Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2024

By one count , Biden has overturned more than two dozen of Trump actions affecting the fossil fuel industry. The earliest action covered is Biden’s rejoining the Paris Agreement; the most recent is a burst of final actions taken around Earth Day 2024. It includes only completed actions, not proposed regulations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 22, 2024

Leading up to Earth Day this year, I’ve been reflecting on the meaning and purpose of the annual celebration. Earth Day began under the Nixon Administration in 1970 as a day to support environmental protection and has grown to include nations and communities around the world in appreciation of Mother Earth.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

StreamWatch Volunteer Training May 20 In Monroe County [PaEN] -- CBF: Proposed Settlement Of Lawsuit Against EPA For Failing To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Meeting Chesapeake Bay Water Pollution Reduction Goals Focuses On Actions In 7 PA Counties [PaEN] -- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Here are 74 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Issues $307,800 Stipulated Penalty Against U.S.

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Conservation Natural Gas Nuclear Power Air Pollution 107

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

Leib, Pittsburgh -- PA Capital-Star: Environmentalists, Advocates Urge Shapiro To Stay The Course On RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Plan -- Scranton Times Editorial: Carbon Pollution Reduction Plan Serves Economy, Environment [RGGI] -- TribLive: Pittsburgh To Get $1.5

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Legal Planet

APRIL 22, 2024

Earth Day is a perfect day to register to vote and to make sure people in your life are registered—and fully aware of what’s at stake in Election 2024. The first Earth Day in 1970 saw teach-ins, walkouts, and demonstrations grab the participation of 20 million Americans—about 10 percent of the total U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2022

Wolf’s Climate Rule Survives Veto Override Attempt In PA Senate; Court Sets May 4 Hearing On Republican Lawsuit To Block Rule -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Plan To Wean PA Power Plants Off Fossil Fuels Survives PA Senate Override Test -- AP: Republican-Controlled PA Senate Fails To Override Key Element Of Gov.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 16, 2024

Fossil fuel production and export. Funding for clean energy. Kennedy would definitely repeal funding for carbon capture and sequestration, which he views as a giveaway to the fossil fuel industry. He has also mentioned the idea of making utilities “internalize the cost” of using fossil fuels.

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Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Earth Day Climate Change 231

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

Martin Produces Whale Of A Guitar For Earth Day As Lehigh Valley Company Continues Environmental Tradition -- Post-Gazette: Earth Day Celebrations Kick Off With Events Across Western PA - Planet vs. Plastics Theme -- Erie Times: Report: Great Lakes Beaches, Including Presque Isle, Suffering From Plastic Pollution -- Republican Herald: Hegins Twp.

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Conservation Earth Day Fossil Fuels 2024 108

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits. Now that there is a desperate need to slash global warming emissions worldwide to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, it is critical to rapidly phase out the use of all fossil fuels. What accounts for that?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- Republican Herald: West Nile Virus Monitoring Starts In Schuylkill County -- Shapiro Administration Commends 3 PA Schools For Environmental Efforts As Green Ribbon Schools -- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Winners In Western PA, West Virginia Science Bowl Competed In National Science Bowl -- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces 5 Recipients (..)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Scavello Introduces Bill Authorizing Community Solar Projects; $2 Billion Worth Of Projects Waiting For It To Pass -- Business, Environment, Energy Groups Praise Introduction Of Bipartisan Bills Increasing Solar Energy Mandate From 0.5% -- Natural Lands, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Host Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2022

Trillion Urge Governments Not To Let Worries About Fossil Fuel Supplies Impede Transition To Greener Energy -- Bloomberg: EU Backs Russian Coal Ban In First Punch At Energy Revenue -- AP: Germany Seeks To Boost Renewable Energy, Cut Russian Imports American Rescue Plan Funding -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2022

Unveils Plans For June Oil And Gas Drilling Auctions On Federal Land -- MCall Guest Essay: The U.S.

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Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Earth Day Waste 62

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Of Health To Drop Out Of Public Forum On Shale Gas Health Studies -- Post-Gazette: Rice-Backed Landfill Gas Firm Archaea Energy To Become Part Of BP In $4.1

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