PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2025

The State of Renewable Energy 2025 documents the growth of six key clean energy technologies across the United States over the past decade and ranks states accordingly for solar power, wind power, battery storage, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations.

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 17, 2025

In the rush to integrate artificial intelligence into the economy, fast-moving information technology companies are running into a problem: slow-moving electric utilities. The notion that an existing power plant can serve a data center, and not use the grid, is now before regulators for consideration.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 10, 2025

Whether a given DER is clean depends on the type of DER, but clean solar photovoltaic (PV) generation is by far the leading source of distributed generation, with storage resources quickly growing into second place. The growth in DER technologies by type over time. Energy Information Agency. Source: U.S.

Electricity

Earth 911

AUGUST 7, 2025

“In a clean energy industry, we can’t advocate for clean energy while choosing to landfill and not properly recycle solar panels,” explained Brad Henderson , CEO of Solar Panel Recycling, a company that has processed hundreds of thousands of panels. The good news? million in 2025 to $548 million by 2030.

Recycling

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

As port throughput continues to grow, energy consumption is also on the rise, and some ports are struggling with the technology and policy involved, leading to slow progress in achieving zero-carbon goals. Despite this progress, decarbonising shipping faces many challenges. First published in Dialogue Earth

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

JULY 21, 2025

Recommendations and Potential Solutions The panelists offered recommendations for potential solutions to address the challenges that are slowing down the deployment of clean energy projects in New York State.

Renewable Energy

Circle of Blue

JULY 24, 2025

Although the Khmer Empire is long gone, the use of the Mekong river system has only increased with population growth and the advancement of technology. Cambodian Minister of Mines and Energy Keo Rattanak boasted that his country led Southeast Asia in clean energy thanks to massive investments in hydropower.

Government

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 10, 2025

The options for today’s data center developers in a hurry are either to join in building fossil gas power plants or join in building clean energy power plants. Health and environmental costs will also rise if fossil fuels are used directly for the data center, or to replace a nuclear energy supply now dedicated to data center use.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

Join Stefan Streckfus, CTO of Renewell Energy, for a free, one-hour webinar exploring the untapped potential of inactive wells. With a career dedicated to developing and deploying new technologies, Streckfus offers a fresh perspective on these wellsnot as obsolete infrastructure, but as valuable assets with a new purpose.

Renewable Energy

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Pathways Alliance is a consortium of six of the biggest tar sands producers in Canada: Suncor, Cenovus, MEG Energy, Imperial Oil, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. We called them out to the Competition Bureau , the agency responsible for regulating false advertising, and the Bureau is now investigating Pathways Alliance for misleading claims.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 20, 2025

Recent data show Canadians want finance to move towards clean energy instead of oil and gas. 7 in 10 (71 per cent) support federal action to help guide financial institutions away from investing in oil and gas companies toward safer, cleaner industries and technologies.

Fossil Fuels

Vermont Law

APRIL 9, 2025

The two are not mutually exclusive; effective environmental regulations that protect disadvantaged communities can coexist with job preservation and creation. Studies conducted in New Jersey indicate that many residents believe the government is not doing enough to regulate.

Ozone

Circle of Blue

JULY 24, 2025

Although the Khmer Empire is long gone, the use of the Mekong river system has only increased with population growth and the advancement of technology. Cambodian Minister of Mines and Energy Keo Rattanak boasted that his country led Southeast Asia in clean energy thanks to massive investments in hydropower.

Government

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Moreover, carbon pricing is unlikely to drive the kinds of technological innovation and political economy changes that sectoral subsidies can produce. The levels of carbon pricing required to drive the investments that produce political economy and technological innovation benefits are just not politically feasible.

Politics

A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2025

Key updates reflect a dynamic landscape, from shifting deforestation rates in the Amazon to ground breaking initiatives in clean energy. These clean energy technologies are pivotal to Brazil’s goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and meeting its international climate commitments.

2025

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. Responds To Rep.

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We can expect a renewed energy strategy that ramps up and scales up fossil fuels, removes any fee on fossil fuel producers, removes the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) powers to regulate emissions, and revokes Biden’s ban on oil and gas production in environmentally sensitive areas.

Paris Agreement

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

The [federal Bipartisan Infrastructure and Inflation Reduction Acts] provide billions of dollars in investment aimed at expanding low-and no-carbon technologies, accelerating a just energy transition, and building equity into climate adaptation efforts. from 2019 to 2020 and 44.4% from 2005 to 2020. Read more here.

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 25, 2025

Using data from the International Energy Agency and global oil and gas market modelling by Rystad Energy, the report finds that Up to 66% of future capital investments in Canadian oil and gas projects (2025–2040) are at risk of becoming stranded in uncompetitive projects under a 1.5°C C climate scenario.

Sustainable Development

PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2025

Data Center Investments, Commitments Or Plans Announced At The PA Energy & Innovation Summit [PaEN] [Warning] -- NewsClips - PA Energy & A.I. Summit Pittsburgh July 15, 2025 -- PA Republican Lawmakers Rush To Introduce Bills To Give New Tax Breaks, Waive Regulations, Environmental Standards For A.I.

Conservation

Vermont Law

MARCH 3, 2025

Biden Administration Energy Policies Before the Trump Administration, President Biden subsidized American clean energy generation through the Investing in America initiative and the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). energy dominance and security over renewables and clean technology.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2025

At a time when the country needs to do everything it can to ensure our energy independence, it makes economic sense to ensure that we are not wasting any gas at all! Second, the DEP can encourage the development of and use of new leak detection technologies. Let’s lead the nation in clean energy progress.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2025

Over 1st Quarter 2024; Price Of Natural Gas Increased 218% Over 1st Quarter 2024 Susquehanna River Basin Commission Renews 2 Shale Gas Water Withdrawal Projects PA Senate Republicans Move Bills To Roll Back Any State Regulations, Laws, Guidance At The Request Of Industry PUC Chairman Stephen M.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

Adequate federal funding is needed for: -- State plan development, implementation, and enforcement that drastically reduces pollution, protects public health, increases American prosperity, and improves our economy; -- Swiftly issuing durable and defensible permits that enable companies to innovate and compete; -- Recruitment, training, and retention (..)

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2025

Our mission is to improve policy and regulations for the oversight of fossil fuel extraction and use; to educate, empower and organize coalfield citizens; and to protect public and environmental health. CCJ has over three thousand members and supporters and is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2025

One hearing was held by the House Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee [ watch video here ] and a joint hearing was held by the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure and Environmental Resources and Energy Committees [ watch video and read testimony here ]. Our communities like mine and Rep.

Electricity

Legal Planet

APRIL 24, 2025

It’s a tribute to the significance of state climate policies that Trump devoted an entire executive order to excoriating them as “fundamentally irreconcilable” with his own, fossil-fuel promoting, energy policy. NEW YORKState regulators approved a program to provide 1.5 and elsewhere that are hostile to clean energy.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

. -- DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day Thursday, June 12 In Southeast And Southwest PA -- Delaware River Frack Ban Coalition Launch Initiative To Defend The Delaware River Watershed From Oil & Gas Fracking [PaEN] -- MCall: Is Ban On Fracking In Delaware Watershed At Risk?

Greenhouse

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

PJM Overview Electricity prices in PJM, which serves all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia, are rising dramatically due to a failure to transition to clean energy. Lack Of Clean Energy Transition The fundamental reason behind the price spike is the lack of a clean energy transition in PJM.

Natural Gas

Vermont Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Energy Transition Minerals (ETM) is seeking either the right to exploit the Kvanefjeld site or compensation of up to $11.5 This case highlights the fundamental tension between a nations sovereign right to regulate environmental matters and the economic interests of corporate investors.

Environmental Protection

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The Legislature could adopt language requiring the state to enforce the current federal standards, or to require state regulators and air districts to adopt regulations that are no less stringent than existing federal standards. While California already has robust environmental and climate laws, Biden-era standards on harmful PM2.5

Government

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2025

"That means ensuring a stable regulatory environment that gives industry the confidence to invest in this game-changing technology." One of the biggest complaints I hear from constituents is the burden of energy costs on their families. I am constantly on the hunt for new, affordable energy generation to help them,” said Rep.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2025

Summit Pittsburgh July 15, 2025 -- Post-Gazette Editorial: Energy And Innovation Summit Is A Great Opportunity For Pittsburgh, But People Must Come First [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette Editorial: What Does Pittsburgh’s A.I. Million In Alternative Fuel Vehicle Grants Announced To Lower Costs, Improve Air Quality; Deadline For New Applications Oct.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

House Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. You acknowledged the realities of climate change, the benefits of clean energy, the economic need for environmental justice, and the importance of protecting human health through smart regulation. To: Administrator Zeldin, CC: U.S.

Environmental Protection

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 8, 2025

Trump reignites overt climate denial During his campaign, Trump sought $1 billion from oil and gas CEOs in exchange for a pledge to reverse environmental regulations and prevent new policies from being enacted. ExxonMobil hides behind extremists ExxonMobil is staking out a different position in the second Trump administration.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

Its a long and difficult story, but it illustrates the typical lack of resources thousands of conventional oil and gas well owners have to properly operate their wells in compliance with state law and regulations.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2025

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Natural Gas