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PJM Interconnection Formally Files Changes To Electric Capacity Market Rules With FERC Based Largely On Unreliability Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants During Winter Storm Elliot

PA Environment Daily

One of the most significant changes is "enhance resource accreditation" that would more accurately assess the reliability value of natural gas-fired power plants which accounted for 70% of the power plant outages in PJM during Winter Storm Elliot.

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FRESH, August 9, 2022: Unmonitored Ag May Account for Majority of Lake Erie Manure Pollution

Circle of Blue

A new report gives New York a failing grade for its flood risk disclosure laws. Some of the earliest memories I have are of protestors standing in the road, blocking semi-trucks hauling nuclear waste.”. — Mikhail Childs, Prairie Island Indian C ommunity member. Fresh from the Great Lakes News Collaborative.

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EPA: Pennsylvania One Of 45 States, MSAs To Submit Priority Climate Action Plans As Part Of $5 Billion Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program

PA Environment Daily

The planning process is supported by EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program, which offers a unique opportunity to help state and local governments develop strategies to reduce harmful pollution and address environmental justice concerns, while building the infrastructure, industry, and competitive economy for a clean energy future.

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Without Sufficient Guardrails, the Hydrogen Tax Credit Could Increase Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

Last year’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a clean hydrogen production tax credit (known as “45V”) that is one of a slew of new incentives intended to help catalyze the next and necessary phase of advancing the nation’s clean energy transition as a whole. The costs will be too great otherwise.

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DOE’s New Hydrogen Hubs Program Comes With Risks—And Opportunities

Union of Concerned Scientists

The November 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL, includes an $8 billion “regional clean hydrogen hubs” program that charges the Department of Energy (DOE) with the development of at least four hydrogen hubs to advance the nation’s clean hydrogen sector.

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DOE Invests $17 Million In 3 Projects To Strengthen Critical Minerals Supply Chain: 1 In PA, Another To PA Company

PA Environment Daily

The projects, funded by the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, may strengthen domestic supply chains, helping to meet the growing demand for critical minerals and materials and reduce reliance on unreliable foreign sources. Of Energy Awards $1.95 PA-Related Projects -- Tetra Tech, Inc. PA-Related Projects -- Tetra Tech, Inc.

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New York Climate Action Council Approves Draft Scoping Plan to Achieve the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions

Law and Environment

The Council’s draft plan recommends a broad array of regulatory measures, legislation, and other state actions across every sector of the state’s economy – any and all of which could have significant implications for New York’s clean energy markets for decades to come.