PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

He has spent his career championing environmental issues like clean air and water, advocating for a transition away from fossil fuels, and promoting clean energy solutions such as energy efficiency, wind, solar and geothermal. Joe is a sought after environmental voice and leader across the state and the region.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

have long demonstrated leadership on climate change, with more than 170 of them having set targets to phase out fossil energy and many others committing to net zero greenhouse gas emissions. With respect to utility-scale renewable energy, local legal considerations include the state energy regulatory framework for power purchases.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

These protests, triggered by an issue in Kazakhstan’s energy sector, have rapidly expanded to cities all over the country and have broadened to include political demands and tense standoffs between protesters and the police. Chinese investments fuel Kazakhstan’s energy economy. share in Kazakh oil production.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 28, 2023

The cap-and-trade program will require emitters of greenhouse gases to purchase credits at auctions, which will generate revenue that will be invested in clean energy and disadvantaged communities. NYCI’s immediate linkage with WCI could also be seen as politically desirable.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In political terms, this seems like a lost opportunity to showcase the government’s achievements; it’s also a disservice to those in the policy community who are tracking implementation. billion available to support rural electric cooperatives through the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program to for clean energy projects.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In Mexico, challenges to the government’s backsliding on incentives to renewable energy have failed to advance. The amendment significantly reduced the participation of autonomous energy operators in the energy sector, directly affecting the supply of renewable energy. In Greenpeace v.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 30, 2019

Also elephants, giraffes, rhinos (of the non-political variety), Cape buffalo, baboons, uninvited monkeys at lunch, hippos, wildebeests, hyenas, warthogs and an unexpected (to me) penguin colony. Back to North Carolina developments in late 2018: Executive Order on Climate Change and Clean Energy: On October 29, 2018, N.C.

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

However, the energy aspect is not excluded, as JTF’s investments can also be channelled towards the deployment of technologies and infrastructures for affordable clean energy, greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reduction, energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

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

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Law and Environment

MAY 12, 2023

Fossil power plants could offset emissions by investing in new natural gas and renewable energy generation sources. Yet because of the politics of climate change, the rule will almost certainly be subject to a similar challenge. The Court rejected this approach. For more on West Virginia v. EPA , see our previous post here.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

It has therefore drafted a proposal(2)- a Delegated Regulation - which sets out screening criteria for investments in nuclear energy, effectively declaring nuclear energy part of the sustainable finance taxonomy. Summary: The expiry date on nuclear energy is baseless, arbitrary and serves no useful purpose.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, fossil fuel production accounts for 35% of global greenhouse gas emissions. For the first time, Ocean Conservancy attended the annual International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly to help advance a just clean-energy transition.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2023

Governor Dan McKee’s January 3 inaugural address made no mention of climate change, but in a reference as brief as the state is small, McKee did check one renewable energy box: We have momentum. Governor Lamont’s January 4 inaugural acknowledges energy costs and points his finger at utilities. Rhode Island . Connecticut.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Not only are vehicles the number one emitter of greenhouse gas emissions, but car accidents are also the leading cause of death for those aged 1-54 in the country. Nonetheless, the new rule is a step in the right direction to a greener path towards 80 percent clean energy by 2030. #4: But these vehicles are killing our planet.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 30, 2023

This political rollercoaster ride was also unfolding across last year’s Danger Season , stressing the urgency of the need to act big, and act now. The same partisan politics that delayed the IRA’s passage also carved some flaws into the bill. Then, suddenly, we learned that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) had passed the Senate.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Some analysts are predicting that as China’s rate of renewable energy deployment exceeds the rate of energy demand growth it will lead to reduced USE of coal-fired power plants. this is an affirmation from this administration that the goal is to deploy renewable energy in a way that supplants coal, oil and gas.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 9, 2023

This makes methane reduction crucial for addressing the urgency of climate change and buying time for the development and implementation of longer term greenhouse gas strategies. Conclusion : Focusing today on methane emissions reduction and elimination offers unique advantages for the greenhouse gas mitigation.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Josh Shapiro “Today, Pennsylvania is positioning itself as the leader of our country’s clean energy future and creating thousands of new, good-paying union jobs. If the current administration and state legislature want to move the state forward, they will focus on creating the renewable energy jobs of the future.”

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The attorney general said that PwC also served from at least 2008 to 2013 as global advisor and report writer for the Carbon Disclosure Project, a non-profit organization that functions as a global disclosure system for environmental information, including greenhouse gas emissions, from companies including Exxon. 451962/2016 (N.Y.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

Click Here for the Senate Republican reaction to Energy Plan. This plan is projected to save Pennsylvania ratepayers and Pennsylvania households more than $252 million dollars in the first five years alone, lower utility bills, and create a more reliable energy industry, create more jobs, and a cleaner air – that is a win in my book.”

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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. We need to take real action to address climate change, protect and create energy jobs and ensure Pennsylvania has reliable, affordable and clean power for the long term,” Shapiro said in the statement. “We

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 29, 2022

California committed to carbon neutrality by 2045 and invested $50 billion in clean energy, along with other new climate legislation, while 20 other states remain committed to targets for carbon neutrality. Congress ratified the Kigali treaty, which will reduce emissions of super-greenhouse gases. Download as PDF.

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2021

“Renewable Energy Development in the California Desert” by mypubliclands is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Below the federal level, it’s difficult to discern the impact that the Trump Administration had on energy policy. Utilities enacted renewable programs traditionally led by states. Jetta Cook is a J.D.

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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. . As the province with the second highest greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, not doing enough to reduce these emissions is bad for the future of not just Ontario, but the whole country. .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 1, 2024

But in trying to shape a regulation that would mollify opponents—largely industries responsible for the heat-trapping gases that cause climate change—the SEC failed to relieve investors of responsibility for determining how companies will fare in the clean energy transition.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Economics is a vital link in any political system as there is a need to provide employment and funding for public services and investment and to ensure markets function. Energy Conservation. We live in an age of dwindling fossil fuels and inaction on renewable energy. Conservation Economics. Conservation Movement.

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Legal Planet

JULY 15, 2021

The goal is to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% from 1990 levels by 2030. The delays were apparently due to gaps in emissions data along with political maneuvering. The system is designed to reduce carbon intensity, the amount of emissions per unit of energy. is at risk of being left behind. Download as PDF.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2023

8 Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Workshop, In-Person & Virtual -- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Want To Be A Citizen Scientist? .;

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Cresforum

AUGUST 23, 2021

Having previously served as a legislative aide in a partisan capacity rather than as an independent regulator, Commissioner Chatterjee recognized that his tenure, unfortunately, became mired in politics. “I I fear that I injected an element of politics, which has made it difficult to consider what is a real issue,” he admitted. “I

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Walko [Mine Drainage Treatment, Clean Energy, Reforestation] Federal Budget Bill -- TribLive Guest Essay: We Can Create Jobs Without Sacrificing The Environment - Fmr Rep. Schweyer -- Inquirer Guest Essay: PA On The Precipice Of A Major Political Showdown Over Voting Rights - Rep.

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Cresforum

AUGUST 23, 2021

Having previously served as a legislative aide in a partisan capacity rather than as an independent regulator, Commissioner Chatterjee recognized that his tenure, unfortunately, became mired in politics. “I I fear that I injected an element of politics, which has made it difficult to consider what is a real issue,” he admitted. “I

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Today’s choice to pass the most ambitious and transformative climate and clean energy investments in our nation’s history will reverberate throughout the generations that follow, making our air purer, our communities safer, our economy stronger, and our families and neighbors healthier. It is a moral issue and a matter of life. “We

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Circuit Court of Appeals granted motions seeking to dismiss as moot the proceedings challenging the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which established emission guidelines for greenhouse gases from existing power plants. The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S. West Virginia v.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Transportation A Cap-and-Invest Approach . In recent years, states in New England and the mid-Atlantic region have made significant progress in reducing climate change-inducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the electricity generation sector. [1].

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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. clean energy industry is humming.

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