Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2025

But the administration is also, purposefully, impacting investments in critical clean energy infrastructure and manufacturing. The Trump Administration has come out hard criticizing renewable energy (other than geothermal energy, which they support), mainly against wind energy.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Data Centers And Pennsylvania's Future [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed!

Recycling

Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2025

“The fossil fuel age is flailing and failing,” UN Chief António Guterres said in a speech last week, accusing coal, oil and gas of being “the greatest threat to energy security today.” EPA is renouncing its ability to even regulate greenhouse gases as a threat to human health. Alexander C.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Chair House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee -- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Failing To Properly Regulate Its Oil & Gas Industry - By Rep. Is Nuclear The Hot New Clean Power Source? Is Nuclear The Hot New Clean Power Source?

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

4 Webinar - Rewild Your Yard: How Meadows Support Pollinators And Clean Water [PaEN] -- Call For Posters: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay 2025 Chesapeake Watershed Forum Nov. 23 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept. 7, 21, Sept.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

Greene County [PaEN] -- Conventional Oil Well Storage Tank Rupture Causes 2,100 Gallon Spill Of Wastewater, Crude Oil In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp.,

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

McKean County [PaEN] -- DEP Received Air Quality Permit For 4.6 Greene County [PaEN] -- Conventional Oil Well Storage Tank Rupture Causes 2,100 Gallon Spill Of Wastewater, Crude Oil In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp.,

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

JUNE 17, 2025

That same day, Trump signed a trio of congressional resolutions that improperly seek to vaporize California’s long-standing authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate vehicle pollution to clean our air. Energy Innovation has created individual state fact sheets for how the mega bill would impact all 50 states.

Clean Air Act

Law Columbia

APRIL 3, 2025

EPAs administrator, Lee Zeldin, has been on the attack for weeks now, making unsubstantiated allegations that EPAs clean energy programs, like SfA, are rife with waste, fraud, and abuse. Conclusion Successful implementation of the SfA program is critical for advancing clean energy access in low-income communities across America.

2025

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Some of Trump’s most ardent political backers, like Elon Musk, depend on existing federal subsidies (expanded under the Inflation Reduction Act) for EVs assembled in North America and for EV charging infrastructure, and investors in crypto currencies who supported Trump’s campaign need plenty of new power-hungry data centers.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

Shapiros FERC Complaint On Power Auction Rules : We Have Been Warning For Over 2 Years Of The Prospect That Parts Of Our Country Could Run Short Of Power -- Post-Gazette: PA Senate Republicans Says Shapiros FERC Complaint Against PJM Rings Hollow -- PA Senate Republicans: Shapiros FERC Complaint On PJM Power Auction Rules Rings Hollow [RGGI} -- ChesterCounty.com: (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Kate Harper (R) and Fmr Cong.

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 23, 2025

Additionally, when data center growth triggers the need for investment in the transmission system, those costs may also get passed down to ratepayers unless state regulators intervene. Policymakers and regulators, as well as utilities themselves, have proposed plans to create unique electricity rate structures, or tariffs, for large users.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2025

The PASEB was originally established by the Commission in 1999 to provide oversight, guidance and technical assistance to the regional sustainable energy boards that fund projects such as wind farms, solar power systems, smart thermostat programs and the construction of buildings using energy efficient technologies.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2025

Vitali’s Call For Better Regulation Of Oil & Gas Industry [ PDF of Article ] -- Erie Times: Nonprofit, Pittsburgh Students, Millcreek Twp. Responds To Rep.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

I&E’s role is to evaluate whether any violations of state or federal pipeline safety regulations may be associated with utility infrastructure. PJM Decisions Have Driven Up The Cost Of Electricity [PaEN] -- PUC: Pennsylvania Doubles Solar Power Generation In Just 17 Months To 2 Gigawatts [PaEN] -- Registration Open!

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Race’ By Stripping Away Regulations -- Reuters: President To Supercharge A.I. Action Plan Slashes Regulation, Speeds Data Center Construction -- WSJ: President Pledges To Stimulate A.I. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. Developers A Free Hand -- Politico: President’s A.I.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2025

You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. DEP eNotice: The Only Way You’ll Know When Applications Come In To DEP Did you know DEP can send you email notices when permit applications are submitted to DEP in your community?

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Key questions include how long the utilities will continue to run polluting coal and fossil gas plants and how quickly they will add clean energy resources such as solar and wind to the system. DTE was already far along in preparing its long-term energy plan when the law passed.

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

Renewable energy will help with all of that—but we need a grid that is designed for wind and solar instead of having to rely on expensive coal and gas plants. These investments will help accommodate accelerating amounts of low-cost renewable energy like wind and solar power, laying the groundwork for a cleaner, cheaper grid.

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 13, 2022

We already have so many of the foundational technological building blocks of the clean energy transition at hand: renewables, energy efficiency, energy storage, and pathways to electrifying a vast array of energy end uses. Now we need to rapidly accelerate the clean energy momentum already underway.

Technology

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

Solar energy production starts to dwindle by September. Solar power peaks earlier in the summer when the days are longer. By September, the sun sets earlier in the evening, and solar power production tapers off when people are still using substantial amounts of electricity in the evening.

Solar Power

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

It attempted to move away from fossil fuels and toward zero-carbon sources like solar power to supply electricity. Here are the options going forward for regulating existing power plants. Switch to another legal basis for regulation. The Clean Power Plan was based on section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.

Clean Air Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

Grid modeling tools have a significant real-world impact because utilities, grid operators, regulators and policymakers rely on these tools to make investment and policy decisions. Capacity expansion models are the ones that get all the glory these days because utilities, grid operators and regulators use them to make investment decisions.

Electricity

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. Critically, the Supreme Court did not reject EPA’s authority to regulate carbon emissions from power plants, only the nature by which the agency can exercise that authority.

Clean Air Act

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. The West Virginia v.

Climate Change

Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Deployment of solar power – More solar photovoltaic systems will be installed on available rooftop spaces of airport buildings at Changi Airport and Seletar Airport. By the end of 2023, Changi Airport generated approximately 4% of its 2019 electricity consumption [ii] through solar power deployment.

Solar Power

Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

And not just that, but Texas is by far the biggest producer of oil, with a governor who has pledged to protect the industry from climate regulation at all cost. Which seems a little hard to square with the state’s reliance on renewable energy. It’s not as if the state’s extensive use of wind power is just a historical fluke, either.

Wind Power

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The key changes DOE is proposing to make to its categorical exclusions are as follows: Solar PV Projects : DOE’s current NEPA regulations include a categorical exclusion ( Exclusion B5.16 ) for certain categories of solar PV projects.

Clean Energy

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 15, 2024

The government has gone from ripping out electric vehicle charging stations to championing the manufacture of EVs, and from canceling 750 renewable power projects to, very recently, announcing plans to build new wind and solar power.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2024

Key findings of the report Include: -- Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power Dominate: Fossil fuels, along with nuclear power, currently provide nearly all the power (92%) in the PJM grid. [ Resource Article Links - Electric Grid: -- PJM Electricity Auction Price 9 Times Higher Than Previous Auction-- $269.92/MW-Day Billion Up From $2.2

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Clean renewable electricity – such as wind and solar power – is the lowest cost source of new electricity supply. Clean electricity is absolutely integral to efforts to decarbonize the economy and fight climate change. And it is a competitive advantage for the province.

Electricity

E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Enacted in 2019, the CLCPA transformed the state’s earlier clean energy standard efforts from administrative fiat to law and sets more aggressive goals to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide to 60% from a 1990 baseline by 2030, and 15% from a 1990 baseline by 2050.

Regulations

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Pollution control is expensive and air pollution regulations are not strict enough. Ok, but can’t we make clean energy from burning waste? The world is trying to get away from burning fossil fuels for energy because it’s a major source of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Sorry, but no again.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Only 5 percent had any guidance for utility-scale solar energy systems. The lack of regulation might seem like a good thing for developers who don’t want to deal with red tape.” “But According to Clinton County Planner Katie DeSilva, this hearing was needed since the county did not have a solar ordinance in place at that time.

Renewable Energy

A Greener Life

JULY 31, 2024

In 2021, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) identified a solar potential of 3294 GW. The government set ambitious targets: 3.61GW of rooftop solar by 2025, 26.65 GW of floating solar and a 4.68 GW large-scale solar power plant by 2030. GW of solar power. The country has 2.3

Solar Power

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. 27 Webinar Creating An Assessment Method For PA Old-Growth Forests. Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17

Natural Gas