal FY 2023 Budget Proposal -- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Work Gets A Boost From Federal Funding -- Reuters: Biden Administration Seeks To Cut Home Energy Bills With $3.2

Natural Gas 62

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Comitta: Let's Work Together To Address Climate Change, But Stop Rehashing The Same Old Arguments Against RGGI That Are Not Protecting Our Planet And Our People [PaEN] -- Courier Express: Fmr. 23 Webinar On Solar Energy For Municipalities And Water Authorities [PaEN] -- Penn State Hosts Feb.

Conservation 102

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Senate Overwhelmingly Confirms Richard Negrin As Secretary Of DEP [PaEN] -- Environmental Quality Board Meets July 11 To Consider Changes To Water Quality Standards; DEP Reports Law Limiting Its Authority To Change Conventional Oil (..)

Natural Gas 72

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Climate Change 2023 72

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Meanwhile, between 2012 and 2022, installed wind and solar power more than tripled , according to American Clean Power. percent of US electricity and utility-scale solar generated 3.4 It sets a framework for states and utilities across the country to fully reckon with their power plants’ carbon emissions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

To get an assessment of the progress thus far, as well as an idea if what has to happen next, I turned to two of my colleagues in the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Climate & Energy Program: Principal Climate Scientist Rachel Licker and Transmission Policy Manager Sam Gomberg. Will we see any progress in Congress?

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE #130: FEATURED CASE. and non-U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2022

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Spotlight PA: A Complete Guide To PA’s Redistricting Court Challenges -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Franklin & Marshall Poll Shows Tight Race For Republican U.S. What’s Your Community Doing?

Natural Gas 62

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Columbia Climate Law

AUGUST 6, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s climate change plan , released last week, centers on two goals: installing 500 million solar panels by 2021, and, relatedly, adding enough electric generation capacity from renewable sources to supply all residential electricity needs. The second component of Clinton’s plan is a “Clean Energy Challenge.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In the first legislative act under his watch, his Republican majority last month passed an appropriations bill that seeks to gut many federal programs meant to fight climate change. It blocks funding for state net zero programs and tighter building energy codes. He holds that climate change is due to “natural cycles.”

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2022

Read more about the agenda. -- DCNR's Keystone Crew On Their Way To Fight The Sugarloaf Wildfire In Wyoming [PaEN] -- USA Today: Climate Change Exposes Growing Gap Between Weather We’ve Planned For And What’s Coming -- House Committee Meets Aug. Click Here to join the meeting online via WebEx. 2 To Disapprove Final Reg.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Politics Clean Energy Climate Change 62