PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

-- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

Conservation 102

Conservation Natural Gas Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 102

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage. There is no time to waste.

Climate Change 244

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Nitrogen Oxides 244

Vermont Law

JUNE 29, 2015

Summary: Nuclear energy is one of the most debated subjects in the environmental policy and legal world. Can it serve as a bridge to moving away from fossil fuels? Many leading energy experts often deem nuclear an acceptable form of sustainable energy. Nuclear Energy and Drought: A Recipe for Disaster.

Cooling 53

Cooling Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels 2006 53

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 11, 2022

These communities contain the expertise, resilience, and knowledge that are necessary to plot the way forward—along with the political power necessary to win on issues of policy. A just transition to a clean-energy economy is the priority and solution. Here’s how: Climate change : roughly 140 million people in the U.S.

Climate Change 48

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Politics Radiation 48

Greenbuilding Law

JULY 9, 2023

Emission Sources : Anthropogenic methane emissions are widely associated with fossil fuel (natural gas, oil, and coal production and transportation), although the largest sources are agriculture (from livestock farming [. Carbon dioxide emissions, on the other hand, arise almost exclusively from burning fossil fuels.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere Fossil Fuels 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 30, 2023

One notable example is in Michigan, where utilities are phasing out coal plants and momentum is building for legislation that would support an equitable clean energy transition. In 2022, the MPSC similarly approved a revised version of utility Consumers Energy’s long-range energy plan following settlement negotiations.

Clean Energy 213

Clean Energy Electricity Renewable Energy 2028 213

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 26, 2023

The image that comes to mind when I think of fossil fuel villains is Batman’s adversary Two-Face. To be two-faced is to be deceitful, and deception is what the fossil fuel industry executives excel in. What is ESG? ” Kentucky officials are not doing this alone, it is part of a coordinated effort.

Fossil Fuels 289

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Clean Energy Politics 289

Legal Planet

MAY 13, 2024

By one count , Biden has overturned more than two dozen of Trump actions affecting the fossil fuel industry. 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.”

Paris Agreement 295

Paris Agreement 2024 Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 295

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2022

By Elena Weissmann, Vote Solar & Annie Regan, ReImagine Appalachia - PennFuture This guest essay originally appeared in the January 28, 2022 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -- Every Pennsylvanian has the right to clean air, safe drinking water and a healthy home, but not every Pennsylvanian has access to these basic rights.

Clean Energy 53

Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Electricity 53

Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

To help voters determine which candidates would deliver the needed course correction, Environmental Defence and its allies in the Ontario Priorities Working Group asked each of the province’s major political parties whether – and how – they would deliver the rapid emissions reductions Ontario will need to head off climate catastrophe. .

Climate Change 63

Climate Change Politics 2022 2030 63

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

As the world ran almost entirely on coal power at that time (and later on petroleum fossil fuels), it was quite clear that coal was not an infinite resource, and some scientists pleaded in the countries of most heavy use to take steps to limit mining and burning. Energy Conservation. Conservation Economics. Southern White Rhino.

Conservation 52

Conservation Law Natural Resources Fossil Fuels 52

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2024

Amanda Cappelletti (D) -- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Guidance Manual For Permitting New Commercial Hazardous Waste Treatment & Disposal Facilities [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 41 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 20 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Gov. National- $3.08

Natural Gas 96

Natural Gas Electricity Politics Natural Resources 96

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2023

2023 Watershed Forestry Summit In Altoona [PaEN] -- Utilizing Rainwater And Gravity: A Guide To Rain Gardens -- Delco Times: Covanta To Hold Public Meeting To Outline Plans To Cut Air Emissions At Waste-To-Energy Facility -- Susquehanna Greenway Cleanup Week April 15-23, Volunteers Needed!

Fossil Fuels 84

Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Clean Energy Conservation 84

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

17 RiverWatch Video Report -- TribLive: Westmoreland Commissions Asked To Oppose Underground Coal Mine. Billion Endowment -- New Planet Philadelphia Radio Program Feb. Shapiro Will Not Execute Any Inmates While He Is In Office, Calls For Repeal -- TribLive: Sen.

Natural Gas 106

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 2023 Clean Energy 106

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2024

Lee Bill To Improve Data On Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Well Locations, Plugging Technology -- DEP Launches Pilot Program In 10 Counties To Speed Up Processing Chapter 102 Erosion & Sedimentation Permits Starting May 1 [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: DEP Pilot Seeks To Quicken Pace Of Stormwater Discharge Permit Process -- Pennsylvania (..)

Natural Gas 95

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 2011 Air Pollution 95

Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 9, 2022

We suggest rephrasing the query such that it is about using renewable energy to reduce the environmental harms associated with fossil fuel energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase the supply of renewable energy and foster a just transition to an ESG driven economy. According to the U.S.

Renewable Energy 52

Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Electricity Natural Gas 52

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 25, 2023

To Treat Mine Drainage In Schuylkill County [PaEN] -- DEP Accepting Applications For Small Business Advantage Grants For Energy Efficiency, Pollution Prevention, Natural Resource Conservation Projects -- DEP PA Clean Water Academy: Releases Training On Guiding Principles Of Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration -- Warren Times: Northwest PA Woodland Assn.

Natural Gas 79

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Recycling Conservation 79

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2023

Hosts 3 Public Meetings To Gather Input On Youghiogheny River Conservation Plan Part I - Dunbar Creek To Headwaters Aug. 16, 17, 18 [PaEN] -- DEP Starts Taxpayer-Funded Hazardous Sites Cleanup Process For American Biodiesel Site In Erie County; Hearing Sept. Potter County To Sept. Potter County To Sept. Potter County To Sept. Potter County To Sept.

Fossil Fuels 70

Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Climate Change Nuclear Power 70

PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2021

The science is clear: to combat climate change we need to do everything we can to cut our carbon pollution—particularly from fossil fuel generation—and cooperating with other states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is currently our best chance to do that in a real, measurable, and cost-effective way.

Regulations 99

Regulations Fossil Fuels Climate Change Greenhouse 99

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

“This year alone, climate-fueled extreme weather has cost our economy a record-breaking $105 billion in property and infrastructure damage and over 500 lives lost. We call on all our leaders, regardless of their political stripe, to come together to ensure every child has the hope and expectation of a safe climate and pollution-free world.

Clean Energy 40

Clean Energy Climate Change Conservation Greenhouse 40

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

All of my children have experienced health impacts such as rashes, chronic nosebleeds and Lyme disease due to the warming of our climate from the fossil-fuel industry. Right before an important election, Pennsylvania lawmakers made a last-minute closed-door deal to make the biggest fossil-fuel giveaway in the Commonwealth’s history.

Fossil Fuels 74

Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Waste Clean Energy 74

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.

Natural Gas 63

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Earth Day Climate Change 63

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2022

Senate Climate, Energy Bill -- ClimateWire: A Federal Climate Bill With Fossil Fuel Victories -- WPost: How The U.S. Senate Climate, Energy Bill Might Impact You And Change The U.S. -- NYT: U.S.

Natural Gas 63

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Ozone 2005 63

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Setting federal clean air policy aside, there are modest victories to celebrate for the United States clean energy transition. strongly assisted by low natural gas prices and competition in wholesale energy markets. clean energy industry is humming. Energy Information Administration, 2018 will also see.

Regulations 52

Regulations 2018 Natural Gas 2016 52

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The law also set minimal requirements for storing and spreading manure and animal wastes from large livestock and poultry operations. . Those livestock farms, known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, spread untreated animal wastes on 1.75 The fossil fuel sector and its industrial allies block curbs to greenhouse gas emissions.

Clean Water Act 361

Clean Water Act 2017 2010 Conservation 361

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2022

European Commission Announce Task Force To Reduce Europe’s Dependence On Russian Fossil Fuels [Diversifying LNG Supplies; Reducing Demand For Natural Gas] -- White House: Joint Statement Between The U.S., Gene DiGirolamo -- Politics PA: Nearly $50 Million Spent So Far In PA U.S. What’s Your Community Doing?

Natural Gas 63

Natural Gas Politics Fossil Fuels 2022 63

Legal Planet

APRIL 4, 2024

Since taking office, the Biden-Harris administration has: Signed the largest investment in climate action ever with the Inflation Reduction Act — which has created 210,000 new solar, wind, and other clean energy jobs in the last year alone. is onshoring critical supply chains needed for a clean energy future.

Clean Energy 185

Clean Energy Climate Change Fossil Fuels Natural Gas 185

Legal Planet

AUGUST 9, 2023

One year on, we have a clearer picture of what we vaguely knew already: the biggest-ever climate law and its robust tax incentives is igniting the clean energy transition but is not moving us off fossil fuels fast enough. That’s a political question as we approach an election year and that’s where I’m going to start.

Fossil Fuels 213

Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 2005 Politics 213

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Shared Vision, released as a guide for candidates as elections for governor and the state legislature draw closer, includes recommendations on issues ranging from clean water, clean energy, labor, open space, land use, democracy, and environmental education. Our goal in developing this document was to change that dynamic.

Fossil Fuels 40

Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Conservation Air Pollution 40

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Reaction PennFuture President & CEO Patrick McDonnell issued this statement on the Senate action-- "Today, the Pennsylvania Senate voted on $2 billion in new tax breaks for the fossil fuel industry. Rather, this is slapdash industrial policy at its worst that will perpetuate Pennsylvania’s addiction to fossil fuels.

Natural Gas 98

Natural Gas Waste Fossil Fuels 2003 98

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. Public Citizen, Inc. Trump , No. 1:17 -cv-00253 (D.D.C.

2018 40

2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change Endangered Species Act 40

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

CLICK HERE to View or Print the May 22 PA Environment Digest.

Natural Gas 63

Natural Gas Renewable Energy Conservation Electricity 63

Legal Planet

APRIL 22, 2024

Because they just “weren’t registered” or they “weren’t interested in politics,” according to this Ipsos survey. The data from 2023 demonstrates that countries can cut rates of tropical forest loss if they garner the political will to do so, and the countries that have accomplished this can provide lessons for others.

Earth Day 212

Earth Day Politics Deforestation Climate Change 212

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

-- Bob Donnan Blog: What’s Not To Hate About Natural Gas Compressor Stations? -- Evangelical Environmental Network: EPA Proposes Waste Charge On Methane Leaking From Large Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN] -- Jewish Earth Alliance, Beth Am Israel Hosting Jan. 23 -- Forests For Chesapeake Bay Update: Wasting Your Backyard Waste?

Conservation 94

Conservation Natural Gas Recycling 2023 94

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2023

Lauren Connelly, of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce , noted in April of 2022 the Allegheny Conference released a report outlining how accelerating decarbonization and a transition to clean energy sources are critical to the future competitiveness of the Pittsburgh Region. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

Natural Gas 98

Natural Gas Regulations Waste 2022 98

Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal. The fossil fuel companies removed the case in March 2021, citing five grounds for removal, including the federal officer removal statute. Citizens for Clean Energy v.

2021 42

2021 Fossil Fuels Endangered Species Act Climate Change 42

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