Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Japan ) and a second in Yokosuka in 2019 ( Yokosuka Climate Case ). In the 2019 case, the judgments focused on the procedural aspect of the replacement of the coal-fired power plant and discussion of the climate issues was limited. The court viewed climate change as an uncertain future danger.

2025

Cresforum

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The programming featured remarks from Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Senior Policy Advisor for Energy and Environment Andy Zach, who set the stage for a robust discussion on nuclear energy’s potential to power a low-carbon future.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2025

Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Residents Near PA’s 4 Operating Nuclear Power Plants Aug. Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Residents Near PA’s 4 Operating Nuclear Power Plants Aug.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2025

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Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

DEP Issues Violation To Highlands Sporting Clays For Lead Contamination Of Blue Hole Creek In Somerset County -- TribLive: DEP: Lead In Laurel Hill Creek Linked To Shooting Range In Somerset County -- Courier Times: DEP Told Trumbauersville To Find The Source Of Polluted Ditch Water, But Have They?

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

4 - Repurposing Underutilized Lands For Energy - Marginal Farmlands, Abandoned Mine Sites, Brownfields [PaEN] -- EPA Awards $34 Million In Grants To Reduce Air Pollution At Schools; Highlights Efforts In Philadelphia [PaEN] -- DEP Awards $18.9 Million To 126 Municipalities To Support Local Recycling Programs [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Nov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2025

Energy Summit? Data Centers Using Natural Gas, Renewable, Other Always Available Resources [ PDF of Article ] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: GE Vernova To Invest $100 Million In Washington County Factory, Adding 250 Jobs For Grid Equipment Production [ PDF of Article ] -- WESA: With President Set To Attend A.I.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2025

Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Residents Near PA’s 4 Operating Nuclear Power Plants Aug. Data Center-Fueled Rate Hikes -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: ‘Do It Right, Do It Safe’ Outweighs ‘Don’t Do It’ At Public Meeting On Restarting Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Power A.I.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2025

Data Center Coming To Their Backyards -- YaleEnvironment360: The Green Aviation Fuel That Would Increase Carbon Emissions -- Reuters: Williams Working With Federal, State Regulators To Revive Pennsylvania To NY Natural Gas Pipelines -- Bloomberg: Williams To Revive Disputed Natural Gas Pipeline Projects In New York -- WSJ: Developers Of Constitution, (..)

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

JULY 23, 2025

Eighty percent of new power generation in 2024 came from renewable sources and nuclear power. Forty percent of all power generated in 2024 came from zero-carbon sources, a new record. Here are some of the highlights: Carbon-Free Energy.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 9, 2025

Imperial Land Corporation and Range Resources – Appalachia, LLC announced a strategic alliance to support the development of a state-of-the-art power generation facility of up to 1 GW in size within the Fort Cherry Development District in Robinson Township, Washington County. Liberty Energy Inc. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

Advocates Put Out A Call To Action -- Lead Counsel On Court Cases Striking Down Provisions In Act 13 To Preempt Local Regulation Of Oil & Gas Operations Raises Concerns About Proposed Legislation Establishing A RESET Board To Site Large Energy Projects [PaEN] -- TribLive: Plum Zoning Board Rejects Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well After Lengthy (..)

Greenhouse

Circle of Blue

JULY 9, 2025

From that year forward, the agency predicted, the use of the dirtiest fuel to generate electricity would steadily decline, carrying with it planet-healing reductions in climate-changing air emissions and water-polluting discharges. The thought is to make coal-fired power plants cheaper to operate.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov. Data Centers Impacts On Electricity Grid -- PJM Interconnection Reliability Initiative Attracts 94 Applications For 26.6

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 19-21, Sept.

Conservation

Legal Planet

JUNE 18, 2025

PG&E owns a nuclear power plant. Ruthie Lazenby is the Shapiro Fellow in Environmental Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. But here too, better performance doesn’t stem the ownership type itself. Download as PDF

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2025

Energy Summit? Data Centers Using Natural Gas, Renewable, Other Always Available Resources [ PDF of Article ] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: GE Vernova To Invest $100 Million In Washington County Factory, Adding 250 Jobs For Grid Equipment Production [ PDF of Article ] -- WESA: With President Set To Attend A.I.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Bat Stories; Bat Trivia; Witch-Hazel; News Around The Watershed -- Penn State Extension: The Value Of Bats To Crop Production And Revenue -- Delaware RiverKeeper Nov.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

To Adopt More Stringent Rules For Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells In Westmoreland County -- Observer-Reporter: EQT Shale Gas Driller Sues Morgan Twp.,

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

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

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

Greg Rothman (R-Cumberland) -- TribLive Guest Essay: Summer’s Triple Threat - Energy Bills Rising, Grids Straining, Help Shrinking - By Destenie Nock, Peoples Energy Analytics -- Tribune-Democrat: 114 MW Wind Farm Under Construction At Rock Run ATV Park In Cambria County [ PDF of Article ] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Eos Energy Receives $22.7

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2025

Shapiro's 'Lightning' Energy Plan To Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs, Protect Pennsylvania From Global Energy Instability [PaEN] -- DEP Releases 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update; 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report [PaEN] -- Republican Rep.

Politics

Circle of Blue

MAY 29, 2025

In January, executives at Constellation Energy startled the world with their plan to restart the closed and cold 840-megawatt Unit 1 reactor at Three Mile Island nuclear power station, site of one of the most dangerous meltdowns in atomic history. Earlier this year when Constellation announced the $1.6

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

Susquehanna County [PaEN] -- Scranton Times: PA American To Provide Clean Drinking Water In Dimock To Replace Fracking-Contaminated Private Wells [ PDF of Article ] -- WVIA: PA American Water: Dimock Twp. Shapiro Touts Capping Of 300th Conventional Oil & Gas Well At North Franklin Twp.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2025

5 Webinar On Protecting Your Pennsylvania Community With Local Zoning [PaEN] -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: ‘Do It Right, Do It Safe’ Outweighs ‘Don’t Do It’ At Public Meeting On Restarting Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Power A.I. Data Centers In York County [ PDF of Article ] -- PennLive: 750,000 Square Foot A.I.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2025

We Are Going To Run Out Of Power, If We Dont Move Forward Rep. Thomas Mehaffie (R-Dauphin) , a member of the Committee, noted in 2018 a baseload power plant was shut down in his district [Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant]-- Dont make the same mistake. Climate change isn't an issue that can wait.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2025

-- The Citizens Voice: May 30-31 BioBlitz In Nesbitt Park, Kirby Park Natural Area In Wilkes-Barre -- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: First-Ever Wilkes-Barre BioBlitz Uncovers Hundreds Of Species -- Gettysburg Connection: Calling Planting Volunteers, Join Watershed Alliance Of Adams County May 31 For Pine Run Planting -- KYW: Emergency Siren Tests At Limerick, (..)

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 16, 2025

March was also the first month in history in which non-fossil resources (renewable energy and nuclear power) supplied more than half of US electricity. While new solar installations were appreciably lower than in Q4 of 2024, January-March was still the fourth highest quarter ever.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Investment across the energy spectrum –from oil and gas and renewables to energy storage and transmission – could well increase due to growing power demand, incentives for new supply, and permitting reforms, extending existing trends from the past four years. Gas and renewables often go hand in hand.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2025

Data Center Coming To Their Backyards -- YaleEnvironment360: The Green Aviation Fuel That Would Increase Carbon Emissions -- Reuters: Williams Working With Federal, State Regulators To Revive Pennsylvania To NY Natural Gas Pipelines -- Bloomberg: Williams To Revive Disputed Natural Gas Pipeline Projects In New York -- WSJ: Developers Of Constitution, (..)

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

Rate Increase For Philadelphia Gas Works [PaEN] -- PUC To Investigate Proposed 11.4% Increase In Columbia Gas Natural Gas Rate [PaEN] -- PUC Commissioners Urge Congressional Action To Preserve $19 Million In Remaining LIHEAP Funds For PA This Year [PaEN] -- Gov.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

. - Data Centers And Pennsylvania's Future [PaEN] -- PUC To Hold Hearings Starting April 7 On Proposed UGI Gas Rate Increase Of Up To 10.8% -- PUCs Be Utility Wise Conference Attracts About 150 Community Providers, Empowers Frontline Advocates -- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA, Climate Action Campaign Host March 24 Webinar On Impacts Of Climate (..)

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2025

Data Center Coming To Their Backyards -- YaleEnvironment360: The Green Aviation Fuel That Would Increase Carbon Emissions -- Reuters: Williams Working With Federal, State Regulators To Revive Pennsylvania To NY Natural Gas Pipelines -- Bloomberg: Williams To Revive Disputed Natural Gas Pipeline Projects In New York -- WSJ: Developers Of Constitution, (..)

2025

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2025

14 -15 [PaEN] -- TribLive: Climate Change Will Continue With Warmer, Wetter Conditions Predicted -- DEP Sets Feb. 14 -15 [PaEN] -- TribLive: Climate Change Will Continue With Warmer, Wetter Conditions Predicted -- DEP Sets Feb. One In Susquehanna County Now [ PDF of Article ] -- WHYY/BillyPenn: Why Gov.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2025

NE: Juniata County Dairy Farms Turns 1,000 Pound PA Farm Show Butter Sculpture Into Renewable Energy -- Post-Gazette: Homewood Native Helps Address Climate Change On World Stage: We Are All In This Together -- RegenAll To Host Lancasters First Ever Climate Town Hall Jan. Ohio- $3.14

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2025

Yaw Proposed Same Program In PA] -- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Foes And Friends Of Nuclear Power Face Off Near Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant -- ABC27: Local Activist Files Lawsuit Against Dauphin County For Using Tax Money To Promote Restart Of Undamaged Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Reactor -- AP - Marc Levy: (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Applications For Environmental Science Scholarships [PaEN] -- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA, Climate Action Campaign Host March 24 Webinar On Impacts Of Climate Change On Women's Health [PaEN] -- TribLive Letter: Unfreeze The Energy, Climate Benefits Of Federal Inflation Reduction Act - By Bruce (..)

Conservation