PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

Bizzarro: DEP Awards Environmental Education Grants To Asbury Woods Environmental Center And Regional Science Consortium At Presque Isle Center -- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Receives DEP Grant To Host Four BioBlitz Events For Students -- PA Assn.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 25, 2022

EPA in defense of EPA’s authority to effectively regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. The case involves a group of challenges to EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing stationary sources under the 1970 Clean Air Act, a monumental piece of environmental and public health legislation.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Governor approved a notable slate of climate legislation with a package that includes more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets and measures designed to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. In signing these bills, the Governor touted the state as the most aggressive actor on climate in the nation. Clean Energy.

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Law Columbia

MAY 28, 2021

This week’s advancements offer two new models for local governments looking to require or promote building electrification: air pollution and land use regulation. Under WA-26, buildings built with fossil fuels will receive special permits that expire in 2030, while buildings built without them (i.e.,

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2022

“I am vetoing, disapproving, and returning the Concurrent Resolution because Final Form Regulation 7-559 is a vital step for Pennsylvania to reduce carbon emissions and achieve our climate goals. As a pro-life Christian, I am deeply concerned that pollution harms unborn and born children and causes damage that lasts a lifetime.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

13, 14, 15 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 11:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2075 (Knowles-R- Schuylkill) abrogating DEP’s air pollution control regulations covering heavy-duty trucks [Note: DEP already suspended enforcement of these regulations November 6 - Read more here.];

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2021

Billion Meant For Conservation -- DEP: Issues Air Quality Action Day Warning For Friday, Aug. Billion Meant For Conservation -- DEP: Issues Air Quality Action Day Warning For Friday, Aug. Vitali -- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Zero Carbon Bitcoin?

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

28 [PaEN] Help Wanted -- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Agricultural Technician [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- Our Pocono Waters Hosts Sept. 28 [PaEN] Help Wanted -- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Agricultural Technician [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- Our Pocono Waters Hosts Sept. to 3:00 p.m.

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ESA

MAY 15, 2023

Courts Supreme Court decision about California’s pork regulations could impact state climate regulations. International UAE spokesperson says that the world is not ready to “switch off” fossil fuels ahead of COP28. Conservation: Nine bipartisan Senators and Sen. This bill provides $1.4

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

million for conserving pollinators, freshwater mussels, desert fish and Hawaiian Islands plants. For the first time, the pact calls for a “phase down” the use of coal and fossil fuel subsidies. billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. The Corporation for National and Community Service receives $6.9

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. billion to support Indigenous conservation of forests. Canada and other countries pledged to stop public financing of fossil fuel projects abroad by the end of 2023. House passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit found that FERC failed to address the significance of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulation that the petitioners argued required use of the social cost of carbon or another methodology to assess the impacts of the projects’ greenhouse gas emissions. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , Nos. 20-1093, 20-1094 (D.C.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. DECISIONS & SETTLEMENTS. On June 14, 2021, the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

USA: Stop the Formosa Plastics Plant Coalition Against Death Alley | 2021 As part of the fossil fuel industry’s push to increase North American plastic production by 35 percent by 2025(1), Formosa Plastics is planning to build a massive petrochemical industrial complex in St. USA: Deparment of Environmental Quality analysis for $9.4B

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

acres of commercial use on a 775-acre portion of the West Parcel and withdraw those lands from the TPZ zone, while designating the entire East Parcel as Forest and TPZ; upon approval, real parties would sell or restrict the East Parcel for conservation purposes in perpetuity. acres of commercial uses. City of Newport Beach (2017) 2 Cal.5th

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017. 2:16 -cv-00285 (D.

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